"You are still here?" The loud voice of the receptionist, Erica Johnston, practically yelled into the brunette nurse's ear as she looked up from her computer screen and her data entries, where she finally noticed the younger woman's tired form. Erica shook her head with amusement shining throughout her brown eyes when she only heard a small groan before she exclaimed with a playfully stern voice, "you better get home before you end up falling asleep on the floor and I am not helping you this time, Victoria."
The Miller nurse couldn't help but let out a small chuckle, despite how tired she was, as the older woman always says that when Victoria has a long shift. There was one instance where Victoria had accidentally fell over after almost a twenty hour shift during her first year and Erica still won't let her live it down. "I know, I know," the Miller nurse mumbled with an eye roll before she explained as she leaned her head into the palm of her hand with a small frown, "I was just finishing up with my last patient. Jordan was having some problems with swallowing his medicine, so I stayed until he got it down." Victoria had felt bad for the small eight year old boy that was dealing with his constantly fighting parents and pneumonia, so she didn't care about the fact that her shift ended thirty minutes ago as she wanted to make sure her patient was comfortable for the night.
Erica silently nodded her head in understanding to why she was still at work and gave the young and kind woman a small smile before she promised as she knew how worried and emotionally attached Victoria could get with her patients over the last couple of years, "I'll make sure to let the next round of nurses know to keep an extra eye on him during the night."
"Thank you," the Miller nurse praised appreciatively to know the small boy would be watched like she would be doing. Victoria knew if Jordan was still having problems that she would have just slept in an on-call room for the night, so she could be close enough to help him if he was in pain. It was just how she has always been with her patients. People always tell Victoria that she has a big heart as she hates leaving the hospital when the children that she's taking care of are in pain. Victoria likes to ease that pain as much as she can when they are in hospital as she could only imagine how afraid they are at such a young age.
"Is Jordan the only one that they need to watch?" Erica inquired after she wrote a small note to remind Kayla, the next nurse who was working in the pediatric ICU department, to make sure that the young boy wasn't in any pain while he slept through the night. This is the usual routine when a nurse or doctor leaves at the end of their shift. They always make sure that there are notes for the next nurses and doctors so the transition runs more smoothly.
Victoria bit down on her bottom lip as she thought for a moment about all the children that she had taken care of today before she shook her head. "Everyone else should be fine until they wake up," the Miller nurse answered the receptionist's question before she quickly added as she remembered something important, "but whoever comes in next needs to make sure to watch for any heart arrhythmia's for baby Nessa. Dr. Loomis repaired it this morning with surgery, so we need to keep a close eye on her."
Erica nodded her head as she quickly wrote down the information on another sticky note before she stuck it to the side of her computer. "Got it," the receptionist mumbled, mostly to herself, "Jordan might have trouble through the night and baby Nessa needs hourly check-ups." Once the older woman made sure that she had the right information, she turned her brown gaze onto the exhausted Victoria before she commanded, "now, you are going to get your ass home and sleep, missy."
The Miller nurse couldn't help but let out a heavy chuckle at the demanding older woman as she lifted her limp body from the cold receptionist desk before she innocently held her hands in the air and muttered with a grin, "fine, fine." Victoria then reached into her blue scrubs and pulled out the small handheld tablet before she handed it over to the receptionist to be put on the charger. "Good night, Mrs. Johnston," the Miller nurse stated with a small smile after she let out a heavy yawn before she turned her body around and silently headed for the elevators.
Victoria leaned her head against the cold wall of the elevator as she rode it down for three long floors while she listened to the soft piano music that was making her even more exhausted than before. Thankfully, after about four minutes had passed and before Victoria could fall asleep, the elevator let out a loud ding to alert the Miller woman that she was finally at the bottom level of the hospital. Victoria let out a heavy sigh as she stood up straight before she exited out of the elevator and walked through the silent waiting room of Santo Padre Medical Center and made her way to the surprisingly empty parking lot.
The hospital is usually crowded at ten at night but Victoria's brain wasn't in the mood to think so much, so she pushed that thought to the back of her mind as she sluggishly made her way towards her red vehicle. Once Victoria was in front of the Hyundai Accent, she reached into the pocket of her scrubs and grabbed her keys. The Miller woman tiredly unlocked her car before she tossed her body into the driver's seat. Victoria closed her hazel eyes for a moment as she absorbed the calm moment in her life before she placed the keys into the ignition and tried to make her car come to life.
However, Victoria didn't hear the smooth sound of the engine starting up like she usually would hear. Instead, the brunette woman heard the sound of her car stalling. "You got to be kidding me," Victoria grumbled once she gave up on her car before she bounced her forehead off of the leather steering wheel. I cannot believe my luck, the nurse thought as she really just wanted her bed right now. Victoria didn't even understand why her car wasn't working. It was running smoothly this afternoon when she was running errands and after her meet up with Emily.
The Miller woman didn't know shit about fixing a car, despite her interest and knowledge of motorcycles, so Victoria reached into the pocket of her scrubs and pulled out her cell phone to dial one of the people that would immediately come pick her up. Victoria listened to the ringing for a moment as she leaned back in her seat before she wondered once the call was answered, "hey, Ange. Can you come pick me up from the hospital?"
The older Reyes instantly became on guard as soon as he answered Victoria's call as he was the one that usually called when he knew that she would be at home after work and not while she was supposed to be on the road. "What's wrong, princesa? Are you in trouble? Do you need the clubs help?" Angel swiftly fired off as his mind was running a mile a minute.
Victoria couldn't help but let out a small chuckle at the obviously worried biker before she murmured, "no, no. It's nothing like that." The Miller woman ran her fingers through her messy brunette hair for a second before she explained her problem to Angel, "it's just my piece of shit car. It wouldn't even start up when I tried. It immediately stalled." Victoria then slowly got out of her red car that was no use to her as she added with a small smile, "so, no, I don't need the big and bad MC. I just need Angel."
Once Angel realized that nothing serious was wrong with the Miller woman and she wasn't in any trouble, a smirk lifted onto his face as he made his way out of the loud Mayans clubhouse before the Reyes biker wondered teasingly, "oh, really? And what will I get if I do help you, princesa?"
Victoria immediately rolled her hazel eyes as she knew what game Angel was playing at. However, she didn't mind as Victoria figured some alone time with Angel right now would help her have a good night's sleep after an exhausted today. "Well," Victoria drawled out as she closed the door of her car and leaned against it before she murmured with a small smirk as she knew that she had Angel right where she wanted him, "if you can get here in less than thirty minutes then I'll do whatever you want once we get home."
