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Christopher

“I think I heard you wrong, could you repeat that?” On the other end of the phone, Lincoln’s voice sounded both shocked and amused

I rolledof my office “You heard me Mail Order Brides”

“Your mother ordered brides for you and your brothers? For Christal?”

“Apparently”

“And you’re sure this isn’t just your randchildren?”

I’d considered it because I couldn't wrap my head around the idea that I needed a wife to save Snow Valley, the srew up

“Yep Looked into it myself Snow Valley’s founder enacted a law in 1870 that stipulated the owner or owners of the town be married It’s somehow been overlooked for the last hundred and fifty or so years”

Lincoln chuckled “Probably his own scherandchildren”

“Who the fuck knows But Jasper is retiring and plans to sell Snow Valley to the Titan corporation on New Year’s Day So, now I'er by New Year’s Eve or losing the town

Lincoln didn’t even atterit my teeth until he finally calht out of an old Western romance”

“Sounds like you want to take my place,” I drawled

Lincoln snorted “You’re like a brother tothat bullet for you” He snickered before adding, “It’s tiy before you meet the missus”

“Why are we friends, again?”

Lincoln and I had been best friends since ere kids, even though it oing, funny, and the life of the party while I was thein ood book