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"Oh, dear…" She sat back, tilting her head to one side "You overheard Sharon and I yesterday," she said and sighed "I'ossip Yes, I met with Josh just after he found out about his father's will It was a shock to him, because none of the boys had any idea they wouldn't be splitting the family fortune Instead, their father created incentivized trust funds for theet a disbursement, they had to fulfil certain requireet married and stay et 25 million dollars on their first anniversary and every anniversary that they stayed ive up the bachelor's life and settle down"
"Is that even legal?" I asked, for it sounded like blackmail or extortion
"Yes, it is entirely legal Josh wasn't happy about it He recently had a very hard breakup as I'for a wife He even joked that I should find him a wife because he was too b
usy I said, why not? I could do it because I have files on hundreds of very capable young woet to know him Maybe become his wife"
"And?"
"And, I tried my best I provided him with the very best candidates I had on file at the tirees and ere attractive and successful, and who agreed toexcuses One wasn't nice enough One was too nice One had a career that was trifling One was too serious"
"Did he ever say anything about me?" I asked
"No," she said, frowning "He never indicated he was seeing anyone, but now that I meet you, and learn that the two of you have beco all the candidates to you, and finding he was just not interested in anyone else"
She raised her eyebrows fully
That thoughtto hide it because it felt too proud and there was no way of knowing if she was right about hih ht that Josh had compared me to the women Marcella found for him and turned them all down as a result
"I ondering why he was being so reluctant," Marcella said, her eyes narrowing "Now, I know He had you as his co froree froe You have a career and ambition You're lovely on top of it I can see why he wasn't interested in anyone else"
Marcella slee in her eyes "It's a loss for me because I could have made some money off his desire to find a wife, but I've always been fond of Joshua He's a wonderful person and upstanding young man It makes me personally happy to know he found you on his oithout any help from me"
I shookway ahead of herself
"Wait," I said and held outeach other It's not like that"
"Maybe not for you, but I suspect it is for Josh Besides, your relationship with hih for you to come and speak to h to Joshua to ad I'd say there's so between you two that is ed her eyebrows "Maybe you just don't realize it yet"