The Stubborn Suitor, Book Two (An Alpha Billionaire In Love BBW Romance) by Alexa Wilder Read Free Book Online

then she called Maggie.
    “Hey there,” Maggie said, answering on the first ring, even though it was a Friday afternoon. One more reason why she loved her best friend. “What’s up?”
    Cami found that she couldn’t speak, now that she was on the phone. All the fear and panic began whirling inside her and all she could do was sob into the phone.
    “Oh, honey, what’s going on?” Maggie asked.
    “Sorry,” Cami was finally able to stutter between her sobs. “I just…I…” But she couldn’t bring herself to get any of it out.
    “Don’t worry,” Maggie said. “I’m on my way over now. I’ll be there in fifteen minutes. Just hang tight.”
    Cami nodded, even though Maggie couldn’t see her over the phone. She opened her mouth to speak, but before she could respond verbally, Maggie had ended the call.
    Thank God for Maggie. Just the knowledge that her best friend was on her way was enough to help calm Cami’s nerves. At least she wasn’t in this completely alone.
    True to her word, Maggie showed up less than twenty minutes later, a large bag from the liquor store in hand.
    “I figured you could use a drink,” she said by way of explanation.
    “It’s three in the afternoon,” Cami replied.
    “So? You need this. And we’re not going to get wasted or anything. I’m just making you a cocktail to calm your nerves.”
    With that, she turned and headed into the kitchen, where she made herself at home as she mixed up a couple of extra-strong vodka-cranberries. Cami collapsed onto a stool in the kitchen, where she could still keep an eye on Madison in the living room, and watched Maggie work.
    Maggie let Cami take a few long drinks of her cocktail before launching into an interrogation.
    “What’s going on?” she asked, taking a sip of her own drink. “Is it Drew?”
    “No,” Cami replied. “I mean, he still hasn’t called. But that’s not why I’m upset. I heard from my lawyer today. Ken is suing for full custody.”
    “I thought you already knew that,” Maggie said.
    “No. He was suing for primary custody. Like what I have now. I would still get Madison on weekends, or whatever. Madison would just live primarily at his house. Full custody would mean that I’d never get Madison at all. I would lose my baby girl.”
    With that explanation, Cami once again dissolved into tears. Almost instantaneously, Maggie was off her stool and hugging Cami.
    “Shhh,” Maggie whispered, careful not to alert Madison. “It’s okay. It hasn’t happened yet. It won’t happen. That bastard isn’t getting full custody of Madison.”
    Once Cami was calm, Maggie moved back to her seat.
    “I don’t know,” Cami said after a moment. “On one hand, I think ‘That can’t happen… There’s no way I’m losing custody of Madison!’ But then I think about all of Ken’s resources and connections. Half of the judges in this town are personal friends of his family. He pretty much gets whatever he wants. How do you think I ended up with nothing in the divorce?”
    “You agreed to nothing in the divorce, because all you wanted was Madison. You didn’t fight it the way you’re going to fight this now.”
    “Yeah,” Cami replied. “But my lawyer sucks.”
    “Then get another one. I can loan you some money.”
    “I can’t take your money,” Cami said simply.
    “You will if you have to,” Maggie insisted. “When it comes to Madison, you will do whatever it takes.”
    “You’re right,” Cami replied. “Hopefully it won’t come to that, but if it does, I’ll let you loan me some money. And thank you…for everything.”
    “Of course,” Maggie said with a smile. “That’s what best friends are for! But there isn’t anything we can do tonight, so let’s just relax, drink our cocktails, and talk about why in the fu—” Maggie looked at Madison guiltily but the little girl was not paying attention to them. “…fudge, Drew hasn’t called you back.”
    Cami offered the first genuine smile she’d