A loud groan instantly sounded through Victoria's cell phone, like she had expected after her taunting, before Angel hurriedly uttered in a throaty voice once he swiftly jumped onto his motorcycle, "you will be the death of me, princesa." There was then the loud sound of, what Victoria could only assume, Angel grabbing his helmet from his side compartment and the noisy sound of the motorcycle's engine before Angel quickly promised, "don't go anywhere. I'm on my way, princesa."
Victoria let out a loud chuckle as she could hear the want and need in the older Reyes' voice before she murmured with a smirk, "I'll see you soon then." The Miller woman rolled her hazel eyes after a second or two when she only heard the dial tone as she realized Angel had hung up on her. Looks like I'm not gonna get much sleep for the next couple of hours, Victoria thought while she pushed her cell phone back into her blue scrubs as she knew she and Angel were going to be quite busy by how urgent Angel was to get to her. Victoria figured he needed to relax himself from all the club business, so the Miller nurse knew that she was in for a long night - not that she was going to complain. She loved when Angel was like this as it always comes with mind-blowing sex.
Victoria figured that it would take Angel at least twenty or so minutes until he would show up at the hospital, so the Miller woman moved to the front of her car and jumped onto the hood before she leaned back and stared up at the bright stars in the night sky as she enjoyed the peaceful silence. However, the tranquility didn't last as long as Victoria had thought it would when she heard a somewhat familiar voice quietly ask, "car trouble?"
"You have no ide-" Victoria began to mumble in annoyance as she pulled her body off of her vehicle as the Miller woman figured it was one of the nurses from the hospital that was talking to her. But Victoria was shocked that she couldn't even finish her sentence when she saw the steel pair of brown eyes that belongs to the head of security for the Galindo cartel. The Miller woman instantly grew nervous with being this close to Nestor, so she swallowed thickly and backed up until she was stopped by her car. "Um," Victoria awkwardly mumbled before she asked in a quiet voice as Victoria was concerned for the reason why the dangerous man was seeking her out at night, "w-what are you doing here?"
The Oceteva man stood up straight from his position against the brick wall before he slowly and silently walked towards the brunette woman until he was standing only a couple of feet away from her. Nestor then twitched his head to the side as he watched Victoria's obviously nervous figure before he finally uttered as he crossed his arms over his dark blue dress shirt, "Miguel wants to know who's all involved with his cartel while the Los Olvidados is screwing up his business." Nestor took another step closer before he concluded, "he also would like to know who's his wife is hanging around."
Victoria couldn't help but roll her hazel eyes, despite how nervous Nestor makes her, at the stupid questions before she crossed her arms over her own chest and stated, "well, you can tell Miguel that he has nothing to worry about since I know nothing about the rebels." The Miller woman stared into Nestor's brown eyes for a moment before she had to remind herself to continue, "and with the Emily issue, Miguel doesn't have to be wary about me. I would never let anything happen to her. Emily has always been like my sister, so I would protect her with my life."
Nestor silently nodded his head as he took in the Miller woman's words to tell Miguel tonight during their meeting before he took a couple of more steps towards Victoria until there was only less three inches between them when he picked up something from the woman's statement. "You called them rebels, not Los Olvidados," the Oceteva man smoothly stated before he countered, "I didn't call them rebels, so you aren't as clueless as you say."
Victoria mentally cursed herself with all the words in the book as she realized her simple mistake. The Miller woman wanted this conversation and the tension to end already but Victoria knew that wasn't going to be possible anytime soon now that the head of security for the Galindo cartel obviously thinks that she is lying by how close he was to her and the continuous conversation about the rebels. "Alright, fine. You caught me," Victoria mumbled as she knew the only way to get out of this was to just tell the truth. The Miller woman held up her right hand in the air as she explained, "but I only know about them from Angel. He mentioned that the club had heard that some of them were recently crossing the border and into California so Angel just told me to be careful when I'm by myself." Victoria shook her head as she promised, "I don't know anything about them besides the fact that they are dangerous."
The empty parking lot of Santo Padre Medical Center was silent for a couple of tense minutes as the Oceteva man tried to see if the brunette woman was telling the truth with his interrogation skills from the Navy and his work with the cartel before he finally nodded his head as he believed that she was telling the truth about not knowing about the Los Olvidados. Nestor realized that Victoria wasn't any type of danger to Miguel's business nor for Emily but he didn't want to walk away just yet so Nestor asked as he noticed the yawn escaping the woman's mouth, "do you want to join me for a coffee?"
Victoria stared into the Oceteva man's brown irises with her brows deeply furrowed in disarray. She was beyond confused to how Nestor could go from basically threatening her for his boss to asking her out. Nestor Oceteva makes the Miller nurse feel tense and nervous when they are around each other but Victoria thought back to her conversation with Emily before she could decline his offer. Victoria remembered that the blonde woman wanted her to get along with her family and Victoria now realized that unfortunately also meant the man that Miguel obviously trusted with his wife's life so Victoria took a deep breath before she murmured quietly, "sure."
The nervous woman and the calm man silently walked over to the small coffee truck that was in front of Santo Padre Medical Center after Victoria agreed to Nestor's offer before the Oceteva man took charge and ordered two iced coffees to accompany the warm weather in Southern California. The Miller nurse and the Oceteva assassin then headed towards an empty bench that was a few feet away from the truck and in front of a small pond.
"Thanks," Victoria nervously murmured as she carefully grabbed the iced coffee from Nestor's hand once they had taken a seat on the wooden bench. The Miller nurse then quickly placed her lips around the black straw as a tense silence began to overtake the small seating area while she was only a few inches away from the dangerous man that works for the Galindo cartel. Victoria was honestly starting to regret accepting Nestor's offer as she didn't know what she is supposed to say. I really wish Emily was here, the nervous woman anxiously thought as she knew her friend would be a perfect buffer right about now.
"So, Victoria," the Oceteva man began after about three or so more minutes of tense silence had passed by between the two recently introduced strangers as they both stared across at the dark pond in front of them with their iced coffees before Nestor curiously inquired as he turned his head and stared at the left side of the brunette woman's face, "how did a nurse get wrapped into this life?"
Victoria glanced over at the Oceteva man with a raised eyebrow as she was confused why she was being interrogated like this. There was no reason for Nestor to be asking her questions when she had already explained that she was no danger to the cartel which was Nestor's whole point of finding her tonight. However, Victoria had time to kill while she waited for Angel to show up so the Miller woman decided to humor the man as she answered his question with a small shrug, "it just happened." Victoria took a small sip of her caffeinated drink before she continued, "I was seventeen when I started getting closer to the Mayans thanks to my newly formed friendship with Angel and Coco. So, while I was getting my nursing degree, I just ended up getting wrapped into the club since I would help heal them and I never left. They are the only family I have known so they got stuck with me over the years."
