A Date on Cloud Nine by Jenna McKnight

Author:Jenna McKnight [Mcknight, Jenna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780060549282
Google: 9wvT-D_U1CQC
Amazon: B000N2HCR4
Goodreads: 581914
Publisher: Avon Books
Published: 2003-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

It never ceased to amaze Jake what loads of money could accomplish. He’d witnessed it often enough with Brady.

“You need it yesterday, Jake? No problem.” And whatever he needed and hadn’t been able to get through normal channels was overnighted to him.

“The airlines are booked and you need to go to Santa Barbara? No problem.” Pfft—one ticket, waiting at the counter.

Now Lilly had the same one-button power. At least she didn’t flaunt it, she saved it for when she really needed it—ha! A brief visit with a new broker who Lilly was sure had no business with the Marquettes, and pfft—millions moved to a new firm. A brief phone call with her attorney, and voilà—her appointment was in one hour to review an updated trust. By lunchtime, she was done, except for returning later to sign the final copy.

He didn’t dwell on his own circumstances as a former, wrongfully removed beneficiary. And then he realized two things.

One, if Brady had consulted him, Jake would’ve agreed, even encouraged him to change the beneficiary on his policy. As much as he loved Lilly, she was Brady’s wife, and it would’ve been all Jake could ever give her.

Two—and this really hurt—for anyone to inherit Lilly’s wealth, she’d have to die. She almost had. That undoubtedly weighed on her mind and was the impetus for making these changes so quickly.

Say she made him beneficiary of her trust—she had no obligation to, but just suppose, because now that the topic had come up, it was dragging his thoughts in this very morbid direction. So say it took her death for him to dig out of debt. Then forget it. Not even accidentally. No one’s value to another person should boil down to money.

Although a lot of organizations probably would disagree with him, especially recently. Lilly had given away millions of dollars, and not just for people, but animals, too. On Mooch’s behalf, she’d given a hefty sum to the no-kill animal shelter, because even though he hadn’t gone through the shelter and been rehabbed, he’d been homeless. In spite of his prickliness, he was okay to have around. He certainly deserved a chance at life. It’d be nice, though, if he quit leaving dead mice parts on the floor of the taxi. Jake was having a helluva time making sure they were out of there every morning before Lilly got in.

His day was filled with exactly what he’d been afraid of—wondering what Lilly had on under that dress and what color it was. Sheer torture. Whatever it was was probably red; Lilly loved red. Was her bra as sexy as the rest of her lingerie? Would he be able to see her nipples through it?

“Hey, watch the curb,” she warned.

It was stupid, really. He hadn’t been so obsessed with what a woman wore since high school. He hadn’t hit a curb in just about as long. Thank goodness it was five o’clock and they were nearly done.

“Here’s the last one on the list for today,” he said, paralleling the curb with care.

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