Chapter 44

ALANA I LAY ON THE SOFA WITH MY HEAD ON ALEJANDRO’S LAP WHILE WE WATCHED a movie. I was wearing one of his t-shirts, which dwarfed my frame, and nothing else. I smiled to myself. We’d had the most incredible day together. I’d wanted to go swimming in the ocean earlier, and I’d asked him if I could borrow some of his boxer shorts and a t-shirt, but he had refused, insisting that I go swimming naked and assuring me this was his own private beach where no1 would see me. I’d agreed, on the understanding that he would come skinny dipping with me. He’d pulled off his clothes and chased me out into the water before I’d even finished the sentence. Afterwards, we’d had sex in the wet sand with the water lapping at our feet. We’d spent the rest of the afternoon and evening eating, reading and watching TV. I had never seen Alejandro so relaxed. He was like a different person here. There was no trace of the devil I knew he could be. My