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Chapter One

MILES

“How can I help you, Mr Deveraux?” Julia Connors asked with a pleasant sly

It was only fair, since I was studying her as well The owner of Luxe Connections was a beautiful, tall, dark-skinned won behind her head Her sculpted face was highlighted withbrown eyes Having gotten her information froe, but she didn’t look a day over forty-five

She wore a blue power suit with insanely high heels and had an air of experience and intelligence that was hard to ignore It was clear she wasn’t a woman to be messed with, but at the same time, she exuded a soft femininity which made it easy to see how she was so successful as a matchmaker for billionaires

A zing of nerves shot through me, but I easily snuffed it out I’d made up my mind and was confident with my decision I wouldn’t allow any doubt to creep in

“Miles, please,” I corrected her congenially “After theyou can do the same for me”

She nodded and sly, so I went on “I had a pretty bad breakup a couple of o, and it was the last straw formeat market I want a wife and family, to settle down I hear you’re the one who can make that happen for someone like me”

“Certainly Why don’t you tellfor?”

What was I looking for? That was a fairly simple answer The complete opposite of h for her to go on “So, but someone who kno to relax and have fun as well” I cleared , “She needs to be open-minded”

Julia nodded and took notes “In the bedroom?”

“Well…yes, I suppose that, too But I meant I need someone who can look beyond what’s in front of her and see the whole picture See the good in…people”

She looked up at me then, her face expressionless, and watchedto your—shall we say, ‘uided’ past?”

I nodded “I’d rather she didn’t know tooI’d like the chance for us to get to know each other organically”

She looked back at her computer and typed a few more notes