Alpha Billionaire's Bride: The Complete Novel (BWWM Romantic Comedy) by Mia Caldwell

Author:Mia Caldwell [Caldwell, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, United States, African American, Women's Fiction, Romance, Contemporary, Multicultural, Romantic Comedy, Multicultural & Interracial
Amazon: B010TDJ5UI
Published: 2015-07-01T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

IAN SAT IN THE ROWBOAT and cast his line into the lake. The bobber landed with a satisfying plunk.

“This is the life,” Sullivan said after a satisfied sigh. “Hanging out, drinking beer and the fish aren’t even ruining it by biting and making us reel them in. Remind me again why we work for a living?”

“Damned if I know,” Ian answered. And though he answered in a light-hearted way, there was truth in it, too. Why did he keep slugging it out in the business world when most days it felt meaningless? Had it become habit?

“So,” Ian said, “tell me how far you’ve gotten with CGTV.”

Sullivan had a satisfied expression on his spray-tanned face. “Got ‘em running scared.”

“Good, but have they sent over a copy of the marriage license yet?”

“Nope.”

“I knew it. They invented this whole thing.”

“Don’t be too sure,” Sullivan warned.

“Ugh. No dire warnings, please. You’re not my lawyer today. You’re my friend.”

“There’s never a time when I’m not your lawyer, pal. But this isn’t a warning. I simply don’t want you jumping to conclusions. Remember, it’s a holiday weekend and they’ve got a skeleton crew, so they may not be lying when they say there’s no one available to help us right now.”

“Wrong,” Ian said with utter confidence. “They had plenty of staff to create that assassination piece they ran on Jada this morning.”

“True. That doesn’t help their case any.”

Ian pulled a fresh beer out of the cooler, flashing on when Jada was in this exact same boat with him, daintily drinking a beer, her full lips pressed against the mouth of the bottle. He fought back the memory. This was hardly the time for those kinds of thoughts.

“Here’s what I want you to do,” Ian told Sullivan. “When we get back to the house, have our people double the pressure on CGTV. Threaten the hell out of them. Tell them we have the power to sic Homeland Security on them if that’s what it takes. But make one thing very clear.”

Sullivan raised a brow. “And that is?”

Heat rose up Ian’s neck. “Tell CGTV that if they make any more claims about Jada’s character or her home or her job or anyone remotely connected to her, I will make it my life’s mission to personally see to it that no one at that station ever works in television again.”

“If you say so, but as your lawyer, I have to warn you that threats are never a good idea. Especially if you aren’t certain you can actually follow through with them.”

“You doubt me?”

“Not me. No. I know you can be like a dog with a bone. I’m simply suggesting you consider your actions carefully.”

“Dammit, Sullivan, you watched that piece on Jada. It was the worst kind of yellow journalism. I don’t think I’ve ever seen worse.”

“I don’t know. There was the time the chef blogger posted that you were an anti-Semite because you didn’t finish your bagel at his restaurant.”

“Okay. Other than that one.”

“And the time that tabloid ran the story about you having sex with a female Bigfoot.

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