Chapter One

Brianna spun around, a guilty flush staining her cheeks. Cole Masters lounged in the doorway. The door she hadn't heard open. His feet were crossed at the ankle, his arms across his chest. A lock of hair had fallen across his eye, and she itched to brush it away. A mischievous grin played at his incredibly sexy mouth. He could have been the model for the "David".

Brianna licked her suddenly dry lips. Cole's face tightened and took on a look of what she could only describe as hunger.

"Why are you here?" He was blunt, if nothing else. He shoved his body off the doorframe and stalked towards her.

How much should she tell him?

"Why would a beautiful, young woman bow down to a crazy man?" He held up his hand just as she opened her mouth. "He is crazy, Bri. No sane man would whore his daughter for the sake of an heir."

She gulped as he drew closer to her body, his hips swaggering, drawing her eyes to that very yummy region of his body. He'd used the exact word she had in describing her situation. Whore.

She straightened, determined that he would not see her as a cowering little girl who did everything her father told her to do. She'd never done so before, mostly because he'd never asked anything of her, and she wasn't going to start now. Somehow, she'd find a way to protect Scott and get out of this ridiculous arrangement.

And besides, she could give as well as he could. "Why are you doing this?"

Cole snorted, startling her, and shrugged carelessly. "I can't even begin to imagine why. I was ready to throw your ol