Hot & Enchanting (De La Cruz Saga) (35 page)

Jacki is getting ready to go to the Sunday dinner. Ricky is finished dressing, watching her dress.
I love watching my reina dress. She’s so sexy
, thinks Ricky observing every move.

Ricky’s cell rings, he answers. “Hola, what do you want Christian?” asks Ricky watching his reina.

“Ricky I need the name of the hotel that you went to in Vegas for tu boda? I want them to have the same things ready when we get there,” says Christian smiling with felicidad.
I know that I’m shocking the hell out of him. He doesn’t even have a clue who I’m marrying,
he thinks
.

“You’re joking Christian. I don’t have time for this. I’m with my reina,” says Ricky kissing her neck.

“No, I’m not joking. Give me the name so I can call them. I’m marrying today,” replies Christian smiling with pleasure. He’s enjoys Ricky’s reaction. “I don’t want you to tell anybody. I’ll not be at Sunday dinner.”

“Your serious, unbelievable,” says Ricky looking at his reina. “Who is she?”

“I’m telling you so you can take care of manana for me. I’m marrying Monique Acosta, you know who, she was helping me pick up all the papers in the hallway,” says Christian remembering the collision. “I want you to tell Bella that she’ll start work on Tuesday, mi cielo will be too tired manana, okay primo?”

“You’re for real? You’re marrying that bella chica in the hallway? Wow that’s incredible. That’s the same spot that mi reina and I collided,” says Ricky looking at his reina, winking at her. She’s smiling thinking of when they collided in the hallway.

“Okay Christian, we went to the Paris hotel. Ask the hotel for their concierge Mary Jones services. Ask her to arrange everything that she did for me. She’ll have everything ready when you arrive, if you call her now. She’ll send to your cuarto the gowns and rings for tu novia to select from. The wedding chapel is nice. Make sure to have her put the same amount of roses. Chris you need to have photos and a video
taken. You should make several copies of the video for la familia’s. Okay? Good luck primo,” says Ricky grinning with amusement.

Wow that’s a lot of information,
thinks Chris. “Primo be sure to tell Jose Enrique and Bella about mi cielo, she’ll not be showing up manana. I want her to rest. Okay?” asks Chris looking at his cielo walk into the living room looking at him oddly. “Adios primo, I’ll talk to you later.”

“Mi reina that was mi primo Christian and he wants the information of the hotel that we used to get married in Vegas. He’s eloping right now,” says Ricky laughing. Y
eah another one of us has fallen hard
. “I can’t wait until los primos hear about this.”

Ricky laughs for a long time, Jacki smiles at him.
Mi baby is sometimes absolutely funny. Every single one of his primos will fall in love sooner or later
, thinks Jacki.

Jacki stands and walks over to him, kisses him. Soon they’re on their way to Sunday Dinner at his tios casa. The entire De La Cruz familia are relaxing and enjoying their gathering.  In the background you can hear playing the romantic Mexican love songs.  The night is beautiful and warm with lots of bright stars.

Las comadres happily cook the dinner meal. Los hermanos, los padres of la familia’s are happily chatting, playing pool and drinking their cervezas.

All of the primos are sitting down chatting about the week and the pact that they have agree to on Friday night at the club.

“Si primas thanks for thinking up the pact. It will make our lives easier,” says Jose Enrique grinning, looking at his novia blush.

“Yeah primas I second that.” says Ricky, nodding, looking at his reina on his lap, Si,
especially me that I am married,
thinks Ricky.

“Who knows what happened to Chris, he’s late,” asks Tony looking for his party primo. “We always go out after dinner.”

Ricky looks around and didn’t know if he should say anything.
Christian might want to tell them himself
. He looks at his reina who shrugs her shoulders smiling.

“I know that he has a novia,” says Bella smiling, thinking about Monique.
She’s really muy cute, cute and perfect para mi hermano,
thinks Bella.

“No way, not another one falling,” says Alex. T
his is even worse, because its mi hermano,
thinks Alex
.
“Who is she and where did he meet her?”

“Hermano, she’s really muy cute, cute. I know that she’s perfect para Christian. I saw him real excited about her,” says Bella grinning with amusement.

“Yeah, I remember now, Christian said something about una chica on Friday at the club. Yeah he’s interested in her, he thinks that she’s the one,” says Alex grinning.

Yeah he’s so excited that he married her,
thinks Ricky attempting not to say anything yet.
I do have to tell Jose Enrique and Bella about Monique not coming into work manana.
He takes a sip of his drink, looks around. Yeah this is really great. I don’t think that even mis tios know where he’s at.

“Oh yeah, I saw his novia and she’s cute,” says Ricky nodding, smiling, looking at his bella reina.

“Are we talking about Monique Acosta?” asks Paty looking at Bella and Ricky for confirmation.

“Si prima,” replies Bella. “He ran into Monique after the interview on Friday in the hallway, just like Ricky and Jacky. Hmm, is the hallway magical?”

Todos los primos start to laugh with amusement, thinking that it’s extremely funny. “If it is I will make sure to walk it every day praying that I run into mi amor,” says Paty laughing.

