Now or Never

Annabel Broderick's comfortable life ended with her father's death, and with it came the discovery that the man had been a dishonest rogue. Left with nothing to fall back on, she is urged by Suzette, a sophisticated acquaintance, to trade on her looks and seek out Nicolas Casimir, a wealthy business magnate. Annabel is dismayed to learn that Suzette has already reached out to him in her name. When the two finally meet, she cannot tell whether the financier is amused or in earnest, and she makes it clear, politely but without hesitation, that she would never accept such an arrangement.