Hot & Wild (De La Cruz Saga) (18 page)

Jose Enrique looks at Ricky. “You’re serious?” he asks,
not believing what he heard.

One more primo takes off and elopes. Yes this is
awesome, now I definitely will not be the only one changing diapers
, thinks Jose Enrique with felicidad, grinning
wickedly.
I know my primo. He had to have taken her innocence to want to
rush to get married. The wild primo would not marry just anyone. It sounds like
he’s all into this chica
.

Bella can’t believe what Christian is doing.
Monique,
the cute young chica managed to catch the hot and wild De La Cruz. He’s worse
than Ricky,
ponders Bella, grinning.
Yes!

“That’s okay with me,” replies Bella, nodding. “He’s
part of the familia company and now, so is Monique.”

“That’s right. I’m sure that Monique will be a hard
worker and that she has the skills and education that is required for the
position. Jessy had nothing but good things to say about her designs,” says
Jose Enrique, smiling. “I know that Christian is doing the right thing. He
would only be marrying Monique if he has strong feelings for her.”

“Si, my hermano was all into her. He saw her on Friday
for mocha and all day on Saturday. He went out early this morning to see her,”
says Bella, smiling, thinking of how feliz Christian was this morning when he
was leaving to see Monique.

“Yes, primos, Christian sounded real excited when he
called me to get the information on the hotel that I used for my wedding. He
wanted to make sure you two understand about Monique,” says Ricky, grinning. “Shit
will hit the fan manana when everybody hears about this. I don’t think that the
news media will notice because they did not know about Christian.”

“We need to be supportive with Monique. Remember that
Christian will be returning to his base for training manana. Monique will be on
her own the entire week,” says Bella, thinking of Monique’s position.
I know
that I would be sad to have my esposo leave me so soon and especially being a
Navy SEAL.

 “Remember it’s even worse that he’s a SEAL. She is
not used to that and will be real scared for Christian,” says Bella. 

“Si, we do need to make sure that she feels welcomed
into the familia and especially at work. She’s one of us now,” says Jose
Enrique smiling, looking at his bella novia. “I know that Jessy will be okay
with her starting on Monday.”

“Okay, we need to keep this to ourselves today anyway
until he tells the tios,” states Ricky, looking around.

“That sounds great,” replies Bella, smiling at her
primos.

Christian arrives at Monique’s padre’s casa.
It’s
late, almost four in the morning. I need to sleep
, thinks Christian.

He parks in the driveway and assists Monique out.  They
enter the casa and Monique takes him to her room. She quickly pulls back the
bed covers.
It’s a good thing that I changed the sheets this morning
,
thinks Monique.

He falls on the bed and immediately falls asleep. Monique
takes off his shoes, pants and shirt. She then went into the cama with him,
hugging him close to her.
This is a wonderful feeling
, thinks Monique smiling.
She falls asleep.

Christian unconsciously pulls her onto his chest
hugging her close. Christian wakes up at six and looks around.
Good thing I
slept a few hours. I was exhausted
.
The training that I have as a SEAL
has helped me rest efficiently and to regain my strength in a short time of
sleep
, thinks Christian. He looks at his esposa with lots of tenderness.
She
took off my clothes and shoes, thinks Christian. I need to get ready to leave
.

Christian stands and takes care of his needs. He steps
out of her room and doesn’t see or hear anybody up. He walks out to his carro
and brings into her room the gown, photos, cd and bags with her new clothes.

He remembers everything that he bought her and smiles.
I can’t wait to see her in those sexy lingerie and outfits,
thinks
Christian, bending down to give her a beso before leaving.

Christian is leaving la casa, when he hears someone
behind him, and turns to see his bella esposa, sleepy and smiling at him.

He spreads his arms out. Monique runs into him, he
scoops her up close as she wraps her arms around his neck, giving her a
passionate beso.

I love her and it is so hard to leave her
, thinks Christian, deepening his beso, devouring her
lips. He’s bestowing all of his amor and pasión into that beso.

I need to leave or I will be late
, thinks Christian, pulling back, smiling at her. “My Cielo
I have to go now or I will be late,” says Christian, with sadness in his
beautiful green eyes.

She nods, understanding that he has to leave, and
tries hard not to cry, she blinks and smiles. “Dios te bendiga Christian, te
amo mucho, please take care. I will be waiting for your return. Will you be
able to call me later?” asks Monique, wondering if at least he can call her.

“My Cielo, I will call you later,” replies Christian,
with emotion closing up his throat, making it difficult to speak. He attempts
to swallow the knot in his throat.

She gives him one more quick hug and steps back,
knowing it’s also hard for him to leave.

“Te amo,” says Christian, in a raspy voice trying hard
to stay strong.

He walks out going to his carro trying not to think of
leaving his amor.
I will be back for her
, thinks Christian, driving off
to get to his base.   

Monique stands at the door and watches him leave. She
allows the tears to fall down her checks.
I never knew that I can love so
deeply and so quickly
, thinks Monique, closing the door. She returns to her
room.

Monique dresses and starts to unpack her new clothes,
shoes and lingerie
. I need to a make a special drawer for my new lingerie
that my Baby bought me with so much amor
, thinks Monique.

She then looks at the photos and selects one to frame.
I want to put my photo on my nightstand, she thinks. My Baby is so hot, sexy
and such a bad boy. Yeah, he’s a certified bad boy. Si he’s one of the all-time
famous Navy SEAL
.

Wow, that’s amazing! My loveable, sweet Baby, can also
be mean, tough, and also probably a killing machine,
thinks Monique. She attempts to grasp the concept of
him being one and the same.

She walks to the kitchen to get some breakfast. Her
padres and hermanas are there.