"What happened to your parents or your siblings?" Nestor immediately questioned after he finished listening to Victoria's history of getting involved with the motorcycle club as he became engrossed in her story. The Oceteva man didn't exactly understand it himself, but he felt attached to the brunette woman - hence the reason why he was still hanging around with her instead of meeting with Miguel like he should be doing.
Victoria couldn't help but to be startled by this question from the cartel assassin. It was definitely the last thing that the Miller woman expected to come out of Nestor's mouth as she didn't see how that was any of the Galindo's business - expect for Emily's since she is her friend and actually knows her history. However, Nestor is basically a stranger to Victoria, so she didn't understand why the man would want to know about her personal life.
"What is this? Twenty questions?" Victoria couldn't help but ask in a snarky voice after a minute or two of silence had passed between them and once she twisted her body so her back was leaning against the arm rest of the wooden bench and she was staring directly at the truly curious Oceteva man with a raised eyebrow. The Miller woman was beginning to become tense again like she usually was around Nestor as she was getting the feeling that she could say the wrong thing and end up dead.
A small smirk instantly slipped onto Nestor's lips at the attitude from the woman that is usually reserved around him. It was definitely something new and Nestor liked that Victoria was finally opening up instead of being so nervous. The Oceteva man then lifted up his right shoulder in a shrugging motion as he finally answered the awaiting woman's question in a calm and relaxed voice, "it could be." Nestor rose his right eyebrow with a questioning expression before he continued, "unless you have something better to do."
The Miller woman bit down on her bottom lip as she stared across at Nestor for a moment before she released a small sigh as Victoria knew if she disagreed then the man with the braids would think that she is hiding something seeing as she couldn't exactly leave the hospital's parking lot until Angel showed up. Victoria definitely didn't need the head of security of the Galindo cartel to think that, so the brunette nurse silently nodded her head in agreement before she murmured, "alright, fine. Shoot me with your best shot." The Miller woman's hazel eyes then instantly widened after she heard what came out of her mouth before she quickly and nervously corrected herself, "wait, no. That's not what I meant. I, um, don't shoot me just ask your question."
The Oceteva man released a small and deep chuckle as he watched the panic set into the woman's irises after her ironic statement to him, who uses a weapon on a daily basis. However, Nestor didn't want to scare the poor nurse away, so he placed a calm expression on his face before he told the woman in a friendly voice to hopefully ease her stress, "you can relax, Victoria. I'm not looking to kill you anytime soon."
"Well, that's assuring," Victoria couldn't help but sarcastically mumble out as she immediately caught the 'anytime soon,' from the man that could definitely kill her with the two guns strapped to the sides of his chest without a second thought. The Miller woman, however, in this moment didn't believe that Nestor would turn the deadly weapon on her so Victoria pushed away her nerves before she answered Nestor's previous question about her life, "I do have a sibling, but he's been locked up in Oakland for the last twelve years." Victoria took a slow and deep breath as she immediately imagined her older brother; Nathan, someone she hadn't thought about in years before she continued with a shrug of indifference, "and my parents are deadbeats. I haven't seen them since I was nineteen."
Nestor silently nodded his head as he listened to the Miller woman's answers, which definitely surprised and intrigued him. The Oceteva man was definitely shocked to find out that Victoria wasn't just this innocent pediatric nurse that accidentally got mixed in with the motorcycle club like he had originally thought. She instead had a dark past that Nestor wanted to know more about. "So, what did your brother do to get sent away for that long?" The Oceteva man curiously inquired.
Victoria bit down on her bottom lip as she stared across at the man's steel brown eyes as she tried to figure out how to word her answer without letting out too much information about her estranged brother and the past that she wished to forget about before the Miller woman let out a small sigh and murmured, "well, uh, he's in for murder." Victoria knew her answer would raise more questions about Nathan's crime but Victoria was definitely not about to mention how her brother killed their father's friend and business partner. That was just something Victoria was not about to open up to someone that she barely knows as she almost didn't tell Ezekiel about it back when it happened. It was an old wound that didn't need to be opened when her brother is sacrificing his freedom for her in prison and that their father isn't around to cause her anymore pain with his 'buddies' like he did when she was a teenager.
The Miller woman could tell Nestor was going to continue this line of questioning about her brother and the murder by the way he was basically on the edge of his seat, so Victoria placed a fake smile on her face as she tried her hardest to push away the nightmares of her childhood before she exclaimed, "I believe we are playing twenty questions, Mr. Oceteva, so that would mean that it's my turn to ask a question."
Nestor let out a small chuckle as he could see the attitude coming back into the Miller nurse but that didn't stop him from noticing the way that she was avoiding to talk about her brother's crime but Nestor would bring that up at a later time once he has Victoria's trust. Instead, the Oceteva man nodded his head in agreement before he lightly waved his right hand and told Victoria, "you're right, so ask away, Ms. Miller."
Thank you, Jesus, the brunette woman instantly praised to the dark sky as she was beyond happy that they could move away from that part of her life that she didn't like to think about. Victoria then shot the head of security a small smile as she tried to think of a question that she was brave enough to ask to the dangerous man. The Miller woman was still coming up blank after a minute or two so Victoria took a long sip of her iced coffee as she tried to buy her some time before her hazel eyes slightly widened as she finally realized what she could ask. "How did you get involved with the Galindo's?" Victoria inquired as she figured it was the best and safest question since Nestor had basically asked her the same question about how she got involved with the Mayans.
"Miguel and I have always been best friends since we were growing up as children in Mexico," Nestor easily answered as he crossed his shiny black leather shoes at the ankles and relaxed his body against the wooden bench. The Oceteva man took a small drink from his iced coffee before he continued by carefully choosing his words and leaving out any information that could be somehow used against the cartel as he was still trying to see if he could trust the brunette woman, "but when Miguel came to America to attend college, I joined the Navy. It wasn't until about six years ago that we ran into each other and began to work together after Miguel took over the cartel once his father died."
Victoria couldn't help but to be surprised that Miguel hadn't always been involved with the cartel. She knew that Miguel had attended college in America thanks to Emily's story from this afternoon about how they met but the Miller woman had just always thought that Miguel had been apart of the family business all his life. Nestor's answer definitely put some things into perspective about her friend's husband and their life together as Victoria had figured Emily knew what she was being dragged into instead of the reality of Emily being pushed inside of the cartel life after she started a relationship with Miguel. The Miller woman was also pleasantly surprised by the fact that Nestor was in the military. However, Victoria knew that she shouldn't be that shocked by the way Nestor always carries himself and the soldier-like attitude he always has when it comes to the Galindo family like she saw this afternoon with Emily and when she saw him with Marcus and Miguel at the clubhouse.
