The Billionaire Alpha's Secret Baby novel Chapter 9

"Hey friendship!" Jody's vivacious voice rang out from the other side of the line. "How is it going? Has your mystery man woken up yet?" she joked casually, letting her high pitched laugher ring into my already irking ears.

"Hi Jody," I answered, not as bubbly as her. She wasn't expecting me to anyway. "Everything is okay, and he has regained consciousness. And he is not my mystery man, Jody." I let out the last sentence with gritted teeth.

"Fine. But how is he now? Have he let out his identity? Who is he by the way? Anyone you think I may know?" she bombarded me with questions lightheartedly, not bothering to wait for me to answer one before hitting me with another.

That was Jody. Vibrant, bubbly, beautiful and not afraid. She was the most free spirited among us three, falling in and out of love like I go in and out of menstrual cramps.

She was never scared of heartbreaks, but maybe that was because she had never truly loved anyone so deeply before. As my belief, the deeper you love, the harder it is to get back up once that love fails.

We were always here whenever she went through her usual break up. We were already used to the drill. Console her, remind her that the guy she broke up with was not the only man in the world and watch her take our advice literally, dusting herself back and up getting a new boyfriend the next day.

She tormented me with blind dates, helping me set up matchmaking meet ups, even though she was well aware that I had made it clear to her over and over again that I was done with men, and the last thing I needed in my life at the moment was anything called romance.

After what Mr. Chardonnay did, I had completely given up on love. The forever thing was a joke. Men were scums that were never to be trusted and NK always agreed with me.

She was a divorcee with two kids, and even though she went of blind dates from time to time, she respected my resolve and lets me be.

"He left, Jody." I responded finally after a long pause. "Or better still, he ran away without giving any of the details you are asking for. That's it Jody. We'll talk more about it when you come over. Is that okay?" I asked feeling sad that I had deflated her bubbles of expectations.

"It's okay Gracie. Are you okay yourself? How about NK?" her voice fell. I could hear the disappointment in them.

"We're doing great JayD, talk to you later." I said, then hung up, before allowing her guilt trip me into spilling my guts through the phone.

I really wasn't ready for that.

"You got a mail, Gracie" NK said, looking down at an envelope in her hand with she got after answering the door.

I held my breath, hoping it was not what I was thinking. Me selling off my lease to a real estate company that wanted to restructure the building I lived in.

"It says Shelby Realtors (UK) LTD" she read out loud walking to where I stood.

The name rang a bell but I had no idea what it was about.

"Open it already, NK" I prompted her, feeling a mixture of anxiousness and curiosity.

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