To Need A Billionaire (An Alpha Billionaire Romance) (The Billionaire's Baby Book 2) by Claire Ava

Author:Claire,Ava [Claire,Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: alpha billionaire romance, billionaire love, billionaire romance, alpha male romance, ava claire, billionaire erotic romance, jacob and leila, Billionaire, alpha male
Publisher: Ava Claire
Published: 2016-09-24T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

I paused before I pushed inside Jack's Cafe, fingers wrapping around the door handle, wondering if I'd lost my mind.

Considering it had barely been twenty four hours since the train wreck lunch with Angelique, where the chatty and charming woman went dead silent while she eviscerated her burger and answered me in grunts and single syllables, I had to be insane to think that rounding up the two mothers would fare any better.

It had started off innocently enough, with my mother reminding me that we were long overdue for a day date in the city. When I told her to pick a time and place and I'd be there, she'd responded with 'tomorrow, that cafe with the honey buns, and invite Alicia.'

I didn't have the heart to tell her I was swamped at work, nor was I in the mood to endure the guilt trip when she reminded me that she missed her only child dearly, but I did have to verify that exhaustion wasn't making me hear things.

She'd answered in her usual dramatic fashion, telling me she watched a program on television where two mothers connected by marriage went at it until the daughter stuck in the middle had a stroke and died.

Died, Leila. Do you think I want you to die?

I'd convinced her to turn off the TV and assured her I had no plans to check out anytime soon, and verified, one more time, that she wanted me to invite Alicia.

Her arch nemesis.

The woman I hadn't seen since the text and awkward sex debacle.

I rubbed my tummy and straightened my spine, repeating all the things I’d conquered as I strode into the cafe. America's sweetheart, hellbent on destroying my relationship. Missy Diaz, who made my uncomfortableness a full time job. An actor I used to plaster on my wall (who tried to plaster himself on my body) until he let go and found love. Being kidnapped and threatened with real danger by a teenager and Jacob's long, lost brother. An international criminal who'd gone eerily quiet after Jacob and Cole dealt a massive blow to his enterprise.

I puffed out my chest a little bit. If I could handle all that, I could survive another lunch that was sure to bring even more drama into my life.

I focused on the saccharine scent that flooded my nostrils and not the nerves that twisted and knotted my stomach. Even if Jack’s Cafe didn't make the most delicious, high caloric food in the city, it would be worth the trip to midtown for the experience alone. The main space was flooded with natural light, a variety of shapes and sizes letting the sunshine in. Combined with the heavy duty ovens in the back that cranked out incredible baked fare, the room should have rivaled the temperature of a sauna. Instead, every window was cracked open, letting in a breeze and the frenzied hum of the city. Black and gold cafe tables and high back chairs speckled the floor, the plates and mugs as bright as the technicolor t-shirts the staff wore.

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