When Melanie Crighton started her new job as companion to Chloe, Jake Masters' young daughter, it wasn't long before employer and worker became strongly attracted to each other. But this love affair could have no happy ending. Jake's magnetic personality ensured that he had an endless supply of admirers in his life, and Melanie feared that she was to be only one of his many 'affairs'. There was also the problem of his elusive wife Marion to consider.