Alex Drakos: Branding Her Again by Mallory Monroe

Author:Mallory Monroe [Monroe, Mallory]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Austin Brook Publishing
Published: 2019-12-15T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

And two days later, on the day of Jordan’s surprise birthday party, Kari woke up alone.

She opened her big, brown eyes and stared at the empty space next to her. He was supposed to return home two nights ago. Then he said he’d be home last night. Now she wondered when would he come at all. Next week?

She rolled onto her back. It wasn’t that he was always gone. He’d been very careful in their young marriage to make sure she and Jordan came first. But it was just that he was always gone LATELY. Like the past month. Almost every other day he had to leave town, or even the country, and she was waking up alone.

Not that she complained any of those other times. She didn’t say a word. Long before he ever met her, she knew Alex owned an empire that didn’t run itself. He had to do what he had to do and she completely accepted that when she agreed to marry him.

But today was Jordan’s birthday, and he was turning sixteen. She had meticulously planned his sweet sixteen surprise party for weeks, and all of his friends were expected to be there. Alex had to be there too!

Clothed in one of Alex’s dress shirts, she threw the covers off of her and sat up on the edge of the bed. With her fingers she raked her hair back and almost wanted to fall back herself. She was just that tired. The accident with Oz and Jordan still weighed heavily on her mind, and nothing had been resolved. Alex’s people were still looking for leads, and the governor of Florida was still attempting to rope Alex into his daughter’s death, even as Oz declared that he dropped her off at a convenience store and did not see her again. It wasn’t true, but if he told the truth they would not believe him. Like Alex, he was once actively involved in his Greek mob family. They would hold it against him. And the fact that Alex kept them on lockdown at The Drakos wasn’t helping either. But at least it was a big place.

But falling back into bed wasn’t an option. She had meetings to attend with her maids and the CFO wanted to meet with her too. Which probably meant more layoffs. She had work to do.

She looked at her cell phone on the nightstand. Did she sleep through his phone call, or did he bother to call at all?

She reluctantly grabbed the phone. And, as she suspected, he hadn’t bothered to call. Which only made it worse. She had thought that if she silently consented to his increased work schedule that such understanding would force him to not overdo it. She thought wrong.

She pressed the icon of his smiling face on her cell phone and waited for him to answer. And then she laid back anyway.

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