The Abandoned: An Alpha Billionaire Romance: Focus, #2

By Michelle Love

Damien leaves Gia and her family with Ryker while he goes back to Orlando, 

after telling Gia the truth about who his friend is.

Gia finds herself troubled by what Damien tells her and wants from her.

When she decides she too wants what Damien has and asks Ryker for his help in obtaining it, 

she gets a surprise when he calls her out on her behavior and wants nothing more to do with her. Leaving her feeling alone.

When the mission to Mars is found out to be just a way to kill the top minds in the industry, things seem like they've been taken care of.

But when the CIA and FBI start looking at Apollo Engineering, things go in a different direction.

The birth of their first child coincides with catastrophic problems for Ryker and his whole family as things go south for the always prominent man.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Michelle Love
• Release date: May 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9781393117926

Michelle Love

Mrs. Love writes about smart, sexy women and the hot alpha billionaires who love them. She has found her own happily ever after with her dream husband and adorable 5 year old. Currently, Michelle is hard at work on the next book in the series, and trying to stay off the Internet. "Thank you for supporting an indie author. Anything you can do, whether it be writing a review, or even simply telling a fellow reader that you enjoyed this. Thanks!" Sign up for her mailing list to receive advanced notifications before she launches her next book so that you can get it at a discounted and most times FREE! Use the link below to subscribe and enjoy your copy of "Dirty Little Virgin:  A Submissives Secrets Novel" https://dl.bookfunnel.com/3s2x148uer  Follow me on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100014912882501 

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The Abandoned

The Abandoned

An Alpha Billionaire Romance (Focus Book 2(

Michelle Love

Hot and Steamy Romance

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The Abandoned

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Mrs. Love writes about smart, sexy women and the hot alpha billionaires who love them. She has found her own happily ever after with her dream husband and adorable 6 and 2 year old kids.

Currently, Michelle is hard at work on the next book in the series, and trying to stay off the Internet.

"Thank you for supporting an indie author. Anything you can do, whether it be writing a review, or even simply telling a fellow reader that you enjoyed this. Thanks

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Blurb

Damien leaves Gia and her family with Ryker while he goes back to Orlando, after telling Gia the truth about who his friend is.

Gia finds herself troubled by what Damien tells her and wants from her.

When she decides she too wants what Damien has and asks Ryker for his help in obtaining it, she gets a surprise when he calls her out on her behavior and wants nothing more to do with her. Leaving her feeling alone.

The Abandoned

RYKER

Gia’s lit up like a firework, yet Damien still doesn’t pay a bit of attention to her as she sits between her mother and father, stroking the spaniel on her lap. She’s smiling bigger than I’ve seen her smile. Damien frowns as he taps at his cell, ignoring everyone.

Apollo Engineering, huh? Gia’s sister, Nancy, asks me. Are you planning on going to Mars, Ryker?

After placing my dirty martini on the coffee table that separates the twin burgundy leather sofas in the main living area, I answer her, I will be going to Mars. I wanted to be on the first mission my company sends but lately I’ve been thinking about taking a later mission. Your sister has spoken to me about being of use from Earth. I’m beginning to see I might be of more use on the ground, in the beginning anyway.

Nancy’s identical twin sister, Fancy, takes over the conversation that Damien has taken a sudden interest in. He’s put his phone down and everything! Our little sister has influenced the likes of you, Ryker? Fancy asks me with a surprised expression.

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She has. She’s a genius, you know, I tell her and find Damien getting up from the chair at the far end of the large room, to take a martini off the tray full of them my cook delivered to us while we wait for dinner to be prepared.

Genius is a bit more than she is. I have six, verified geniuses I employ at Markov Global, Damien says as he sits on the opposite end of the sofa I’m sitting on.

Fancy and Nancy have taken places on the bar stools at the bar to one side of the living area. With a quick glance across the table, I notice Gia is completely in another world with her dog and parents. She’s paying no attention to us what so ever.

