When Worlds Collide by Jordan Silver

Author:Jordan Silver [Silver, Jordan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-25T16:00:00+00:00

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As expected, mother was being her usual pain in the ass self. She’d locked herself in her rooms according to the servants and wouldn’t allow them to pack any more of her stuff. That’s okay, I have a key. I sent them to finish what they could. The movers would be here in the morning to help her on her way.

I wasn’t feeling that heavy burden of duty any longer. That weight had been lifted thank fuck, and I didn’t realize that I’d been carrying it all this time. Now that I’d broken things off with Helen, and told mom what was going to be, I felt physically free.

Not normal I think, for a man who’s about to be married. But that’s the difference between marrying for love and not duty. Thomas had reiterated before he left that he was going to be keeping an eye out to make sure nothing happened to her, and I can’t fault him for that, but she was my responsibility now.

I ignored and avoided my mother’s wing of the house for the rest of the day while I sat and planned. I had a list of names that I needed to call and put the fear of hell into. In war you must always know your enemy. It’s the only way to win.

I didn’t want to strip my mother of her dignity, didn’t want to show the world that she had no real power. Something like that would destroy her. But I knew if I went around her and let them all know what would happen if they messed with Lucia, they’d be of no help to her. In short I was about to cut her legs out from under her.

I didn’t call the women, but their husbands. The men who do business with my family. After the first six or so calls I was sure the word had gone out. Mom’s hands were now officially tied and there was nothing she could do, short of making my life miserable. That I could deal with, as long as she left my Lucia alone.

I opened accounts for her with all the reputable establishments, using my mother’s list as a guideline. Wherever she shopped, the bills will be sent to me, and she was to be treated with the respect due my wife from here on out. I let it be known in no uncertain terms, that one false move on anyone’s part would spell danger for that establishment.

Yes, I was using my money and power like a whip, but it was for a good cause. Lucia had done nothing wrong but be born on the wrong side of the tracks, for that she should not be made to face ridicule and disdain.

As my wife, no one would dare fuck with her, not if they wanted to stay in business. And I have no problem taking that stand. Whereas mom and her cohorts had used their influence for evil, I was using mine for the good of my future wife and her family.

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