Earning Her Love Read Free Page A

couldn’t stop thinking about, she was the one who got your heart racing every time you saw her. Alex was close to his family. He usually spoke to Owen, but Alex had mentioned to Chad that he liked Mia, and since then Chad had been on his case, telling him that if Mia was the one, he wouldn’t let age be a problem. Chad told him not to stuff things up, like he already had wasting time he could spend with her. Now he regretted not listening to Chad. Alex was almost forty and hadn’t found anyone, but as his heart felt like it was about to break at what was happening around him, he thought he could be wrong. He’d finally decided to ask her out and this happened.
    Looking at the cute blond haired boy, he forced a smile. “Yes, I’m Olivia’s Uncle Alex. I take her swimming.”
    Zane nodded his head. “Ahah, I likes Olivia. I’m bigger than her, iza just turned four.”
    His niece Olivia was three. Her swimming skills were super advanced, and she had been placed in a higher age group. Alex adored Olivia.
    The paramedics came over and Alex turned to them, noticing out of the corner of his eye another set of paramedics with Mia. “Hi, I was the first on scene. I saw it happen. Mia was thrown from her seat as the car behind hit her vehicle. This is Zane, her four-year-old son. The passenger door doesn’t open.” Alex knew the paramedic, John, he’d worked with him before.
    “Do you know the victims?” John asked.
    Opening his mouth, he closed it as an old, short guy in a mechanics uniform ran over to him. “Oh God, they won’t let me over to Mia. Is Zane okay?”
    Alex eased out of the car and stared at the balding man. Alex knew he wasn’t Mia’s father. From the information he had gathered, Mia’s father was a very powerful businessman, who was known all throughout the building industry. Alex’s brother Owen dealt with him on occasion. “You are associated with Miss Lexington how?”
    “Um…sorry. I’m her mechanic Grant, but I’m a friend too.”
    Alex raised his eyebrow at the last. “A friend?”
    The man turned red. “Well…er…yes. I am…argh…was a friend of her parents.” He looked around and lowered his voice. “They disowned her when she got pregnant at sixteen. She was almost seventeen, but that didn’t sound any better they thought. I didn’t agree with how they cut her off.” The old man sighed. “I’m all she’s got, besides that boy in there and a couple of girlfriends.”
    Shit! Alex didn’t need to know that. Not now when his heart was already shattering. He knew she didn’t have anything to do with her parents, but he had hoped she had other people. People who helped her and that she could rely on. Glancing at the boy who the medics were talking to as they carefully lifted him out of his seat, his heart skipped. Alex knew he had to help. If Mia had no one, Zane would go into foster care with strangers while she was in the hospital. He knew with the injuries she had she might not survive, but he couldn’t, wouldn’t, let himself think of that happening.
    “She has me. I’m Alex. I’ve been seeing Mia.” It wasn’t a complete lie. Alex had seen Mia every Monday and Friday morning. He’d also been to MacDonald’s with her once.
    This time it was Grant who raised his eyebrow. “Really? She hasn’t mentioned you.”
    He shrugged. “It’s new.” Yeah, like a couple of minutes.
    Grant crossed his arms over his chest and glared at him. John came and stood next to him with Zane in his arms. “He seems fine. The child car seat saved him from any harm, but we’ll take him to the hospital to get him checked out just in case.”
    “Sure. I—” Alex didn’t get to finish.
    “Alex.” Zane threw himself into his arms. “I wants my Mummy.”
    Cuddling the little guy close, Alex looked over to see Mia on a gurney being put into the ambulance. He turned to John. “I’ll go with you. I can’t be on this case as I’m involved with the victim. I’ll go tell officer