His intentions couldn't be honorable

"I find you profoundly, shatteringly attractive," Blaize Stephenson told Oriel. But what on earth could a man with his success and money see in a gawky primary schoolteacher with an inferiority complex?

Oriel didn't doubt that Blaize might be intrigued by her, but certainly not on a long-term basis. And Oriel wasn't prepared to be a rich man's passing fancy.

Extricating herself from Blaize's grasp was more complicated than she expected. The fact that she'd fallen in love with him didn't help....