Unraveling the Billionaire - Part 1 (An Alpha Billionaire Romance) by Alice Ward

Author:Alice Ward [Ward, Alice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-12-08T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 2

“Okay Kennedy, what’s so important that we all had to drop everything and meet you here?” Lewis asked. It was Friday afternoon, almost a week since I’d learned that my mom and Jack were engaged. I’d asked Lewis, Steve, Becky, and Lauren to meet me for a late lunch so I could tell my friends about the impending wedding.

“I have some surprising news,” I announced.

Becky rolled her eyes. “Let me guess. You’ve rethought things again, and now you’ve decided that you do want to date Jackson.”

The last time my friends and I got together, I’d told them that there was no way I’d ever go out with Jackson Montgomery. I’d reiterated all the reason’s we’d make a horrible couple and told them that I had an odd premonition that us dating was a horrible idea. I knew they hadn’t all been convinced, and I’d hoped to put more time between that announcement and breaking the news about our parents. But my mother and Jack had given an interview with a reporter from the Society Section of the Boston Globe, and the paper would be on the stands that Sunday. I wanted them to hear the news from me.

“I definitely won’t be dating Jackson Montgomery the Third. My mother is marrying his father,” I announced bluntly.

Mouths dropped all around the table. Even Lauren did her best to appear shocked.

“Are you serious?” Becky gasped. “I didn’t know they even knew each other.”

“How did this happen?” Lewis asked.

I shrugged. “They met at a cocktail party in D.C. a few months ago. I guess things moved pretty fast.”

“Oh my God, Kennedy. You and Jackson are going to be related! How did you find out? Does Jackson know? Thank God you never actually dated him, how awkward would that be?” Becky asked.

“This explains that odd feeling you had,” Lewis observed. “You must be a psychic.”

I blushed. “I know, I guess it was just intuition. Mom and Jack took Jackson and me to lunch, ‘introduced’ us, and gave us the news. Jackson didn’t seem thrilled about it and when we were alone, he made a point to tell me that his dad would insist on a prenup.” I was telling the truth, but carefully avoiding the timeline.

A short waitress with dyed, jet black hair came to the table. “What can I get you to drink?”

We each ordered draft beer and the daily lunch special, and she disappeared as quickly as she’d shown up.

“Did you tell your parents that you already know each other?” Becky asked.

“Yeah, it was pretty obvious.”

“But I’m guessing that you both skipped over the small detail of Jackson asking you out for the last couple of months?” Lewis asked, obviously amused.

“I didn’t see any reason to mention it,” I said with a casual shrug.

“This is so crazy,” Becky told me. “I thought your mom was against marriage.”

Our waitress reappeared and distributed our beers around the table. I took a long drink and turned back to Becky.

“She always said that there was no point in turning an emotional relationship into a legal arrangement.

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