Billionaire’s Quarry: A Billionaire, Bad Boy, Romance (An Alpha Billionaire Romance Boxed Set) by Michelle Love Page B
Authors: Michelle Love
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he laughs then gives me a bite of the enchilada which I find is spicy.
Grabbing the beer, the waiter placed in front of us only seconds ago, I chug it all down as they laugh. Jude takes a bite and then a little drink of his beer then says, “It’s not that hot, Mercy.”
The waiter, noticing my distress, brings another beer to me and I manage to only take a sip of it then Jude is placing a forkful of sweet potatoes into my mouth. “This should cool you off.”
It does the trick and when he holds out another bite of that hot as Hades enchilada, I shake my head, making them all laugh.
I can see the kind of family they are now. A bunch of sadists!
Chapter 6
JUDE
At the stroke of midnight, the actual date of my parents’ anniversary, the music stops and my parents are going up to the stage to give a speech. Mom beckons my brothers, me, and my sister to come up on the stage with them.
“Will you be okay here alone, Mercy?” I ask before I let her go. “Because I can take you up there with me, if you want.”
She shakes her head as her eyes go really big. “No way! I’m fine. You go on up there. I’ll be right here, waiting for you.”
With a little kiss, I leave her at our table, along with the other people my siblings brought, and follow my family to the stage. Once we’re all up, the lights come up and I see someone has made it to the party and is making a B-line for the stage.
Shit!
Ariel looks drunk as hell. Her fancy updo is down and her red hair is flowing wildly around her bare shoulders. Her dress is hitched up in the back and half of a bare ass cheek is showing as she waves at me.
My mother and father both look at me with frowns on their faces and I look at Ram and whisper, “Can you get those friends of yours you were on the football team with to run some interference with that crazy chick?”
He nods and makes a loud whistle that catches the attention of the three guys he invited to the party. With a wave of his hand, all three guys go toward Ariel and take her past the stage to stand at the side of it with them.
A few people noticed her but not all of them. With Ariel secured, I look out to see if Mercy noticed her and I can see that she did as she’s holding her hand to her chest and watching Ariel.
Crap!
Mom gets a smile on her face as she sees the situation is under control and nudges my father to begin his speech. “Hey, everybody!” Dad shouts over the microphone in his hand that Mom’s flipped the switch on to turn it on. “How are you enjoying the festivities?”
A ton of hoots and hollers sound off as the crowd lets him know they’re having a good time. In true Texas fashion, the crowd, though full of wealthy people, still sounds like a barroom full of hicks.
The crowd quiets as Dad continues. “Thirty-two years ago, I made this little filly my wife. Has every day been a picnic, you ask?” The crowd laughs. “No, it has not.” Mom smacks him in the arm. “Oww! See!”
Mom takes the microphone away from him. “Give me that thing, Jim!” She looks out over the guests she handpicked. “I’d like to thank each and every one of you for coming tonight to help us ring in this thirty-second anniversary we’re having. And I’d like to tell you all a little story about me and old, Jim Hurst, here. You see, he had a hell of a time getting me to say yes to his proposal of marriage.”
“Now, they don’t wanna hear that, Loretta,” Dad says, making the crowd laugh again. “Just bypass that little tidbit of history, would ya?”
Mom shakes her head. “I will not. Anyway, this man here was a suave man with lots of money and he set his sights on me. I didn’t understand why. I was a girl from a middle-class family. I wasn’t rich or even popular. I was plain as they come.”
“Oh, come on now, honey,” Dad says as he wraps his arm around her shoulders. “You were always a great beauty.” He kisses her cheek and I have to smile as Momma blushes.
“In his
Grabbing the beer, the waiter placed in front of us only seconds ago, I chug it all down as they laugh. Jude takes a bite and then a little drink of his beer then says, “It’s not that hot, Mercy.”
The waiter, noticing my distress, brings another beer to me and I manage to only take a sip of it then Jude is placing a forkful of sweet potatoes into my mouth. “This should cool you off.”
It does the trick and when he holds out another bite of that hot as Hades enchilada, I shake my head, making them all laugh.
I can see the kind of family they are now. A bunch of sadists!
Chapter 6
JUDE
At the stroke of midnight, the actual date of my parents’ anniversary, the music stops and my parents are going up to the stage to give a speech. Mom beckons my brothers, me, and my sister to come up on the stage with them.
“Will you be okay here alone, Mercy?” I ask before I let her go. “Because I can take you up there with me, if you want.”
She shakes her head as her eyes go really big. “No way! I’m fine. You go on up there. I’ll be right here, waiting for you.”
With a little kiss, I leave her at our table, along with the other people my siblings brought, and follow my family to the stage. Once we’re all up, the lights come up and I see someone has made it to the party and is making a B-line for the stage.
Shit!
Ariel looks drunk as hell. Her fancy updo is down and her red hair is flowing wildly around her bare shoulders. Her dress is hitched up in the back and half of a bare ass cheek is showing as she waves at me.
My mother and father both look at me with frowns on their faces and I look at Ram and whisper, “Can you get those friends of yours you were on the football team with to run some interference with that crazy chick?”
He nods and makes a loud whistle that catches the attention of the three guys he invited to the party. With a wave of his hand, all three guys go toward Ariel and take her past the stage to stand at the side of it with them.
A few people noticed her but not all of them. With Ariel secured, I look out to see if Mercy noticed her and I can see that she did as she’s holding her hand to her chest and watching Ariel.
Crap!
Mom gets a smile on her face as she sees the situation is under control and nudges my father to begin his speech. “Hey, everybody!” Dad shouts over the microphone in his hand that Mom’s flipped the switch on to turn it on. “How are you enjoying the festivities?”
A ton of hoots and hollers sound off as the crowd lets him know they’re having a good time. In true Texas fashion, the crowd, though full of wealthy people, still sounds like a barroom full of hicks.
The crowd quiets as Dad continues. “Thirty-two years ago, I made this little filly my wife. Has every day been a picnic, you ask?” The crowd laughs. “No, it has not.” Mom smacks him in the arm. “Oww! See!”
Mom takes the microphone away from him. “Give me that thing, Jim!” She looks out over the guests she handpicked. “I’d like to thank each and every one of you for coming tonight to help us ring in this thirty-second anniversary we’re having. And I’d like to tell you all a little story about me and old, Jim Hurst, here. You see, he had a hell of a time getting me to say yes to his proposal of marriage.”
“Now, they don’t wanna hear that, Loretta,” Dad says, making the crowd laugh again. “Just bypass that little tidbit of history, would ya?”
Mom shakes her head. “I will not. Anyway, this man here was a suave man with lots of money and he set his sights on me. I didn’t understand why. I was a girl from a middle-class family. I wasn’t rich or even popular. I was plain as they come.”
“Oh, come on now, honey,” Dad says as he wraps his arm around her shoulders. “You were always a great beauty.” He kisses her cheek and I have to smile as Momma blushes.
“In his
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