All the time Kira’s mind kept whirling back to Alessandro.
Their time in Vegas. Their quickie wedding…
Later, Kira finished washing up
the dishes after breakfast. Kerry had gone out to the mall with her friends.
That was fine with her because she really wanted a break. She just needed to
get her mind away from Alessandro and all thoughts of him.
Just then, her thoughts were
distracted by a knocking at the door. She wiped her hands on the dish towel
and proceeded to the front door of her apartment. When she looked through the
peep hole, her breath stopped.
Alessandro?
There he was standing outside her
door looking drop-dead gorgeous as usual. Stunning in his business suit and
tie. His hands shoved into his pockets. God, he was breathtaking.
Kira braced herself against the
door and drew in a deep breath. She could not believe that he was there. At her
apartment. He showed up without so much as a phone call during the past two
weeks. She quickly turned around to look at the mirror by the door to make sure
that her hair was in place. She looked dreadful. Terrible. As if she had a lot
on her mind. No way did she want him to see her this way.
“Just a minute,” she called out
to the closed door as she walked towards her bedroom.
She had on a worn t-shirt and an
old pair of Daisy Dukes jean shorts. She was about to change into a summer
dress. Her hair was pulled up into a messy pony-tail. The last thing she wanted
him to think was that he was right for not contacting her.
She looked through her closet but
nothing was calling out to her. Then she threw up her hands. Who was she trying
to impress? She brushed her hair quickly and swept it off her face and returned
to open the door. She didn’t want to keep Alessandro waiting. God help her if
he just walked away. Again.
“I thought you’d forgotten about
me,” Alessandro said, a grin on his face as Kira opened the door. She caught
the sweet, sexy scent of his cologne and it made her melt inside.
“Hi, Alessandro. I’m surprised to
see you here.”
Alessandro walked into her
apartment when she motioned for him to come in. The first thing he noticed was
the small size. The size of one of his bathrooms in his homes could fit this
entire living area, he thought. He also noticed that it was hardly furnished
and it could use a good paint job. It was a rental building but not properly
kept.
“It’s all I’ve got, but I’m happy
here,” she said, watching his gaze.
“You’re happy here?”
“Why does that surprise you?
Because it’s not one of your luxury penthouse suites?”
Alessandro’s eyes carefully slid
down Kira’s body. There she was not trying to impress him with a white simple
t-shirt and the shortest jean shorts he’d ever seen which showed off her
natural curves. My God! This woman oozed sex even without trying. Her soft
brown hair was brushed back neatly and she had no make-up on but a fresh look.
She looked tired but pretty.
That spoke volumes about the
woman he’d married in Vegas. For one thing, she had left him !
With all that he represented. His money, his power, his position. She left the
luxury presidential suite to come back to her homely surroundings. In other
words, she would prefer what she saw as honor rather than use him for his money
and status. He’d never met a woman like her before and he knew what he was
going to do about her now that he saw first-hand how and where she lived.
“Well? Can I offer you a drink?”
“Not so early in the morning, my
dear.”
Kira rolled her eyes. “I meant a
glass of water or something.”
“I know.”
Kira noticed that Alessandro
seemed deep in thought. Was he there to annul their marriage? To talk about how
she’d said goodbye to him in a note?
The silence between them was
awkward for a moment.
“Listen, Kira. We need to talk.”
Kira swallowed hard. What was
there to talk about now? Hadn’t the paternity result spoken volumes about the
man she thought she