Scandalously Expecting His Child(76)

                And this time remain with her forever.

                * * *

                “This damned plan is taking forever!”

                Raiden’s vicious growl was followed by a minor crash.

                He’d startled the flight attendant placing his meal in front of                     him out of her wits, making her drop the tray.

                Gritting an apology and waving away her attempt to put things                     straight, he turned a blind gaze out of the window of his private jet, trying to                     rein back the constant boiling inside him. Not even the martial arts techniques                     he’d perfected had managed to bring him a measure of relaxation. He was                     spiraling out of control.

                “It’s been only two weeks.” Numair’s calm response through the                     phone line only poured fuel on his fire.

                “That’s temporally speaking,” Raiden bit off.

                “I wasn’t aware there was another parameter we can measure time                     with.”

                “Phantom, attempting wit on me right now might cause me that                     stroke you all keep saying I’m trying to give myself.” He paused for a second                     then almost shouted, “I don’t care how long it’s really been. It’s been longer                     than my endurance.”

                “Your endurance lasted two seconds after she left.”

                He opened his mouth to blast him back with something, then                     closed it. For said endurance had been depleted before she’d left.

                Numair was also right. Logically speaking, it hadn’t been too                     long. Though the combined might of his brothers was mind-boggling, it couldn’t                     have possibly taken them less than two weeks to untangle and reroute the web of                     interests, to tie all loose ends and to put all safety measures irrevocably in                     place.

                But his brothers had already done that. It wasn’t until the                     wedding invitees had filled the ballroom hours ago that Numair and Richard had                     given the signal that all danger was over. Hashimoto had then walked in to                     announce the cancellation of the wedding. Raiden had followed his speech,                     apologizing for the last-second change of plans and assuring everyone dinner and                     entertainment were still on. Then he’d hurtled out of the hotel and onto his jet                     heading to New York. To Scarlett.