Dante
I see why Dominic has been so umbral and opaque about his new wife. She appears delicate, fragile, and small—Vivien Leigh as Blanche in A Streetcar Named Desire but with her youth as Scarlet from Gone with the Wind. Eloise has a classic, silver-screen beauty about her, the kind of beauty that won't rot or spoil so long as she has a good man to keep her happy. How long will it be before she realizes that man is not my brother? How long before he realizes it?
"You must be Eloise," I give her a charming smile and find myself surprised that she doesn't seem the least bit charmed by it. Perhaps her degrees are worth something after all. "I'm Dominic's brother, but I'm guessing you knew that. Has he told you my name?"
"Dante," she answers flatly but politely. Her voice is soft but not h
