Agreeably Arranged: Manhattan Bachelors, #1
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Manhattan Bachelors Book 1
Within Manhattan's oldest families, where money marries money and pedigrees have nothing to do with dogs, rebellious children are reeled in with arranged marriages under threat of disinheritance.
But what if an arranged marriage brings you the man of your dreams and the girl you've always wanted?
Lola Forsythe has loved bad boy Castor Dewitt since she was a child. Castor never thought he'd fall in love until he spied grown-up Lola at a family wedding. Just when both have resigned themselves to loveless, arranged marriages, fate intervenes and they discover the truth about their secret feelings.
Now that they're together, they're not letting anyone tear them apart from the true love of their life.
This is a quick, sweet, steamy read with true love, weddings and a guaranteed, happy ending.
Matilda Martel
Matilda loves many things---her husband, dachshunds, cats, the two terrible Chihuahuas who live with her, Paris, New York, a few select friends and family, Nutella, books, lots and lots of books, and writing sweet, steamy romance for nerdy girls-- because that's who I am.If you like your romances steamy but sweet. Sexy, but on the shorter side. With smart and sassy heroines who fall for soulful Alphas- then you might like my books.I write A LOT of OMYW, cause that's just my bag. But no matter what kind of story it is, my ladies are always adored and my endings are always HEA.Please head to my blog: www.matildamartel.com, to learn what's in the final stages and will be coming out soon!Want a free Ebook? Join my mailing list to get my monthly newsletter at : www.matildamartel.com/mailinglist/
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Agreeably Arranged - Matilda Martel
Chapter 1
Castor
A bsolutely not. I’m not considering this for a second.
I’m emphatic, brash, and as direct as I can possibly be, but I get the impression my parents aren't listening to a word I’m saying. Only minutes have passed since I informed them of my appointment, an incredible opportunity, years ahead of schedule, and the only thing they can utter in response is suggestions for wives.
I was thinking of one of the Lennox twins. They’re pretty girls. What do you think, Castor? Delilah? Diandra? Which one do you prefer?
My mother stares at me, waiting for my reply. She’s done this since I was a child. Whenever I say anything she disagrees with, she pretends not to have heard a word I said. When I told her I intended to attend Stanford and not Harvard, the family alma mater, she ignored me. She instructed the butler to throw every correspondence with a Palo Alto address into the trash. She then forged my signature and applied to Harvard for me.
I’ve been infinitely fortunate to have grown up with every luxury imaginable, but there has always been a cost. Viola and Kenneth DeWitt are Separately intolerable, insufferable people, but together, they are and have always been a nightmare.
Did you not hear me?
I pour myself another drink and glare at the pair while they scribble some notes.
We heard. We’re just not listening to you. This nonsense has gone on long enough, Castor. You turn thirty-five this year. We let you do this your way, and you have failed miserably.
My father stands to stress his vexation. You will marry, and you will marry someone suitable before the end of summer, or we are cutting you off and leaving everything to your younger brother.
Didn’t you cut him off already?
I bark, sitting confidently across from them.
That can be altered. Lucius is married now and working on getting his life together. To our surprise, he found someone from a good family, which is more than I can say for you. You’re thirty-four years old. People say you’re a philanderer. Even worse, some assume you might be gay.
He takes a strong sip as if the word has tainted his lips.
He’s such a jackass.
Well, which is it? Am I a philanderer, or am I gay? Or am I a gay philanderer?
I scowl sarcastically from my place on the opposite side of the room, furious but attempting to look as calm as possible. It isn’t easy. They’ve lost their minds believing I would consent to an arranged marriage.
This is all a huge joke, isn’t it, young man? It won’t be a joke when your brother inherits everything, and you need to learn to live within your diplomatic paycheck.
My mother interjects, walking towards me to bring me back into their web.
Clenching my jaw, I fight the urge not to tell them both to go to hell and leave whatever they want to that sycophantic, pill-popping, drunk, but after everything I’ve had to endure throughout my childhood and into my thirty-fourth year, half a billion dollars feels like too much to throw away.
Exhaling with defeat, I sit down and observe them carefully. They will not let this go after everything I’ve accomplished. I’ve given the last ten years to the foreign service, living most of those years abroad, biding my time in smaller embassies just for the opportunity, experience, and hope of one day reaching the chief of mission, and for what? For this? The only thing they care about is that I’m unmarried. They have yet to congratulate me for being named Ambassador to France.
These unions are just for show anyway, right? Everyone winds up having an open marriage, don’t they?
I take a long sip of whiskey. Not the Lennox twins. They’re both intolerable to be around for over five minutes.
This is undeniably true. I’ve never cared for either of them. Besides, there’s no way I’ll make this easy for them.
Fine. At least we’re getting somewhere. What about the Caulfield girl? What’s her name?
My mother hums as she tries to recall the name of the most unattractive girl I have ever met.
Heidi? No! I’d rather surrender my inheritance and give my money to Lucius now.
I stand to leave, but they call me back and promise to be more discriminating.
There’s that Wilder girl. Jane? No, Janet. She’s a nice girl.
My father's suggestion turns my stomach, and I suggest we end this immediately.
What’s wrong with her?
She’s 4’10 and looks like she’s fourteen years old! She’s repugnant. If these are the women you offer, leave me alone and let me find a wife in Paris.
I growl angrily, but my suggestion makes them both recoil in terror.
This is precisely what we are trying to avoid. You will marry someone before you leave. We don’t want you to wind up like your cousin who married that woman from his time in St. Petersburg.
My arrogant mother clutches her chest as if the prospect of me following in his footsteps would lead to her untimely death.
You two are unbelievable snobs.
Call us what you like. Just don’t humiliate us.
My father leads us into the dining room, and I think about what I’ll give up for that money.
Although I’ve never been a hopeless romantic,