In the pitch blackness, trapped between floors,Peter Reynolds had almost convinced himself that thewoman in the suddenly toocramped-for-comfort elevatorcar was not off-limits…andthat the desperate passionthey shared would notchange everything.

But then the lights came on,and Peter knew that he'dcrossed more than one line.For Lucy Grainger was hissecretary…and now, quitepossibly, pregnant.If Peter were any other man, Lucy would make theperfect wife and mother to his children. But he wasnot the marrying kind for reasons Lucy could neverunderstand. Yet, if that were true, why was he secretlyhoping that the stick turned blue?