Mackenna was nervous and as Alessandro escorted her to the table the host was leading them towards, she felt her stomach doing flips and flops in every direction. This was the first time she was being presented as Alessandro’s wife in a work situation and she knew how important this was to him and she was scared she would mess it up.
She was emotional and raw from all the events of the last several months and if she were honest, she was terrified she would blurt out something inappropriate and cost him a lucrative contract with a model he really wanted for his new line.
She was glad to see they had arrived ahead of the family they were meeting as they took their seats and when Alessandro ordered her a glass of wine, she refused it asking for sparkling water instead.
“No wine?” he asked
