Breathless: In Love With an Alpha Billionaire (Breathless 1)

I was finishing vacuuming when I heard the front door open. "Hello, we’re here," Montie Sr. called from the foyer. I was excited to have my kids back in the house, and had left the door unlocked for their arrival.

"Hello, hello," I called out, entering the foyer as well.

Junior and Montana ran to me.

“Mama, mama!” they both yelled excitedly.

"I’ve missed you both so much!"

Junior pulled away and looked up at me. "It’s only been a couple days."

"Oh, you're Mr. Big Guy today. You don’t miss mama?" I asked with fake sadness.

“Yes, I do, mama,” he said.

"I know you've only been gone a few days, but I always miss you when you’re gone." I rubbed his curly head of hair and roughed him up a little.

Montana’s eyes searched around the foyer.

"Lose something?" I asked, teasingly.

"Where’s Acob?"

I nearly fell over. I expected it from Junior, but Montana didn’t seem as aware of our connection.

"He’s home," I responded casually. "Why don’t you both say goodbye to your dad and we’ll talk about it later."

They ran back over and hugged Montie's legs. I heard their tiny muffled voices say, "Good

bye, Daddy,"

"Goodbye, see you both soon," Montie answered.

The kids left the foyer, and I turned to him. "Did you guys have a good weekend?" I asked.

"We did," he nonchalantly spoke, and then cocked his head. "I know I have no business asking this, but is everything okay with you and this Jacob cat?"

"You’re right; you have no business asking this." I walked to the door and opened it for him.

He didn't move, but instead kept watching me. "Seems a bit odd that you’re here alone; after all, since you started dating dude I don’t recall ever seeing you alone, and the kids say he’s always here."

"First of all, that’s not true. Secondly, again, it’s none of your business. Now, if you would please leave."

"You don’t need to get so defensive. I’m only trying to point out that it’s unusual to find you here alone. If he was out of town or busy with work then that’s one thing, but if you two separated, I believe that I have a right to know."

I placed my hands on my hips. "Why would you have the right to know? What Jacob and I do is our business! You don’t get the right to know everything about me. You lost that right the day we got a divorce."

"I do believe I struck a nerve," he said.

I couldn’t be sure, but for a moment, I thought he was smiling about that fact.

I looked away from him. “Montie, I don’t have time for your drama.”

"Destiny, I have the right to know who is and isn’t going to be in my children’s lives. It affects my parenting."

"How?”

“It just does.”