The Gilded Butterfly

the long version

When Selina went out to the tiny South American country where her father lived, she soon got into the bad books of her father's friend, Alistair Grainger. Alastair thought her a silly, frivolous playgirl who would be better advised to leave as soon as possible and get back to her jet-set friends. In fact, Selina was forced to leave the country almost immediately, when she unwittingly got herself into a difficult and dangerous situation. As it was Alastair who had saved her from it, perhaps it was inevitable that she should have fallen in love with him. But he was not for her he told her firmly; apart from his ingrained disapproval of her, there was too great a barrier between them. She must go away and forget him. Was it going to be as easy as that, though?