Married at First Sight novel (Serenity and Zachary York)

"Dad, why?" Marco asked.

Holden lowered his voice. "Your mother wants to invite people from Wiltspoon to dinner. Do you think that's a good idea? Even if she's trying to do something good, they won't accept it. They're set on getting revenge for the previous matriarch."

Noel added, "They can only suspect that Mom was involved in the previous matriarch's death, but they have no proof."

"They're people of status," Holden replied. "They wouldn't do anything without evidence. If they did, they'd risk jail. They have more to lose." Sage nodded in agreement.

that Mr. Dunn had a private gun. Mom can't escape this. He's her assistant, loyal only to her. No one else can command him. Dad, do you really not know if Mom has a gun?" Holden sighed. "I

always so strict with

then had allowed women to have babies through IVF without marriage, Clarissa

to act on it. He sought emotional support elsewhere, though he never thought of divorcing Clarissa. He had invested too much in the marriage to walk away. He planned to

as much as he loved Clarissa. He wanted to build a deep father-daughter bond with Shiloh, believing that when she became the matriarch, his standing in the Farrell family

and was already in her twenties when she returned. It was too late to form a close bond. Holden had given all his fatherly love to Shiloh and couldn't easily accept Kathryn. He couldn't even pretend

turn, remained distant from