The Billionaire’s Prodigal Wife – Chapter 28

Six weeks later, Mackenna was sitting in her old office going through the motions of doing her job and very much aware she was neglecting one file on her desk. Dulce’s billing had yet to be rectified but she was avoiding it. She’d been avoiding it for almost three and a half weeks.

She had flown back to Phoenix almost as soon as the doctor had cleared her to fly. Her employer hadn’t yet filled her position and the office had been a mess from temporary replacements who couldn’t do the job to her standards. The hospital was thrilled to have her back and had even given her a raise as they’d learned how valuable she was to them in the short time she was gone.

She had given her grandparents a quiet send off and during the entire process, she continued to remind herself of the doctor’s words to her. They had been found holding hands. They had been married for over sixty years and as horrible as their death was, Mackenna felt peace in knowing one had not needed to live without the other.

srupt Mackenna. When he’d reached out to offer this, Savannah had overseen all the details. She had not spoken a single word to him since she had left him in Phoenix seven weeks before. Even when he arrived to pay his respects to her grandparents, accompanied by his mother, she had excused herself. The funeral direct

ed for the items she wanted to keep being shipped to her later. She had them moved to a storage container, supervising the process herself. Everything else the lawyer would arrange to sell on her behalf, including their apartment. She had no need to keep her grandparents’ home, no matter how sad it made her to be done with it.

she’d arrived in Phoenix, the first two weeks comprised of the paparazzi chasing her and screaming questions at her to try and get a reaction or sound bite. She simply kept her head down and prayed it would die down and it had. They had eventually gotten bored with her coming and going to and from work once they realized how dull she t

r the woman’s friendship and guidance over the last several months, she needed to move on with her life.

. “Portman, are you out of your mind? What are with the codes you put on the billing for Dulce?”

our voice hounding me. Can I jus

additional bills after her discharge. Can you please elaborate on these?”

sician in Italy.”

s an in-person rate?”

oor interrupted the conversation. “Someone’s at my door.”

, just a friend, I’m not pushing you for anything more but if you need a friend, I’m here for you.”

see who it was to have stepped into her office and felt her breath catch in her lungs.

urity, there is a man in my office I need removed. Now.” She didn’t even wait for the response from the security team and cradled the handset. “Get out

hair as if oblivious to her directive.

e file in front of her and started plugging in the correct codes

m off.

change and the slipped it back under Dulce’s file.

is not Keebler.”

edly Keebler,” she retorted not looking back up at him, hating

enly.

f you were aware, but a maniac hired an investigator to track me, and the man he hired ended up chasing me and my grandparents causing us to crash and killing them and my unborn child. Losing a few po

issed the combined horror and sadness at her cold words.

n. “Get him out of my office please?”

s please?”

ndro questioned quietly ignoring the men at the door.

ut anything unless it is what you want. I am done pandering to your whims. Get out and don’t come back.”

”

e was standing now, her hands clenched into fists on her desktop. “If you come near me again, I swear on my grandparent’s lives, I will do a tell-all interview with the biggest tabloid I can find.”

be back.”

she dropped her head onto her desk and allowed the tears she’d been holding back to spill unchecked.

once and step into the room, closing it behind her.

“Why is

opefully you said what you needed to sa

“I need to stay the course. It hurts but if I give into the pain, I’ll be stuck in this moment forever. I remember when my parents died, my grandfather told me they will always be a part of me, and I believe this to be true. They are all here,” she pointed to her chest, “and I need to honor them by continuing to put one foot in front of the other.”

Savannah stood up. “Well, the reason I came up here was

dly backed out of the office.

or mailing, it was near time to go home for the day.

k a good glass of wine, and take one of the sleeping pills her doctor had prescribed for her.

h the hospital and scowled as Nun

ure you make it home safely.”

perhaps he should have stayed away as they had all but dissipated,” she snapp

the good graces to look a

away, are you?”

lessandro gives me the instruction to do

God, I hate that man,” she muttered under her breath.

ound her protectively.

tearing his phone out of his pocket to call his employer.

up, she made her way to the kitchen and poured two large glasses of red wine. Since she’d been back from Italy, she’d forgone the cheap stuff she usually had stocked. She walked to Nuncio and pressed one into his hand.

e grabbed it with a thankful smile. “Just this one time.”

e rest of the bottle is that way if you need it.” She motioned to the kitchen. “Also, Romeo is around here somewhere. He

ment with a bath. She wanted a long hot soak. Instead, she took her glass of wine into the shower with her and as she stood under the burning hea