Diego waited in the shadows until Victoria closed the door gently behind her.
"Would you have said that if you didn't know it was me?"
"Don't be ridiculous, Diego. He's my baby, and he is a de la Vega. No scoundrel is getting in arm's length of any of my children."
"You frighten me sometimes, querida," Diego said with a little chuckle.
She melted in his arms as he embraced her.
"Diego, I have four other children to say goodnight to."
"If you allow me, I can see to half."
"It's more for me than for them, but join me."