Enemy from the Past — Lilian Peake

"And what if I don't agree to marry you?"

Slade answered her question coolly. "Your brother loses his backer -- and faces bankruptcy. You have ten minutes to think it over."

"Oh," Rosalind cried furiously. "I know what I will do. I'll hate you for the rest of my life!"

But looking back it seemed as if all of her past had been leading inevitably to this; as if Slade Anderson possessed some evil hold on her. Eight years ago he'd said, "For you there'll be no escape from me." Now she knew he was right.