جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 5

JOLENE’s POV“My last minute discussions with Jolene before I finally decided to pull off the life support made me understand how much this family needs her, how much you need her Jake. Even though we were rich, you’ve had a rough childhood with I and your mother never really being there. It’s led to you being commitment shy, drifting through life and women like the wind.”I swallowed. Where the heck was this going? Jake had removed his hand that was on my knee, now he’d fisted it. I could tell from the clench in his jaw that he was angry.I could only hope his anger was directed at his father.“Jake, you only get everything if you get married to Jolene tomorrow, a contract marriage. Give it a year, if after one year, you’re sure you want to leave, then you can get a divorce. It’s impromptu, I know, but I can’t give you time to talk yourself out of it, now can I?”I shook my head, swallowing as Jake shot to his feet. “I don’t want it! I don’t freaking want any fortune that’ll dictate

JOLENE’s POV"Are you suggesting an open marriage?"He cocked a brow at me and then wipe his nose like I struck him. “The will says we have to be married for a year,” he continued, voice going cold again. “It doesn’t say anything about me being faithful.”“You can have your own rooms. Your own life,” he resumed moving his eyes everywhere but me. “But when we’re in public, we’re a unit. When we’re at home...” He gestured vaguely toward the second floor. “She stays in the west wing.”I turned blind not even knowing where to begin.“And if I have a problem with that?”“Then you forfeit the five million.” His answer came immediately with no hesitation. “And Stacy’s surgery debt becomes yours. All fifty thousand of it.”Stacy.My younger sister. In a hospital bed waiting for a kidney that Logan had paid for.I understood then. This wasn’t about Logan wanting us together. This was about Logan chaining us both.Jake must have seen it on my face because his expression changed.He walked to t