Hunky and oh-so-alpha billionaire Maximilian Diantes has been propositioned many times but not by the woman who should more appropriately be saying "yes" only to a marriage proposal – preferably his. But Clarissa Montgomery isn't like the women who pursue him with relentless persistence. She only wants something he's not willing to give her – a casual affair. He'll stop at nothing to get Clarissa to agree to become his wife, including using the red-hot attraction the two of them feel for each other.