Alejandro
The city shimmered under golden streetlights as I pulled the car into the valet station of the five-star restaurant that took nearly an hour to get here. I wanted Maya to forget the world behind us, for now. Tonight, there were no bodyguards with us in the car which I drove with Maya in the passenger seat. I did have two men lurking in the shadows, however, for safety. Tonight there would be no urgent business calls, and no family disasters waiting to explode.
It was just Maya and me, something rare and necessary. I wanted her out of the madhouse we left behind. Let my family handle that situation with Paolo.
Let’s leave that behind for now.
Now, she stepped out of the car, her teal-green, one long-sleeved-shoulder dress, clinging to every curve, the thigh-high slit teas
