His lips moved soundlessly for a moment. "Serafina, even if you don't marry Dominic, there are plenty of fine young men from good families in Aurelia worth considering. Marriage is too important a matter to decide out of spite."
I cut him off. "Besides Luciano Montecarlo, who in this syndicate outranks Dominic Valenti?"
"The Corsettis aren't what they used to be. You've already been generous enough to let me break the blood oath with the Valentis on a whim."
"But I refuse to let our family keep fading."
"Besides, a daughter of a legacy family will have to present herself to the Montecarlos sooner or later. If not me, it will be Giulietta."
Father let out a long sigh.
Luciano Montecarlo was cold by nature. Nothing like Dominic, who knew how to charm. In my previous life, only Carmela had set her sights on the Montecarlo estate. She had been singularly obsessed with becoming the Don's wife.