An indecent proposal — Revenge, by the ruthless standards of Alex Baresi, was sweetest when it involved kissing the lips of a beautiful woman. Especially when Lori had no choice but to agree to his demands if she wanted to save her family's business empire from complete destruction. — She had inadvertently made an enemy of this man and he paid back in kind. He wanted her -- as his wife and in his bed -- even if she despised every inch of him. The shocking and traitorous effect of his nearness only served to remind Lori that what Alex wanted, he never failed to get.