Disclaimer: Characters don't belong to me but the plot does.
Happy 4th of July! I hope everyone is having a safe and amazing day celebrating our countries birthday! I thought about waiting to post this until Monday, but decided to give you all a treat. Hope you enjoy!
Warning for smut. I just couldn't resist.
Chapter 29
LPOV
People say that time flies when you're having fun, and if the first year of my marriage was any indication then that saying was beyond true. Before we really knew what happened, the entire year was gone but it was filled with so much love and we experienced so many firsts. Our family celebrated our first Thanksgiving and Christmas together. We celebrated Cassandra's first steps and her first words. Steph was upset that Cass said Dada first, but Mama quickly followed, so that made my wife happy. Even though Dada and Mama were our daughter's first words, they weren't her favorite.
Stephanie took Cass to work with her almost every day. While Stephanie was in meetings, Cass was either with me in my office or with Ranger in his. Ella rarely got to take care of her because the guys called dibs as soon as we got to work. Once Cass learned to walk, she toddled around the command floor and saw all her Tios. That was her favorite word. Steph and nearly I died laughing the first time Cass called Ranger 'Rahrah'. We weren't sure who told her to call him that, but Ranger wasn't thrilled with his new nickname. However, one look at his god-daughter's toothy grin and he laughed with the rest of us. Cass had wrapped every man in that office around her tiny little finger, even Hector.
Hector and Stephanie shared a strange bond that no one quite understood, but it worked for them, so no one questioned it. Hector's love for Stephanie multiplied after Cass was born and he took on the role of protector for both my girls. Cass called him Tio Hec and it was amazing to watch the hardened ex-con soften when my little girl called out to him. He loved her almost as much as I did.
After we celebrated our baby girl's first birthday, Stephanie and I set out for our long-awaited two-week honeymoon in Belize. I had promised to take her there and I always kept my promises.
Helen and Frank agreed to take care of Cass during the night and Ranger agreed to pick her up in the mornings and take her to the office. The guys and Ella were so used to her being there that they whined when we told them about the trip. They made us promise to make sure she was at the office every day even though we weren't. For tough ex-military men, they sure were pretty whipped, but so was I so I couldn't say much.
Before we left on our trip, I did some research on Belize. I found that Francis Ford Coppola owns luxury resorts there, so I chose the one I thought Steph would enjoy the most. I rented a seafront villa at the Turtle Inn. Our two bed/two bath villa sat on a beautiful stretch of Caribbean Sea beachfront that only we had access to. It had an extended screened porch that was surrounded by private walled gardens. It was our own slice of heaven.
Our first day there was probably the most memorable. We arrived at the airport and I had a red Mustang waiting for us to use while we were on the island. My wife's face lit up when I directed her to the waiting vehicle. We both remembered her first trip in a car like that. I will probably never forget that first car ride with my Beautiful.
When we first arrived at the resort, Steph's eyes tried to take in everything. There were little huts surrounding the pools and gardens and exotic plants and trees. I had to admit that it really was beautiful. I checked us in and got the key to our home for the next two weeks. I drove us over to the villa that was ours and again Steph was speechless, but only for a second.
"Holy shit! Is this just for us?" I smiled and nodded. I climbed out of the car and pulled our luggage out of the trunk. When I closed the lid, Steph was standing in front of the villa with her mouth hanging open. I walked by and closed it gently with my finger.
"You'll catch flies that way, my Love." She rolled her eyes and followed me inside. We spent a few minutes touring our temporary home then we decided it was time to hit our private beach.
Steph dug through her bag and I chuckled when things went flying. "I'm going to change really fast. Are you going to wait for me or head down to the beach?"
"I'm going to throw on my board shorts and head down there. Just come out when you're ready." She smiled wickedly at me and my mouth ran dry because I knew that look all too well.
Before walking into the bathroom, my gorgeous wife took a second to purr into my ear. "I'll be coming soon. Just make sure you're ready for me. " She gave me another wicked look and closed herself in the bathroom. I shuddered and quickly changed into my shorts, totally ignoring the painful erection tenting the fabric. He would get attention soon enough.