"Now, it's my turn," Nestor uttered after a couple minutes of tranquility had settled between them on the wooden bench while they stared across at the dark water as it was time for him to ask the brunette woman another question since apparently they are playing twenty questions. The Oceteva man studied every feature on Victoria's calm face to read her reaction to his question as he curiously asked, "what is your relation to Angel Reyes?"
And there it is, the Miller woman thought as she knew that she would be getting this question sooner or later from the Oceteva man. It was a question that she has been getting since she was eighteen and this time was no different. However, the question still was just as annoying as the first time, so Victoria couldn't help but roll her hazel eyes at the dangerous man and mumble, "of course you would ask about that."
The Oceteva man let out a throaty laugh as he noticed the oddly cute scowl on the brunette nurse's face before he instantly held up the hand that wasn't holding his iced coffee and uttered innocently, "what?" Nestor shook his head in amusement before he explained why he had asked about the Mayan member, "I've noticed how protective he is about you - even when you aren't around." The brown eyed man slightly shrugged his shoulders as he concluded, "I'm just curious, that's all."
"Mhmm," Victoria mumbled as she stared across at the head of security for the Galindo cartel while she tried to see if Nestor had another motive for wanting to know more about Angel. However, when Victoria could only find curiousness in his brown eyes, the Miller woman released a small sigh before she began like she always does when she gets this question about her relationship with the older Reyes, "Angel and I are just friends. We have a close relationship because of the shit we had to go through together during our younger years so we have always been connected at the hip." Victoria lightly shrugged her shoulders as she concluded, "Angel is my best friend but we have our 'couple' moments sometimes. I guess you can say we depend on one another and that's how our relationship has been for years. We've never have had any reason to go any further than that or step back so yeah, Angel can get protective like I do over him."
Nestor could immediately tell that Victoria's explanation wasn't the hundred percent truth by the way he had noticed how the older Reyes brother reacted at the clubhouse last week when they first saw the brunette woman and the way Angel became tense when Miguel mentioned Victoria yesterday during a meeting with the motorcycle club. The Oceteva man could tell that there is something more than just a friendly relationship between the nurse and the biker.
"Now, since we're asking about relationships," Victoria began as she wanted to draw this conversation away her relation to the older Reyes from the cartel assassin as it made her feel awkward and weird for some reason before she inquired with a raised eyebrow, "what is Miguel like?" The Miller woman figured this would help give her an idea about how her dinner will go with the Galindo couple as she was anxious without a date actually being set up yet. Miguel gave Victoria a scary vibe the first time that she met him, so the Miller woman wanted to prepare herself as much as she could.
"Well, Miguel and I are definitely not as close as you and Angel obviously are," the Oceteva man jabbed as he silently tried to figure out this relationship between the nurse and the biker without actually asking Victoria about it. Nestor didn't want to spook the brunette woman by interrogating her about it as he knew she would become closed off again like she has been during their first two meetings.
Victoria couldn't help but throw her head back against the wooden bench with a throaty laugh before she turned her attention onto the Oceteva man beside her, who was surprisingly grinning in her direction, and murmured in amusement, "I'd hope not." The Miller woman shook her head as she added with a small smirk, "or Emily has some major competition."
Nestor rose his right eyebrow in amusement as he finally began to relax now that he knew that the brunette woman wasn't a threat to the Galindo cartel or Miguel's family with his arm tossed on the back of the wooden bench by Victoria's head and shoulders before he teased with a smirk of his own shining across his lips, "oh? Does that mean you find me attractive if you think I would be competition against Emily for Miguel's attention?"
Victoria's pale face instantly blushed beet red as she realized what she had insinuated by her statement which essentially made it seem like she was saying that Nestor is attractive. It's not a lie, though, the Miller woman thought as she would have to be blind to not see how attractive Nestor is with his strong arms almost busting out of his dark blue dress shirt along with the fact that a guy handling a weapon always makes Victoria feel some type of way - despite Nestor being a dangerous man for the cartel.
Finally and thankfully for the brunette nurse, Victoria jumped out of her embarrassment and her thoughts of the assassin's attractive features when she heard Nestor's heavy laughter fall throughout the dark night in front of the small pond. "Oh, shut up," Victoria mumbled with another round of embarrassment before she unconsciously slapped Nestor's thigh like she was speaking to an old friend before she commanded, "just answer the damn question."
The Oceteva man let out another sound of amusement but this time just a small chuckle while he stared over at the brunette woman as he enjoyed their time together. It was the first time in years that Nestor felt like a normal man. Yeah, he's had his one night stands over the years to help himself relax but with the Miller woman it was different. It was like Victoria brought out a calmer side of him that only Miguel could. Nestor wasn't sure if that was a good thing or bad thing in his line of work but the Oceteva man decided to worry about that later. Instead, Nestor took another sip of his iced coffee before he finally answered Victoria's previous question, "Miguel is a complex person."
Nestor took a quick pause for a moment as he tried to figure out how to word his best friend to the brunette woman as he knew she was just curious to who she would be meeting during her dinner with Emily and Miguel from the conversation he had listened to this afternoon at the small coffee shop. "The cartel is Miguel's life, so he's very serious over his business and will do whatever it takes to make sure the cartel continues to be successful no matter the cost or who gets hurt," the Oceteva man truthfully began again, "however, Emily and Cristobal are his world and family is very important to Miguel." Nestor let out a small chuckle before he told Victoria with a small smirk, "but you shouldn't have to worry too much during your dinner about being imitated or interrogated by Miguel. He's very different when he's around Emily and his son. It's like the cartel disappears when he's around his family."
Victoria silently nodded her head and murmured, "that makes sense." The Miller woman figured that Emily and little Cristobal would be Miguel's 'safe haven' where he can relax away from the cartel as Victoria couldn't see her old best friend being with someone that is only about business and not about his family since Emily's parents only cared about their company instead of caring for their only child when they were younger.
The Miller woman couldn't help but to be glad that she wouldn't have to worry about Miguel asking questions about her connection to the Mayans, though, like she has been afraid of since she agreed to having dinner with him and Emily. She didn't want to walk into the wolf's den, so Nestor's answer helped calm Victoria a bit but she still felt this nervousness about having dinner with the head of the Galindo cartel. However, Victoria figured it was just because of all the stories that she had heard from Angel. It's not like I can back out now, anyway, the Miller nurse thought while she took a sip of her iced coffee as she didn't want to disappoint Emily or lose her old friend again. Victoria just had to make sure that her guard is up around the cartel leader.
The bench in front of the small pond that was beside the local hospital and the coffee truck was silent for a few minutes as the nurse and the assassin enjoyed the silence before the Oceteva man turned his gaze back onto the brunette woman and stated, "I heard from Emily that you did plan on leaving this town when you were younger but you never did." Nestor rose an eyebrow as he curiously wondered, "so, do you think that you'll ever actually leave Santo Padre now that your friend EZ is back?"
