Carlos:“How the fuck did you know?” I asked, glaring at Lexi at the news that I just got.“I have my insiders, Carlos. I always have had her inside, and whether or not she realizes it, she tends to turn her back on her brother whenever she is annoyed. That comes to my benefit, though. She is emotional and angry, and Diablo is having the time of his life with his wife. The maids have changed the sheets and they gossip, trust me, no one knows news more than maids, and when a girl like Maria is bored, she tends to listen. And this was the highlight of what happened.” Alexandra said, looking at me. She crossed her arms over her chest and shook her head, clearly annoyed.“Is that jealousy that I see in your eyes?”“Jealousy, my ass.” She said, trying to deny it. “The last person that I would be caring about is Diablo right now, but the two of us know that them getting closer is not going to be in our benefit. We have been fighting for nearly a year for them to breakup and now that they ar
Diablo:“Where are we going?” Sienna asked for the thousandth time this evening as I drove. It all started when I asked her to get ready. She hasn’t stopped asking since.I chuckled and took her hand in mine, gently kissing her knuckle, making her blush.“It amazes me that no matter how many times I kiss your knuckle, you still blush. It makes me know how much I mean to you,” I said, and she smiled.“You mean the world to me, Diablo. No matter how many times I am going to say it, I know that it is not going to be enough, but it is the truth.” She said, making my heart swell with emotions that I couldn’t describe. All I knew was that I was more than a little thankful for her presence in my life. It was something that I knew that I wouldn’t change for the world. I knew that she saw and understood that too.“Never in my life did I think that having a woman in it, that falling in love, was going to make me feel as content as I do. But trust me when I say, the more I spend time with you, t
Sienna:I kept my eyes on my brother for a second too long before snapping myself out of my thoughts, reminding myself that I was with Diablo, that he is public, whatever it was that he wanted to do, he was going to need to be careful; especially considering the fact that he was on safe grounds.“What are you doing here, Carlos?” I asked, and it wasn’t until my eyes met Lexi’s that my heart dropped to my stomach. He wrapped his arm around her waist while she wrapped hers around his neck, pulling him to her.“I doubt that the place belongs to any of you. These are safe grounds, and grounds where we were all sent initiations to attend. It is not only you who has allies and friends, no?” Lexi said, choosing to answer instead of my brother.“I neither asked nor addressed you, Alexandra.”“Going by my full name, now?”“I doubt that your nickname means anything to me?” I asked, and she rolled her eyes. Diablo wrapped his arm around my waist as he pulled me to him, and shaking his head in que
Diablo:“Are you okay?” I asked, looking at Sienna as she sat, staring out at the window without saying a word. She’s been sitting in the same position since we got home an hour ago, and I knew that if I don’t talk about it, things are not going to change.I knew that a lot was going on her mind and I knew that her brother had a huge part in that. The man played us all very well, and with Lexi by his side, I knew that things were going to be a lot more complicated than I would have wanted them to be.“I’m fine, just annoyed, I think. There is a lot going on my mind and the more I think of it, the harder it becomes for me to process. The idea of my brother marrying Alexandra is not one that I expected, and now that he is, I know that more danger is going to come our way. I just don’t know how we are going to manage to overcome things this time.” She said, and I sat on the edge of the bed beside her. “I am also thinking of the way that they both spoke, their ego, and how proud they look
Maria:“I am coming,” I said, snapping at whoever was knocking the door at this time of night.My eyes met Alonzo’s and I frowned when I saw how hard his eyes were on me.“You do realize what time it is, right?” I asked, and he nodded.“Diablo is calling for you. You don’t want to keep him waiting, he is somewhat upset.” He said, and I scoffed. It was not something that I wasn’t used to anyway.“He is always upset for something. Unless it is with the angel of his life, the man is always finding something to be angry about. Don’t you get tired of that?” I asked, and he frowned.“The man is your brother, and if Sienna is making him happy, rather than being the way that you are, you should be thankful. He could be taking his anger out on us, he is not. Instead, the two of them are enjoying one another’s presence.” He said, and I rolled my eyes, fighting back the sarcastic comment that I wanted to say. I had a lot to say about what he was telling me but the idea of opening up to any of th
Diablo:Lexi didn’t answer for a while as she kept her eyes on mine, clearly wondering what she was going to tell me, how she was going to explain the situation that she was in.But I knew that nothing that she was going to say was going to give me the answer that I was looking for. The reason behind her treason was not going to be given easily, and I knew my sister enough to know that breaking in, giving up, and giving any information to begin with was almost impossible.“Diablo, I did not betray you.”“These calls and messages are lies? Is that what you aim to tell me? That you speaking to Lexi on a near daily basis is something that is a lie? That you stopped calling or answering her calls when you believed her to be rude only to turn to her like some lost kitten when you found yourself fucking alone? With no friends…?”“You said it yourself, alone with no friends. Lexi was the one friend that I had. I spoke to her, she listened to me, the two of us were friends. Everything that yo
Sienna:I opened my eyes to find Diablo sitting on the edge of the bed.His back was to me, and he had his head in his hands as he massaged his temple, clearly lost in thought.It wasn’t until I put my right hand on his back that he jumped, snapping out of whatever it was that he was thinking of.He turned to look at me, and I ran my finger over his back, gently massaging it. He looked at me and I curled up before sitting beside him. He ran his finger over my hand as he pulled me to his chest, hugging me tightly. He didn’t say anything, and I nodded in assurance. Whatever it was, I didn’t know what he was going to say, but I was going to press on him more than necessary.“Do you want to talk to me?” I asked, and he looked away from me, not saying a word for a few seconds. He shook his head and I nodded, running my hand over his bicep, wanting to comfort him.“Did you get any sleep?” I asked, and he nodded.“I slept for two hours. I could barely doze off to begin with and in the end, I
Diablo:“You called for us, Diablo?” My mother asked, and though I smiled, I knew that she saw through my pain and anger. She always did that when she looked at me, saw and read my expressions long before I even said a word.“Do you want something to drink mama?” I asked, and she frowned.“You called us inside your office for a drink?” My father asked, raising an eyebrow at me. I looked down at my desk, and he shook head in question at me. “Diablo, you being quiet is not going to help solve anything. We both know that you wouldn’t call us here if it was not important, and judging by the way that you’re looking at us; the two of us can tell that something is wrong.”“It’s about Maria,” I said, looking at the two of them, knowing that this was something that they were going to have to know. I would rather that they hear it from me than from a stranger. And judging by my father’s expression, I knew that he understood that it seemed to be a serious matter. “Maria is playing us, has been p