The wedding dress

veins and all thoughts of his date firmly forgotten. ‘This conversation is futile. You know that I will never marry.’ ‘Not even to spite Xander?’ Her voice raised an octave as she continued. ‘I need to retain control at Mytikas and the only way I can achieve that is with my own son at the helm. Ple

or the one who never would. His stepfather, a proud man who’d craved a simple family life

f information. Decades overcoming an embarrassingly inconvenient childhood stammer made him hyperaware of moments that

rge into the church and object?

e want to make sure this marriage doesn’t go ahead,

ing the flash of anger that seethed in his veins. ‘You

geable. At the very least, it will give me time to contest

r’s perfectly laid plans is quite tempting.

n and sharp against the stillness of the night air. ‘I just…want yo

to stand up for her only son in the past. She had remained at Zeus’s beck and call while Ero

pon the emotion they evoked as he stood up and took his mother’s han

of the man she’d loved so much. Arista believed him weak, just as Zeus ha

I will stop

said hopefully.

ept his features neutral. ‘You just focus

‘If I succeed, the house in the Hamptons and the seat on the

ly. ‘Have I ever given you

t, and she sipped on her own ouzo like a

llowed the ghost of a smile to touch his lips. Using his phone, he searched for the

im…but he had never considered there might be collateral damage. He would go to New York and he would destroy h

ing. Divide it up and se

a pretty bride. He wondered if the beauty knew of the world she was entering into. Even if she didn’t, he coul

…all was fair

them focus on the scandal…no one could k

the extravagant white gown that had been selected by a top stylist in charge of the event. That was how she’d thought of it in her head until this moment, a nameless event to t