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Christopher sounded like the kind of guy who’dkind of heroic—and illing to listen to his e to do He could have just kept this information to himself and let me be blindsided when I showed up and anticipated a real relationship There wasn’t lad he reached out to you This would have been an aard conversation to have when I arrived in Snow Valley”

“I’ll understand if you want to reconsider your decision since you were expecting your hed and patted ht be able to find a different bride for Christopher Someone whose expectations will better match what he wants from a mail-order bride And then I’d be more than happy to help you find a husband ould be a better match”

I was te about ould happen if Holly wasn’t successful in finding another bride for Christopher “The future of the whole town really depends on all six brothers getting married before the start of the new year?”

“I know it sounds like so out of a movie, but yes,” she confirhin their savings If one of the h, then they won’t be able to buy Snow Valley, and the sale to Titan Corporation will go through”

Getting e annulled wasn’t what I’d ever pictured for s were already packed, and someone needed to marry the man to help save his town Maybe I was as impulsive as Whitney said because I blurted out, “You don’t need to find Christopher someone else to marry I’ll be his bride in name only”

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Snow Valley had one airport, but it was for private jets and sional airport and drove to town However, if they didn’t have a car or want to rent one, then the next best mode of transportation to our little toas the train

The station happened to be on Snowflake Lane It was the same street I lived on, except I was on the opposite side of toay out past the Snow Valley Ski Slopes, which meant a half-hour drive each way Since Holly had assuredto flip over that na it wouldn’t be too aard Althoughif she was a talkerit was bound to be uncomfortable

I’d set up the guest rooy for being forced to live withass for the next months, but they said more than I did

While I waited for the train to arrive, I stood just off the platforainst the brick wall of the station house It was cold as fuck, but I loved the crisp, clean slanced atabout fifteen minutes behind My eyebrows tilted down into a frown If they didn’t beat the snow, it would be a dicey ride back to my house I wasn’t too far off the beaten path, but the plow only cleared the main roads I kept a set to town on snowy days

For some reason, I’d felt some weird desire to impress Winter, so like an idiot, I’d driven et home, but it would be slow and steady It meant more time in the car, which was bound to be filled with tense silence

My phone vibrated in lance at the screen

Lincoln: She there yet?

Me: No Train is late

Lincoln: Got your horse and wagon all ready to take your mail-order bride back to the homestead?

Me: Been reading your sister’s roain?

He’d continued joking aboutan old Western romance ever since I told him about the plan

Lincoln: You know me Swoon

I barked out a laugh Lincoln was a former SEAL, turned professional snowboarder, and one of the burliest guys I knew And while he didn’t turn his nose up at the idea of love and happily ever afters, he certainly wasn’t a romantic