She wasn't just after some business arrangement—she was playing the long game to stay in his life.
It wasn't that she'd changed her mind. That "partnership" proposal had been nothing but a tactical move from the start.
A marriage of convenience? Over her dead body!
But fake feelings could turn real, couldn't they? Play the part long enough, and even a lie might become the truth.
Oh, he'd come around to seeing her worth eventually.
That down-on-her-luck Joanne? What could she possibly offer that could compete?
When Zane returned home, Mrs. Grey was still awake, waiting on the sofa.
The nurse reported his mother had eaten well that evening under Quinn's attentive care.
Mrs. Grey took the opportunity to praise Quinn before asking, "By the way, how did the wedding rehearsal go?"
Zane
