The Billionaire’s Prodigal Wife – Chapter 61
Mackenna sat on the sofa, her feet on Alessandro’s lap as he sketched furiously in his notepad. They hadn’t been in the condo ten minutes when he’d suddenly felt inspired to sketch something and he’d been instantly drawn to his pad. Now it had been an hour and he was sitting with a pencil between his teeth and another in his hand and he was sketching and cursing with equal ferocity.
“Why are you so annoyed?” Mackenna giggled as she watched him erase something with another scowl.
“Because what is in my head,” he tapped his pencil against his temple, “and what is here,” he slapped the pad with his hand, “are not matching.”
nner with the Whitlocks.” He looked sideways at her as if afraid to meet her gaze head on.
ing wrong?”
he shook his head. “Not at all
out with it,” she growled impatiently.
usly. “Why?”
W
The notion my grandfather caused you such harm made me sick, and I had to stay there to make sure he went to jail. I couldn’t let him get away with it. Then when he was arrested, well all I could think of,” Alessandro stared at her seriously, “Mackenna, all I could think of was the best thing for me to do was walk away and let you move on with your life. I couldn’t imagine how you would even be able to look at me knowing I share his blood. My family murdered your family Mackenna.”
eek.
ever again.”
ek. “So why Mackenna? I know you said you talked to Savannah but why did you call me? Since I arrived Saturday, you’ve been asking me to stay with you and, I promise, I’m so grateful and there is nowhere else I’d rather be, but I’d be lying if I said I understo
“You’re asking why or how I still love you after all we’ve been through.” She wasn’t asking, merely summing up his drawn-out speech.
e fearful, as if terrified she was about to tell him it was all a lie and payback for hurting her for so
t. Something else happened that day. I haven’t really talked about it much.” She paused and took a breath, “Savannah and Nuncio know but it’s about work and it’s not about work and it’s confidential, but it’s impacted me.”
tch pad and pencils down and stared at her. “What happened?”
spending a lot of time with the families.”
tioned the bouncer. “Derrick told
just like Ray.”
call him Niblet because he can eat popcorn more than anyone I know.”
r,” Alessandro said quietly.
to Niblet and his mom. He was talking about how he was going to bust out of there and go home.” She wiped her cheeks, “Dr. Luke was going into his room as I was leaving. His cancer has metastas
ks.
d all love is a blessing and to hold tight to love because it can be ripped away from you too fast.”
your statement, I believed you had made your choice and I hated it, but I knew I had to move on with my life.”
nodded unable to s
eing your bullying self driving me nuts and demanding I take you back.”
ant to be rejection. I believed in my heart I was doing right by you.”
I told her, you had made your choice and didn’t call me back, so I was going to respect it and just leave things as they were.”
y soul. I’m glad you came home to me on Saturday Alessandro. I love you and I just want to be with you.”
a good talk with my counsellor this morning about it.”
“And?”
the things I cannot control.”
king charge of the publicity of our relationship, mak
ld Nuncio either he cooperated and took me to the airport, or I was going to invite one of the journalists downstairs up for a tell-all interview.”
surprised look she l
chuckle
hat?”
didn’t have any intention of going to see her. My entire reason for going to Milan was to make sure he was dead. I do not think you understand the depths of my hatred for Salvatore. My orders to my team were to shoot him the minute he stepped out of line. The only reason he was allowed to leave the jail cell alive was because my grandmother begged me to make sure he answered to his crimes first. She said once he was found guilty, I could do what I wanted to him, but she wanted him to go to court. My desire was to make him pay slowly for what he’d done.” He held her gaze meaningfully, “I mean very slowly.”
e only,” he held her eyes seriously, “the individual responsible for sneaking Salvatore out of the house no longer exists on this earth. Anyone ever associated with Salvatore and his nefarious schemes no longer exist on this earth. The man who was in the photo holding a gun to Yara, he no longer exists on this earth.” His voice was cold and hard as he held Mackenna’s eyes unblinking. “You never have to worry about him ever again.”
get into trouble?”
low and dark, “no, you never have to worry of such things.
eep breath. “I love you Alessandro. I want to spend as much time as we have in our lives, whether i
with his hands. “I love you too and I look forward to spending the rest of our lives loving each other.” He kissed her mouth tenderly.
living room,” Savannah’s voice carried from edge of the hall.
”
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