The Billionaire’s Prodigal Wife – Chapter 37
“Hey, she’s used me to,” Savannah defended her actions. “Remember when we went line dancing at the country bar? You almost took me on the pool table.”
Alessandro choked on his drink at Savannah’s words and Mackenna patted his back hard. “Explain.”
“No,” Mackenna answered back. “I don’t have to.” She held his glare. “Fine, I’ll tell the story but tit for tat. Admit first you came back from Milan because Nuncio told you we were going out tonight and you were going to make me leave when you first came in.”
plimented.
he corrected her, “you are stunning, and I don’t want to share.”
not yours to share.”
er my shoulder caveman style,” he tapped her nose. “Stop bei
ved at him.
pool table with Savannah?”
fiery or is this just since the whole tabloid kerfuffle.”
over with his sports car.”
umped in front of my car,” he corrected resting his elbows on the table leaning into the conversation, aware he was enjoying himself. “Then she slapped me and ran like a little coward.”
m?”
like you?”
anna and Padma,” she waved at the table aro
her words. “I assure you, as Mackenna said earlier, just a man.”
t work out for days and eat nothing but spinach.”
o sop up this booze floating in my tummy.” She motioned to Alessandro, “we ordered enough to feed an army, no need to order anything else.”
. Whether she realized it or not, she was still treating him as her husband, and he draped his arm over the back of her chair. He took a skewer of meat and eyed it curiously.
te off his kebab.
runk often?”
have noticed the edge of his question, Mackenna heard it instantly and
ll I was attracted to.”
s and took a bite and offered the rest of Savannah who had reached for it. She popped it in her mouth.
Savannah is tough as nails but so damn vulnerable and soft inside. It’s no wonder they gravitate to each other.”
needed another drink.
kenna relaxed against Alessandro’s arm against her chair and noted Nuncio’s hand was possessively on Savannah’s thigh and she was holding onto it, her fingers laced between them.
didn’t go to last weekend. Are you coming?”
I invited?”
held his gaze.
watch you dance the samba with someone else.” The meaning in his gaze was clear.
ied simply. “You can keep me occupied.”
tly lounging against a pole. She eyed him curiously. “How did you get here without the hoards of paparazzi? They’ve pissed off since you left for Milan. Only a handful of stragglers have been around.”
”
de my house and the office in Milan, I’m still in Italy. I ran away.”
p of her head unable to resist. “Is the red hair thing permanent?”
his question. “Don’t like it?”
making me want to do all kinds of bad things.”
k, “such as?”
d so keep walking Mackenna and take me dancing.”
comments. This was what she wanted. She had wanted to end things with him and while she had agreed to give him three months of friendship, she had ultimately believed at the end of it she coul
kenna behind her. “Mac!” he threw his arms wide.
nd wrap her legs around his waist and be twirled in a big bear hug. “What are you doing here? I thought you were in Tucson.”
team. Let’s face it, I’m the biggest guy he knows.” He slowly set her on her feet. He motioned to the group and pointed to the person stamping hands. “No cover for these folks. They’re my family.”
good friend of mine. Ray this is Alessandro.”
y, you take good care of her
, and his guards close on their heels. Mackenna beelined for the bathroom with the girls in tow.
t the details?”
efore answering. “Yes, every sordid one.”
undreds of people she has helped. She doesn’t just sort out the billing. Three years ago, his mom got shot in a drive-by shooting. It was touch and go. Mac managed the insurance billing and there was none. His mom had no insurance. In America it’s different than in Europe. No insurance means no health care or going into such debt you never recover. Mac was able to work with a couple of different organizations to find ways to cover every single one of her bills and then made sure her need for in-home care was covered too.”
nned. “She did?”
ff, she has more people going to talk to our Chief of Staff about her than anyone else and it’s always about how kind she is. Nobody expects the person overseeing their hospital bills to be sweet, kind, and compassionate. There are easily hundreds of people who have written the hospital, just about Mac.”
as much as it pains me to say, I know she loves you and eventually she’ll find her way back to you, but Phoenix will be a lesser city without her in it.”
.
explains why we can’t walk down the street without peopl
had made her life here, had made a family where she had none. She had left the tiny b
ock. Rio will cover Mackenna until Stephano gets here.”
I’m here to do a job
Yeah, and Mom ripped me a ne
lls for breakfast.”
to temp.”
’s direction. True to Carlos’ prediction, guys were already hitting up on Mackenna and she was laughing and refusing to dance with a young guy, probably closer to her age
t of tequila.”
the floor.
all the salsa dancers to the floor. Alessandro paused, “you up for this?”
ttle man,” she was definitely drunk she thought wickedly, “you have no idea.”