His Marriage Demand by Fiona Murphy

Author:Fiona Murphy
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: millionaire, Alpha
Publisher: Fiona Murphy
Published: 2014-09-27T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Norman drives us into the city and we pull up outside one of Chicago’s most exclusive restaurants. It’s been written up not just in the local papers, but in newspapers in New York and Miami and it’s agonizingly hard to get into.

“Drake, this place is going to cater a wedding? Our wedding?”

Jane is the one who answers. “I was stunned too. Drake told me to call and when I did and mentioned Drake, I was talking to the chef in less than a minute.”

The door opens and it’s the chef, smiling and hugging Drake. I can only stand and watch as they clap each other on the back. They’re greeting each other and then Drake pulls me close and introduces me.

“Fernando, this is my fiancée, Ria. Ria, this is an old friend of mine, Fernando.”

“It’s nice to finally meet you, Ria. I have to tell you, sitting up late and drinking into the early hours of the morning, listening Drake talk about you was getting weary. I’m glad you are finally putting us both out of our misery, I don’t think my liver could take much more.”

Drake nods and smiles, “It’s called payback for having to hear you go on and on about Marie. At least it was only two years of Ria, I had five years to hear about Marie.”

A woman comes out from the kitchen bearing a plate and gives Drake a hug, “The both of you still piss me off to this day, Drake Hawthorne. You knew I was crazy about him. You knew he loved me and you kept your mouth shut. Sit, all of you. I have three different menus for us to enjoy.

It’s nice to meet you Ria, I’m Marie. Married to idiot one for not nearly long enough, and known idiot two for longer than I care to count. Idiot two told idiot one don’t throw four years at Harvard away for a restaurant. For long hours he went on and on about how restaurants fail, and it was the stupidest thing he can do. Then what does he do? When idiot one ignores him and does it anyway, he invests way too much with no return for three years. Then the returns start coming but not enough to support a family, so idiot one still won’t ask me to marry him because he can’t support a family. So what does idiot two do? He invests even more money in this place, in this address. Now, I get to hear them up until all hours of the night drinking fine wine like it’s water, drowning their sorrows like teenagers.”

Both men are looking at her with affection. I’m not jealous. I’m really not, I tell myself as I lean into Drake. Drake looks down, smiles, and kisses me on the temple as he pulls me close.

Marie sighs at us, “I like you, the other one, ick. Her eyes roamed everywhere, your eyes only on Drake, that’s good. I’m glad for you both, now

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