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as his mind flew over possibilities.
    Andrew had found him a wife for $154,000. What the hell? Had he hired some call girl service? Asked some girl off the street? As he did in all of his deals, Jack quickly scanned all potential scenarios in his head. He assessed and evaluated the merits or drawbacks of each possibility. Obviously, if she was a call girl, the drawbacks were significant. In this case, Jack realized, he was woefully uninformed, and that wasn’t a position he was used to being in.
    What the hell should he do? He had no idea who this woman was, but he didn’t have a choice if he wanted to continue to head up the company his father had built, the company Jack had expanded and come to love. Jack stood stiffly in his office as his head reeled from the sudden proposition in front of him… But reason kicked in; he had to trust that Andrew wouldn’t have sent a hooker or someone Andrew didn’t know. Could Andrew have found a willing friend of his? Or maybe an ex-girlfriend? Oh God, how weird would that be if this was one of Andrew’s exes? Wait , I know all of Andrew’s exes, don’t I?
    Jack hadn’t felt so off balance in his life. He suddenly realized that his supposed fiancé was talking to him.
    “Jack? Jack, honey, I just need to know if you can make it to the courthouse to apply for the marriage license tomorrow? We both have to be there to get it. Does that work for you?” Kelly asked, indicating the papers in his hand .
    “Uh, yes. Yeah, that works for me.” Jack spit the words out through the haze in his head and then turned to smile at his aunt and cousin. No matter what Chad’s relationship with Bryan Barton was, it looked like Jack had just committed himself to a year of marriage with a stranger.

Chapter Four
    Kelly swallowed hard as she heard Jack’s answer to her ‘proposal.’ She was relieved he was going along with it, but a tight ball of nerves had been growing in her stomach since she walked in the room and she felt that ball taking over her entire being.
    Chad, with a look on his face that promised Jack would be grilled for details later, excused himself to return to his office. Kelly watched Jack out of the corner of her eye as she continued to talk to his aunt. She had seen Jack Sutton on occasion coming in and out of the building when she’d met Jennie for lunch and Jennie had told her he was handsome, but handsome didn’t even begin to describe the man.
    Jack was tall, at least six foot three or four inches. He had dark brown hair that curled up at the edge of his collar. His eyes were a rich, deep brown, almost mahogany, and his face had chiseled features with a strong jaw. There wasn’t a damn thing about the man that didn’t sizzle.
    He wore a suit, but even in that Kelly could see that his body was hard and fit under it – his tall, lean form toned and strong. His intense gaze made Kelly’s breath go ragged and she couldn’t imagine what it would be like to be alone in the room with him if he had this kind of effect on her with his aunt and cousin with them.
    Jack sat on the edge of his desk, legs stretched out and crossed at the ankles in front of him, arms crossed over his chest. He watched her quietly while Kelly finished chatting with his aunt.
    Kelly wrapped things up and ushered Aunt Mabry out the door by four o’clock as she made excuses about Jack needing to get back to work. She closed the door behind his aunt and turned to Jack. That’s when Kelly felt the ground fall out from under her and her world tilt on its axis.
    Suddenly, she faced Jack Sutton. Kelly found herself feeling very shaken, to say the least. She looked up at Jack and realized that, in essence, she had just waltzed into his office and proposed.
    “I can’t believe I just did that,” Kelly began to pace frantically. She wrapped her arms around her waist and circled the room.
    “Oh God, oh God, oh God,” she said and she began to feel like she might hyperventilate. She slid down onto