Hunky and oh-so-alpha billionaire Maximilian Diantes has been propositioned many times, but not by the woman who should more appropriately be saying and "yes and " 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.