Mason mocked him, his tone light but cutting. "You've spent the past month together, practically joined at the hip without anyone around to interfere, and yet you still haven't managed to win her over?"

Waterfield could only sigh, his frustration palpable. Endless meetings hadn't worn him out nearly this much.

Mason cast him a half-lidded glance, his expression inscrutable. His words, however, were anything but: "If you knew it would come to this, why did you make ...