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suited figure of Richard Hayward. The lawyer looked right through him, butTrask didn't. His gaze was
triumphant, as he strode past.
Cullen followed them out of the station and watched the men get intoHayward's expensive new Lexus
and drive away. He wouldn't have thoughtTrask made the kind of moneyHaywardwould demand for
defending him. Or to make bail on attempted arson and firearms charges.
Unless he had someone with money backing him.
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Chapter 10
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When Rachel arrived at the tiny church just outside of town she was glad she'd insisted they have the
wedding there.
The church was beautiful, perched on the top of a ridge, commanding a wide view of the checkerboard
valley that fell away at its feet and the hazy, blue distance of the hill country. With its peeling paint outside
and hushed darkness inside, the old building possessed a timeless grace and peace that conferred a
subtle blessing on her hurried marriage.
"You don't have to do this," Cole said bluntly, halting her at the front steps.
Rachel sent him and the other three brothers who had popped up out of nowhere minus
girlfriends an irritated look. She adjusted her small, defiantly white silk hat and half veil and ran a
last-minute check on her simple white silk suit. "I want to do this," she said calmly. "Now, are you going
to give me away, or do I have to do it myself?"
Cole released a strained sigh. "You could at least have waited until Dad could get here."
"He's inJapanfor a month," she stated. "And I can't wait. There's no easy way to tell you this, guys, so &
I'm pregnant."
Four jaws sagged. Then an excess of testosterone surfaced in a rush. Ethan bunched his hands into fists,
Nick's eyes slitted, and Cole had to snag Doyle as he made a violent move toward the doors of the
church.
"That's it,"Cole said bleakly. "You're not marryingLogan. We'll look after the kid."
Rachel shook Cole's hand off and resisted the urge to ask if the offer would still be open if she happened
to have a daughter instead of a son? She stepped back, far enough away that she could stare each
brother in the eye in turn. They were all Viking-blond, all gorgeous, and each one of them sported the
stubborn Sinclair jaw. The one feature they all had in common. "Iwant to marry him," she said firmly, not
sparing herself. "This is all my doing. I've trapped him. He doesn't want me."
"Like hell," Doyle muttered, giving her a look of supreme disbelief. "Why didn't he use a "
"It just happened," she said flatly.
"Oh, yeah," Nick drawled. "It was still pretty damned careless of him. He should have been prepared."
"Are you prepared& now?"she asked with delicate precision.
Nick's ice blue eyes narrowed to slits. "This is my only sister's wedding," he replied curtly. "I'm not
planning on anything more strenuous than checking out this creep."
"Exactly," she agreed, holding out her arm to Cole and addressing him directly. "Do I go in alone, or are
you coming with me?"
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Cole shook his head, a faint smile adding a rueful edge to his simmering frustration. "Logandidn't stand a
chance, did he?"
Rachel's cheeks heated up. "I told you, itjust happened."
"Yeah, like the time you manoeuvred Jamie Hanson into a dark corner and kissed him."
"That doesn't count. I was six years old!"
"And he was nearly twice your size and a manly eight but you herded him in that corner and planted one
on him just the same."
"I'm surprised you remember that."
"Oh, I remember,"he said softly. "We all drew straws, and I was the one that got to beat the living hell
out of him."
The smugness in Cole's voice was infuriating. "Then it's probably just as well I went to live inAuckland,"
Rachel retorted. "With you lot circling me like a pack of hungry Rottweilers, I never would have got to
meet anyone."
"Yeah, well," he returned in a low, irritated rumble, "we tried our best, but we never could stop you.
Witness what we're about to do now."
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