The Billionaire’s Prodigal Wife – Chapter 34

Mackenna came out of her room sporting a pair of shorts, a t-shirt and her hiking sneakers and her hair in a ponytail. She had a backpack dangling off her fingertips and threw it on the counter. She kicked her foot up, “it’s the only splurge I allowed myself for so long.” She gave a look to Romeo who jumped up on the counter only to be gently lifted by Alessandro. “He peed in them the first week I had them.”

“It’s definitely because you took his manhood,” Alessandro stroked the cat in his arms as the beast purred wildly.

Nuncio laughed at Mackenna’s scowl. “I take it you are good at this hiking?”

you with a canteen and I can’t imagine Carlos has one and I’m pretty sure they’re going to have to follow us on the trail.”

haven’t seen you so excited for something in a long time.”

go. There’s a little coffee shop on the way and we can get croissants and coffee. I’d rather be working my way back when the sun is high than trying to hike in the noonday sun.”

nued, “you can wait in the car if you like. There’s no need to come up. I can’t hike in these,” he looked down at his dress shoes and pants.

ry.

umble about the fat cat being on a diet, “he has certainly lost at least two pounds since in the last month.”

led as the cat wove around his ankles in adorati

d on me. Understand?”

ing.”

the apartment at Carlos as soon as they stepped into the hall, instantly the sound of a reporter shouting “here they come” echoed into the hall and

,” Nuncio instructed, his g

ore the questions being peppered at her. As they reached the car waiting at the curb, the door pulled open, and she was shoved unceremoniously inside.

e passenger seat before the driver started to pull slowly away from the car to avoid striking the reporters blocking the road.

looking at Alessandro and his face was white with rage. She had never seen him so furious

ly as I instructed.”

lessandro!”

moment.

uldn’t go hiking.”

nder in all of this. When we get to the hotel, you and Nuncio are to stay behind in the car. If you don’t mind however, I’ll call the hotel and ask them to pack us a breakfast to bring with us instead of going to your coffee shop.”

sandro,” she whispered as she turned her head to look out the window.

best.

. Everyone in the car was silent as she stared out the window and she felt a tear slide down her cheek. She felt Nuncio reach across again a

ncio and the driver. Alessandro had instructed the driver to circle the block a few times and so as

whispered suddenly as they paused at a traffic light before t

years ago. This whole situation with the private investigator and Dulce has put you at risk more than once. He has already lost people very important to him, to lose you as we

than five or ten of them. There had to be fifty of them out there this morning. I don’t understand people’s fascination.”

. “The woman is a menace.”

e he pulled, and they shared a bitter laugh.

h him for protection plus his driver. It was a small army. Carlos tossed a paper bag at her which she assumed was breakfast and she folded it into her backpack, but she was no longer hungry at all.

in Alessandro, dressed now in khaki

ee? I work out a lot.”

his face. “Nice boots.”

ies after the first twenty minutes.” She grinned mischievously. “Might be a way to thin their numbers.”

mile spread wide.

e how you think,” he tapped the window and told I

Nuncio and Carlos and the man named Rio had easily kept up. One guard had stayed back with the driver to keep him safe in the event paparazzi recognized him while he waited for them.

andrail,” Alessandro looked at her in amazement as she reached up and started her ascent.

lder, brushing her forearm across her forehead to wipe sweat.

a look to Carlos as Nuncio gave a shove to Mackenna and they both laughed at something he said at her.

suddenly.

wly. “No, my younger brother is very much enamoured with her roommate.

eeds a champion in her corner. God know

ved past his bosses.

turn back up the hill to continue her ascent. The park ranger had warned them it would be an arduous climb. She had done it multiple times in the las

to take in the view.

them. “I feel I may be blinded by pain and blisters on my hands.”

Nuncio pulled the man to his fee

etting old Carlos. There was a time you would have raced the pair of them to the top.”

nly one showing his age-old man.”

think you would have found my body at the last plate

ipped onto his back and said a loud prayer. “Leave my body here for the vultures.”

olled their eyes and turned back to the view. “Come on, it’s worth it. Look at this view.”

lessandro dropped his arm over her shoulder, smelling entirely too masculi

died him.

ve dirt on my face?”

ven sweaty and gross you look good. You damn supermodels are annoying as hell. I know I’m red-faced and look like the after picture of a marathon. You look lik

use I am stunning to look at it.”

as lighthearted and teasing as Rio threw a rock at Alessandro’s feet and Carlos mentioned tossing his body off the cliff and they slowly

ackenna took Alessandro’s hand as she stepped down off one of the last plateaus towards the final leg of the trail and when he held onto it, she didn’t