“Buenos dias familia,” says Monique, walking over to
her mama and papa to give them a beso. She looks at her hermanas, smiling.

Her Mama Ana looks at her, smiling. She’s
contenta
to see that her niña is feliz.
I’m real concerned with the pain she must
be feeling not having her esposo here with her
, ponders Mama Ana.

“My hija, are you feeling okay? Did Christian leave
already?” asks Mama Ana.

“Si mama, my Baby left to go to his training. He’ll
call me later when he has a chance,” replies Monique, looking at her padres.

“Mama, look at my wedding rings. My Baby picked them
out and I think that they’re beautiful,” she extends her arm to show her padres
and hermanas her rings.

“Gosh hermana, those are huge diamonds. I think that
your ring is beautiful,” says Gabriella, grinning.  

I’m so feliz for my hermana,
thinks Gabriella.
I want one just like Christian
.
Yeah, I had one but, he ran away. Damn it, I don’t want to think about
Javier
.

“Yeah Monique, it looks like you won the lottery in
lots of ways,” says Eva, looking at Monique with envy.
I wonder how in the
hell did she get him. Why didn’t I meet him instead?

“Oh yeah, my baby is awesome. Lo amo, he’s my alma
gemela,” responds Monique, smiling. “Do you want to see my wedding photos? My
baby made sure that we had photos and a cd of our wedding in Vegas,” says
Monique, looking at her familia.

“Of course mi hija, I want to see the photos. Where
are they?” asks Mama Ana, with felicidad looking around the room.

“They’re in my room,” replies Monique, striding out to
get the photos and cd for her padres.

“Mama, he purchased an extra cd for you and his padres,”
says Monique. She looks at her padres, smiling with alegria.

“Mi niña, these are absolutely beautiful. It looks
like a real nice wedding. Of course it’s not the church ceremony, but it’s nice
that he went all out to make it nice for the legal ceremony. It looks like
everything cost a lot,” says her mama, looking at her hija. “Your gown is
beautiful. Did you select the gown?”

“Si mama, my baby had the concierge arrange everything
for us. When we arrived to the Bridal suite, the gowns, rings, shoes, veils,
clothes, lingerie were there waiting for me to select what I wanted. Christian
also bought me some clothes, shoes, and lingerie,” says Monique, blushing,
looking at her mama with a dreamy smile.

“Mama, there was at least twenty gowns for me to
select from. There were so many wedding rings sets, that I couldn’t pick one
out. I had him select our wedding rings with the matching band for him. Mama,
he selected the ring that had the largest diamonds,” says Monique, grinning.

She looks at her ring. She remembers his smile and his
hermoso green eyes full of amor sliding the ring onto her finger.
The
wedding ceremony was awesome.
Her eyes started to water, missing him
already.

A tear drops down her cheek and her mama stands, to
hug her. “My hija, why are you crying?” asks Mama Ana with concern, gazing at
her esposo.

“Oh mama, I’m scared, and worried for him. You know
that he’s a Navy SEAL and that’s very dangerous,” replies Monique, looking at
her mama.

Her padre also stands. He approaches his niña, and
hugs her. “My hija, you have to be strong and believe that he’ll be okay. He
will return for you. He told me he’s in training this week. That’s not bad,”
says Papa Luis, gazing into his niña’s eyes and seeing how much she loves her
esposo.

I’m feliz that she married him last night. I have
peace of mind knowing that she and the bebe will be taken care of
, ponders Papa Luis.

“Si papa, mama, you’re correct. I will pray for my
Baby. Everything will be okay. Mama you want to see my wedding gown? I have the
gown packed up and I will wear the gown for our church ceremony,” says Monique,
smiling.

“My hija, I will wait until the church ceremony. I
don’t want you to unpack the gown and risk getting the gown ruined,” says her
Mama Ana, rubbing her back.
I’m so feliz that she’s ok now
.

“My hija, so did you and Christian decide where you’re
going to stay? Are you staying with us?” asks Papa Luis, looking at her,
wondering what’s happening next.

“Papa, Christian wants me to stay here this week since
he didn’t have time to introduce me to his familia. He thinks it will be more
comfortable for me. He wants me to stay with him at his padre’s casa when he
returns on Friday,” replies Monique, smiling.

Good, that means that he wants her with him
.
I don’t want him to get used to not having her
with him. Marriage is hard enough without getting into bad habits. Okay he just
wants to wait until he returns to install her with him at his padre’s casa
until he gets a place or leaves the Navy. I like how he thinks.
“Okay, it
sounds right to me. I want to see the cd my hija,” replies Papa Luis, looking
at his other niñas, smiling.

They haven’t said much. I know my eldest niña real
well and I know that she’s just burning up with envy. She always wants to be
first and have the best. Christian is not for Eva. Christian wants a noble, sweet
chica. I can see that he really likes how my niña Monique is. Monique suits him
good, I can see it.  

“Si papa, let me get the cd so you can see how nice
the wedding was,” replies Monique with felicidad, smiling she runs to her room.
 

He turns to his niñas and asks why they’re so quiet. “Why
are you two quiet? Is something wrong?” he asks, looking at their facial
expressions, trying to see what they’re thinking.

“Nada is wrong with me papa. I was listening to
everything that Monique is saying,” answers Gabriella, smiling.

“I was also listening papa,” answers Eva, smiling. The
smile didn’t reach her eyes.
Monique looks just like me, except that her
eyes are hazel and mine are light brown. Why couldn’t I have met him instead?
Of course Monique met him
, ponders Eva, with anger.

“Let’s go to the familia room to look at the cd. I’m
so excited I can’t wait to see,” says Mama Ana, walking out of the kitchen nook
area.

Monique returns with the cd and she inserts the cd. She
sits back onto the love seat where her Baby had sat.