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His eyes widened "Katie? You’re talking about my sister Blonde, wears her skirts too short?"

Jessie see and not much of the woman’s face "That was your sister?"

"Yes," he blew out with a half se were all about you"

"I turned you down"

Jack’s lips pulled into a full siven up after one proposal?"

No, she realized Jack wasn’t the kind offrom his perch, Jack walked over to her and knelt down The closer he came her way, the harder it was to detach her heart from the conversation

He placed one hand on her knee

Jessie flinched but didn’t pull away

"My father heard about you fro out of someone else’s business"

She sounds like Monica

"Where rasped one of her hands in both of his His gray eyes bored into hers, ry she was at him for all his deceit "You are the only woman in my life, Jessie You are the one I want to introduce to the world as my wife I lied to you about my wealth for selfish reasons" He took a deep breath and continued "I needed to know if you could lovea rich husband s forI was loaded, how could I truly know if you loved ain "How do I know if I love Jack Morrison? I don’t even knoho that man is"

"Yes, you do, Jessie" He stood and pulled her to her feet Jack let her hands drop and spread his own as wide as his shoulders "This is me, jeans and boots I wear suits at the office, but not all the ti me out with all the hands that take care of the place"

"The ranch?"

"My father’s ranch I’m comfortable in the boardroo to convince the woet"

Jessie bit her lip and felt soasped "Jesus, Jessie, aren’t you listening to me? I love youSo much for the poet who’d walked in the door half an hour earlier

"Not the best way to put that, was it?" he asked with that cocky grin surrounded by diet that you compared our love to a cockroach"

Jack placed both hands on her shoulders "Give me a chance, Jessie Give us a chance"