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"Please tell me he didn't get away with it."
I shook my head. "He didn't. I gave the interview instead. That way, no publication would be interested in his side of the story. He’d get no money for it."
"Sounds like a nightmare."
"It was. The press didn't stop hounding me after that. They’ve lost interest lately, thank God. Anyway, that's enough about me. Actually, wait... I mean, you probably know about the family, right?"
"Just bits and hearsay."
"Well, there are eight of us."
"Eight?"
"I have a sister, Kimberly, and six cousins." And also a baby half sister in London, but I didn’t want to get into that right now...
"And you all work together at Maxwell Hotels?"
"No, no. My cousin Tate runs Maxwell Wineries. Declan is a lawyer. Luke owns Skye Designs.”
“Tyler Maxwell plays hockey," he said as if he'd just remembered that tidbit of information.
"Exactly. Sam is a doctor. Travis is the one with the hotel. Kimberly and I work with him."
"Got it."
"We’re all very close. Malcolm knows that. By the way, in case it comes up, you’ve already met my family. That will kill him. I waited a long time before introducing him to them.”
Dom said nothing for a few seconds, then asked, "Are you trying to make him jealous or just get him off your back?"
"I don't know. I just want to annoy him right now. It feels good."
"Fair enough."
"What about you?"
"I studied at Harvard and lived in Boston for a few years before moving here and starting Waldorf Fashion."
"You grew the company exponentially in just a few years. I think that's fabulous."
"All I did was use the knowledge I acquired from business school."
Humble! Yet another thing I wouldn't have pegged him for.
"I married one year ago," he continued. "Worst mistake of my life."
"Can I ask what happened?"
"I don't think that's going to come up."
"Fair enough." The wound was obviously still fresh. And even though I’d felt an instant kinship with him, I remembered those early days after Malcolm's betrayal. I walked around feeling physically in pain, so I understood Dominic’s reluctance.
"Anyway, I think we've covered the basics," I said.
He looked at me briefly before focusing on the road again. I noted a glint in his eyes.
"Not yet. We should clarify what attracted us to each other."
“You think that might come up?”