Would you two consider yourselves to be in competition to see who can get to Mars first? Nancy asks then sips her martini, peering over the edge of the glass at me.

With a nod in Damien’s direction, I say, We all are competitive. You have to be in the space industry. But we’re helping one another as well.

And I thought we’d be on Mars around the same time, Damien says then looks at me. I don’t see why you’d let a female change your mind about being on the first mission. The first people there will be the hierarchy of the new world, Ryker. I thought you and I were like-minded in that respect. Don’t you want to secure a position of power on the planet?

I do, I tell him and find him seeming a bit prickly. But I think I’d like to be sure the missions have everything they need to build on Mars too. I may have more work to do here before I leave Earth.

His icy eyes level in mine. Are you sure it’s merely for the space travelers you are thinking about and not a woman who will be left behind?

It’s only because I want it to work on Mars. I don’t want the missions to fail because of a lack of support from Earth. And on that topic, I’d like to add that Gia would make an excellent scientist to have on the ground. Since you have no intention of using her gifts at your company, you should allow her to join mine, I say and watch Damien’s face go red.

This is not the time to discuss business, Ryker. Gia can do as she pleases, once I leave. But she will be a wealthy woman and working won’t be a thing she needs to do, Damien says and I see Nancy looking worried.

Ryker, I’m sure our sister will do what she feels is right, Nancy says as she looks from me to Damien. Damien makes sure we’re all taken care of, after all. He’s a generous man who loves our sister with all his heart. He’d take her with him to Mars if she’d go.

Oh, I say as I look at Damien. You didn’t tell them about their faulty DNA?

Faulty? Fancy asks.

And with the word, DNA, said, Gia and her parents look up and join the discussion. There’s no need to talk about that, Gia says then puts the dog down and smooths out her black skirt, a nervous habit I can see she has now. Ryker, you’re playing dirty. You need to stop.

Looking down like a scolded child, I know she’s right. I apologize. I’ll check on how much longer dinner will be. Getting up, I find Fancy’s hand on my arm as I pass by her and her sister.

We have children, Ryker. What about our DNA? she asks me.

I look at Gia, instead of answering her sister. I will leave that up to you to share or not, Gia. Then I leave the room and feel a weight on my shoulders for some reason.

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Maybe it’s because of how Damien won’t let Gia do what’s best for herself. Maybe I feel like I should be doing more to stop the man from squashing her. But she is the one who allows it. And now that I can see how her family is about the man, I am beginning to understand it a lot better. They all are depending on him. Their financial security is all on Gia’s back and I find that unfair.

Instead of going to the kitchen, I sit at the dining table in the dark and empty formal dining room. Placing my head in my hands, I find myself feeling desperate. I desperately want Gia to find her true self and I might be pushing too hard at her to do that but I don’t know any other way to get her to see what she’s doing to herself.

The click-clack of high heels echoes through the hallway and into the room comes Gia, her eyes are searching and I know she’s looking for me. Ryker, there you are. I have to make this quick as Damien has excused himself to freshen up.

Getting up, I meet her in the middle of the room and place my hand on her arm. Just to touch her sends millions of tiny sparks through my body. The way her eyes move to where my hand is, tells me she feels something too. Gia, you look lovely. I’ve wanted to tell you that. I looked forward to meeting with you this morning and when Damien came alone and gave me the news that he wouldn’t let you work for me, I nearly came unglued.

That’s what I wanted to talk to you about. See, he was in the hotel room when I left your room and we had a hellacious argument. He gave me the chance to walk away from him last night. He told me I could leave him and go to your room and he’d never bother with me again.

You should’ve done that, I say as I move my hand up her arm until I find her soft cheek and stroke it.

She leans into my touch then looks up at me with shining eyes. But I didn’t. I have more responsibilities than most. My entire family relies on Damien. And I do respect the man.

My lips quiver as they ache to touch hers. Her body is close to mine and heat fills me. Taking