Chapter 2

Walking into the warehouse, Miguel sees Jason tied to the pew and sees Nestor glaring at him, itching to go. Miguel walks up and asks "Do you know why you're here?" Jason glares at Nestor and says "Daria." Miguel smirks and says "Yes. Now, do you know who I am?" he asks and Jason nods his head yes. "Good. But do you know who this man is?" Miguel asks and Jason says "The fucker that broke into my house and took Daria." Nestor steps forward just a little and you see Jason flinch and Miguel's smirk gets bigger. "Yes. But you see, Daria, not only works for my wife but is her best friend. So when she hurts, my wife hurts and we just can't let that happen. But this time, I get to sit back and enjoy the show. "Brother, are you ready?" Miguel asks Nestor and he nods. Miguel steps back saying "He's all yours." before Nestor steps forward. Getting in Jason's face, he says "You've hurt Daria for the last time. She's with me now. And she will be treated like the queen she is." Nestor stands up straight and one of his men hands him a machete. Nestor taps each of Jason's shoulders with the blade before deciding to take off his right arm first. Listening to him scream, he asks "Daria screamed like that. I heard her." and the thought pisses Nestor off even more. Taking the blade, he chops off the other arm before watching Jason bleed out until he's almost lifeless. Nestor takes out his gun and puts on bullet in Jason's head, killing him.

After Jason is dead, the men start to clean things up and Miguel says "Let's head to the house so you can check on your girl." Nestor nods before they head outside to the car. Once inside the confines of the car, Nestor says "Thank you for that brother." Miguel says "Now just to get her to agree to be with you." Nestor looks at Miguel in the rearview mirror and smirks. They get to the house, and Emily stands, looking at both men and Miguel nods. Emily releases the breath she'd been holding and tells Nestor, "Go on." He nods before heading to the guest room where I am. He walks into the room quietly before sitting on the side of the bed where I am facing him. He brushes my hair out of my face and I start to stir. "Nestor?" I ask, not sure why he's in my room. "How are you feeling mi reina?" he asks. "Sore." I say as I feel him brush his fingers through my hair. "You will be for a few days but he won't be a problem anymore." he tells me and I know what that means. "Thank you Nestor." I whisper. He leans down and kisses my cheek before saying "Just rest mi reina. I just wanted to make sure you were okay." I place my hand on his were he placed it on my cheek and rub my thumb over his knuckles. "Good night Novio." he whispers. "Good night Nestor." I whisper before he stands and sees his way out while I drift back off to sleep.

Waking up the next morning, I get dressed for work and walk out to the patio where Miguel and Emily are. "How are you feeling this morning?" Emily asks. "Sore but better than I did last night. Thank you. Both of you." I say. "You're familia. It was never a question." Miguel says and I smile softly at him. "Can I ask something?" I ask and they look at me. I know what I can and can't ask about. "Either of you know why Nestor was in my room last night?" I ask and they both smirk. "Seems Nestor has quite an interest in you." Miguel says. "That can't be it." I say. "Why not?" Emily asks. "He's completely out of my league." I say, looking down at my plate. "He isn't. You just don't see how great you are." Emily tells me as she takes my hand and squeezes.

After breakfast, we head out to work. "Nestor, can you give the girls a ride to the office?" Miguel asks. "Of course." Nestor says and I see Emily kiss Miguel's cheek and whisper something to him and he smiles. I want that kind of love. But that won't happen. "Let's go." Emily tells me as we grab out bags and head out to the car. We get to the car and I see Nestor holding the door open and Emily gets in. Before I can get in, he stops me. "How are you this morning?" he asks. "A little better. Thank you." I say. He kisses my cheek before helping me into the car and Emily just smiles as Nestor walks around the car to get in. "Shut up." I tell her and she starts laughing and I can't help but smile. We get to the office and he opens the door for us to get out. When I get out, he kisses my cheek and says "Have a good day mi reina." I blush a little and say "You too. Stay safe." I tell him before following Emily into the office. "Now tell me he's not into you. Mi Reina?" she saks. "He's calling you his queen, Daria. His queen." she tells me and I just blush. "Can we not talk about this?" I ask and she just laughs.

Later that evening, we go home. I shower and am sitting in my room, while Miguel and Emily are in their room and my phone goes off with a text.

N: Hola mi reina.

D: Hola Nestor.

N: How was your day?

D: Good. Yours?

N: Safe. Just like you asked.

D: Good. You know, I could never thank you enough for saving me Nestor.

N: I'll always protect you Daria. Always.

D: Can I ask something?

N: Anything.

D: Why do you call me mi reina?

N: You're an amazing woman you should be treated as such.

D: Wait. Does big bad Nestor have a sweet side?

N: Don't go telling everyone now. Might ruin my reputation.

D: It will be our secret. Do you treat all your girls this well?

N: You're the only one. You better get some sleep mi reina.

D: I will. Goodnight Nestor.

N: Goodnight mi reina. See you in the morning.

I look at my phone and wonder if maybe Emily is right. I drift off to sleep and for the first time I don't fear that I am going to get beat again. I just think of him.