"Wow," Victoria mumbled in surprise before she joked with a soft chuckle as she was not expecting this question at all, "bringing out the deep questions, aren't you, huh?" Nestor's question, however, was something that Victoria had never even thought about, so the Miller woman instantly shook her head without a second thought. "The Reyes men, besides the MC, have always been the only family that has ever cared and loved for me," Victoria stated with a soft smile before she explained, "yeah, I did originally want to leave straight out of high school but when I decided to stay and help Felipe Reyes while EZ was in prison, I knew I could never leave. The three men had shaped the person I am today, so leaving has never crossed my mind in years."
The Oceteva man silently nodded his head as he could see that from the two previous times that he had met the brunette woman. Nestor had noticed, now that he thought about it, when he and Miguel were at the Mayans' clubhouse with Marcus that both of the Reyes brothers were very close to Victoria in a protective manner when they had showed up and also when the nurse was leaving as the older Reyes wouldn't take his eyes off of the woman until she left while also being tense throughout the whole meeting. Nestor could also see how much Victoria cared about the siblings as well by the way she talked about them at the coffee shop with Emily. So the Oceteva man could see why Victoria wouldn't want to leave her hometown, no matter how bad it gets, because of the Reyes men that were obviously more her family than her actual ones that she had told him about during one of his first questions.
"You mentioned earlier that you were in the Navy," Victoria stated as she moved on to her next question once she realized Nestor wasn't going to comment on her answer about ever leaving Santo Padre. "What was your job or duty when you were serving in the military?" The Miller woman curiously inquired. Victoria was very interested in what Nestor did while in the Navy as he didn't seem like the type of person to do such a thing when he's working with the cartel so Victoria wanted to know what he was like back then.
"I was an intelligence specialist for four years before becoming an intelligence officer. I got a degree in communications when I was nineteen while I was stationed overseas in Afghanistan during my first tour," Nestor easily began to explain his military career that took place in his late teens and early twenties. "It took about three years after I got my degree before I was leading my own squadron on the USS Avenger, where we helped take down seven camps of the biggest Islamic organizations over my thirteen year career," the Oceteva man proudly stated with a barely noticeable smile across his lips as he recalled his days in the Navy.
"Wow," Victoria couldn't help but impressively murmur with a hint of surprise in her voice as she definitely wasn't imagining that. The Miller woman had figured that Nestor would have been a sailor on enemy lines like a Navy Seal by the way that he carries himself with his weapons easily strapped to his chest so she was pleasantly surprised to know that he led his own team and did a lot for their country. However, the fact that the Oceteva man was an intelligence officer began to make Victoria realize it was the perfect fit since Nestor would have a lot of connections and abilities to help Miguel keep the Galindo cartel in tip top shape as the head of security.
The Oceteva man decided to keep the conversation on their careers so once he took a small sip of his iced coffee, Nestor turned his attention back onto Victoria before he asked his next question - thanks to the information that he got from Emily along with the hospital receptionist when he had asked about the brunette nurse earlier this afternoon, "since you work as a pediatric nurse, have you ever thought of having your own?"
Victoria thought about the question for a moment before she nodded her head as she uttered, "yeah, of course." The Miller woman glanced into Nestor's brown eyes before she continued, "I mean, that's one of the reasons why I picked the pediatric department. I've always loved taking care of children so I wouldn't mind having my own someday." The brunette nurse then released a small sigh before she murmured, "but it's difficult to do so with the life I live. I don't think it would be right to bring a child around my life when I'm always busy at the hospital and being surrounded by the Mayans." Victoria quickly rose her hand as she instantly defended the motorcycle club, "but don't get me wrong, I love the MC and all they have done for me. But after one of their enemies came after me a few years ago, I pushed the dream of having a child away."
Nestor could understand the Miller woman's answer as he is surrounded by the same terror that she sees. However, the one thing that the Oceteva man didn't think would come out of Victoria's mouth was her last statement. "You've been attacked?" Nestor couldn't help but ask with a tight voice even though it wasn't his turn in their exchange of questions.
"Yep," Victoria emotionlessly mumbled out as she slowly began to get quick flashbacks to the night from a couple of years ago with the local street gang that were pissed off at Bishop and their drug deal. The Miller woman usually didn't know about the club's business but that was one of the times that she did since she was so shaken up. "The Dogwood gang had showed up at the clubhouse when I was there one night and they followed me home when they didn't get their way with the club," Victoria began to explain as she anxiously played with the lid of her iced coffee, "but thankfully Angel and Coco arrived just in time."
Victoria could tell that Nestor wanted to know more details during her first and only attack with the motorcycle club and Victoria didn't exactly feel like reliving that night where she got a gun to the face along with a black eye, so the Miller woman quickly shot the brown eyed man a small smile and murmured, "anyways," before she asked her next question since it was technically her turn, "you don't find it boring to be head of security for the Galindo's after working in a war zone for all those years in the military?"
The Oceteva man shook his head with an amused chuckle before he began to answer the brunette woman's question, "working with the cartel is anything but boring." Nestor took a sip of his iced coffee before he explained once he noticed the confused expression on Victoria's face, "there's not that much of a difference between my work with the cartel and the Navy. I'm still leading a team of soldiers towards a cause." The assassin let a small smirk lift onto his lips as he joked, "the only real difference is that I'm always on land instead of on the ocean and in a ship."
"Ha ha, real funny," Victoria sarcastically mumbled with a roll of her hazel eyes at the Oceteva man's try of making a joke as if she was talking with a close friend. The Miller woman had realized that she was really starting to come around to the cartel assassin as she noticed her sarcasm coming out that only happened around the Mayans. Victoria, however, didn't know if that was a good or bad thing as she had planned to not even befriend the Oceteva man since she knew he's dangerous. But Victoria couldn't help but to feel more comfortable around the weapon-wearing man.
Nestor let a small and real smile lift onto his lips at their easy back and forth jabs while he stared across at the brunette woman with absolute calmness in his usually hard brown eyes. The Oceteva man hadn't felt this emotion, calmness and a sense of tranquility, in awhile which was such a breath of fresh air for the cartel assassin that deals with constant death and destruction on a daily basis. It was nice and Nestor didn't want it to end anytime soon, so the Oceteva man came up with another question that he was curious about from the information that Victoria had gave him, "when you aren't saving babies and babysitting the Mayans, what do you like to do with your off time?"
