Prospect & Princesa

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Pulling up at the clubhouse, we get off the bikes and my dad walks over. "Glad to see you smiling again." he says. "Glad to be smiling again." I tell him as I hug him. "You want to explain what that was back there?" Bishop asks, smirking. "That was me laying claim on my husband." I tell him and he hugs me. "Proud of you baby girl." he says and I can't help but smile. Pulling me to him, EZ kisses me deeply and as we break the kiss, I hear Angel say "I'm gonna be an uncle again real soon." We laugh and EZ says "I hope so." I look at him and he says "I told you that I wanted a big family. We're going to have our house full of little Reyes." he tells me.

We spend some time at the clubhouse before heading home. We get home and walk in the door and are relaxing when there is a knock on the door. I look through the peephole and see Miguel's second, Nestor, standing there. I open the door. "Nestor? What can I do for you?" I ask. "Miguel wanted me to drop off this wedding gift." he says and hands me a box. "Please tell him thank you." I say. He nods and turns to leave. "Nestor?" I call out. "Yes?" he asks. "Thank you for bringing it." I say. He nods and says "Congratulations again." before turning and leaving. I walk back inside and hand EZ the box and he opens it. We start taking the packing out of the box and see it's a platter that is engraved with the name Reyes in the center. "Holy shit. EZ? This is amazing." I say. "It is." he says and I look at him. "Are you okay?" I ask. "I am. It was really nice of him to do this. I'm just worried." he tells me. "About what?" I ask. "I don't think Emily is going to just walk away. I don't want either of us to let our guards down." he tells me. "Okay baby." I say before kissing him softly.

It's been a week since I staked my claim on EZ in front of Emily and so far things have been quiet. I leave the house and pull up to the butcher shop and park my car. I see EZ walk out of the shop and Emily is right behind him. She grabs his arm and he looks at her. She leans up and kisses him and I don't see him pull away. I pull out of my parking spot and head home with tears in my eyes.

That evening, I hear the front door open and close and I am still laying on the bed, eyes red and puffy from crying all day. EZ walks in and walks to the bedroom. "Hola Belleza." he says and I don't say anything. I get up and head into the bathroom and close the door. "Manda? Are you okay Bebita?" he asks. "Fine. I'm going to take a bath." I tell him. "Babe. Let me in." he says as he tries to open the door and finds it locked. "Just go away." I say as the tears start to fall again. "Open the door. Baby, what's wrong? Talk to me." he says. "Just go away. Leave." I yell as I start to sob harder. It isn't long before I hear my dad outside the door. "Bebita, open up." he says. I open the door and fall into his arms sobbing. "What happened? Talk to me." he says. I pull away from him and see EZ standing by the bedroom door and he looks at me concerned. I look at him and say "You need to go. I'm sure Emily is looking for you." He looks at me confused before it hits him. "Shit." he says and my dad looks at him and asks "What?" I look at my dad and say "I went by Felipe's to get something for dinner and he was walking out of the shop with Emily and they kissed." I say as the tears start falling again. "What you didn't see was me push her away. Or the conversation before I walked out of the shop. She was trying to get me to leave you and I told her that I would never love anyone like I do you. That I could never want anyone like I do you and I could never see myself with anyone but you. I don't love her. I love you. I only want you baby." he tells me. I shake my head and say "Just go. Please." as the tears start to fall again. "I'm not leaving you." he says as he walks over and tries to pull me to him. "Please don't." I say softly. "Head on to the clubhouse prospect. Give her time to calm down." my dad says. EZ walks over and cups my face and says "I love you." I don't respond. He kisses my forehead and walks out the door. I look at my dad and say "I just want to be alone." I tell him. "Okay. Call me if you need me." I nod. He kisses my cheek and heads out.

I am sitting on the couch, just staring off into space when I hear a bike pull up. Thinking it's EZ or my dad, I don't move. All of a sudden, there's a knock on the door. I get up and open the door to see Angel standing there. I move to let him in and ask "Your brother send you?" He shakes his head no and says "Heard your dad say you were upset and EZ is in the camper." he tells me. "Yeah. He's probably waiting on Emily." I say, looking down at my hands. "What are you talking about?" he asks. "I went by your dad's shop and saw EZ walk out with Emily behind him. They kissed." I tell him. "I was inside the shop when they were there. She was trying to push up on him but, Princessa, he pushed her away. He loves you. He doesn't want her or love her." he tells me. "But what if..." I start. "What if nothing. You're the one he married. You know as well as I do, that ain't nothing going to change his mind hermana. He love you. I've never seen him with anyone the way he is with you and I saw that shit the night you two met. You can't tell me you didn't feel it too that night." he tells me and I just nod. "Come on. I'll take you to the camper and you two can talk." he tells me. "Thanks Angel." I say. "You're my sister now. I got you." he tells me. I get on the back of his bike and we head to the camper.

We pull up to the camper and I get off the bike. Kissing Angel's cheek, I walk up to the camper and knock. The door opens and he sees it's me. "Hey." he says. "Can we talk?" I ask. He moves to let me in. I walk in and take a seat and pat the seat next to me and he walks over and sits beside me. "Do you still love her?" I ask softly. "No baby. I don't. Not at all." he tells me. I reach over and take his hand and say "I love you EZ. I love you so fucking much and seeing her kiss you..." I say. "She doesn't matter. You do. You're my wife. You're the one I want to be the mother of my kids. You're the one that I am so fucking in love with that I can't fucking see straight. You're the one. Just you." he tells me. "Are you sure because if you need time..." I start but he cuts me off with the most soul searing kiss that I've ever experienced and when we come up for air, he whispers "Eres mi mundo." I start to sob again, in his arms. "I love you so much." He tilts my head up to look at him and he kisses me softly. I deepen the kiss, leaning back and pulling him over me. "Love me mi amor." I whisper. He carries me to the bed and we start shedding clothes before he enters me with the covers wrapped around us. We are so caught up in each other that we don't hear the door open. Emily sees us wrapped up in each other, making up, so she closes the door softly and walks away, realizing that EZ will never be hers again.