“I can’t ace you out. What will you do? Miles will be so disappointed. All the kids will be.”
He shrugged. “As long as I have you—”
“How much space do you need? What I’m getting at is—I’d like to see you every day, too. Could we make it work? Could we somehow share the space? We could consolidate and make allowances.” I bit my lip. “What do you say?”
His face lit up. “Yes. To all of it. We’ll make it work.” He paused. “Are we still exclusive?”
My heart soared. “Still exclusive. I don’t think we actually officially ended our exclusivity agreement.”
“Just checking. I like to know where I stand. In fact, you might find me being extra cautious now. Are there any other business situations where we might be competing against each other?”
I laughed. “Not that I’m aware of.”
“Damn, there’s the rub. What minefields are we potentially sitting on?” he said.
“None we can’t overcome.”
“Can I kiss you now?”
I grinned. “Just make sure to do it thoroughly. For all your cutthroat behavior, I really do love you.” I closed my eyes and felt the glorious warmth of his arms around me and his lips on mine. Love really was grand.
Epilogue
Lazer
A deal’s a deal. With Cam and Toria reunited and officially exclusive, I happily wrote Ashley the final check for matching my guy friends. Yeah, Cam wasn’t engaged yet. But he and Toria were definitely trending that way. I’d be surprised if they weren’t engaged before the summer was out. My money was on sooner rather than later.
In celebration of the last of us being bachelors, I took the guys to the place our quest for wives and soul mates began—Lazer Lodge, my retreat in the Cascade mountains—for a men’s weekend. We flew up in the helicopter, as usual. And stocked up on beer.
We were gaming in my Red Room of Game, my pride and joy, ribbing Cam about no longer being single during a temporary break from the action.
Cam grinned as he lounged in a recliner, that idiot grin all the guys seemed to wear since meeting their women. It made me happy to think I’d been at least partially responsible for all that happiness and paired bliss. I’d done what I set out to do. Money really can buy love, you see. When applied strategically and in the proper way. I was right about that, and damn proud to have made the point.
I raised my beer to toast Cam. “To Cam, finally, being happily matched. My job is done. I’ve paid my debt. I expect to be best man at the wedding and godfather to your first child, who will, naturally, be named after me.”
“His list of demands gets longer with each of us who finds a match,” Austin said. “Makes me glad I was first.” He raised his beer.
Jeremy and Dylan raised their longnecks and murmured congrats to Cam, who raised his.
“Speaking of being happily matched,” Cam said, “have you set a date with Ashley yet? When are you tying the knot?”
I frowned. “As soon as I get Knox out of my hair.”
Dylan shrugged. “Not a problem. We can take care of him for you, no violence necessary. We can hack in and ruin him.”
I raised an eyebrow. Dylan was joking. Half joking, anyway. “And if Ashley ever found out, I’d be a dead man. Or my relationship with her would be. That’s the problem with Knox. The only way to get rid of him is to find him his own woman. In the meantime, he’s a PR nightmare waiting to happen for Pair Us.”
Cam looked around at the guys. “We’ve had a hell of a lot of adventures together. We owe you, don’t we, men?”
The three others cheered and nodded.
“Between us, we should be able to get Knox hitched.” Cam took a drink of beer. “We just need to think strategically.” He looked at me. “We’ll need your expertise with the ladies, too, naturally. Are you in?”
“You have to ask?” I said.
“If we succeed,” Cam said, “you’ll set a date and follow through?”
“If you succeed, I’ll fly Ashley to Vegas and marry her on the spot.” I paused. “Hell, I’ll even name my firstborn after you all.”
Austin laughed. “Austin Cameron Dylan Jeremy Grayson. That has a nice ring to it.”
Cam elbowed Austin. “What makes you think Austin will be his first name? I suggested the plan.”
“I don’t care what order the kid is named,” Dylan said. “As long as you call him Dylan.”
The guys laughed and ribbed each other, brainstorming ideas that got more and more outlandish.
I shook my head. “I love the way you guys think. Unfortunately, the way things are going, Knox isn’t going to the altar willingly with anyone but Ashley, unless we strongly convince him to act otherwise.”
Cam looked around at the guys, who all flashed him encouraging looks. He turned to me. “We’re agreed. We’ll make it happen.”
Heaven help me.
I raised my beer again. “To finding Knox a wife through craftiness, deceit, and even honesty, if that’s what it takes.”
“Aye!” Austin nodded. “And most importantly, may we succeed speedily. For Lazer’s sake.”
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Knox’s love story. Book 4 in the Jet City Matchmaker series.
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Gina Robinson is the bestselling and award-winning author of the popular Switched at Marriage, Billionaire Duke, and Billionaire Matchmaker romantic comedy series, featuring a billionaire in a surprising marriage of convenience, a billionaire who inherits a British dukedom, and a billionaire who partners with a matchmaker, the Reckless and Rushed contemporary new adult romance series, and the Agent Ex series of humorous romantic suspense novels. Her books have delighted readers and received praise in Publishers Weekly, Booklist, and Romantic Times Book Reviews.
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