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1、COMING HOMEAVA GRAYCopyright 2022 by Ava GrayAll rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means,including information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the author,except for the use of brief quotations in a boo
2、k review.Created with VellumCALSO BY AVA GRAYONTEMPORARY ROMANCEPlaying with Trouble Series:Chasing Whats MineClaiming Whats MineProtecting Whats MineSaving Whats MineAlpha Billionaire SeriesSecret Baby with Brothers Best FriendJust PretendingLoving The One I Should HateBillionaire and the BaristaSt
3、andalones:Ruthless LoveThe Best Friend AffairPARANORMAL ROMANCEMaple Lake Shifters Series:Omega VanishedOmega ExiledEverton Falls Mated Love Series:The Alphas MateThe Wolfs Wild MateSaving His MateFighting For His MateDragons of Las Vegas Series:Thin IceSilver LiningA Spark in the DarkFire & IceDrag
4、ons of Las Vegas Boxed Set (The Complete Series)Standalones:Fiery KissWild FateCONTENTSAlso by Ava GrayBlurb1. Makenzie2. Holden3. Makenzie4. Holden5. Makenzie6. Holden7. Makenzie8. Holden9. Makenzie10. Holden11. Makenzie12. Holden13. Makenzie14. Holden15. Makenzie16. Holden17. Makenzie18. Holden19.
5、 Makenzie20. Holden21. Makenzie22. Holden23. Makenzie24. Holden25. Makenzie26. Holden27. Makenzie28. Holden29. Makenzie30. Holden31. Makenzie32. Holden33. Epilogue34. Excerpt: Billionaire and the BaristaSubscribe to my Mailing ListBLURBI found out that I was pregnant with his babyThen I found out th
6、at he was leaving me.The thought of it was unbearable.Holden was my brothers best friend.Being with him was forbidden, and oh-so-wrong.My brother would have not been happy to say the least.But that didnt stop me from falling into bed with him.Or from giving him my heart.I spent sleepless nights thin
7、king about him.Finding out that I was pregnant shocked me.But it was nothing compared to what I had to do after.I couldnt tell Holden about it.I had to let him follow his dream.More than anything, I had to protect him from my brother.But all hell would break loose once he found out what Id kept hidd
8、en fromhim: A little girl that has her fathers eyes.Would he ever come home to meet her?1IMAKENZIEPresentstood in the back with my parents and brother. We arrived a fewminutes late, not surprising as we never seemed to be on time foranything as a family, even now that we were all adults. I twisted m
9、yfingers and continuously rubbed my hands together.My feet were killing me. I couldnt remember why I had picked the shoes Iwas wearing. Maybe it had something to do with wanting to dressappropriately, maybe I wanted to look cute?What was wrong with me?Why was I dressing cute for a funeral?It was the
10、 first time in several years that I would see Holden, and I put onheels slightly higher than was socially acceptable for the occasion. Thinkinghad not been involved. Holden would be distracted with his mother, and hisown emotions. He certainly wouldnt be looking at my outfit, or thinking Iwas cute.
11、But I hadnt thought of any of that when I got dressed. All I couldfocus on was Holden coming home, and that I was going to see him again.And now that we were at the funeral, I saw him. He looked grim. Of course,he would, we were all there to bury his father, Powell Wells.I had basically grown up kno
12、wing Mr. Wells. He was a friend of myparents, and as a kid every summer I was running in and out of the Wellsbeach house nearly as much as Holden was running in and out of myfamilys house. I wasnt one of those kids who adopted my friends parents,and honestly, I really wasnt much of Holdens friend. B
13、ut I stillremembered the man as being a constant adult in my life, especially duringthe summers.Holden was my brothers best friend, and I was the little sister running afterthem for someone to play with and grab a little bit of attention.I dont know if Travis and Holden met because our parents knew
14、eachother, or they met because we summered on Nantucket at the same time, orhad they met at boarding school. They met, and they were inseparable. Notonly did they go to the same boarding schools, insisting on attending thesame high school, they even went to NYU together and roomed together.I was in
15、the way, always in the way.Travis leaned into me. “Will you stop fidgeting,” he growled.Mom patted him on the back of his hand. I wasnt sure if that was to soothehim or quiet him.“My feet hurt,” I whispered.She rested her hand over mine. Her touch was definitely an attempt tosoothe me, to calm me do
16、wn.“You shouldnt have worn those ridiculous shoes. Who wears six-inchpumps to a grave-side service?”“I thought we would be sitting.”Mom tightened her grip on the back of my hand. That was to get me to shutup. I put my other hand on top of hers and squeezed back signalling that Igot the message loud
17、and clear, sorry, I will do better. At least that was myintention.Mr. Wells had been a popular man, rich, and well regarded. He owned andran several companies that did something with airplanes. I had always beenimpressed that he flew his family to the island from Connecticut in his veryown airplane.
18、 We always took the ferry over.I tried to decide how many people at the funeral were employees. I guessthe rough looking bunch of men toward the back all were. They weredressed solemnly, but the clothes were not necessarily black, and certainlywere not designer labels.I continued my game with who wa
19、s there because they actually liked him,or because he had been an important business contact. The front row wasfamily and friends, other people I recognized from my childhood. Thatswhere we should have been had we arrived on time.The rows after that were filled with old men who looked red-faced andu
20、ncomfortable in their expensive suits and ties. I figured them to be thebankers and the lawyers. Those people were here because Powell Wells hadmade them a lot of money over the years, and it was only polite to send offa client like that. I let my mind play guessing games as I looked at theexpensive
21、ly dressed women. Were any of them his mistress? I decided thatif Mr. Wells had kept a side chick, she wasnt here.By that point in the funeral, I had fidgeted and made up stories abouteveryone in attendance. I was going to have to suck it up and do the onething I had managed to not do, look at Holde
22、n.I had let my gaze identify him long enough to know where he was seated sothat I could avoid looking at him. I was afraid if I started looking at him, Iwouldnt be able to stop. And if he looked at me, I would embarrass myselfand do something horrifically stupid and embarrass everyone else inattenda
23、nce. No one wanted that, especially me.I was really afraid that if I looked at him, he might look back at me. I didntknow what I would do if that happened. I considered that dropping dead ofpure mortification was a possibility.I twisted to see if there were more interesting people for me to look at,
24、make up stories about. I caught a glimpse of my father. He sniffled and hiseyes were rimmed in red. I felt like a selfish fool. Looping my hand throughDads arm, I rested my head on his shoulder.The reason Mr. Wells had been a constant in my youth was because he wasmy fathers friend. And here I was m
25、aking up stories about the peopleattending the mans funeral while my dad was mourning the loss of a friend.I didnt think Holdens parents were any older than mine. I closed my eyesagainst the thought of losing either mom or dad.Holden must be hurting. Was anyone up there holding his hand, offeringhim
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