“Excuse me?”

“You heard me.”

“Damn it, Sophie. You’re getting in too deep there. You need to just come home and we’ll figure out something else. Traveling with Nigel Townshend to his home is a bad, bad idea.”

Sophie bit the inside of her cheek, trying to quickly come up with the right words to reply, but Kellan beat her to it.

“Oh, no. Don’t tell me you’re sleeping with your fake boss.”

“I’m not sleeping with him.” Not yet. “He asked me to be his date because his grandmother is always on his back about not settling down. He figured if I went, they would at least leave him alone for a few days and he could enjoy his sister’s celebration without getting hassled.”

“Uh-huh. And you’re telling me he’s not interested in you?”

Oh, he was more than interested. Her body still tingled from just how interested Nigel Townshend was. There was nothing about her feelings for Nigel that she’d be sharing with her well-meaning brothers.

know what I’m doing and I’m a big girl. You worry about finding the scoop on our long

in a love affair with Nigel. You’re vulnerable, Soph. You’re grieving and totally out of your element. Besides, Miranda will know what you’re up to if she catches

herself. “And nobody is going to catch me. I barely recognize myself in the mirror with all this blond

her dark hair. The blond did horrid things to her skin tone, but a dye job was worth the sacrifice

underhanded to get the Blackwood money—something that would justify getting the will thrown out. Sophie wasn’t sure how she could make this work to their advantage, but she had to try. No way was she

back to work,” she told her brother. “Keep

her way back

to prepare for and a stepmother to

in a day’s

Ten

Roslyn, trying to figure out why she’d been so quiet

she’d felt pressured, like her job would be on the line if she refused. That wasn’t the type of man he was, nor was it the type of man she

cared what Roslyn thought of him. Oh,

the sexual pull, the desire and passion he’d witnessed. The combination continued to make him wonder

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