The Billionaire’s Prodigal Wife (Mackenna and Alessandro) novel Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Mackenna noted the taste of his kiss was strange, it was thick and metallic, and she struggled against the strange flavour of it. He evaporated out of her arms and out of her dreams. She cried for him to come back. She could hear Savannah and she was confused.

Savannah shouldn‘t be in her bedroom in Milan. Savannah was in Phoenix. She was in

Phoenix. She was in Phoenix, and she had filed for divorce because she hadn‘t gone with Alessandro to Brazil. Her work term had extended to four months because the employer had been short-staffed, and she‘d enjoyed the work so much and Alessandro had encouraged her to work if it were what she really wanted to do.

He‘d gone to Brazil, and he‘d met Dulce and she‘d been naked and beautiful, and he‘d come home with her on his arm. Now he would probably marry her once their divorce was complete.

―Mac,‖ Savannah‘s hand was cool on her brow. ―Mac, can you hear me?. Her eyes fluttered and she struggled to focus.

―You fainted, Mac. You‘re okay but we‘re just going to run a few tests to make sure there‘s no infection or anything Savannah pressed a kiss to her forehead.― Mac, take your time in opening your eyes. Do you want me to go get Alessandro?.

―No,‖ she shook her head slowly and it felt as if it weighed a hundred pounds. She lifted her hand to it and cringed. ―My head hurts

―I‘m sure it does. Your blood pressure dropped quite a bit but it‘s coming back up fairly good. There are some tests they‘re going to run. We have to take some blood Savannah asked her again. ―Do you want Alessandro here Mac?.

―No. He left She struggled to get into a sitting position. A nurse was tying a rubber band around her bicep. ―He yelled at me and then he left

―He yelled at you?. Savannah‘s head snapped back. She‘d only met him a couple of times and she couldn‘t imagine him yelling. He was too cool for such a thing. ―Why?.

―He said I was immature, and he didn‘t want to be married to me anymore She was sure there was more to it, but it was the gist of the conversation she could

―But why Mac? What did you say to make him so angry?” ―I told him I asked Camille to move the court date closer if she could

Savannah was quiet as she considered her best friend might just be the biggest fool on the planet. She took a breath and squeezed her fingers. ―Mac, you knowl love you right

―Yeah,‖ Mackenna sniffed and then jumped as the needle pricked her skin.

―Okay, so know I‘m saying this with all the love in the world Savannah stepped away from her and with her arm extended she tilted Mackenna‘s face to hers.―

You‘re an i***t. I‘ve known the man for a week and even I know he loves you and

wouldn‘t cheat on you and I know t the woman said what she said but I believe him

Mackenna yanked her face away from Savannah. ―Doctor Kirkland, don‘t you have something better to do with your time?. She glared at her angrily. ―I‘m sure Doctor Ingram and Chrissie will be done with me soon and I‘ll go back to work

Savannah was horrified at the sudden change in her best friend. ―Mac don‘t be angry with me. I just…‖

―I know what you were just doing Savannah. You‘re just like every other person he‘s ever charmed and sweet-talked. You think he hung the moon and the stars and everything in between. Well, if you like him so much, you marry him. You can say what you want about how much he loves me and how much he adores me, but you forget he left my bed to take her dancing. I don‘t care how platonic their relationship was, is or is going to be. He was wrong. He was wrong to leave me all the times he did. He took the fact I adored him, loved him, and worshipped him and he used it against me. He used it as the insurance he could do what he wanted, when he wanted and how he wanted, and I would sit there like a good little girl and do what he

wanted. Well, he was wrong!‖ She hissed at Savannah now. ―I could go back to him. I would love to go back to him and live with him and be his wife, but do you know what would happen, Savannah? He would leave me alone all over again to be with her and I‘d be an even bigger fool than I am already. He will never end his relationship with Dulce, and I will never trust him with her

the pain she‘d been through. She had believed everything to come from Alessandro‘s mouth, and she found herself torn between what she had seen her best friend go through and the way the man was treating her now.

―Whatever,‖ Mackenna waved her hand at her. She started to get off the bed, but she was incredibly dizzy and both Savannah and the doctor pushed her backwards onto the bed.

―Mac, l‘m going to insist you stay on the oxygen for at least another fifteen

minutes‖ Doctor Ingram said quietly as he held it over her mouth and nose. ―You were hyperventilating, and you did have syncope. Its most likely stress but I‘ve run a battery of tests and we‘ll be certain by tomorrow. For now, I want you to just lay there and relax. Once the lightheaded feeling has completely passed then we‘ll try to sit up again and if after a bit you feel okay, I‘ll discharge you home

―I have to get back to work She struggled against their hands to sit up.

―You are definitely not working any more today Doctor Ingram insisted and gave an exasperated sigh. ―I swear Mac, I‘ll call down and get some straps and tie you to this bed if you so much as move an inch, do you understand me?”

She balked at his tone, and she pouted her lips and turned her face away from him, hating she felt so silly in the bed. She pulled the oxygen off and looked to Savannah, forgetting for a moment she was annoyed with her, and begged her to help. ―This is just foolish. I fainted.

No big deal

―You fainted for no good reason He corrected and pushed the mask back on and motioned to Savannah. ―You go away because you‘re making her more distressed than she already is

Savannah bent and kissed her forehead. ―I‘m sorry Mac