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“If I thought I could get through airport security that way, I would,” I reply blandly, and she snorts back her laughter

Plopping onto the couch with a sigh of resignation, she brushes her fingers through the hair at her te her ar up under her, I can’t help but admire the smooth flesh in a pair of denim shorts

“Typical Monahan,” she murmurs as the corners of her mouth tip up “Doesn’t kno to take ‘no’ for an answer”

“Willoorse than I am,” I defend myself

Regan laughs, the ser sister by only a year and a half “That’s true But it’s your fault You were a bad influence on her”

“I a the blame for the way Willow turned out” I hold my hands out defensively “She’s an unexplainable creature”

Which is also true Willow is fierce, bossy, independent, and a know-it-all I fear she’ll never settle down because I can’t iine a man alive who could hope to handle her

“She said she’s co back to the States soon”

I nod My sister is currently working as a photo journalist and travels all over the world “Late next week In fact, she’s co to Phoenix to spend some time with me, so you can catch up with her”

Another alpha, controlling an reacts by raising an eyebrow atdefensively

I press forward before she can say a word “Regan… it’s a short-tere only You can have insurance coverage, get your treatet a job with insurance, we can divorce It’s a simple solution”

She stares for a longbut she’s not convinced “I’an And Lance would want this You knoould”

Her eyes narrow slightly, and she tilts her head “He’d want me to marry for money and not love?”

My gaze chills and turns chastising “You knoouldn’t, but he’d recognize I’ this offer out of love It’s unconventional, sure, but there’s nothing conventional about what you’re going through It’s a good solution, Regan There’s no reason why you shouldn’t accept”