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If anyone else picked up on the doubleof her words, it didn’t show From the look on her face, you would assuh and that any subtext had been a mistake But her eyes told a different story Her eyes stayed on Harvard And they were tinged with desire

“Have you two set a date yet?” Preston asked

“No,” Rachel said at the same time as Harvard said, “Preferably soon”

Jonathan laughed, while Harvard waggled his eyebrows at his supposed fiancée She wasn’t amused

“Oh, do let me pick the brideset the right color for my complexion”

“We wouldn’t want that,” Rachel said dryly “Who said you’re a bridesot to choose”

“Of course, I’ to be one of your bridesmaids Possibly your only one” She arched an eyebrow at Rachel “We all kno good you are atfriends”

“Point taken,” Rachel said “I’ll allow you to act as a bridesmaid”

“And the dresses—assue to find more than one bridesmaid? We both know I have better fashion sense than you Otherwise you would have ducked out of our seasonal shopping sprees years ago”

“Fine, but the dresses better not upstage the bride”

“Would I do that?” Saned horror

“In a second,” Rachel said

“I hate to be the voice of doom,” Preston said, “but you do have a prenup, don’t you? If you don’t, I have experience in drawing theh it isn’t lance at Harvard “You really should have one You never knohat the future ht hold”

“In other words,” Harvard drawled, “he’s worried your lowly Auard is after your money” If only they kne much he orth on his own While at MIT, he’d discovered that not only did he have a knack for analyticalthe stock market too

Preston turned red and blustered “I don’t , but Rachel is a very wealthy woman, and she should protect herself”