Autumn "Autumn, please?" Rylan begged. She hated it when he acted like this. Almost as if he wasn"t the bad guy in the situation. It seemed to have escaped his notice that he was trying to trap her into marriage. Autumn turned to face him again, finding him appraising her adoringly. There really wasn"t anything wrong with Rylan. A lot of women would probably be thrilled to have his attention to themselves. But she wasn"t one of them. She hated being told what to do more than anything, and Rylan was as guilty as her father for trying to do that. "No," she said firmly. It was a shame this was going to end up ruining what was left of their friendship. "All you have to do is say yes to marrying me, and your father will stop his marriage contest." "Gods, Rylan, what"s wrong with you?" H