After grabbing the towels and sunscreen, I yelled to Stephanie before leaving the bedroom. "I've got everything we need. Just hurry your sexy little ass up." A giggle was my response, so I headed out the back door to the most beautiful stretch of beach that I've ever seen.
I've been all over the world and seen some pretty amazing places, but that beach was by far the most gorgeous. Perfect white sand met the clearest blue water that I've ever seen. It reminded me of Steph's eyes after she firsts wakes up, so clear and bright.
"Oh Wow!" I turned around and it was my turn to drop my mouth. My wife walked toward me admiring the beach while I admired her body. She was wearing a barely there bikini that tied around the neck on the top and the bottoms tied on each side of her gorgeous hips. It was white with multi-colored dots around the tops of each piece.
Stephanie had worked hard getting back into shape after Cass was born. She never got out of shape during the pregnancy, but she worked with Bobby and Hector on an exercise program that helped her tone her stomach, arms and leg muscles. She had never looked better and the bikini she wore, made my little soldier stand up and pay attention even more so than before.
"See something you like, Sexy?" She caught me staring.
"No...I see something that I love." She giggled when I pulled her into my arms and kissed her hungrily.
"Beach now, sex later." She pulled away and I pouted.
"How about beach now, sex now. This is private." She looked at me wantonly and walked her fingers up my bare chest.
"Then I guess it's time to mark off number 12 on my bucket list." She wrapped her hand around my neck and pulled my lips to hers. Her kiss started out gentle and loving, but I could feel her hunger grow. Her tongue traced around my lower lip and I opened my mouth for her with a groan. Her hands fisted in my hair and I had mine resting right on her hot little ass. Her cheeks fit perfectly in my hands.
I almost whimpered when she pulled away. She walked backwards to where I had laid out the blanket and crooked her finger at me. I followed her as she sat down on her knees on the blanket and I watched as her hands ran down her face and cupped her perfect breasts.
Kneeling down in front of her, I replaced her hands with mine. The top of the bikini was well padded so it had to go. I reached around her neck and untied the thin string that held the top in place. I pulled the cups down, exposing her to me and listened to her moan as my hands met bare skin. I massaged her breasts as my lips worked their way across her jaw and up to her lips. I jumped when her hot hands snaked into my shorts and grasped my ass thrusting me into her.
She pushed my board shorts down and pushed me back so that I was laying flat. She removed the offending article of clothing and her eyes glazed as she took in my nakedness. I was hard and throbbing for her and I almost came when she looked at my erection and licked her lips.
"I think I'm going to have a taste." She smiled at me and lowered her head into my lap. Her tongue came out and licked off the bead of moisture gathered on the tip then she closed her lips around the head and sucked lightly. I groaned and reached for her ass that was stuck up in the air close to me.
"Bring your sexy ass over here and we'll have a taste together." She looked up and smiled again. She positioned her core right over my face and I got to untie her tiny bikini bottoms like I was opening a gift. I guess in a way, I was.
The position was perfect and I devoured her soaking lower lips as she sucked my throbbing cock. We spent what seemed like hours feasting on each other. I would bring her close to a climax and then back off before she came. She did the same to me and we continued that dance until we were both aching with the need to cum. It was almost painful.
"Let's fly together, my Love." She moaned and started working my cock with determination and I attacked her clit and shoved three fingers into her soaked opening. It didn't take us long after that to each make the other soar. I filled her mouth with my seed as she came on my face. Once she was able to, Steph turned and attacked my lips again. We let our combined tastes mix in our tongues and both groaned at the taste. She pulled away and rested her head on my chest and let out a deep breath.
"That was incredible." Her voice was breathy as she spoke. I chuckled and stroked her back to help calm her breathing.
"It was, but we're not done yet." My voice was husky and I almost didn't recognize it. Stephanie wiggled her hips and my cock twitched. She smiled at me seductively and raised her hips up, positioning my fully erect cock at her opening. We both let out loud moans as she sank down onto me.
