Mackenzie gasped, but she didn’t get the chance to say a word before her father continued.
“Even with the company saved today, there is no guarantee we will survive another twenty years. You are young and you need to secure your future. If you marry Edrik, you will never lack for anything in your life. He has enough money to take care of you better than I ever could.”
“You… you want me to seduce him?” Mackenzie asked, her voice going high as shock registered in her brain. She suddenly remembered Hunter and how that plan of seduction had gone so far, cringing at the thought of doing the same with another man. What was her life turning into?
“Don’t be ridiculous,” Ivan snapped. “You don’t need to seduce the man. He’s already interested. You are young and attractive, from a good home. My
