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this, Kari-”
    “The
goal was for you to marry the heartless spoiled bitch, and take half of her
fortune,” Mariah hissed.
    “I
know that…I haven’t forget the objective.” Sam practically collapsed on the
bed. “But I can’t help that our engagement is talking a little longer than
expected”
    Kari
felt sick to her stomach. Sam was only with her for the money. Not once had she
ever paid for anything for him nor did she mention her family’s wealth.
    Ring
    “Who
phone is that?” Mariah said looking around the room.
    Shit,
Kari backed up and practically ran to the living room and snatched her purse up
from the sofa.
    “Kari
wait!” Sam said, running behind her.
    She
couldn’t stop running down the hall and to the stairwell, Kari didn’t want to
hear anything that came out Sam’s mouth. Everything was a lie. The proposal.
Every time he said “I love you,” was a lie. He was going to used her for a
financial gain.
    That
day Kari ran away from everything and everyone. She moved to Nashville to
create her own stamp on life and that started with K-By Design, but also she
moved to a town where no one would know her influential family and wealth.
    Kari
wiped the single tear from her eye, as she thought about the betrayal of a
lover that still ran rampant in her veins and heart. When people asked her
about the relationship she had with Sam, she always changed the subject. Never
once had she mentioned what happen to her best friend, Corey. Kari never spoke
with Sam after leaving his apartment, she changed her number and refused to
talk to him. To this day she harbor feelings of resentment, bitterness,
disappointment, rejection, anger and humiliation. Kari made a pact on that day
two years ago that she would never fall in love with anyone else, she destined
herself to be that career woman who owned a five cats.

 
    Chapter Two
    The
next day, Kari breathed a sigh of relief when she didn’t encounter the slow
driver on the road called Hank Jackson. Arriving at the Southern Hearts Ranch
with her work bag, she made her way up the stairs to knock on the door when it
abruptly swung open. Standing in the threshold was Austin McBride, who appeared
to be waiting for Kari’s arrival.
    “Hello,
Kari” he said, looking around nervously. “I only have a few minutes before
Farrah comes back from the garden.”
    “Ok,”
she said, feeling a little uncomfortable.
    “I
have this picture of Farrah’s deceased mother.” Austin handed the small picture
to Kari. “Maybe you can add the picture into the room.”
    “Sure,”
Kari said, as she looked down at the picture of a pretty black woman with
Farrah’s features holding a baby. “Farrah will love this.”
    “I
hope so.” Austin smiled.
    “She
will…I want to set up my presentation in the nursery to give you guys a more
visual effect.” Kari slipped the portrait of Farrah mother in her folder.
    “Sure,
you already know where the room is at. I’ll go get Farrah,” he said, walking
away.
    Kari
busied herself with pinning up each look for the five different themes she came
up with. One was a traditional brown and red cowboy theme room with a sleigh
crib, second theme consisted of the colors cream and mint green with draping on
the wall behind each crib. Third idea was using white, grey-blue and black, two
tone crib and clouds on the ceiling. Fourth selection was Kari’s favorite the
color scheme was black, white and green coloring such as Sweetbriar and Green
Crystal. She would draw a black tree on the wall with branches and leaves that
stretch to each cribs, ultimately there would be pictures frames of the twins’
initials hanging from the limbs. Kari was beginning to work on the last theme
when she heard a gasp from the doorway.
    Farrah
stood there with her hand covering her mouth. “You did an awesome job on each
them,” she said, and walked towards the wall and ran her hand down on the
sketches. “Melanie lied, she said you were great, but I believe