The $10,000,000 Texas Wedding

The $10,000,000 Texas Wedding
Judy Christenberry

TERMS OF A TEN MILLION DOLLAR TEXAS WEDDING(Excerpt from Granny Dawson's will)Stop furrowing your brow, Gabe! Don't like the change to my will? Didn't think you would. But someone had to bring you to your senses. You can be so stubborn…What you thought years ago–that Katie Peters dismissed your love -isn't true. Katie is a wonderful woman who cares about you. Let go of the pain from her rejection. Discover how amazing love is.You and Katie belong together. And once you indulge in the memories that make you ache, you'll know I'm right. This isn't punishment, Gabe. It's the greatest gift I could leave you. Marry the girl, already!

“Gabe! Come over,” the matchmakers yelled. “We’ve figured out the perfect man for Katie to marry so you’ll be off the hook.”

“There’s a rancher with four children. He needs a mother for them. Katie—”

“No! She’s already raised her brothers and sisters.” Gabe remembered Katie’s face when he’d asked if she’d gone to college. His heart ached for her lost dreams.

“There’s the minister. Katie would make an excellent minister’s wife,” Florence said.

“No, I don’t want—” Gabe stopped, frustrated. “Damn! Isn’t there someone who would let Katie be Katie? Who would help her? She deserves the best!”

“Well, of course she does,” Edith said. “I told them that, but they argued with me.”

He nodded eagerly at Edith. “Yeah? Who did you think would do for Katie?” He wasn’t going to marry Katie off to just anyone.

“Why, Gabe, dear, the perfect man is you.”

The $10,000,000 Texas Wedding

Judy Christenberry

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Judy Christenberry has been writing romances for fifteen years because she loves happy endings as much as her readers. Judy quit teaching French recently and now devotes her time to writing. She hopes readers have as much fun reading her stories as she does writing them. She spends her spare time reading, watching her favorite sports teams and keeping track of her two daughters. Judy’s a native Texan, but now lives in Arizona.

Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

Chapter Eleven

Chapter Twelve

Chapter Thirteen

Chapter Fourteen

Chapter Fifteen

Chapter Sixteen

Epilogue

Chapter One

Cactus, Texas.

Gabe Dawson carefully pulled into a parking space on the town square. He didn’t want to have a wreck on his first day back in town. With memories pouring into his head, he feared he might be too distracted to drive.

He’d grown up here, learning about life, sharing, hunting, camping, riding with his friends. Falling in love for the first time. Katie.

“Gabe!”

The man standing by his car door waited for him to acknowledge his presence. Gabe opened the door and got out. “Mac Gibbons!” he replied, grabbing one of his best childhood friends into a bear hug. “How did you know I was here?”

“I’d been to see Cal. Your new Mercedes caught my eye. Nice car.”

“Yeah, thanks.” The car was a result of his recent success. “I was on my way to see you.”

“About your grandmother’s will?”

Gabe nodded.

Mac reached out and squeezed Gabe’s shoulder in silent sympathy. “Come on, let’s get it over with. Then we can visit.”

Mac Gibbons knew Gabriel Dawson was in for a shock. He decided it would be better not to procrastinate. He hoped Gabe would take some time to think, not make a quick decision.

He led his old friend into his offices. After introducing him to his secretary, an efficient middle-aged woman, he took him down the hall, stopping at the first door.

“Alex, let me introduce an old friend, Gabe Dawson. Alexandra Langford is my partner.”

“Langford?” Gabe repeated, a question in his voice.

Mac nodded. “And Tuck’s wife.”

Gabe smiled. “Tuck always was a lucky man. But I’ll admit, I never thought he’d marry.”