Victoria couldn't help but release a small chuckle with a shake of her head as Nestor described her day and night job. The Miller woman couldn't deny as that was basically what she does everyday, so Victoria pushed his taunting to the local motorcycle club like they were children away as she finished the rest of her iced coffee. The brunette nurse tossed her empty cup in the trashcan beside her before she answered Nestor's question after a moment of thinking, "well, when I'm not at the hospital, clubhouse, or helping out at the butcher shop I like to explore the city." Victoria rolled her hazel eyes when she saw Nestor raise an eyebrow before she explained with a wave of her hand, "yeah, yeah, I know. I've lived here my entire life but I just like seeing the culture. It always makes me realize that no matter how bad shit gets in my life, there will always be beauty surrounding me." The Miller woman's face then immediately blushed beet red as she realized what she said before she mumbled, "I know that is so fucking cliche." Victoria pointed at Nestor with a small smile lifting onto her lips as she begged, "don't laugh at me."
The Oceteva man instantly lifted both of his arms in the air like an innocent person would with a large grin spread across his lips before he told the brunette woman, "no, no. I won't laugh." However, though, a second later only passed before Nestor busted out in a heavy laughter - which caused Victoria to join in. The two acquaintances laughed together for a short moment before the Oceteva man placed his hand lightly on Victoria's scrubs-covered thigh before he told her, "but honestly, it's nice. I can see why you would think that when you are so busy with sick kids and bikers. It's not stupid, I promise."
Victoria looked across at Nestor for a moment as she tried to see if he was going to make fun of her before she mumbled, "mhmm. Sure." The Miller woman couldn't help but let out a small chuckle as she could see the small smirk on the man's face before she continued with what she likes to do on her off time, "I also like to try new foods. I'm busy a lot so I'm always just picking something quick and easy - unless Felipe convinces me to stay for dinner after work, so I always try to find new restaurants when I have the time."
Nestor immediately shook his head as he was not going to accept that answer. "What about hobbies?" The Oceteva man questioned as he couldn't see the nurse going to a busy and loud restaurant to relax after a long day. "I mean, come on, Victoria," Nestor exclaimed, "that's not really relaxing besides eating your way to a food coma." The cartel assassin let out a small chuckle before he questioned, "what is your absolute favorite thing to do, no matter how embarrassing, when you want to relax and forget everything?"
Victoria grumbled under her breath at the fact that the brown eyed man wasn't letting up when she was already embarrassed from her first answer. "What about you, Mr. hotshot?" The Miller woman stubbornly interrogated as she crossed her arms over her light blue scrubs. Victoria shook her head as she exclaimed, "I'm not tell you my embarrassing hobby until you tell me yours."
Nestor let an amused grin spread across his lips as he inquired, "so, you'll tell me yours if I tell you mine?" Once the Oceteva man saw the brunette woman quickly nod her head, Nestor let out a small chuckle at her way of putting off answering his question before he let out a barely noticeable sigh and quietly murmured his personal hobby, "when I'm not busy with the cartel, well, I like to paint."
Victoria's hazel eyes slightly widened in surprise as she wasn't expecting the calm and dedicated craft to be how the cartel assassin relaxes before she voiced her shock, "really?" The Miller woman let out a soft chuckle as she couldn't believe that out of everything that painting was Nestor's hobby as she figured it would have been drinking or going to the shooting range. "What is it that you like to paint?" Victoria inquired after a moment once she got over her shock as she was actually curious about Nestor's hobby.
Nestor let a small smile work it's way onto his lips as he watched the many facial expressions of the pediatric nurse before he answered her question as he pictured the canvases that he has in his house, "I enjoy painting landscapes the most - like the places I have seen and been to over my military career and while working with the cartel." The Oceteva man then swiftly exclaimed, once he noticed the brunette woman was about to open her mouth, "now stop avoiding the question, Ms. Miller." Nestor rose his right eyebrow at Victoria before he questioned once more, "what is your hobby?"
Victoria released a heavy sigh as she realized that she wasn't going to be able to get out of this one before she murmured as she held out her point and middle finger, "I have two." The Miller woman shook her head as she explained, "one is super embarrassing for me and the other one is pretty normal." Victoria figured that she would rather start with the one that wouldn't cause her face to flush red as she began to describe her hobby, "my normal one is the fact that I draw up tattoos for some of the local tattoo shops around California." A tiny grin unconsciously slipped onto Victoria's face as she continued, "I've always have had a passion for drawing and I have always loved the art of tattoos ever since I got my first one at nineteen." The Miller woman lifted up her long sleeve shirt that was under her scrubs on her left arm as she showed Nestor her dream catcher tattoo before she let out a small chuckle and stated, "I'm also a tattoo artist in training."
The Oceteva man rose both of his eyebrows to the top of his forehead in surprise that the nurse, who takes care of babies and children on the regular, was into tattoos and actually freelances during her off time to tattoo parlors that helps her relax from her busy life. "Really?" Nestor questioned as he was very curious about this hobby of the Miller woman's while he stared down at the large, detailed tattoo on her forearm.
"Yep," Victoria proudly exclaimed with a large grin across her face as she always loved getting that reaction from people when she would tell them what she likes to do. It had been a passion of hers since Mama M passed away and Ezekiel went to prison as it was an outlet for her. Victoria at first only drawled for herself until people had told her how good she was . However, when Angel had convinced her to give him a miniature tattoo of the Mayans MC logo on his chest that is when she actually started to get serious about it. "I have a friend out in Charming that helps me hone my craft as a tattoo artist," Victoria explained as she thought about her tattoo-covered friend before she uttered with a small shrug, "he lets me practice on his body when he's in town, so I'd say I'm not that bad at it."
"Wow," Nestor murmured as he shook his head with a small chuckle while he stared directly into Victoria's hazel eyes before he softly commented, "you're just full of surprises." It took the Oceteva man a couple of seconds to shake himself out of their staring contest before he told Victoria with a cheeky grin, "maybe I'll let you tattoo me someday."
Victoria let out a throaty laugh as she rolled her hazel eyes. "Yeah, right," the Miller woman exclaimed as she pushed Nestor's offer to the very back of her mind. Tattooing on bikers was like paddy-cake for the pediatric nurse but Victoria felt like she would be a nervous wreck tattooing a cartel member.
"What?" Nestor questioned with amusement shining in his brown eyes as he could see the nerves wracking the brunette woman. The Oceteva man then moved the collar of his dark blue shirt to the side and showed Victoria the tattoo on the side of his neck as he told her why he would offer her the opportunity to tattoo him, "this one right here, Miguel did it before we both went our separate ways with him going to college and me going into the Navy."
