The Billionaire’s Prodigal Wife – Chapter 49
Mackenna groaned as she reclined on the sofa, a pillow behind her back and her arm resting on her stomach. “I ate too much,” she complained as Alessandro lifted her feet to sit under them, his sketchbook in his hands.
Savannah had gone to have her sleep since she hadn’t gone to bed following her shift change at seven and it was now near eleven. Nuncio went with her and Mackenna wondered if her friend would tell the man what she was feeling or if she was going to simply let things play out.
“What are you thinking with your brow all furrowed like this,” he mocked her expression pushing his eyebrows together. “You will cause premature wrinkling with all this frowning.”
rded with a tap on the top of her foot. “I’m just worried for Savannah. I don’t like thinking she’ll be all alone going through heartbreak,” she felt herself getting weepy. “I thi
flipped through several pages.
eady told her his job is to protect me.”
em.”
can’t just pick up in the middle of a residency and follow him,” she slapped th
rately avoiding her gaze.
trying not to laugh at me?” Mackenna accused him suddenly.
econd guessing some of my choices.”
k from him.
ork during Fashion Week in February.”
k than Milan, but I do also have another line debuting simultaneously. Dulce will be hitting th
er walk when she was here, but she did have a cane with her.”
herapy she’s actually been doing; I’m not holding my breath. I told her to get her act together this morning or I’m going to start interviewing her replacement. She hasn’t been taking her recuperation seriously. She needs to stop behaving as a spoiled brat and do her job.” Alessandro waved at the book again, “are you going to look,
” she shrieked when he lifted her foot and bit a toe. “Ales
face at the drawings not unexpected. She flipped through every single page before finally looking up to meet his eyes. “These are stunning.”
“But?”
e realized there was a but. “Dulce can’t model these things.”
is line if they agree.”
models?”
ears a size eighteen in American sizes. Finally, the third five feet eight inches in height, a size six and she’s an amputee. I really like her spunkiness; I can’t wait to watch her hit the runway in New York. She reminds me of someone I love very much. She has a way of fighting back all the horrible things to have happened to her and come out stronger and more resilient without losing sight of who she is.” He made a pointed glance at her. “I believe you two will be fast friends. Ultimately, the line will range from a size zero to a size thirty. We will offer custom sizes for anyone larger than this should they need it.”
e flipped back through all the drawing
bonus,” he quipped dryly.
House of Giordano name.”
e designs unanimously about a month ago.”
stand,” she sc
se of Giordano and I’m charging them a fortune,” his grin was wicked.
d you do this? Resign I mean?” She was trying to keep her mouth from falling open in shock.
y mind for some time, but do you remember when I said I had
oke softly, “you had sat with me and read books with me.”
who would have thought it possible?” he teased her.
at to do with,” she wrinkled her nose, “you need to tell your accountant to stop putting money in my accoun
rgued. I told him I would be where you were, and you came first. You and our family came first. Whether you wanted to try again for a child or not, you were my family, and I was done putting House of Giordano ahead of you.”
with her to release the video,” Mackenna squeezed the book in her fingers, suddenly understanding. “Poor Dulce.”
irritated with her, “then the video was released. You knew immediately it wasn’t me Mackenna. Never have I ever been so grateful for a tattoo in my life and to also have never revealed it to the old bastard.”
ow your body anywhere, fuzzy pixels or not, but it was the words he spoke to her. As much as I know how much of a bully you can be,” he opened his mouth t
for several seconds before he gave a hapless shrug, “I admit, I
lent hallelujah, “what I was going to say is, you can be pushy a
gaze seriously.
admitted truthfully, “which is why it hurt so much. I know in my heart, Alessandro, you aren’t a cruel person so it simply made no sense you would purposefully hurt me in such a way
u are nearly the same age, but you are so much more woman than she was even six years go. I’ve always known she was gay Mackenna and when we danced in a club or went out, it was always just as friends. We are not now, nor have we ever been attracted to each other. Since the day I met you, you are in my blood, and I cannot let you go.”
suddenly. “Wow, off track.”
was I?”
“are you broke now?”
e for my collection. However, even if I weren’t, I could start and fail multiple businesses and still have more money than most people, Mackenna
she swallowed deeply at his words, “Are you kidding me?
day when we have a ch
.
t funny.”
nutes as she reclined back in the sofa and tried to absorb all he’d
ed beside him and pulled his phone off the side table. “I would like your opinion on something else, if you’re not feeling too overwhelmed with a
one and then accepted the device in her hand. “What am I looking at here?”
rick and Padma when you were in surgery yesterday, I really like her by the way.” He smiled at Mackenna, “you have a way of surrounding yourself with good people.”
ry much.” She blushed at his words.
ck mentioned he lives in a gated community and said this place was on the market. Bitter divorce so the husband is selling it for a steal. Wife did some dam
head up. “Wait, you’re buying a house here in Phoenix?”
and I do need my creative space,” he grinned at her rolled eyes.
s in her throat.
iami isn’t too far either. We’re also a hop skip and a jump from the Gulf of Mexico so I can dock the boat.” He watched the emotions going over her face and smiled gently, “Mackenna, I have no intention of uprooting you from the life you’ve built here. You are important to your community and the hospital, and they are important to you.”
Don’t you need a work visa?”
the paperwork. It helps when I’m already married to a US citizen. Also, when I said I would be creating at least twenty to thirty jobs, the government was willing to push some paperwork around a bit faster.”
h,” she was still staring at the phone
” he smiled softly.
lace for your bodyguard and his wife to live.”
ou talking about?”
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his finger at her warningly, “but he al
rld.”
this morning?” he questioned
,” she met his surprised look. “I really didn’t want to move away from my friends.”
cially now I know Nuncio can make coffee to rival the stuff from home.” He watched as she grinned slowly, and another expression crossed her face. “What now?”
e sure your new