"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