“Si prima and I’ll join you,” says Claudia nodding in agreement grinning.

“You’re both silly,” says Veronica looking at su hermana and prima. She shakes her head in amusement.

“It looks like he’s not showing and we will not see him until next weekend if he gets off,” says Alex looking around for Gabriel to see if he knows something.

Gabriel and Erica are far away on another table too busy talking about their plans. Gabriel is also a Navy
Seal,
in fact Christian’s seal bud.
It doesn’t look like they even know what’s up,
thinks Alex shaking his head looking at his primo Jose Enrique.

It looks like slowly we’re all getting married,
thinks Alex taking a drink of his Corona. He looks at his primo Tony and shrugs. “Let’s go primo. It’s just the two of us tonight,” says Alex

“Adios, primos,” says Alex and Tony walking to say adios to their padres.

His mama Maria asks if they know where Christian is at. “Mis niño’s do you know where Chris is at, he has not showed up?” asks Mama Maria looking at their
caras
for any type of answers.

“No we don’t. I was just asking los primos and nobody has heard from him mama.” answers Alex looking at his mama with concern. “Do you think that something happened to him?”

“No, I pray that nothing has happened to Christian. I know that he went to see his novia this morning and has not returned,” replies his Mama Maria looking over to su esposo. “It is still early and maybe he’s still with his novia.”

“That can be it mama, he just lost track of time.” says Alex, not believing this for a minute.
Yeah right, mi hermano is a Navy Seal, he is always aware of time, and everything that is going on around him,
thinks Alex with concern.

“Okay mi hijo, dios los bendiga a los dos,” says his mama María smiling.

Las Tia’s Queta and Lupe also give them their bendicion.

“Mis niñas we need your help to clean up,” calls out las Tia’s.

Las prima’s stand, they start to assist in cleaning up.

“I’ll help clean up the tables,” says Bella, looking at las primas, Jessy and Jacki that also are assisting in the cleaning.

Bella takes some plates over to the sink, returns to get some more. Jessy and Jacki are also picking up the plates on the other tables.

Ricky takes this opportunity to tell Jose Enrique and Bella all about Christian and Monique.

Ricky scoots closer to his primo Jose Enrique. He looks at both his primos. “Jose Enrique, Bella I have to tell you something real quick before the others hear.” says Ricky looking around to make sure nobody else is around.

This really grabs Jose Enrique interest. He waits to hear what Ricky has to say. Bella sits next to them to listen to Ricky, who is speaking low.

“Christian called me earlier today,” says Ricky looking at his primos and then continues. “Christian is right now in Vegas getting married to Monique,” he says looking at their reaction.

“I just didn’t know if he wants me to tell everybody or not.  I thought it’s better to stay quiet and let him take care of this,” says Ricky looking at his primos.

“He wants me to tell you Jose Enrique, Bella that Monique will start to work on Tuesday. He doesn’t want Monique to start working being tired tomorrow,” says Ricky smirking.

Yeah I know what he means. I didn’t want mi reina to start working the next day either,
thinks Ricky
.

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

One more primo taking off and eloping, wow, this is incredible.  Si, this is awesome, now I definitely will not be the only one changing diapers,
thinks Jose Enrique grinning wickedly.

I can’t believe that mi hermano is doing this. Monique the muy cute, cute young girl managed to catch the hot and wild De La Cruz. He’s worse than Ricky,
thinks Bella nodding, grinning with glee.
Si!

“That’s okay with me,” says Bella. “He’s part of la familia compania.”

“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 has nothing but good things to say about her designs,” says Jose Enrique smiling. “I know that Chris is doing the right thing. He would only be marrying Monique if he has strong feelings for her.”

“Si, mi hermano is all into her. He met with her on Friday early evening for mocha, and all day on Saturday. He went out early this morning to see her,” says Bella smiling recalling how feliz Christian was this morning.

“Si primos, Christian sounded real excited when he called me to get the information on the hotel that I used for mi boda. He wants to make sure you two understand about Monique,” says Ricky smirking with merriment. “Shit will hit the fan manana when everyone learns about this. I don’t think that the news media will notice because they really didn’t 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.

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

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

“That sounds great,” says Bella smiling at sus primos.
Si we’re truly lucky that we all have such an incredible familia
, thinks Bella. “Now I’ll have another hermana.”

“
Buenos dias mi reina,” says
Ricky walking into the accounting department.

Jacki is still alone because she’s always at work early. Jacki stands, walks to Ricky, and throws her arms around his waist. “Baby it’s getting harder every day when you drop me off at mis padres’ casa. I miss you all night,” says Jacki hugging him tight.

They stand hugging each other tight and wishing it was different. “I love you mi reina,” whispers Ricky in her ear feeling her tremble.

“Mi reina we’re almost there, we need to live through this week, and next week, okay?” says Ricky pulling her closer before her working colleagues start to arrive for work.

“Baby I know,” says Jacki attempting to be strong. “Can we have a long lunch so that we can spend some time alone,” asks Jacki looking into his precioso green ojos.