An indecent proposal

Our narrator expected the inheritance of Gordon Oil, left to him by his father, to be a simple matter, since he assumed Angelica Gordon would be easy to manage. He soon learns how mistaken that assumption was, because she is unlike any woman he has known, and he finds he cannot stop wanting her near. He insists that his feelings are not love. He prizes his freedom and has no interest in a woman becoming a lasting part of his life. Even so, as he works to save the company she cares for so deeply, he keeps making her offers, all aimed at winning her over.