Alana
I walkedthrough the house to the kitchen, repeating the phrase I’d heard over and over in my head. I had never so much seen Hank crack a smile before, so whatever the joke was must have been incredibly funny. I could ask Alejandro what they had said, but I had hardly seen him this past week. He was doing everything he could to find the person responsible for shooting his father, and that meant he was spending most of his time at the hotel. He still came home every night, but sometimes it was after midnight before he finally got back. I missed him, but I couldn’t tell him that because he had more important things to deal with.
I sensed some distance between us, and I didn’t know if he was still angry with me because he’d had to follow me to New York, or over the Bobby situation, or whether it was simply because we hadn’t spent much time together.
Lucia had made herself a girlfriend who lived nearby. Alejandro knew the family, and they had good security at their house, so she often went there after school, still in the company of one of Alejandro’s guards of course.
I walked into the kitchen to find our housekeeper, Magda preparing dinner.
‘Evening, Alana,’ she said with a smile.
‘Hi, Magda. Need any help?’ I replied as I walked over to the counter to stand beside her.
‘No, thank you, Dulce niña. I’m almost done.’
I leaned back against the counter and popped a piece of bell pepper into my mouth. Magda was putting some dishes into the sink by the time I’d finished eating it. ‘Magda, what does la llevamos por las dos puertas mean?’ I asked with a smile.
Magda turned to me as she almost dropped the plate she was carrying onto the floor. She fumbled and managed to prevent it from slipping from her hands but her face turned a bright shade of red and she stared at me with her mouth gaping open.
‘Alana!’ I heard a voice behind me and realized Alejandro had just walked through the door. I smiled at the sight of him. I hadn’t expected him home so early. He was dressed in one of his impeccably tailored suits and as usual, he looked good enough to lick from head to toe.
Although his reaction did make me wonder what the hell I had just said. ‘What?’ I said with a shrug. ‘I was just asking.’
Magda cleared her throat and carried on clearing the dishes as Alejandro crossed the room to me. ‘You almost gave Magda a heart attack,’ he said half scowling, half grinning. The he slipped an arm around my waist. ‘Come with me,’ he growled, then placing his hand on the small of my back, he guided me out of the kitchen.
‘What?’ I whispered as soon as we were in the hallway.
‘Tell me again what you just said. I need to make sure I heard you right.’
I blushed. Whatever it was, was obviously either very offensive or very inappropriate. ‘La llevamos por las dos puertas?’ I said quietly. ‘Maybe I’m pronouncing it wrong?’
‘Oh, you’re pronouncing it fine, princess. But where did you hear that?’
I swallowed. ‘A couple of the guards said it to Hank just now and he burst out laughing. Like tears coming out of his eyes, laughing. I’ve never even seen him smile before. I thought it must have been something really funny.’
He rubbed a hand across his jaw. ‘Hmm. It’s not exactly funny. But I’ll deal with those canallas later. Where is Lucia?’
‘She’s at the Neilson’s again. Why? Do you need to speak to her?’
He shook his head. ‘No. Just checking we’re alone,’ he said as he started walking towards the stairs.
‘So, what does it mean?’ I asked for the third time.
He stopped in his tracks and grinned at me, before bending his head and brushing his lips across my ear. ‘Come with me and I’ll show you,’ he growled before grabbing hold of my hand and leading me to the bedroom.
As soon as the bedroom door was closed, Alejandro walked me to the bed and silently undressed me, running his hands over my body and planting soft kisses as he exposed my skin to the cool air. When he took off my panties, he held them to his face, inhaling deeply.
‘Fuck, princess, you smell delicious, do you know that?’ he said and then he gave me a quick kiss on the lips before pushing me back onto the bed.
‘I’m glad you’re home early,’ I whispered.
‘So am I, princess. I’ve missed you, and I’m sorry I haven’t been around much,’ he said as he started to undress. ‘But, I’ll make it up to you.’
I watched him intently, enjoying watching his deft fingers removing his clothes until he was naked too. He licked his lips as he looked down at me, as though he wanted to devour me and I felt the thrill coursing through my body. What the hell had I asked Magda in the kitchen?
Alejandro walked to the nightstand and took out a bottle of lube, as well as the vibrator he’d bought me a few months earlier when I’d complained about missing him on his trip to Chicago. He placed them down on the bed beside me and I swallowed.
‘So, are you going to tell me what it means now?’ I breathed.