Total pages in book: 62
Estimated words: 55782 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 279(@200wpm)___ 223(@250wpm)___ 186(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 55782 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 279(@200wpm)___ 223(@250wpm)___ 186(@300wpm)
“Stay out of it, Lexi.” Saxson pinches my side and says to me.
“I’m not.” Lara replies, stepping back closer to Julio.
“The fuck you’re not. Come here right now Lara.” Ramone demands, his face full of venom and heat.
“No.” She replies, putting her hand on her hip.
“You don’t want to do this right now, little lamb. COME. HERE.” Oh this is good.
“She doesn’t want to Ramone so…”
“Julio, I would stay out of it.” Saxson warns his brother. Without looking at either of us, Ramone, grabs her by her waist, hoists her over his shoulder and turns to us.
“You didn’t need her for anything else tonight did you?” I shake my head, feeling so giddy that my plan worked. I want her to be happy. It’s obvious that there are things going on I don’t know about and trust me when I say, before breakfast tomorrow, she is going to tell me. But, right now, I simply want my friend to be happy.
“Good. Then she will see you in the morning,” he says before turning to walk away. Lara looks up at me from behind his back and waves, all smiles. My work here is done, I think to myself. I turn towards Julio, prepared to apologize when he looks at me, shakes his head and says to my husband, “You are in so much trouble.” He leans over, kisses my cheek again, and walks away. Suddenly, I am not feeling so sure of myself. My lip goes into my mouth before I look up and see Sax with his eyebrow quirked and his mouth a smirk.
“You are a pain in my ass. You know that?” I smile.
“You love me.” I taunt him. Wrapping my arms around his waist and laying my head on his chest.
“Yes, I do, mi vida. Yes, I do.” He kisses me on the forehead, and we walk hand in hand to the party.
I have no idea how many hours have passed, but everyone is starting to leave. I have sat through countless conversations with his mom about grandbabies. Finally, his dad has mercy on me and takes her to go dance. I spent the rest of the night with his sister and her new husband and getting to know his cousin until his dad announces it is time for everyone to leave.
“Why is everyone leaving? They do know it’s your private beach, right?” I ask him.
“Yes, baby. They know that. But all of them have to head back home tomorrow. We are staying another few weeks before I have to get back. And it’s our private beach, baby.” He says before kissing me and walking over to start saying goodbye to everyone. I find myself stunned for a moment because I guess it didn’t dawn on me that all of this, everything in his life is sort of...well it's mine now too.
Is now a good time to be wondering what exactly that means?
Last night was a whirlwind. I was so exhausted, as soon as everyone left, I came back to the villa, changed into my sexy nightgown intending to make Saxson fuck the shit out of me, considering I was still very much wet and ready for him after our encounter earlier. However, that didn’t go as planned. As soon my head hit the pillow I was out like a light. Now here we are, sitting at the table for breakfast with Ramone and Lara before they take off, and you could cut the tension with a knife. From the moment she got here this morning she has been even more weird. She is barely saying anything to me, and she won’t look at me. It’s pissing me off.
“Ramone, if you are done, we have things to discuss before you leave.” Saxson gets up from the table, leans down and kisses my head, before walking toward the back of the VillaMansion where his office is. Once they are out of sight, I lose my shit.
“So. what the fuck Lara? You haven’t been the same since you got here to the island. You’ve been quieter than usual and not to mention you have been keeping things from me. I thought we were best friends?” I don’t mean to totally lose it on her like that but, I mean seriously.
“I’m sorry, Lexi. I just wasn’t sure what to say. I’m still not. But you are right. We are best friends and we don’t keep things from each other. The truth is, I met Ramone a few months ago on my 18th birthday. Remember that club my cousin Nicole wanted to take me too?” Oh, I remember alright. Her cousin hates me because she can’t stand how close we are. So, for her birthday, she decided to take Lara somewhere I couldn’t get into because my birthday hadn’t come yet. Bitch.