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Brenda Jackson
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your father is right, you know. You can’t distance
your grandfather forever.”
“Would you care to bet on that?”
She frowned. “You’re just like your father. Stubborn.”
A smile touched Dominic’s lips. “Yet you love
us anyway.”
Dominic then glanced at the man who’d sired
him. The man he loved, admired and respected
above all else. The man who had not let his father’s
rejection of the woman he loved destroy his determination
to make her his wife and to make something
out of his life—even without the Saxon wealth
behind him. After college Marcello had started from
the bottom and with keen intelligence, his father
built his own Saxon empire, which consisted of
hotels, cruise liners, restaurants, publishing companies
and various auto dealerships across the country.
His mother hadn’t done badly, either, he thought
with a proud smile. Megan Saxon’s name was known
throughout the world and graced the garments of
several international celebrities. She had a remarkable
reputation for outstanding design and had established
her own empire in the world of fashion.
The one thing his parents had taught him, Dominic
concluded, was to increase his own wealth and not
depend on what he might or might not inherit. And
so he had. With their blessings he had carved out his
personal legacy and thanks to a sharp wealth asset