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The eldest of the two brothers was in his late thirties and had inherited his playboy father’s good looks His blond hair was thick and wavy, his chin strong, and his physique that of a man who played lots of sport If Harvard reht, Preston was a tennis player In fact, he could have turned pro if he’d wanted Instead, he’d gone into the family business as the company lawyer Unlike his father, Preston had been happily married for fifteen years

“You knohat they say,” Harvard drawled “Fortune favors the bold”

“Good one” Preston lifted his glass in salute

“Life with Rachel certainly won’t be boring,” his brother, Marcus, said

Unlike Preston, Marcus had not only inherited his father’s looks, but also quite a bit of his natural charer of the research and developotiate govern It was a position that put hih on Benson Security’s list of suspects

“No,” Harvard agreed “Life definitely isn’t boring with Rachel”

There was only a year between the brothers, and they were very close Partly because of the slight age difference, and partly due to having to deal with their father together

They had three younger half-siblings: two sisters from their father’s second wife and a brother fro But it was still early days for wife five

Unlike Preston, Marcus was already on e number two And if the Benson Security research was correct, his eye had started to roaain

“I see you’re working your way through the cousins” A fe to see a tall, svelte blonde sashaying toward theht I’d corandfathers—started the company Which really makes us second cousins, not first But it would be tedious to say that all the time, don’t you think?” She held out a perfectly hted todirector Unlike her cousins, Sa for younger men

Harvard recognized interest in a wo her hand, he put some distance between them

“Where’s Rupert?” Preston waved his e the rounds of the room “He was supposed to be here—and at work yesterday” Preston didn’t even glance at the young lass “Gin and tonic,” was all he said

“Rupert’sPreston “He’s gone to Paris for the weekend with his latest fling Didn’t he tell you?”

“No” Preston was clearly irritated at the news “And it isn’t ame; he’s supposed to request time off, not just take it whenever he feels like it”

“I don’t think Rupert understands how ene “You know this is the first proper job he’s ever had He’ll eventually get the hang of it To be fair, he does see to know the company now that he’s come into his shares”