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It was clear her cousin meant well, so Harvard let him off the hook “I wouldn’t marry her without one I don’t want Rachel’s money—I want her body” He winked at her “And her heart” And wasn’t that the truth “I’ll sign whatever you draw up”
“My goodness” Sae Where did you find him?”
“I thought we’d already established that I rent hih At least she’d picked up on her cousin’s earlier dig “And let me tell you, services the likes of which Harvard provides don’t come cheap” Solemnly, she looked up at hih of your own”
“You know” Samantha considered her cousin “I think you’ve also become more sarcastic since you went to work for this security company”
“I don’t work for them,” Rachel said “They work for me I’m a partner”
“Well, you were,” Jonathan said, re them of the other half of their cover
“You were?” Marcus leaned forward, yet another full glass of whiskey in his hand and a glazed look in his eye The man was at least three sheets to the wind “Did you sell your stake? What are you doing now? I thought you’d found your niche at Benson Security”
“I did find my niche, but now it’s time to move on After I came into my TayFor shares last year, my interest in the company returned, and I found that I wanted to beat the main office with the rest of you Meet the new director of special projects” She gave a little bow
After a few seconds of stunned silence, her cousins erupted
“I’ “I hate being the only feeneration who’s there Now I’ll have backup”
“I never understood why you left in the first place,” Marcus said “I always expected you’d becoreat” He winced in Jonathan’s direction before holding up his drink in a tipsy salute “Sorry, old chap”
Jonathan’s laugh was good-natured “I thought the saht try to talk her into taking over”
“As the official company lawyer,” Preston said, “I’d like to point out that you can’t exactly hand the CEO role over to your sister Which, given that you also studied law, is so to do with her ability We all know she could boss us around blindfolded It’s more to do with perception To the rest of the pharmaceutical industry, Rachel is an unknown You’d be wiser to offer it to the family members who already work at TayFor first, then if they—we—decline, it’s all Rachel’s”
“Don’t worry,” Rachel said “I don’t want to become CEO Jonathan is stuck with the role, but it will be interesting to be back in the fold”
“We need to celebrate,” Marcus said then looked around “Oh, wait We already are” He cheerfully swayed in place, sloshing his drink over the front of his shirt He didn’t see his whiskey “Listen up, everyone,” he shouted