The last thing Alexia had wanted was te go to Spain tovisit Rafael Valverdes family - but in the circumstances she hadr't had much option he had virtually blackmailed her into going! But it was Rafaels contemptuous, and totally unfounded, attitude towards her that made it almost too much to bear - he seemed to think she was some kind of scarlet woman and refused to believe her when she tried to tell him the truth. Still, despite all that, Alexia found herself increasingly attracted towards him - and increasingly guilty about his neglected fiancée, lsabella.