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to him, all involving being a friend, but no she couldn’t be his wife. Not even his pretend wife. Whenever he thought of Rachel as a wife he knew that she deserved to be with the perfect man who hadn’t led a broken life. It had to be someone that had grown up in a normal family with normal values. She was going for the forever thing and he couldn’t even pretend with her.
    “It’s perfect. You two know each other well enough that you could pull it off. How else is an actress possibly going to know enough? How could you trust an actress?” Brett asked.
    Trent studied Rachel. She pensively twirled a strand of her brown hair around her finger. There was concern on her face. He couldn’t do this to her. He just couldn’t.
    “It can’t be Rachel. She is absolutely out of the question.”
    Rachel’s cheeks turned a rose petal pink. Interesting, he didn’t recall seeing her blush before. With her darker complexion it was harder to see, but it was definitely a blush.
    “Why not?” she asked in an offended tone. Her pace picked up as she said, “I know I am not in the trophy wife category. I don’t have gorgeous model looks that one would expect of your wife, but Brett has a point. We are friends and I do know enough about you that we wouldn’t seem unnatural at dinners.”
    “Hold on Rachel,” Trent said lifting his hand to her arm. He hadn’t meant to offend her and he had. She always spoke fast when she was mad.
    He had been all about protecting her. Hearing her talk down about her beauty made him mad. She didn’t look like Marilyn Monroe, but had her own brand of beauty. Rachel was a natural beauty with everything earthy that was just right to complement her style. There was her shiny hair, her beautiful smile, he could go on and on.
    When his friends in college would see her picture on his bulletin board they all asked who she was. They had all wanted to be introduced to her. Of course he had to protect her and keep most of his friends away. Eventually he got smart and took the picture down. They were looking for one night stands and not the lifetime of love that he knew Rachel was after.
    “You don’t look like Ann, but you are beautiful. Any man would be proud to have you by his side,” he said moving his thumb in a circle pattern on her arm.
    “Then I will do it,” she said in an authoritative tone.
    Trent ran his hand through his hair in frustration. How could he let her do this and protect her at the same time? He didn’t want her name to be damaged somehow with any future husband that she really would have. What were the implications of her being involved in this?
    “Not so fast,” Trent said.
    “You insisted that I help you in this whole shenanigan. This is how I am going to do it. I insist.”
    How could he complicate her in this so deep? It was one thing have a business arrangement with someone who was also getting something out of the situation. It was completely different pulling Rachel into this.
    “What about your clients? You can’t just take a week off to go to Cozumel with me,” Trent said trying to come up with an argument that would appeal to her and not offend her.
    “Sally, my new designer is up to speed. She can handle my load for a week. It will be fun. We can even go snorkeling at least a few times.”
    “Can we have a minute alone?” Trent asked Brett. Brett nodded and went into the house.
    “Look Rach. This is important to me. It’s important to me that Gramps’ legacy goes on. It’s more important that you don’t get hurt though.”
    “How could I possibly get hurt?”
    Trent started wondering if he was protecting himself in addition to Rachel.
    “Just think Rachel. You want a marriage full of love. Think what this will do to your reputation. What if someone finds out about this? What will they say about that? Think of your future.”
    “If someone is ridiculous enough to be upset that I helped a friend he is not worth it. That’s not true love. Look, I’ve