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satisfaction of knowing you put your foot down and made a decision that was best for your family.”
    â€œSomehow I don’t think this is me putting my foot down.”
    â€œSo you’ll do it?”
    â€œI never said that.” How could Cole justify getting married on the off chance it would help Katie get pregnant? Then again, how could he justify not getting married if there was a chance it could help Katie get pregnant?
    â€œWe’d be lying to your wife,” he pointed out to Kyle, looking for some loophole that didn’t make him the bad guy.
    â€œNo, we wouldn’t. We wouldn’t have to say a thing. Katie’s a hopeless romantic. Trust me, she’s going to throwyou and Sydney together no matter what you and I decide. All you’d have to do is hang around and look besotted.”
    â€œI don’t do besotted.”
    â€œJust look at Sydney the way you were looking at her before dinner.”
    â€œI haven’t—”
    â€œThat was more aroused than besotted, I’ll admit. But it should work.”
    â€œYou’re out of your mind.”
    â€œShe’s a babe, Cole. It’s not like it would be this huge hardship.”
    Alarm crept into Cole’s system as Kyle’s words started to make some kind of bizarre sense. He couldn’t consider this. Then again, he couldn’t not consider this.
    â€œThis is the dumbest plan I’ve ever heard,” he said. “Take Katie on a vacation. She can relax on the beach. I’ll pay.”
    â€œShe’ll worry about you.”
    â€œShe doesn’t have to worry about me.”
    â€œI know that, and you know that, but Katie…”
    It was Cole’s turn to gaze at the dark hillsides across the lake. “You know, this morning things were looking pretty good for me. I’d just bought a new mare. I was minding my own business, thinking about shoeing, thinking about building a new hay shed, maybe buying a combine…”
    Kyle started to laugh.
    â€œThen along comes Sydney Wainsbrook and suddenly she’s taking over my life.”
    â€œKyle?” Katie called from the kitchen.
    â€œYes, sweetheart?” he called back.
    â€œDo you think it’s too late for Sydney to drive to Wichita Falls all by herself?”
    â€œOf course it’s too late.” Kyle waggled a victorious eyebrow at Cole. “It’s way too late.”
    â€œShe’s going to stay over,” Katie called.
    â€œSounds good.”
    â€œI haven’t agreed to anything,” Cole muttered to his brother.
    â€œYou have the easy part,” said Kyle. “Just hang around and look besotted.”
    â€œI’m going home.”
    â€œCome back for breakfast.”
    â€œNope.”
    â€œI’ll send Katie after you.”
    â€œGood luck with that.”

Three
    C ole was steadfastly chowing down on hotcakes and coffee when a knock came on his cabin door.
    â€œCome in,” he called gruffly, ready to take on Kyle or Katie or both.
    But it was Sydney who poked her head around the door. “Hey, Cole.”
    Cole cringed, cussing inside his head. Low blow, Kyle. “Good morning, Sydney.”
    She gestured inside. “May I?”
    No, never. “Of course.”
    Her lips curved into that brilliant, sexy smile. “Thanks,” she breathed, messing with both his equilibrium and his libido.
    Katie had obviously lent her some clothes. Instead of her impractical suit, Sydney wore a tight pair of faded blue jeans, a short T-shirt, and her hair was pulled back in aperky ponytail. Her makeup was more subtle than yesterday but, if anything, it made her sexier.
    â€œCoffee?” he asked, finding his voice and rising from his chair.
    â€œLove some.”
    â€œIt’s a little better than yesterday.” One cup of coffee. That was it. And no matter what, he wasn’t letting her talk him into going back to the house for breakfast.
    Kyle’s plan