His After-Hours Mistress: The Rich Man's Reluctant Mistress. Trish Wylie

she moved in. Her stepfather didn’t have a good word to say about it. ‘You’re making a big mistake, you know. Zane Alexander’s using you. He wants you as a built in babysitter as well as a stable mate; you won’t have a chance to do any work. Not that I ever expected you to succeed.’

      But her mother was all for it. ‘Darling, that’s wonderful news. I did wonder what was going on between you two. I didn’t believe all that stuff about looking after his nephew. Will I be hearing wedding bells soon? He’s such a catch.’

      ‘Mother!’ exclaimed Lucinda. ‘It’s nothing like that. It’s a business proposition.’

      ‘Of course,’ said her mother, but Lucinda could see that she didn’t believe her.

      Once settled in her new suite of offices, with Amanda on hand to deal with all the day-to-day problems, Lucinda found little time to worry about her mother or stepfather. Her hands were full juggling her job and minding Tim.