ked like a

morning, she had crashed into someone-a

as the one Evelyn's late mother had left her-so

e?" Evelyn was caught o

out of his pocket.

e second she saw the pink

haniel was standing right there, and

questioned Evelyn, "Since when are you and Julian so close? Y

to you?" Nathaniel's face d

she'd stabbed h

g at her with expressions like th

laying on her lips. "Wow, Nathaniel," she shot back, her voice dripping with sarc

r edge to his voice. "So if I don't play the role,

id that, Julian ch

ugh a hundred shades, but he cou

since you're so eager, I've gotta say-I think Mr. Everett's pretty decent.If you're that desperate

was boil

l of it, accusing her for no reason. And to make it worse, she didn't d

Nathaniel, this was a str

hated Julian.

of mockery. He couldn't believe how ridiculous it was-the

thaniel was fuming, eyes b

head and smiled

l nearly

great, especially not the Andrews family-they loo

sharp. "Consider the engagement canceled. I don't h

ughingstock. Not this time. Evelyn

side by side, the image branded in his mind lik

step into our family," Grace finally snapped,

ssy appearance, plus Julian stepping in to protect her, basi

e spitting out, "A nobody like him-just a playboy bastard from th

the smile on his lips only deepened. "Mrs. Andrew