"Put your hands up. No touching until I say, got it Sexy?" I smiled and stretched my hands above my head. I loved playing that game with her.
I let Steph have the control and she set a slow, steady pace. She leaned herself down so that she could kiss me and I groaned when she sucked my bottom lip between her teeth. I wanted to grab her hips and fuck her hard, but I knew the rules.
She continued her torture and sat back up and rubbed her breasts with her hands. Then I had to watch as one hand trailed down her stomach to the place where we were joined. It was almost too much to watch her play with her own clit. Her head thrown back in delight paired with the sounds she was making was just too much. I started to lift my hands, but Stephanie caught the movement. She stopped the momentum of her hips and glared at me.
"Tsk Tsk, Mr. Santos. You know the rules. No touching until I say. Now you have to be punished." Fuck! Punishment was hell.
Steph slid off my cock and came up close to my head. She sat down on the blanket with her knees up and spread wide. Her fingers started working her breasts and her pussy. "You have to watch me pleasure myself. You couldn't obey the rules so you don't get to join in the fun." My head was turned as I watched my wife finger fuck herself. God, it was sexy as hell to watch her. I was about to cum when she finally shattered on her own hand. Talk about torture.
"You want a taste?" She held out the fingers that she had just removed from herself and offered them to me. I nodded and opened my mouth. I sucked every inch of those fingers clean.
"Are you ready to be a good boy now?" I didn't have a voice, so I just nodded. She smirked at me and again lowered herself onto my now painful erection. God, she was so wet and tight.
"You're not going to cum yet, are you?" YES! I struggled to find the last ounce of control that I had as I shook my head. I wanted this feeling to last. She chuckled and began to move again on me. Her hands were resting on my upper thighs as she rode me fast and hard.
"Fuck, Beautiful." She smiled down at my obvious enjoyment.
"You ready to cum with me, Sexy?" I groaned as she picked up the pace more and her small hand started massaging my balls. She knew just how much pressure to use when she did that...FUCK!
"Touch me, Les!" Steph screamed as she started to pulse around my cock. My hands instinctively went to the places that drove her crazy. One pinched her nipple and one flicked her clit sending her into a screaming orgasm. Feeling her clench around me sent me over the edge too and I yelled her name as I came deep inside her. She rode out her orgasm as her inner muscles milked me dry. After we'd both seen a glimpse of heaven, she collapsed down onto my chest, breathing heavy just like me. Sweat covered our naked bodies as we clung together. I think we both fell asleep because the next thing I heard was a loud voice.
"Señor Santos?" I quickly sat up holding Steph to me and wrapped the blanket around our bodies. A younger Latino man came walking down the back steps of the villa. I reached for my gun and the movement woke Stephanie up from her slumber. She screamed and clutched the blanket tighter as she moved off me.
The kid stopped walking towards us when he noticed the gun pointed at his head.
"Señor Santos, I am Raul Castillo, your personal butler. I was told to come see if you and your señora got settled." I sighed and lower my gun.
"Give me a second, por favor, and we'll chat." Raul smiled knowingly and turned around. I grabbed my discarded shorts and put them on and then helped my very confused wife re-tie her suit back on her luscious body. Once we were both properly dressed, I spoke again. "Okay, it's nice to meet you Raul. My name is Lester and this is my wife, Stephanie." He took our offered hands in a firm handshake.
"It's nice to meet you both. You must be newlyweds, no?" Raul smiled at us and I laughed seeing the blush cover Steph's cheeks.
"Almost, we've been married a year." Raul smiled at us again and nodded his head.
"I leave you two alone if there is nothing you need. I will be by at 7:00 PM with your dinner. Please feel free to call the front desk if you wish privacy or if you need me for anything. I am here to make your stay enjoyable." We watched as the young man walked back through our villa. Stephanie started laughing almost uncontrollably when he disappeared.
