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sexually by Christian. She
couldn’t wait until later to have him all to herself. Again.

 
 
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    Christian sat at the bar by the pool a
while later, his cousin Carl at his side. A live band on the makeshift concert
stage by the poolside played the reggae ballad “Three Little Birds” by Bob
Marley. The lyrics “don’t worry about a
thing, ‘cause every little thing gonna be alright,” boomed through the sound speakers on the stage. Christian wished he could
follow Bob Marley’s advice right now.
    A surge of powerful emotions shot through
Christian’s body. He was torn with conflicting feelings. First, he was elated
that he’d finally made some reconciliation with Arianna. She was at least
talking to him again. That was a huge step. It had been way too long—a
month, since they’d made direct contact. He thought he’d lost her forever. That
would have killed a part of him. He couldn’t imagine his life without her.
    Second, he was sickened at the thought of
her being harassed by her creepy-behaving uncle. He didn’t like that someone
held an axe over his girl’s head. He didn’t like it one bit. Anger seethed
through his body. He felt a torrent of adrenaline rush through his blood at the
memory of the way her uncle looked at her, as if trying to intimidate her. Was
she terrified of her uncle?
    Christian had an overwhelming urge to find
out more about this uncle character. Everything. He didn’t take too kindly to
threats being made against a nice young lady from a man, especially against his lady.
    “So you want to know what’s the deal with
her uncle?” Carl clarified, sipping on his icy drink.
    “Yeah. I don’t trust him. I need to know
everything about him and exactly what he has over Arianna and her parents.”
    “Did she say anything specific?”
    “Not a lot to go on. Just what I’ve told
you so far.” Christian gazed into the sparkling pool, his eyes were narrowed
and although he was glancing at the water, he wasn’t registering the image of
the swimming pool. His mind was clouded with visions of Arianna, obviously
terrified. Holding some sort of guilt, an onerous burden on her shoulders. Was
this the main reason she’d backed off from getting too close to him? Heck,
every family had a black sheep, or two, but he wasn’t about to let that deter
what they could have together.
    “No problem, cuz. I’ve got my men on it.
They’re doing a background check on this guy as we speak.”
    “Hell, you made a call already? That was
fast.”
    “Yeah, well, as soon as you told me
earlier, I got right on it. Time is everything in this business. Besides, you
really sounded pissed off when we first spoke about it. I just gave our man
JoJo the details, like his name and his link to this place. A
couple small things to go on right now. I’ll let you know what they come
up with.”
    “Thanks, cuz.”
    “Hey, Romeros stick together. We don’t take
chances with threats, whether to our friends or us, and in your case, your
future wife-” Carl grinned and arched his brow.
    “What?” Christian turned to his cousin.
“Don’t you think you’re jumping ahead, Carl? Who said anything about marriage?”
    “Hey, man, I’m just pulling your leg.
Gramps would love to think that all of us will be tying the knot soon.” He
rolled his eyes, grinning as he shook his head. He lifted his drink to his lips
again, taking a long sip.
    Christian shifted his gaze to a couple by
the poolside, cuddling together on the side. He thought about a time when he’d
taken Arianna to the amusement park, they’d held hands and embraced most of the
day. They were supposed to be sightseeing and having fun, instead they had
turned in early and spent the rest of the evening exploring each other’s bodies
like an amusement park, enjoying all the rides, experiencing all the
excitement, together.  
    God, they had such a wicked chemistry. He
felt it and he knew she sure as hell must have felt it. Then it