After His Last Will

on about. "And what are you implying, Mr. Beaumont?" she asked hi

osal," he said

jected," she said

o her. "I don't remember anyt

ose herself. "Mr. Beaumont, that's not how marriage

look normal? Why would yo

your options," she said. She was

obviously interested in w

me over and not force me?"

n his face. Instead, h

oser. "You want me to win you over?" The sarcasm

t I said something like that," she said, turnin

ch other?" he asked, his v

ered. "Five years when we were in middle scho

she'd forgotten. Lily didn't want to remember her midd

time you found your heart beating?" Alexande

eaumont, my heart should beat to show that

said, his usual cool expressi

ion. "Are you asking me if I ever liked you?" she said

threw her head back a

row, not sure w

le?" She was about to burst into another round of laugh

ou joking?

ke jokes?" he countered a

She sure had acquired a lot of balls because s

ver liked me?" she asked as he lo

or. "I'm having dinner with John. You can g

't even bear to answer it. He must find this very

ner of the dimly lit resta

n waiting lon

n countered, but his

e it to the funeral," he

n," Alex said with

der, John leaned in. "A

on't get what's so hard for her. It's obvious she has to get married to me. I'v

directors," John corrected, a t

ed. "You don't need to worry about the

ack to what you were

h with a napkin, suddenly losing his appeti

y Anderson said that? Wow, she sur

amusing?" Alex ask

huckling. "And besides, what's the

lief, his expression unreadab

is guts. But Eric is nice and friendly, and he liked her for a long

pened. "Burden?"

xia told you? What kind of bos

you treat her, we went to the same middle school...a

r good money," Alex said

good money of yours?" John said with a

you've had enough to eat

leash on that secretary of yours, unless I will"

d I did. You can't put a leash on Alexia, she's a wild one