The Billionaire’s Prodigal Wife (Mackenna and Alessandro) novel Chapter 12

Chapter 12

By noontime Mackenna was more confused than she‘d ever been by him. Usually, he was heavy handed and demanding and this morning he had been flirty and funny. It had reminded her so much of how he‘d been the first year they‘d been married she was torn. She swirled her vegetables in the broth of her soup in the cafeteria and tried to figure out what the hell she‘d agreed to. Alessandro had charmed her, and she had not only let him, but she‘d liked it. She could still smell his cologne from where he‘d nuzzled her and the way he‘d turned at the door to wink at her had her mind mush.

―Wow you look like you‘re in a world of your own Savannah grunted as she flung herself into a chair across from her. ―Does the expression on your face have anything to do with the gorgeous man you‘ve been crying over all weekend or the hot doctor who wants to bed you?‖

―The first,‖ she admitted angrily. ―I agreed to have dinner with him. He wants to talk She hadn‘t told Savannah about sleeping with Alessandro the last time she‘d been in Milan. She‘d simply told her they‘d fought, and she‘d run off when he went to the bathroom. If Savannah had noticed the shirt she‘d kept tucked under her pillow, then she hadn‘t said anything.

―Why is he fighting so hard?‖ Savannah asked suddenly and when Mackenna lifted her eyes to her she held her hands up defensively. ―It‘s not I don‘t think you‘re worth fighting for or anything, but you left him five years ago. Surely he knew this is what it was coming to

―He‘s a proud Italian man and I kicked him in the ego. He‘s very possessive and he doesn‘t like it when someone takes what he thinks is rightfully his

―You‘re a woman not a pet Savannah grimaced as she took a mouthful of coffee.

Mackenna agreed but she couldn‘t help but admit she‘d missed the way Alessandro fussed over her. There was something about Alessandro‘s personality which made her long for

him and she couldn‘t pinpoint exactly what it was but the more involvement she had with him, the more she wanted him. It was why she had known five years ago the only way to save herself was to go cold turkey where he was concerned. She lifted her spoon to her lips and then dropped it back in the bowl without it making it to her mouth. ―I‘m a bloody fool. I can‘t do this. I‘m trying and I can‘t

―Cancel Savannah shrugged as if it were so simple.

Mackenna laughed humourlessly at her instruction. ―I‘d like to remind you I spent five years protecting my location just so he couldn‘t convince me to go back to his bed. I had to leave the freaking country to keep myself from throwing myself at his feet and begging his forgiveness when I know I‘m not the one who did anything wrong. You tell him l‘m not having

―Fine, he‘s coming this way right now. I‘ll tell him Savannah glowered at the man. ―Men shouldn‘t be allowed to look like him by the way.”

―Genetics,‖ she mumbled bitterly, ―His grandfather is still drop-dead gorgeous even in his seventies. His mother is a Brazilian supermodel who makes Dulce look ugly. His father has more charisma in his pinky finger than the entire staff here at Saint Christopher‘s and to top it all off, Alessandro can actually be a nice guy when he wants to be She sighed as she looked over her shoulder and saw him weaving through the tables in her direction. Maybe he had to cancel dinner because he was going to sit with his precious Dulce. She was torn between

wanting it and fearing it.

Alessandro looked at Savannah as if he knew the blonde doctor sitting with his wife didn‘t

like him and if Mackenna had told her anything of the things Dulce had admitted to saying to

her, he didn‘t blame her. He decided to just ignore the way the woman glared at him, and he grew closer to Mackenna who seemed distraught. He pointed at her with a long finger. ―You‘re trying to think of excuses to get out of dinner

She wanted to hit him for knowing her so well, even after all this time. ―I don‘t like you Alessandro and I don‘t want to have dinner with you Her heart hurt simply saying it out loud. She did want to have dinner with him and moreover, she wanted the feast he alluded to earlier.

He looked at her bowl of uneaten soup. ―Someone has to feed you because it‘s clear you‘re not eating He pulled a chair from a nearby table and sat down next to her, ―And I know you don‘t like me, but you do love me and it‘s a start His grin was disarming, and he winked at Savannah who had gasped at his bold comment. ―She‘ll come around. You‘ll see ―She is going to divorce you Savannah tried not to be taken in by his wide smile. ―No, she‘s not. She‘s going to come home and have fat babies with me with big blue-grey

eyes and dark black hair He teased Mackenna. ―We‟ve never had an argument I haven‘t won.

―Because you cheat but I‘m onto you. And I want blue-eyed, blond-haired babies so it leaves you out of the running Mackenna glared at him furious he was so cocky.

―If it‘s what you really want, we‘ll adopt one just as you described His grin turned to a scowl as she pushed the spoon through the bowl and sloshed it over the side onto the tray. He pushed his chair back and stood up and walked away.

Savannah whistled as he walked away. ―Okay, I admit it. He‘s good ―At everything,‖ Mackenna grumbled wishing she‘d taken something other than soup for

of it. She rested her chin in her palm and sighed. ―Adopt one She shook her head at his comment. She looked up in surprise when his hand pushed the bowl away from her and he dropped a plastic wrapped item in front of her.

―It‘s a turkey wrap not the Bubonic plague He saw her facial expression. ―You don‘t like soup. Why do you order something you don‘t like?‖

―She‘s trying to lose the seven pounds she put on in three days with her grandmother Savannah interjected.

Mackenna glared as her best friend suddenly without warning seemed to switch sides. ―I only have two pounds left to lose

Alessandro rolled his eyes. ―You should be putting weight on, not taking it off. You have a beautiful body Mackenna. Women pay large sums of money to get the curves you were naturally blessed with

When Savannah opened her mouth Mackenna lifted her hand. ―Doctor Kirkland, before you decide to jump on the bandwagon of making my life miserable, I‘ll remind you I live where you sleep