Hostile Takeover (Blackwood Billions, #1)

by Christina C. Jones

a wife who actually wanted him, so there’s no question about the lineage of his son.”

“Don’t tell me you never wondered about Soren…

mother, nothing strange there. But your son… who does he look like, Billy?”

Orion had a hand on EJ’s chest, pushing him back.

need some space between you and my lady,” Orion said.

Orion smiled. “The only thing amusing here is that you’re still in my face, spouting out bullshit—for what, I don’t know.

“But I would suggest you move on, you and your friends go play with your guns, anything other than speaking crudely to my lady.”

“What the hell is wrong with you?!” I whisper-yelled. “EJ is fucking dangerous, are you crazy?”

“Everything about me is prominent. Get used to it, wifey.”

“He sold the land and the building.”

“Yeah, Auntie. He did.

“You won’t be the first or last woman to marry a man for reasons other than love.

Orion was seated at the end of the bathtub when I opened them again.

“You broke into my house?!”

“Why the hell are you here, anyway?”

worth more than a lot of people’s annual salary on your finger

you’re not answering phone calls, baby. I had to make sure...

got me all wrong, Nalani. I’m generous with mine. Which… you do realize that’s what you are now, right?”

prefer to believe I belong to myself.”

“I’ll let you have that delusion. For now.” “Y...

see another man that close to you…we’re all going to have a horrible day.”

I see Orion is laying claim too!!!!!

I thrived on information and order, knowing exactly what was about to happen next.

Such as being hopelessly distracted by the news that Nalani had a prior entanglement with a wannabe fucking crime lord, which was being incredibly generous.

“Damn girl, you shooting now?” He chuckled, kneeling beside her. “I thought I was the favorite?”

“Very,” Jess chimed in, pulling attention to herself.

made an exaggerated point of wiping her mouth as she glanced at me.

you know how Orion gets when he’s locked in on… reaching a certain peak. L...

Somehow, I knew exactly what was coming.

couldn’t move fast enough to stop it.

Nalani was on her feet, reaching across the table. Jess couldn’t get ...

Nalani had a handful of hair, dragging her across the dishes, spil...

watched in horror as Jess’s hair came off. A wig, thank God, but from the way she was...

then grabbed Jess around the neck to finish pulling her across the table before she l...

Nalani is no joke!!!!!!

“Is this what you wanted?” she asked me as Jess scrambled...

“Orion!” Jess whined. “What is she talking about?!”

“Regardless of what he and I have going on, the fact that you came into my home, implying shit about

Be glad all I did was drag you across that ...

Nalani is not to be played with by these disrespectful side chicks!

“Do you feel good about yourself?” Nalani asked, from closer than before.

Getting in a little breach of contract of your own?”

“You don’t cheat,” she repeated, sardonically.

just let your ex-fiancée in our house with her tits out to make comments implying you’ve had your dick in her all afternoon to get under my skin?”

’Cause that was exactly what happened.

Nala smirked. “But that shit didn’t work out like you thought it would, huh?”

“You’re the one brought that heifer into your wife’s house, right?”

“Whatever was between you and her, you brought somebody else into it, and got that young lady hurt. She doing alright?”

“Then she got lucky; the lion queen has some decorum. I would’ve pulled my pistol out.”

Orion's Granny doesn't play either!

the look on her face told me that wasn’t meant to be funny. “You… wouldn’t, right?” “I have,” she corrected me.

“Your granddaddy tried to play one of those games with me one good time, thought making me jealous ...

“Why you think your granddaddy had that limp? I gave him that,” she said proudly.

I was a hellion, and he wasn’t wrong for thinking it. But there’s a way to go about things

Teach them young people how it's really done, Granny!!!!