Victoria's nerves immediately disappeared as soon as she had a closer look at the ink that she had noticed on the Oceteva man's neck. The curious and the artist part of her was definitely peaked that she didn't even realize that she had moved down the wooden bench until her thigh was touching Nestor's before Victoria slowly brought her hand up to the black-colored tattoo. Victoria then lightly as a feather ran her point finger across the cursive 'p' but swiftly pulled her hand away once she realized what she was doing. The Miller woman's face instantly blushed bright red before she loudly cleared her throat as she slid back to her original spot and complimented the artwork, "it's looks pretty good for a beginner - especially for a young Miguel."
The Oceteva man couldn't help the large smirk that rose onto his face as he watched the embarrassed expression that Victoria was sporting as he found it amusing how many expressions that he can make the Miller woman go through. However, Nestor decided to not to tease her anymore about how close they had been, despite the warm feeling he had, as he turned the conversation back onto Victoria as he questioned, "now what is this embarrassing hobby of yours?"
"You are not gonna let this go," Victoria groaned out as she threw her head back. The Miller woman stayed like that for a moment with her eyes closed before she took a quick peek at Nestor and let out another groan when she saw him grinning at her. "Ugh, fine," Victoria mumbled before she finally gave him the answer that he wanted, "my most embarrassing hobby is the fact that I love to roller skate." The pediatric nurse threw her hands in the air before she exclaimed now that the cat is out of the bag, "I'm a grown ass woman and I will gladly run down any teenager at the skating rink if they get in my way."
Nestor let out a heavy laughter while he watched a beet red blush reach Victoria's cheeks once again as he was not expecting the pediatric nurse/tattoo-artist to be an active skater. "Remind me to not get in your way," the Oceteva man joked before he promised with a slightly smile, "by the way, it's not embarrassing." Nestor shook his head as he bumped his shoulder with Victoria's as he whispered with a hint of teasing in his voice, "badass but not embarrassing." Once the cartel assassin could calm his amusement enough to speak again after a minute or two, Nestor stared into Victoria's hazel eyes as he curiously wondered, "so why is skating your outlet to relax?"
Victoria awkwardly cleared her throat as she quickly tried to push away her embarrassment of telling Nestor, someone that she had barely gotten to know in the last fifteen minutes, before she explained with a soft smile on her face as she recalled how she fell in love with skating, "when I was younger, I never liked to be home with my parents and I wasn't exactly the fastest runner, so Em and I saw these skates in this resale shop on our way home from school when we were fourteen and I've loved it ever sense." Victoria stared across at the dark water for a moment as bad memories slowly crept into her mind before she continued her explanation, "it was my way to runaway without actually doing it. It always made me feel alive by speeding down the streets at this incredible speed. The bruises and scrapes that came from fun instead of my home life was always worth it."
The Oceteva man couldn't help but catch the way Victoria let out the small piece of information about her home life - that she had kept under a tight wrap all night long after she spoken about her imprisoned brother. Nestor figured this was the chance that he needed to follow-up on the Miller woman's personal life now that she was slipping up so the cartel assassin swiftly and calmly questioned, "what did you have to run away from at home?"
Victoria's body immediately went rigid as she realized that she had let out too much information about part of her history that she rarely likes to think or talk about. The brunette woman mentally cursed herself for letting her lips get loose like that as she didn't even talk to Angel about her childhood in the Miller house and she definitely wasn't going to talk about it with her new acquaintance. So instead of answering Nestor's question, Victoria completely ignored it as she asked the one question that had been bothering her all night, "so why did you want to ask all these questions about me and my life? What does Miguel have to gain from the knowledge of my hobbies and ambitions?"
Nestor lifted up his shoulders in a shrugging motion before he simply uttered the truth, "this isn't for Miguel." The head of security for the Galindo cartel had originally came to the hospital to gain information for Miguel but after Nestor had realized the nurse wasn't a threat to their organization nor to Miguel's family, Nestor couldn't help but want to get to know the woman that had been on his mind since seeing her inside of the Mayans clubhouse. The Oceteva man then shot the pediatric nurse a small smile once he noticed the confused expression on her face before he explained, "I find you intriguing, Victoria Miller."
Victoria stared across at the Oceteva man with her brows deeply furrowed as she didn't understand why he would be so interested in her if he wasn't doing it as task for Miguel. However, before the Miller woman could voice her confusion and ask what he meant by that, the brunette nurse immediately picked up on the loud and familiar sound of a motorcycle heading in their direction. Victoria swiftly stood up from the bench at the noise and turned around, where she noticed Angel turning off his motorcycle before he headed towards them with an unreadable expression on his face. Victoria figured it had something to do with the club, so she didn't voice her worry like she wanted. Instead Victoria walked around the bench and exclaimed with a small smile, "hey! You're finally here."
The older Reyes didn't say anything like Victoria was used to when he would show up. Instead, Angel walked straight towards the Miller woman like a man on a mission before he swiftly pulled the brunette nurse into his chest and wrapped his arms tightly around Victoria's lower waist while he glared at the now standing cartel assassin. The Mayans member stood like that for a moment as he ran his fingers across Victoria's waist before he pulled away and glanced down at the watch on his wrist and finally spoke as he exclaimed, "I still have seven minutes to spare, princesa." Angel shot the brunette woman a cocky smirk as he reminded her of their deal before he placed his right hand along Victoria's soft cheek before he pulled her into a passionate and jealousy filled kiss. The Reyes man and the Miller woman finally pulled away from each other once Angel couldn't breath before he uttered loudly enough for the cartel assassin to hear, "come on, mi amor. Let's go home before I take you right here."
Victoria's pale face instantly blushed deep red as she realized that Angel had said that in front of Nestor. The Miller woman didn't know why but she felt embarrassed by the fact that the Oceteva man heard hers and Angel's private moment - even though she and Angel are always very touchy in front of the Mayans and she never gets embarrassed like this. However, Victoria decided to not think about it too much. Instead, she nodded her head in agreement with Angel before she turned around and faced the silent Oceteva man. "It was nice talking with you, Nestor," the pediatric nurse praised with a small smile before she joked, "thanks for the coffee and for making me forget about my shitty car."
A barely noticeable smile lifted onto Nestor's face for only half of a second before the cartel assassin nodded his head and emotionlessly uttered, "you're welcome." Nestor took a couple of steps around the wooden bench until he was standing directly in front of the brunette woman before he murmured softly, "until next time, Ms. Miller." The Oceteva man then turned his attention onto the tense Angel, who was holding a tight grip on Victoria's waist, and stared at the biker for a moment before he finally took his leave into the dark shadows of the parking lot of Santo Padre Medical Center.
The Miller woman watched until she couldn't see Nestor any longer before she turned her attention on the abnormally rigid Angel Reyes. "Hey," Victoria softly uttered as she placed her warm hand on the biker's cheek before she worriedly wondered, "are you okay? Did something happen with the club?" The brunette nurse knew that Angel was usually tense when something was going on with the Mayans, so she figured that was what was happening right now.
