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Sighing, she flashed a brief smile at Dan ‘If you’ll excuse me?’

He leant back against the leather seats and nodded ‘Of course’

Laurel pressed ‘answer’ Time to see how her half-sister intended to make her day a little worse

Considering that the hot little brunette who’d gatecrashed his ride to the hotel had done nothing but talk since theyon her phone call

‘Yes, but—’ Another sigh ‘Of course, Melissa You’re the bride, after all’

Melissa The blonde bombshell who’d exploded into his little brother’s world a year ago and taken it over Dan and Riley had never been exactly what he’d call close—the six-year age-gapup at different times, and their parents’ blatant favouritis any easier

But the distance between thee the fact that Riley was his little brother and Dan loved hih his Golden Boy childhood, through their parents cutting Dan off when he’d moved to LA and becoh their outstanding hypocrisy when Riley had followed him nine years later

Their parents were both world-renowned in their fields—cardiac surgery for their mother and orthopaedics for his father That would have been enough to try and live up to under nor with anybody long before his younger brother had moved to Hollywood and become a star

It wasn’t as if he was doing so shabbily by anyone’s terms—even his own He owned his own business and his turnover doubled every year He probably earned nearly as much as his hotshot brother, and even if the public would never know his name, the people who mattered in Hollywood did He—or rather his company, Black Ops Stunts—was the first port of call for any

an action movie these days He’d made a success of the career his parents had been sure would kill him or ruin him

Not that they cared all that much either way

Dan shifted in his seat as he contemplated the week ahead of him Five days in a luxury hotel—not so bad Five days with the rich and obnoxious—less good Five days dealing with his parents—nightmare

When the invitation had first fallen onto his door Forh time with Hollywood actors to know that soly little respect for the people who saved the their own stunts And from what he’d heard about Melissa Sommers she was definitely one of them

In fact it was all the industry gossip about Melissa that had persuaded him that he needed to be at Morwen Hall that week Or rather the conflicting reports