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"Well, why on earth is he looking out here for a wife? Why not wherever he's from?"

"Oh, he's from Texas Doesn't say where he's from in Texas, just that he owns a boatload of oil Well, why do any of these men come to us?" I paused That seereat ro Eleni's destiny with her billionaire Josh I shrugged and scooted onto Eleni's desk, sitting on the fine hard wood she favored in the office I fiddled with one of her pens and let my mind wander I'd never been to TexasBilly I wondered if he'd found his happiness, building that far family he'd alanted Just not with me

"Anita, focus" Eleni laughed — I'd been hearing a lot hter back into her life, and for that I was grateful "I know that someday, you'll have a business of your own But for noork on understanding the philosophy behind mine" She winked at me, and I smiled

"Okay, okay Eleni, enlighten me Why do these world-famous men come here for love?"

"It's because they're not finding it where they are It's because every other wo for money, and they knoe look for professional women, women who know their own minds And it's because men are more practical than wo — they want a stable, steady relationship Someone they can come home to at the end of the day and share a meal with"

"Not all of the for that I bet sorinned and blushed a deep red

"Well, he did co for He knew he'd have better luck looking at an agency"

"And he did," I said, looking her in the eye "He just had to tune you into the ros"

"Regardless of et back to the issue at hand This guy — Joseph Wootton — has so for that stable, steady spouse he wants to come home to at the end of the day"

"Sure, fine I'll accept your pre out for that bit of romance, and hell, maybe that's what had made me so lonely all these years I'd been in LA "What's he looking for?"

"He wants a woht be able to transport to Texas And he wants a woht away Other than that, he says he had his heart broken years ago, and he just wants soh me This man had love taken away from him I kne that was Maybe it was best just to be practical at this point, just like this Joseph guy was

"Any information on him online?" I wondered what he looked like It seee coincidence that he'd have the last name as Billy Maybe they were related I felt a thrill at the possibility Maybe he'd be able to get

"Nope, not a trace Looks like this guy keeps to hiood reason He's one of the richestto get a piece of him"

"I guess so Money like that well, it separated Josh froain, but I could tell how happy she was It radiated from her every moment of the day

"Sure, sure As I said, Josh is a different story He's one of a kind" Eleni cleared her throat, and I could tell she needed otten used to the concept of roh our files and see which woh-quality candidates in here Can you and Danielle coordinate a happy hour? Let's hope this billionaire is easy to please I hate it when they refuse dates and ain"

"Telllike a spoiled child who hadn't gotten what he wanted for his birthday It ended up alienating some of our best new female clients, and we'd had to plan an entirely new event "I've got four women in mind I'll see who can come to a happy hour"

"Well, that's the thing He needs it to be tomorrow"

"Of course he does" I rolled s I'd need to do that day to get the place ready for an event I would have to work into the night to make it all happen, but I would This was the business that would lead me to my future, and I'd plan it all perfectly Just like I always did I walked back tointo the zone as I called each of the woot our caterer on the line We'd have a classy affair with heavy h'ors d'oeuvres and wine Since we knew barely anything about Joseph, we could keep it generic There was no reason to use any theo off without a hitch

I closed the place down long after Eleni and Danielle had gone ho lost roht ht Was his heart ain in that practical sort of relationship he was seeking?

"I wonder if I could too," I said aloud as I turned the lights off at Million Dollar Matchot intofor s would be happy to seein theht with drea if fate would ever lead us together again

CHAPTER TWO

"Co The caterer is here, and it looks like she's got the stuffed ht's happy hour" Eleni's voice caotten intolost love that day I couldn't quite shake it, and I'd spent part of the day trying to research Joseph Wootton to see if he had any ties to Billy It was silly It was useless And the ht about Billy, the worse my mood became

"Okay," I sighed I stepped over to the back entrance of the event space I'd picked out one of , just in case this billionaire fro about Billy It was a ie, and it looked like it had been dyed with dark blue starbursts The low neckline accented ht of it, a long tio Absently, I took the boxes fro heo still hurt sometimes, and my ankle would often twist out Just another one of my dreams that would never co

the h'ors d'oeuvres so that our guests could chat without focusing tooup separate chairs and tables so that the billionaire could chat individually with each of his dates

"Alright, it looks like our wo up to the front of the warehouse and letting in three leggy women in very short dresses Eleni and I had picked some of the most flexible and resourceful women we could find — after all, Joseph see his chosen lady off to Texas at the first opportunity I rolled my eyes The women all seemed to look exactly the sahts, busty but very thin, and wearing almost identical dresses Suddenly, I felt very conspicuous in ht club I shook off the feeling and went to shake each of the women's hands