"Holy shit! Do you think he watched us before calling out?" She asked between her laughing. I doubted it and if he had, I was sure he'd seen it many times before.
"Probably not, but I'll need to figure out how to make that not happen again. I don't want anyone else looking at your sexy body." She stopped laughing and looked at me.
"You want to work on number 13 of my bucket list?" She rubbed her soft breasts against my hard chest.
"And what would number 13 involve?" I think I had a pretty good idea, but I still wanted her to say it. She leaned closer to me and I moaned when her lips brushed my ear.
"It involves you and me fucking in the ocean. Are you up for it?" She purred into my ear and my cock instantly grew. She glanced down and smiled. "Looks like you are up for it." She kissed my cheek and took off running toward the water. It took me a minute, but I eventually shook off the stupor and chased after her as best I could. It's really hard to run with a hard-on, trust me.
Steph and I spent that entire first day making love all over the property. The beach, the ocean, the outside shower, the garden and anywhere else outside. That night we spent making love in the huge bed, in the inside shower, and on the covered porch. We utilized every surface during our two-week stay in the seaside villa.
We spent a couple of days exploring the gorgeous country and taking in the local attractions; but mostly we stayed locked together in our villa. We shut the world out and only focused on each other. We did make sure to call Trenton every night and talk to Cass. Ranger had our emergency number if anything happened, but we trusted the people we put in charge of our daughter. We knew nothing could hurt her, or that is what we thought..
On our last day in Belize, Steph and I decided to venture out and tour a local park. We got up early and ate breakfast in the dining room inside the main hotel. We left for the park and walked hand in hand looking at the different plants and flowers. It was peaceful and romantic, and the perfect end to our honeymoon.
Stephanie was exceptionally quiet that day and I didn't quite know what was bothering her. I assumed she was missing Cass and the guys ,so stopping in the middle of the park, I led her over to a cement bench and sat down. "Are your ready to go back home, Love?"
She let out a sigh and turned to look at me. "I am. These past two weeks have been amazing, but I miss Cass and I miss the guys. Plus..." She looked away and fell quiet. I gently turned her head back to face me and I saw worry in her eyes.
"Plus, what? What's going on in that beautiful head of yours?" I watched as she furrowed her brow and thought for a few seconds.
"I don't really know. I feel like something is off somewhere. Something is wrong and I really want to go home and make sure Cass is okay." She looked so worried and I knew her instincts were always spot on, so I began to worry too.
"How about we call Ranger? He should have Cass already this morning and we can make sure she's okay and put him on alert to watch out for anything suspicious." I pulled out my cell phone and saw the look of relief on Stephanie's face.
I was just about to hit the speed dial button when my beeper blew up. It hadn't so much as squeaked the entire time we'd been on the island, so I knew Stephanie was right and something was wrong. My worst fears came true when I read the page that simply said, "911 Ranger". My heart started beating furiously as I hit the speed dial button on my phone. Stephanie was clutching my arm trying to listen to what was going on.
"Yo, Les..." Ranger sounded beyond pissed and I knew something bad must have happened.
"What the fuck is going on?" My heart was beating frantically, fearing the worst.
"Cass is missing. I went to pick her up today at the Plum's and found them all unconscious and the crib empty." My heart stopped. I heard the sad whimper from my wife and looked at her as her eyes filled with tears.
"We've got you and Stephanie booked on the next flight out. Get to the airport ASAP. We're doing what we can here." I couldn't speak so I nodded my head, but he couldn't see that. "Les, calm down. We're going to do everything in our power to bring her home to us. Take care of Stephanie right now and get home." Tears filled my eyes, too, as I looked at my panicked wife.
"We'll be there as quick as we can." I snapped my phone closed as I pulled Stephanie into my arms. She was sobbing and I did my best to comfort her, but I didn't have a whole lot of comfort in me because I was just as scared as she was.
A/N - Okay...I realize now that this wasn't very nice and I'm sure some of you have bottle rockets lit and pointed at me. But in my defense...I did warn that some more angst was coming. It's here! =)
