The Tycoon's Virgin Bride - Part 3 (The Corskovi Dynasty) by Ann King Read Free Book Online Page A

doesn’t want to see you squander your
fortune on fast women and fast cars. He feels that having a family will give
you more stability. In his days matchmaking was good for the family. You can be
paired up with…”
    “ Enough, Duke! It’s one thing to insist that we marry by our
next birthday but to be told who to marry. That’s
another thing.”
    “I
agree with Carlos,” John Kincade III said as stood
up. “We all know that gramps had a wild sense of humor about life and maybe this is his one last laugh from the grave but I say we
find our own wives, if we agree to
this…condition.”
    Duke
sighed heavily, his hand combing his white strands of hair, what was left on
his head. “Very well. But please let me know if you
require assistance in this area. And regarding your grandfather’s
conditions…I’ve seen worse in wills. You’d be surprised.”
    “Well
this is not other people’s wills we’re talking about…this is our family’s
estate.”
    “Very
well.” Duke seemed too tired to argue further and Carlos could tell he was way
past retirement. A good man but really pushing the working
years.
    Carlos
stood by the window looking out as his brothers talked amongst themselves. He
really didn’t get it. Why would his grandfather make such a condition to his
will? Okay, he got it that his uncle was nothing but trouble. A disgrace to the family. An irresponsible playboy bachelor
who squandered his fortune, gambled with money he no longer had and ultimately
disgraced the Kincade family name by his tabloid
appearances with run ins with the law. He was later found dead in a hotel
bathroom after he overdosed on pain killers . Later it
was ruled out as a suicide. It caused a scandal for the Kincade’s public image. The owners of one of the world’s largest upscale retailers listed
in the Forbes list of the wealthiest families during the last decade alone. His
father, John II, wasn’t any better.
    Carlos
was always the outcast in the family. The different one. He was darker in complexion than his fair skinned brothers and his dark grey
eyes contrasted to their blue eyes. He was the illegitimate son.
    He
couldn’t help but feel this was quite a coincidence. With all the pretense of brotherhood from his siblings he knew how they
really felt about him and it didn’t faze him one bit—until now. His father
had an affair with the Italian maid, his mother, while married to Mrs. Kincade . He’d always been made to feel different from the
rest. He’d grown up trying to be twenty times better just to be considered
equal. He’d worked hard in the company just to prove his worth and changed the
vision and increased the company’s profit line in addition to pleasing
customers in an unconventional way. Now on the verge of one of the largest risk
ventures to bring the Kincade empire to another
level, he could possibly lose it all—with all his hard work. He’d been
responsible for pulling Kincade Department store into
the twenty-first century and beyond. Macy’s couldn’t compare to it now. Now
this ridiculous will stipulation when it was a known fact that he was a sworn bachelor,
he couldn’t help but feel this was some sort of set up. He just didn’t believe
in marriage. Period.
    Later,
his father was killed in a plane crash…with another mistress at his side.
    So
much for family values.
    Carlos
swore he’d never get married while growing up. He just didn’t believe in
happily ever after. Shoot, he didn’t exactly have any role models in that area.
Being single and working hard in the corporation meant more to him…until now.
He really didn’t want to lose his place in the business or his inheritance. It
would undo everything he’d ever worked for.
    Damn
it! He was the Kincade Corporation. He had to think fast. Maybe there was a way around this ridiculous
little clause in his grandfather’s will.
    His jaw
clenched at the thought of what he would do. There was always a way around
things and this would be