The Billionaire’s Prodigal Wife – Chapter 41
It was Saturday morning and Mackenna was standing in the middle of her new kitchen and directing movers on where to put the handful of things they had kept. Nuncio had arranged additional security to keep the movers from talking to the reporters and Padma and Derrick, now officially a couple, were helping her unpack the kitchen items.
She held up a whisk. “I didn’t even know we owned one of these.”
“You didn’t,” Nuncio grumbled as he plucked it from her fingers and put it in a drawer. “I had to go buy one.” As she opened her mouth he grinned, “it’s yours now. I billed it to Alessandro.”
’d left his hotel room after giving him an ultimatum. She had not heard anything f
t helped when she opened her bank account this morning and noted another deposit had been made to her account and when she called the accountant to question it, he said since it was the beginning of another month, she was entitled to the deposits.
y internet news and had removed all social media from her phone. Savannah had promised her every day she would let her know if any other stories broke and every d
back to Milan on Sunday night but beyond this she
How come Savannah isn’t here helping?” Padma asked curiously inte
ouble. Another illness is hitting the staff again and two doctors are out.”
everything.”
he morning, right?”
smile was decidedly twisted.
her words, are you?” Derrick
ok his head. “She is by far the most contrary woman I’ve
e a Christmas elf.”
g coffee.”
s.
make her coffee with because she shared hers with me on Thursday and it was divine. Do I need to buy one of these
ach them both how to use it and I may as well have been instructing the
Derrick asked curiously.
o the middle of nowhere and being shot at.” He made a pointed look in Mackenna’s direction, “present company excluded.”
ampoos and stuff in there.”
y, “you told the other guy it was shampoo and sent him with a box to the
ce. “Damn.”
ked curiously.
me distracted please.”
?” Nuncio whispered taking the box from her.
d, “I don’t expect one ei
he counter.
she felt strangely calm, not having any tears left to shed. “I asked
r in the case against the detective. She put her hand on the phone. “Hey, I’m going to take this on the balcony. Can you manage this?”
do for you?”
s’ car accident.” His voice was slick and Mackenna closed her eyes against what was coming next.
e turn. She waited for him to confirm just this.
e for sentencing. We are currently looking at implementing charges against,” the rest of his words were unheard.
pewed from her lips. Gasping for air, dizzy and faint she stepped back and fell backwards against the glass
n the Giordano family had ordered a hit on her baby.
eeks lightly. “Come on Mac.”
tightly, unable to get a breath.
anic attack,” Derrick looked to Nuncio and Padma.
n Italy and was going to likely internationally in hours.
his own phone and called his brother while the doctors tended to Mackenna, his eyes never leaving his
o’s family had hired someone to cause her to lose her baby.
.
“hurts to breathe.”
h me Mac, Ten,”
“nine, eight, seven,” she continued focusing on Derrick’s voice and counting backwards with him and when they re
ould warn her” before he hung up his phone and threw it with such force against the wall it shattered.
hecking to see if he was real. “Who hates me so much they would do this?”
ly one they ruled out was Alessandro.”
ly forced the private investigator to cause an accident. The goal,” Nuncio felt the bile rising in his throat, “was to terminate Mac’s pregnancy. They apparently had dirt on the investigator they were going to release to the public. Alessandro’s security team is investigating but i
er hand to her mouth in horro
’t the mob.”
mother was always so nice to me.” She shivered as she tried to think of which one of them hated her so much.
nd sort it out.”
nger?” she asked hi
and she felt nausea wel
omach.
ed to lay down,” she said quietly.
as if she were a ragdoll and she let the tears fall as he lay her down on the bed. He dug through a box, found her pillow, and tucked it under her head and covered her with a throw she always kept around her. He sat beside her on the bed
will get to the bottom of it,” Nu
ts and my baby just to keep me from producing the Giordano heir. I hope they all rot in hell.”
eld her hand for s
o, I just want
. You know this.”
“Yes.”
Mac, if you need anything,”
Nuncio? You going to go kill some Giordano’s for me?”
I may do it even if you don’t ask.”
don’t want this hitting her while she’s in trauma and I didn’t warn her.”
ally releasing a mew sound until she began stroking his fur. The longer she lay there, the angrier she got, and Nuncio’s offer echoed in her head