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like she was…
    “Yeah, we already exhausted that list.” Carter grinned from the side of his mouth, causing a tiny dimple to form on his right cheek. She poked at it, but he dodged and tapped her hand away. “The bureau caught me at a bad time. But I have a solution.”
    Her pulse raced. “Marrying me is not a solution.”
    “Sure it is.”
    No, it’d be crazy. And exciting. Something she’d dreamed about on more than one occasion. But this wasn’t how she’d envisioned a proposal. Not even close. He should’ve been on bended knee, in front of their friends and family (at least, that’s how she’d always pictured it). He should’ve been declaring his undying love, not talking about a phony-baloney engagement and sham marriage.
    And what about her Luminary? Werewolves could fall in love and marry whomever they wanted. But once in a lifetime, they met their soul mate and were forever changed. They became stronger and faster, and their sense of loyalty increased for that one mate. Some wolves never found their one and only fated mate, and others refused to marry until they did.
    Faith was open to both falling in love and waiting until she found her Luminary, but this went against everything. This wasn’t even love. This was a business arrangement.
    “Don’t worry, Faith. It would be in name only,” Carter said, grabbing for her hand. “It wouldn’t be real.”
    Oh yeah, that made her feel better.
    She was going to be sick. “Carter, I want to get married. But I want it to happen with someone who loves me. Where’s the romance in this?”
    He blanched. “You want romance?”
    “You really don’t know women at all, do you?”
    He shrugged. “I know you. And I know you love your brother more than anything. You’d do anything to see him succeed.”
    He had her there.
    Carter scooted to the floor and knelt, leaning over the seat cushion next to her. “I’ll pay Dawson’s tuition. The whole thing.”
    Holy shit.
    The offer floored her.
    “You can’t.” The blood drained from her face and her hands went all tingly. “It’s too much. Not right.”
    “Look what you’d be giving up for me,” he said, his tone turning tender. “You’ll be going to council dinners and putting on a show that we’re a couple. We’re going to have to spend more time together.”
    “I don’t mind spending time with you, Carter.” She leaned in close. “I like you.”
    Way more than she should.
    “I like you, too. That’s why this is going to work. I’ll get the detective position,” he said, his light eyes sparkling with enthusiasm, “your brother gets to go to Yale, and you don’t go broke paying for it. All you’d have to do is go to the party with me on Sunday. I’ll introduce you as my fiancée. We’ll stay engaged for a while, and if they start pressuring me about the wedding date, we’ll just get married at city hall. You won’t even have to move in with me since we live so close. You can stay here and I’ll stay at my place. When I convince the council that I’m just as valuable on my own, I’ll say we split. We can get a quickie divorce.”
    Married at city hall? Quickie divorce?
    Swoon.
    She fell back against the couch and tried to slow her thoughts. She wanted Dawson to go to Yale, more than she’d ever wanted anything…and she liked Carter. He was her very best friend. He worked hard, and had been dreaming of this promotion since she met him.
    The two leading men in her life needed her. But what would she be giving up to do this? Her dreams of a fairy-tale wedding?
    How much did she really want that?
    “I’m dizzy,” she said, zoning out on the television. She needed a distraction. Fumbling about, she found the remote and clicked the TV back on. “What movie did you bring?”
    “Please,” Carter whispered, resting his hand on her thigh. “Faith?”
    She looked at him, and her heart pinched. Why couldn’t he touch her like this and mean it? Why couldn’t she have been his Luminary?