"Granted, you're a very desirable woman." It will save a lot of time if I tell you I'm prepared to do anything you want, " Lauren Devlin said, confronting a man who would respond to no gentle persuasion-the only man who could save her father from jail and lifelong regret. When most women would have jumped at the opportunity of being with Nick Brent—in any capacity—Lauren was shocked by his proposal. Lauren had never expected to become any man's mistress and certainly not a replacement mistress for Nick to parade before the woman who'd deserted him