The Billionaire’s Prodigal Wife – Chapter 59
Mackenna was scrolling her phone when Nuncio looked in on her the next morning. “Why are you so red in the face?”
“I hate the press. I hate them. Why are they so horrible?”
“It’s nine in the morning and you are already flustered. Why are you reading it?” Nuncio grimaced at her folding his arms across his thick chest and staring down at her in her bed. “This is the opposite of resting. You are all worked up and angry when you’re supposed to be resting.”
is grandmother might be affected or his father? Instead, they make it even more sordid than it is, not that it isn’t horribly sordid to start with.”
leash.” She looked to Nuncio seriously. “I blame Alessandro.”
“Why?”
has told me time and time again he kept me hidden from the world to protect me from this,” she waved her hand at her phone carelessly, “in an effort to make sure I wasn’t constantly dragged through the mud. Instead, he sensationalized our marriage, and everyone considers me the dirty secret.” She could tel
o do that.”
r as tabloid fodder goes and I am very much looking for
ly pilot needed rest.”
here to Milan. Takes almost twenty-four hours.”
you are decidedly cranky this morn
g stuck in bed and knowing Alessandro is being dragged through the mud yet again.” She pouted, “what time are you and Savannah going for
celebrate.”
l go well. I know it.”
e gripped above his heart. “I’ve never been more nervous for anything in my life, and I have been to war.”
m,” she rolled her eyes.
earby.”
“Mm-hmm,” she mocked him. She looked at his outfit.
kis and black t shirt.
agent.”
n’t let her know anything is up.”
hinking you’re going to dump her.”
ed with her, his dark eyes frustrated as he moved to look at himself in her floor-length mirror. “I look fine.”
ah, yeah,” she teas
m.
t is go
red his expressions quickly, “don’t talk to her right now. Sh
tes. It’s disgusting. I read one article where they suggest now that Salvatore is out of the way, Dulce and Alessandro are going to get married because he’s been waiting his turn with her. Supposedly Mackenna is drowning her sorrows by hiding in her apartment like a rejected pet. Like, where do they come up with this stuff?”
g about.”
get your sneakers on so we can go.”
ish I knew where we were going.” She folded her arms defian
e easygoing and did as they were told and yet here, we are.” He gave them b
m was the craziest thing he likely had ever done. She was so excited for them and their next chapter.
his head in.
you they are gone but if you need anything to let me know.”
face. “Ari, have you worked for Alessandro a long time?”
ithout any consideration for the logistics of security. It makes for a headache.”
knew Rosetta went through security agents like socks
o stay and rest.”
she waved him to close the door behind him.
as told, leaving her alone in her room
n clumsy but lately it was a bit much. She touched her fingertips to the yellowing bruise on her forehead and sighed.
nd with any luck things would start to settle down now that Salvatore was dead. He had been the cause of so much of the heartache she had gone through and with him gone, she f
missed her session. “Damn,” she muttered and pushed her bangs out of her face and answered the phone.
sion.”
tter than I do, forgot. I apologize Farrah.”
on?”
he edge of the bed and scratched her temple. “Yes, as a matt
ave things been since we
mitted. She gave a quick recap of the last ten days and then sighed.
a lot to unpack and I’m glad I called.”
too,” she admitted quietly.
enna spoke with her t
ffee maker.”
from his seat on the sofa.
e grinned, “I’m telling you just in case I blow the pl
a face as he rose to follow her to the kit
hing and looked at the buttons. “I’m sure we can figure this out.”
o we,” Ari said backing up, “if you break it, Nuncio will kill you and I don’t want to be part of this
only Ari stopping her from jumping into Mackenna’s arms stopped her from toppling them both over. “Right, you’re injured. Oh my god. He proposed. Mac, he proposed.”
. “I’m so happy. You said yes, right?”
crying, I said yes.” She leaned back and her swollen bloodshot eyes revealed how much she’d been crying. She leaned her forehead against
as she hugged her friend. He looked like he’d been crying a bit too. His hair was also really tousled, and
uch my baby?”
to touch nothing.”
me the ring.”
him last night if I could see it and he said only after you saw it. He wanted you to be see it before anyone else.”
surprised eyes to Mackenna. “You kne
”
s to take
ment.”
d her. She’s coming this weekend for a visit.”
ezed her hands. “I can’t stop
the luck I can find.”
ite your potty mouth.”
s, “he loves me for my potty
a giggled.
outh,” she elaborated naughtily, and they both laughed when he commented from the kitchen, he could hear every wor
sked, “did you hear from Alessandro yet today?”
w York in the early hours of the morning and then he had a layover before the flight here. I did have a good chat with my counsellor though.”
appointment.”
to talk to Alessandro about it when he gets home.”
nah pulled her head back. “Is everything okay?”
when he comes back home to me. It makes me feel like I’m the side chick. Just for once, I want a photo of me making out with my husband in a club.” She made a face, “it sounds stupid doesn’t it.”
d. “It doesn’t sound stupid. It sounds normal. You’re not ashamed to be with him in private or in public. There’s no logical reason to keep you hidden from the world.”
tely hijacked the entire security team for the next couple of hours?”