What keeps us apart?

Melissa Jackson did not believe in love, even less so in marriage. So why on earth did she wake up with a ring on her finger? Yes, the famous author Lyle McClory had asked her several times to be his wife. Yes, she felt the most tantalising attraction to her now husband. But no, this was not how she had planned her life to turn out. She saw herself as a plain, simple woman who had wanted to get on with her own business for as long as she can remember. Suddenly, she lost sight of that and worried about other unimportant matters. Why had Lyle chosen her to spend the rest of his life with? What was she doing in this high society? Did she actually belong here?