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Taylor froze with the glass of apple juice halfway
to her lips. She wasn’t sure what to say, since she
didn’t have a clue just what Dominic had told his
parents about her. So to play it safe, she said
something she knew wasn’t a lie. “And I love
Dominic just as deeply.”
She leaned back in her chair. “So, please, share
with me why there is animosity between you and
Dominic.”
Over dinner she listened while he told her with
deep regret and sorrow in his voice how he tried to
control his son’s life by choosing the woman for
him to marry—a woman who would increase the
Saxons’ wealth when the two families joined.
Instead, while attending school here in the States,
Marcello met and fell in love with Megan. Franco
had opposed the marriage, threatened to disown his
son if he didn’t do what he wanted. In the end,
Marcello chose love.
For the next twenty years Marcello and his father
had very little contact. Franco explained that they
were both stubborn men, but that within the last three
years he and Marcello had put the past behind them.
However, Dominic refused to do so. He just couldn’t
get over the fact that Franco had turned his back on
Marcello for marrying his mother.
Franco admitted he had been wrong and that he
had made a grave mistake, especially upon seeing
how happy Marcello was. And he totally liked