Billionaires in Paris: An Alpha Billionaire Romance by Dane Cynthia

Author:Dane, Cynthia [Dane, Cynthia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Alpha Billionaire Romance
Publisher: Barachou Press
Published: 2016-06-26T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

IAN

“Of course I don’t actually think you’re engaged,” my mother backtracks. It’s the middle of the night back home, but she had no problem calling me forty-eight times in the past two hours. Seemed fair to harass her back. “I’m not foolish enough to hold out hope like that.”

“Thanks, Mom.”

“After what happened in Las Vegas, I’m ready for you two to have a nice long think about your relationship.”

My mother can be so typical. Which is rich, coming from a woman who purposely got pregnant to bag herself a rich husband. Her master plan of divorcing my father after twenty years of marriage worked greatly in her favor. The alimony he pays her is so outrageous that if we didn’t live in a different era I would be more hesitant about getting married myself! “Anyway, don’t know if you saw the ring.”

“That was the other reason I knew something was bullshit. You think I don’t recognize that ring? Her grandmother used to wear it a lot, and I saw it at the clubs when Marilyn used to live here. I’m not dumb. If I had an heirloom like that I would’ve given it to you a long time ago.”

“I doubt I would’ve worn it and gotten papped with it on, though.”

“Besides, that thing is so garish. Olive Chambers had the tackiest taste. When I first married your father, I had the great displeasure of seeing Olive and that gaudy thing everywhere. You would think they would’ve buried it with her…”

My brain checks out. I’m sitting on a bench along a walkway, looking toward the Eiffel Tower and watching the sun continue to rise. I don’t feel great about walking out on Kathryn during breakfast. I need some space, though. Some time to think. Some time to call my mother and listen to her rant about how tacky grandma Olive Chambers was. If I had stayed behind, I would’ve said something stupid and regrettable. At least now I know when that moment is about to happen and I can walk away.

“You need to get Kathryn a simple and classy ring, but not as boring as that gold band. Get her something with embedded diamonds. Give her a little pizzazz while staying in her tastes. If you’re going to make her a Mathers one day, it has to be done on her terms.”

She manages to be both totally off the mark and absolutely right. She’s right that it would have to be on Kathryn’s terms. She’s wrong that I could ever “make her a Mathers.” The only way Kathryn would take my last name is if someone held a gun to her head at the courthouse. Even then, I’m not sure. Being buried as Kathryn Alison might be more important than being alive.

Sometimes I think I’ll change my damn name to make a point, but then I think of the crazy fallout that would ensue. Then I get even more tempted to do it, because who doesn’t like some crazy fallout

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