The CEO's Contract Bride
"Six weeks until the tender closes, mate."
Declan Knight leaned back his office chair and grimaced at his youngest brother's words as they echoed down the telephone line. He shot an irritated glance at his Rolex--yeah, six weeks. He could count off the seconds he had left to find the finance he needed to pull this project off.
"Don't remind me," he growled.
"Hey, it isn't my fault Mum put that stipulation in her will for our trust funds. Besides, who'd have thought you'd still be one of New Zealand's most wanted bachelors?"
Declan remained silent. He sensed Connor's instant discomfort over the crackling line.
"Dec? I'm sorry, mate."
"Yeah, I know." Declan interrupted swiftly before his brother could say another word. "I gotta move on."
Move on from the reality that he hadn't been able to save Renata, his fiancée, whe ... read full excerpt from The CEO's Contract Bride ebook