How had she let herself get talked into this?

Jake Stanton and Stephanie were living together, but it was only a temporary arrangement. And there was a perfectly logical reason for it--Stephanie's father had asked Jake to take over his busy veterinary practice near Melbourne during his absence at a conference.

It was all very innocent, and besides, Stephanie didn't even like Jake Stanton

So why should she agree to pretend they were lovers just to discourage Jake's ex-wife, Alana? And how was she going to explain the situation to other interested parties-such as her own boyfriend, Ian?