Ramón’s heart ached for her, and he realized that if he quit his job now, he would jeopardize Julieta’s job security. He couldn’t let that happen. “Julieta, of course I asked my dad. I wanted to know if it was true or not. And it is. We do owe your mom something. I’m not sure what, and I don’t want to get into any legal battles, but I’m hoping we can work something out that makes everyone happy. When your mom made those tacos for me, I finally got it. I finally understood what this was all about.”
She walked over to him, her eyes locked on his. “I appreciate you doing that for me. For my family.”
“It was the right thing to do.”
“I know. But sometimes it’s hard to do the right thing.”
Ramón made her a paloma, and they relaxed on the sofa, gazing at the ocean. Julieta pointed at the bare Christmas tree in the corner.
“Why don’t you have any ornaments on it?”
“Oh, Lupe will decorate it tomorrow.”
“Lupe?”
“My maid.”
Julieta rolled her eyes. She stood up. “Where are the decorations?”
Ramón got off the sofa, excited to prepare for the holidays with Julieta. What should he get her? He needed to plan something soon. “I’ll get them.”
He went to the garage and grabbed his box of Christmas ornaments and brought them upstairs.
Julieta was popping kernels in his popcorn maker.
“Popcorn?”
“Yes, silly, to string on the tree.”
“I’ve never done that.”
“Well, I’m sure you had lights or diamonds. But it’s fun. Do you have thread?”
Ramón did have some that Lupe had stashed for alterations. He found her kit and sat at the kitchen table with Julieta.
They talked and laughed.
“Decorating is half the fun of Christmas. Didn’t you put ornaments on the tree as a kid?”
Ramón shook his head no.
“Well, we did every year. We never had many presents, but we spent the whole month celebrating. Just being in the moment. Together.”
Ramón never did things like decorate the tree or make snowangels at their house in Lake Tahoe. As a child, he was to be seen and not heard. Maybe he had carried much of that into his adult life.
After Julieta strung the last strand of popcorn on the tree, she leaned into Ramón.
Julieta kissed him and pressed her soft body against his chest. Her hands glided down his body and landed on his cock.
Yes. Ramón cupped her face and kissed her again.
Julieta pulled away and dropped to her knees in front of him.
“Yeah, baby.”
Her hands squeezed his ass, and she pulled down his pants and his boxer briefs. Ramón had been fantasizing about this since he’d met her.
He was already so hard. He couldn’t wait to feel her mouth around him.
