Living a lie. Alex Thome is no fool. He knows that the woman who has come to work as his father's secretary is hiding something. He also thinks that once she's living in the house it will be easy to unmask the real Erica Linton and her motives. But he's wrong! He tries to oppose her, and then he tries kissing her. Erica reveals nothing - not even her growing feelings for Alex. Which eventually puts Erica in a tight spot - for she can't become part of.