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He could not burden her with his affairs
. He
chose to carry the
burden a
lone. All he wanted was his family’s safety
. It
required h
e
spend time abroad pacifying
allies and dealing harshly with
the
opposition. However, his wife’s happiness and ending this
simmering marital rift were his top priority.
Inevitably, he must
leave again but until then he planned to show her his dedication and love were unwavering.

***

Alfonzo
carried Sal upstairs to bed as his wife and Shanda sat chatting late into the night. He’d fallen asleep in Sal’
s colorful room after reading the boy
numerous bedtime stories and
awoke early the following morning with a stiff neck
.
He lay there on the twin mattress rubbing the tension away and listening to the cresting of the ocean as birds chirped overhead. There were times he waited for the
reverberation of
gunshots
or the wail of sirens
only to remember
he was far away from the inner city
, yet
it insinuated its
p
resen
ce
in his mind.
He rolled his neck
trying to loosen the kinks when
a
small
foot
suddenly
collided with his
groi
n.
“
Geez
!”
He croaked then rolled to the floor, it was safer there.

He stretched
before starting a
series of pushups and crunches to get his blood circulating. He wanted to get an early start
and get to the
construction site to find out why the project was running behind sche
dule. He’d been so busy lately he
left most of the responsibility in the
hands of the General Contractor which was proving to be a big mistake!

Selange appeared in the doorway
clad in
a
pink silk slip
,
“Did you sleep
okay
?” She
smiled
devilishly
.

Alfonzo grunt
in
response
,
completed
a final
crunch then leaned his back against the side of the child’s bed
and spoke
.
“
Y
ou
could’ve
w
o
ke
me
.
Sal’s a serious
kicker.”

She
became contrite,
“
Sorry sweetie but
you look
ed
so
peaceful
I d
idn’t want to wake you.
”

H
is arms
reached out
to her
, “
Ven
aquí
babe
.”

She
entered the room and slid down beside him on the floor. His hand settled on her thigh and she leaned her head on his shoulder, “What time did he fall asleep?”

“I have no idea.” He caressed her leg
.
His body began to become alive
.
“
Necesito
amor
,
”
he said aloud.

“
What?” She asked
although she understood.

“I thought the language of love
wa
s universal.”

“It is.”

She leaned into him and he kissed her hard and long as he maneuvered her in a supine position on the floor. His hands traveled up the silky material to her flat abdomen until they
r
eached her breasts. Her spine arched
and
she pressed up against
his bare chest eagerly. His heart pound loud with excitement as it always did at the sight and feel of his beautiful wife. He needed her so badly the pain of it was torturous.

Her lips broke away and she breathed heavily, “
Alfonzo,
Sal…not here.
”

Alfonzo swiveled his head to peer at the sleeping boy
,
“I doubt
he’s getting up this early
, besides
you owe
me morning sex after what I’ve been through.”

“Shanda and I
plan to hit the mall
this morning.
The door is open
and what if
she gets up
and
see
us
?”

He groaned and pulled her up with him. “
We wouldn’t want that, she
’s so damn horny she might
want to
participate. I’m going
to get a shower, come join me.”

“Okay
.”
She answered with quiet excitement. Their romantic trysts were thrilling due to Alfonzo’s unpredictability.

S
elange
followed
her husband
through the
wide
hall to the
ir
private bath
located
in the master bedroom
. H
e turned on the shower, stripped out of his
boxers then stepped inside the wide tub and began lathering his body with
oatmeal
soap. She stood there watching and he grinned, “Are you coming in or not?”

She locked the door then
undressed and a
wide
s
mile form
ed
on his
handsome face
at the sight of her splendid nakedness.
“Come here lady.”

She entered
the
shower
and
he began to lather her breasts with the soap.
“Can Sal
hang-out
with you today?”
She asked.

Alfonzo shrugged, he planned to
visit the site this morning
and there was a videoconference with the shareholders scheduled for this afternoon but Sal wasn’t a problem. He’d
bring
Sal
along
to Old San Juan and get the boy’s hair trimmed. Come to think of it, he could use one too.
“
I got you covered.
You and Shanda h
ave fun
.
”

He
rubbed
the
grainy bar
acro
ss the surface of her body and
it touched
intimate places. S
elange
grinned slyly at the adoration exhibited
when
his eyes settled
up
on her breasts
. She
stepped in front of him to rinse
off
and h
e gripped her waist as the water cascaded down
her body taking with it the frosty residue.
Beneath the mechanical waterfall his mouth covered hers with a
liquid
filled kiss.
Her long eyelashes fluttered closed and
she held tightly to h
is neck
while
masculine
hands
explore
d
her flesh
. Unable to withstand
the
taunting seducti
on of her womanly curves
he dismissed with the foreplay.
He needed
comfort and assurance she loved him. Most of all he wanted to show his wife she was tatted indelibly on his soul.

Alfonzo
lift her
up
and
her long
legs wrapped around h
is waist
as he turned toward the unobstructed wall
. Her bare back touched the slippery tiles and he
push
ed
into her depths. Her buttocks
made contact
with the
wet
marble
and she could feel the tiny cre
ases where the grout adjoined
as he pushed further to her core
. A low
gasp escaped her throat at
the warm throbbing
penetration
. Her
lips wide
ned
and she
moan
ed
in ecstasy
at
the pleasurable invasion
.
He
responded
with
more
ardor
; pushing and
gyrating into her depths
until she responded in equal
heat
, pulling and grasping at his shoulders and calling his name.

H
e
squeezed her
soft
buttocks
,
hungrily
sampled each supple breast
and made her gasp when he pinned her hands over her head and rocked so hard inside her tunnels
she thought she might crash and burn once he ran out of rail
. Her gasps
turned to
soft whimpers
from the scorching to
her throat
and she tried to push off the wall but the strength of Alfonzo was like trying to move a boulder
.
His
intima
te
kisses
mingled with the
throbbing
gyrating friction
within her feminine
walls
caused her to liquefy
and h
is
name
came in
ragged
breaths
that
h
e
silenced with his
wet
mouth.

The wonderful sensations
o
verwhelm
ed
her senses and she
st
retch
ed reaching higher to the ceiling, flapping her legs
like a mermaid against the raging sea
when he
fill
ed
her with liquid wonder. He
lovingly
brushed aside
wet
strands of hair
from her mouth
then
gently nibble
d
on
the edge
of
her bottom
lip
, pressing her arms like clamps to
the tiles
completely
devoured her
.

Selange’s eyes slowly
opened in
astonishment
at the electrical pinpricks occurring throughout her body.
Every time with him was so glorious she hated when he had to leave. He saw her pleasure, grinned like a naughty boy and the
sinewy muscles flexed with
every musical note.
He
restrained her, held her back, contained her
until the electric current peaked and she quivered under the force of it.
Her arms
trembled as if struck by an electric shock
at
the skill of
his interior caresses.
Every part of her mind and body wanted
this feeling always.
I
ntens
e
desire
fueled
her body as she e
ager
ly
pressed her
breasts
against h
is hard chest
and
her mind
scream
ed,
‘
Love
me
…
forever
!
’

T
heir fused bodies rotated and rocked in
primal fashion
and t
he erotic
rhythmic dance
unleashed a frenetic movement of her head
. She
thrashed from side to side in a futile attempt to slow the maddening sensation
,
then
he
seiz
ed
her
and
gave direction
. His face became the point of focus when his mouth drew near and his firm tongue
probe
d
her
palette
. S
he
quieted
,
holding
his shoulders
, clutching him as if he were
life.