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‘Lo eres todo para mi,’ he said softly. Before I could ask him what that meant, he silenced me with one of his deep, breath-taking kisses.
The following morning, Alejandro had left early for work. I looked at the empty space in the bed beside me where he should be and felt an aching for him that took me completely by surprise. The previous day had been incredible, and I wasn’t sure that any of my defenses against the king of L.A were still intact.
I walked into the kitchen to see Magda taking some fresh pastries out of the oven. ‘Magda, your cooking is going to make me fat,’ I said with a grin as I walked over and inhaled the delicious smell.
‘Dulce niña, you will never get fat. Magda will not let you,’ she said with a wag of her finger.
I laughed as I helped myself to a cup of coffee. Magda was sixty-three years old and as fit as a fiddle. She did yoga every afternoon in the garden, and sometimes I joined her. Although I preferred Bikram to her Hatha.
‘Hey, Magda, can you tell me what lo eres todo para mi, means?’
She looked at me and her whole face softened as she smiled. I often asked her to translate the snippets of Spanish conversation that I heard around the house. I was going to learn the language eventually, but I hadn’t found a class yet.
‘It means, you are everything to me,’ she replied.
I felt my heart leap into my throat. That was what Alejandro had said to me last night.
Surely, I had misheard him? Or if I had heard him right, he must have been caught up in the moment. That was what I told myself, but despite that, I walked out of the kitchen with a huge smile on my face and a spring in my step.
I was everything to him.
ALEJANDRO
I was flicking through some paperwork in my study when the door opened. I looked up and frowned. Nobody walked in here without knocking. But then I saw my father walking through the door and smiled. My father never sought permission to do anything.
‘Papa,’ I said as I walked towards him and he pulled me into a giant hug before kissing me on each cheek.
‘You look good, mi hijo,’ he said in his deep gravelly voice. ‘Marriage must suit you?’
‘I think it does, Papa,’ I said as I indicated a chair for him to sit on. ‘What brings you down here? I didn’t know you were coming to L.A?’
‘Business,’ he said with a shrug.
‘Anything I should know about?’ I frowned.
‘Nothing for you to be concerned about for now. Your uncles and I have it all in hand. However, I think it’s about time you had a meeting with your influential father in law. I’m having some trouble with some permits in New York and I need them handling.’
I nodded as I sat behind my desk. ‘I’ll arrange a meeting with him next week,’ I replied.
My father and my uncles handled the dirtier side of our business, while I handled the more legitimate branches of our operations. At least that was how it worked for now. In a few years, I would take over the whole corporation while my father eased into retirement. Not that you could ever truly retire from our family business.
‘Is that all you needed to see me about?’ I asked him.
‘No,’ he shook his head. ‘I couldn’t stop by without visiting my favorite son,’ he said with a flash of his eyebrows.
‘I’m your only son,’ I reminded him.
‘Semantics,’ he said with a wave of his hand. ‘So, how is that wife of yours working out? Have you managed to tame the spoiled little rich girl yet?’
I chewed on my lower lip. ‘Actually, I’m not sure she needs taming, Papa.’
‘What?’
‘She’s nothing like what her father described. She’s nothing like him at all. She’s … She reminds me of mama in some ways.’
My father stared at me, his eyes narrowed in suspicion. ‘Oh, Alejandro?’ he said with a shake of his head.
‘What?’
