11. Alejandro

Chapter 11

Alejandro

When we step out of the elevator, Emily tucks her arm around my waist and squeezes. "Today was so special. The helicopter rides, the beautiful day at the beach…" She tips her head back and grins. "The best volleyball game I've ever seen in my life. And, of course, your company. Thank you, Alejandro." She kisses me on the cheek. "I'm sad because I don't want it to end."

"It doesn't have to." I lean down and press a soft kiss to her mouth.

"Take me to your room." She rises on her tip-toes with her hands on my chest. "Please."

I pluck her off of her feet. "Yes, mi vida ."

She winds her arms around my neck, gazing at me through hooded eyes. Her perfect hand glides across my beard. "Kiss me, wolf."

I lick my lips and grin. "I like it when you call me that."

"Wolf, wolf, wolf." She latches onto my mouth.

I push the door to my bedroom open with my foot and set her down. "Yes?" I ask, praying she hasn't changed her mind.

"Yes," she whispers.

I release the clip from her hair, watching as the thick tresses fall past her shoulders in strands of golden silk. I want to remember this moment forever. My eyes roam down her body. I'm getting ready to undress her when she steps out of her sundress and lets it fall to the floor. I take a step back, memorizing every angle, every curve.

I make quick work of my shorts and T-shirt while my heart is beating a million miles an hour.

My skin is on fire. Every cell, every muscle is screaming her name. I've never wanted something, or someone, so badly in my life. I want her. I can't wait to touch her soft skin. Taste her. Afraid I might turn into a chest-thumping, feral animal because my desire for her is so strong, I take a deep breath, still my racing heart, then gather her into my arms and ease her onto the bed.

"Do you wish for me to stop, Emily?" I kiss her mouth.

"No." She cups her hands around my beard. "Don't you dare."

I kiss her face, her jaw, the hollow at the base of her throat. Unable to contain what is in my heart, I murmur to her in Spanish against her skin as I make a path to her breasts. I tease the rigid peaks with my tongue wanting to pleasure her more than I want to find my own release. The creamy globes fit perfectly in the palms of my hands.

She groans as I nip at her flesh. I move my hand over her stomach, down to the swell of her round hips. "You are so beautiful, mi vida . A true masterpiece."

She gasps as my hand slides between her thighs. Heat surges under my skin. "You are ready for me." I slide a finger into her core.

"Yes," she sighs. "Yes."

I'm desperate to have her but want to savor her more. However, my Emily has other plans.

"Come here." She tugs at my shoulders.

I stretch out across her body, the heat rolling off of her making it hard to think. She wraps her legs around my hips.

"I want to feel you inside me, Alejandro." She nips at my lips, teasing me with her tongue.

I draw my hips back and with one deep stroke…I shatter. Everything that is Emily surrounds me. Consumes me.

I rock back and forth, sliding in and out of her slick heat, trying to keep my hunger for her at bay. But when her nails rake down my back, scoring my skin…when she moans my name…I break.

My mouth crashes into hers, swallowing her moans. Her hips fly up, matching me thrust for thrust.

"Don't stop," she begs. "Please, Alejandro…don't stop."

I brace my hands on the mattress, throw my head back, and bellow. She locks her legs tight around my hips. I glance down, desperate to see her eyes.

"Look at me, mi vida . I want to see you."

It takes a few seconds, but she forces her eyes open, holding onto my shoulders. Her lips part and her hair fans around her like a crown.

"You are so beautiful."

"You are the most handsome man I've ever seen." She caresses my cheek. "My strong, big, bad wolf." Her hands roam down my body, sending shivers along my spine.

My hips snap forward. Emily arches off the bed, giving me a deep, passionate kiss. My eyes lock with hers and I groan. "What have you done to me, mi vida ?"

Together, we gasp, erupting in an ecstasy I never thought possible. I collapse beside her, trying to catch my breath. My heart is hammering so hard it sounds like thunder in my ears. Emily curls into my side and I feel something wet hit my chest.

I reach over to wipe a tear from her cheek. "Oh, mi vida , why are you crying?"

"No one has ever made me feel the way you just did. Never."

My heart swells at her words. "Another first, mi vida . Good."

She nestles her head under my chin. "What does mi vida mean, Alejandro?"

"You do not know?"

"No. But I love the way the words sound when you say them. It feels special."

"It is."

"Tell me, my wolf." She snuggles in closer. "What is it you are calling me?"

"My life."

She stops breathing. "My life?"

" Sí, mi vida . My life."

"That is so beautiful." She sniffles. "But I don't deserve that."

I kiss the top of her head, breathing in the clean scent of her shampoo. "You have brought the stars, the moon, and the sun to my life, mi vida . You deserve the world."

Her arms wrap around me tight, her warm breath brushing across my skin. "It's going to be so hard to leave you," she sighs.

Her words plunge straight through my heart. A blade of steel cutting me to the bone.

Without her, my world will have no texture, no color.

And it will all once again fade to gray.

Crushed, I swallow past my bleeding heart and roll my Emily onto my chest. "We shall make love again."

"Yes." She nibbles at my lips. Her eyes shimmering in the moonlight. "This time, I want the top."

"Whatever you wish, mi vida ."

If only my wish could come true…