Serendipity

<p><strong style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>You've read Alyssa's side of the story in <em>The Tie That Binds</em>. Now it's Daniel's turn.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>I thought I could stay away from her.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>I thought wrong.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>What was I supposed to do when I found out that Charles Moriani's last wish was for me to marry his only daughter? I owed the man everything - he taught me all I know and took on the role my late father was unable to fulfil never asking for anything in return.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>Until now.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>The choice was easy to make. Too easy perhaps.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(51 51 51 1)>I tried to make myself believe I married her for honourable reasons but nothing could be further from the truth. Alyssa was never meant to find out how I feel about her. She was never meant to end up in my bed. And she was definitely never meant to love me back.</span></p><p><br></p>