From Boardroom to Bedroom

“I know this is out of nowhere,” Nigel stated, raking a hand through his hair, clearly stressed.

She’d only known him a short time, but she’d never seen him this flustered. Clearly he was in a bind and wasn’t any more comfortable asking her than she was being invited. She also had to assume that he wouldn’t have come to her had he’d had another choice.

“My grandmother is quite persistent,” he added, his dark eyes pleading with her.

“But, what about my job here?” she asked, still reeling from the out-of-the-blue request. “I mean, what will everyone think? First I’m hired as a consultant, then I’m put in charge of heading up the marketing for the wedding episode that may or may not happen, then I go to an award ceremony with you and now a family wedding back at your home?”

Her mind was spinning just saying all of this out loud. Talk about a whirlwind experience. But the biggest issue for her was the thing she didn’t dare say aloud—between getting swept up with Nigel and his charm and sex appeal, and her inability to deny him anything, she was running out of time to uncover information on Miranda. Every angle she’d tried ended up a dead end. Everyone she spoke to absolutely loved the woman.

“I know it looks crazy... It is crazy,” he amended, reaching for her hands. “Nobody here has to know about where we’re actually going. I can say I have you going on a trip to scout potential locations for the show.”

More lying. For someone who used to pride herself on honesty, she’d fallen down the rabbit hole of deceit and she wasn’t sure she’d find her way back out anytime soon.

If she went away with him, Sophie knew they’d pick up where they’d left off the other night... That both thrilled and terrified her. She’d never wanted anyone the way she wanted Nigel and that was what scared her most. How could she ever let him go?

hands held hers as he continued to stare at her,

long will we be gone?” she

smile spread across his face. “Five

falling for, during which she’d have to pretend to be his girlfriend

point and now she was taking this acting skill on an international tour. What would her brothers think

to herself. She didn’t want to use Nigel. That part kept niggling at her. She may be lying in her position here, but she wasn’t lying about her growing

want to pressure you,” he told her. “I just didn’t

being so transparent

time with the

about a real relationship, a real attraction...a real affair instead of one based on

she told him. “I’ll go

hands to his chest. “You will love my home and my family. Dame Claire can be overwhelming at times, but she

with a large, loving family and a doting grandmother...especially one with a title. Sure, she and her brothers were close, and she’d loved her

her father? Maybe the outcome of the will would’ve been different and Sophie and her brothers would have had their