Angel silently shook his head as he assured the brunette woman that nothing was wrong before he grabbed Victoria's hand from his cheek and placed a soft kiss onto her palm. "The club is fine," the Reyes man promised before he explained after he took a quick glance at the direction the assassin had went, "I just don't trust the cartel - especially around you, princesa." Angel then wrapped his arms tightly around Victoria's waist once again before he stated with his lips only a few centimeters away from Victoria's, "I just want to spend the rest of my night with my favorite girl."
A bright smile instantly lifted onto Victoria's mouth at Angel's cheesy words before she closed the distance between them and placed her soft lips against the Reyes man's rough ones. The kiss didn't last as long as the first one before Victoria pulled away with a a step back after she murmured a soft, "okay." The Miller woman shot Angel a small smirk while she headed towards his motorcycle as she called out when she didn't hear the loud footsteps of his boots, "come on now, Mr. Reyes. I think I owe you something."
Angel shook his head in amusement at the pediatric nurse as he mumbled to himself, "you're just something else, Vic." The Mayans biker then quickly jogged towards his ride and the brunette beauty as Victoria's words sparked that excited part of him that was on full display when he had first got her call at the promise of his reward. Once Angel reached his motorcycle, he quickly jumped on his ride and started it up before he left the hospital in the dust as he and Victoria rode through the dark and calm streets of Santo Padre.
The Reyes man and the Miller woman ended up taking a detour, thanks to the pediatric nurse begging for a chocolate milkshake from Nookie's Diner, so the usual fifteen minutes to Victoria's house from her workplace ended up taking thirty minutes. However, Angel didn't mind the wait as he loved when he got to be the reason for the smile on the brunette woman's face - plus the sex was always better with all the waiting and needing.
The Miller woman let out a groan once she swung her legs off of Angel's motorcycle after he parked in her driveway as her body was sore from her long shift at the hospital along with riding on the bumpy ride through town. However, Victoria knew that it was just her body that was reacting to a long day and that she wasn't actually tired. The brunette was very thankful for that as she knew Angel was about to make her even more sore by the way that he had been whispering to her at the diner that immediately got her worked up.
"Hey," Angel called out, which instantly brought Victoria out of her aroused thoughts. Once the older Reyes had the pediatric nurse's attention, he pointed his head towards the house and explained, "I'm gonna make sure all the doors and windows are secure around back real quick." It was Angel's usual routine when he would stay the night at Victoria's house - which was almost every single night. The biker was still cautious and careful when it came to Victoria's safety after the Dogwood incident.
Victoria nodded her head with a soft smile as she murmured, "okay." The Miller woman then grabbed her purse from the compartment on Angel's motorcycle before she headed up onto her large and white porch. Once Victoria had walked up on the stairs, she began to dig around in the pocket of her light blue scrub top before she found her keys. The brunette woman smiled once she found the right key out of the set before she looked up towards her front door. However, before Victoria could unlock the door and enter her house, she noticed a small black box leaning against the threshold of the entrance.
The Miller woman furrowed her brows in confusion as she didn't understand why she was receiving a package when she had checked the mail after she dropped off the groceries and alcohol this afternoon and this was definitely not waiting for her. Victoria shrugged her shoulders as she couldn't come up with an explanation before she picked up the package from the step in front of her door. The Miller woman carefully opened the square and thin box, where she instantly noticed the small dream catcher that she had been gazing at earlier in the day.
Victoria stared down at the dream catcher with her brows furrowed even more than they originally were as she couldn't understand why this would be here when she didn't mention it to anyone. It sure is beautiful, the brunette woman couldn't help but to admire the feathers and beads on the dream catcher as she lifted up the item from the black box. However, before Victoria could inspect and admire it even more, she noticed inside of the box laid a sliver of paper.
'I noticed you didn't get the chance to buy this. I hope it helps to keep the nightmares away.
It was nice to get to know you more, secret skater.
Until next time - N.'
"Wow," Victoria couldn't help but murmur to herself once she placed the note back into the box along with the small dream catcher. The Miller woman was surprised that Nestor had went out of his way and bought the item for her after one evening together of getting to know one another. "You are just full of surprises," Victoria mumbled as she gazed down at the beautiful dream catcher. The brunette nurse felt like every second that she is around the Oceteva man that she sees a different side of him that she had originally judged him for his work with the cartel instead of the man that he actually was, who loved to paint and joke around.
"Hey," the Reyes man uttered as he interrupted Victoria's thoughts about the head of security for the Galindo cartel while he loudly trotted up the steps of the porch with his heavy combat boots. Angel glanced over Victoria's shoulder to see what she was holding before he curiously wondered after placing a soft, feather-like kiss onto the brunette woman's neck, "who's that from?"
The Miller woman quickly placed the lid back onto the box when she heard and felt Angel behind her before she turned around in his arms and partly lied as she didn't want to start an argument that she knew would come if she told Angel the truth about the fact that it came from the man that he seemed to dislike lately, "oh, I ordered a dream catcher during my lunch break this afternoon." Victoria shook her head with a small chuckle, "I totally forgot about it." The Miller woman then stuck the small box into her purse that was hanging off her right arm and pushed her thoughts of Nestor along with his kind act to the back of her mind before she shot Angel a large smirk and asked as she brought her arms around Angel's neck, "now, what is that you want me to do for you, Mr. Reyes?"
A large smirk instantly lifted onto Angel's lips when Victoria mentioned the deal that they had before he surprised the brunette woman by quickly bending down and lifting Victoria up by her thighs, which immediately caused the pediatric nurse to wrap her legs tightly around his waist. "Espero que no vayas a trabajar mañana porque estarás muy dolido cuando termine contigo, cariño,"[I hope you don't have work tomorrow because you will be very sore when I'm finished with you, sweetheart,"] the Reyes man whispered into the shell of Victoria's ear once he opened up the front door of her house before he began to walk towards Victoria's bedroom with no intention of leaving anytime soon.
Victoria couldn't help but let out a loud giggle as Angel carried her around the house until she felt her back hit the soft material of her king sized bed. The Miller woman watched as the Reyes biker swiftly shed his Mayans kutte onto the chair behind him before he removed his white v-neck shirt with arousal in her hazel eyes as she admired Angel's tattooed and chiseled chest. This is the perfect way to end a long night, the brunette nurse thought as her mind instantly erased her conflicted thoughts of Nestor, who was supposed to be the enemy in her life, along with her shitty, broken down car that originally had put a damper on her mood. Instead, Victoria's thoughts were solely focused on the attractive man in front of her as Angel brought her into a fierce and passionate kiss that definitely would be only the beginning of their lustful night together.