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

He looked away, watching Montana as she slid down the slide. She was laughing and then it was Junior’s time. Montie was engrossed in watching the kids play, and I wondered if he forgot what I said. Finally, he turned to me.

"You want to know why I came over today?" he asked.

"I said I did," I sarcastically replied.

He was more nervous than I had ever seen him before. His chocolate dimples formed in his otherwise smooth face as he said, "I’m worried about you."

"Worried about me? That’s odd. Why would you be worried about me now, when you weren’t worried about me when I was your wife?"

He fidgeted from one foot to another. "You seemed happy with your new boyfriend and then all of sudden he’s not around. I came over to check things out."

I laughed. "So you wanted to spy on me?"

"Yeah, I wanted to see if Jacob was there. If he was, then I could move on and forget about it, but if he weren’t…then I would need to be worry about your well-being. I want you to be happy."

"Montie, you don’t have to be concerned," I replied, averting my attention from his solemn eyes. "Jacob and I are fine. He's busy working. We’re not breaking up, but there comes a time when two people need a breather to handle their own business, you know?"

"Humph. Tell me about it," he spoke.

It bothered me the way he said that, seeming to lump Jacob and me into the same category as our dead marriage. "You have no clue what I mean," I replied.

"You and I needed a breather and we took one." He stepped closer to me so that our faces were a few inches apart. "Now may be the time to get back together."

My eyes followed Junior and Montana, who were racing each other

to the merry-go-round. I watched them get on as another adult was pushing it around for her son.

"Montie, you and I aren’t taking a breather. We finalized a divorce, for crying out loud! And that’s because there were things more important to you in life than our marriage. Now, I’m with Jacob, who loves me and I love him. We’ll work through whatever comes our way.” My eyes tore away from the merry-go-round to look at him. “I don’t want you interfering with our relationship."

He grabbed my hand. "Destiny, I can’t let you go without telling you that I’m still deeply in love with you."

"You’re not in love with me, Montie," I argued, removing my hand from his. “You just don’t want to see me happy with someone else.”

He stood up and reached for my hand again. “Destiny, listen…”

"Montie, stop that. Don’t touch me."

"Destiny, in my heart, I owe it to myself and to you to be truthful. I seriously am still in love with you. I never for one minute stopped being in love with you."

"You think you're still in love with me? Maybe you are in love with the idea of me. I am the mother of your children. I stood by you, work and all, until our marriage was over and I had nothing left to give you. I just can’t…" my words trailed off at the sound of a shrilling scream. Montana was lying on the ground hollering in agony. I rushed to her side.

"I…I am so sorry," the woman was muttering. Tears started falling down the stranger’s face. "I didn’t see that she was starting to fall off."

"I’m sure she’ll be fine," I said to console the woman.

"Mommy…" Montana cried out. As she attempted to sit up, an angry gash along her chin bled out. I immediately knew she would need stitches.

I glanced at Montie, our conversation out of my mind, and he picked Montana up.

"Let’s get to the hospital," he said as I grabbed Junior’s hand.

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

DESTINY

By My Side

I sat in the waiting room, wringing my hands together, on edge about Montana being with the doctor. It was only stitches, but she was still young and I wanted to be there for her. The staff kept insisting that she would be fine in the back without me.