The Secret Between Us
Chapter 33

I still can’t believe what she has done for me, I finish calibrating the camera and smile like a fool. She knows me too well and knows that this was one of my dreams, but that she has been kind enough to give me these elements so that I can somehow start to make them come true; it lets me know that the love we have for each other is so great, that we are constantly thinking of each other’s happiness. That’s what they say real love is like, isn’t it?

-Are you ready? – I hear his voice and I smile like a little child jumping with excitement at the long-awaited thing I’ve been waiting for.

-I’m always ready,” I answer very confidently and hear his laughter in the distance.

-Your model too,” he says and out of nowhere a music like you hear on the catwalks starts to play.

-This is getting interesting! – I exclaim with laughter and suddenly my wife comes out of the bathroom with a set of lingerie worthy of the Victoria Secret catwalks -Wow! – I gawk at the sight of her tiny black lace panties, her black lace bustier, and those heart-stopping suspenders.

-Photographer, focus,” she asks, putting her hands on either side of her waist and laughing.

-Sorry, I was distracted by the beauty of the model,” I confess and start shooting with my camera capturing every angle of her.

She turns, poses, smiles, and even climbs on the bed to pose in a sexy way and I feel my body going out of control with every pose she gives me, with the way she looks at me, the way she smiles at me… -Am I a good model? – She asks me amused and smiles.

-You’re a very evil model, making the photographer lose his concentration,” I joke.

-I noticed… I like to see my photographer excited.” She rebuts sensually and without being able to stand it anymore, I get on the bed with her and I take a picture of her face capturing her perfect way of looking at me, of smiling at me…

-I love you my beauty,” I tell her and k**s her, moving the camera to one side to take a picture of the moment and then I let go of it to hold her face in my hands.

-And I love you my bad boy,” she rebuts and k****s me again, but this time it’s her who pushes me so that I fall backwards on the bed to position herself on top of me.

We are completely lost in our k**s when suddenly a roar makes us separate and before we can react, someone enters the room pointing a gun at us -Still! – He shouts at us and as I look at him I’m speechless – Get your hands off my niece! – He demands.

-What are you doing here? – She asks completely scared, but a few minutes later I see my brother Batista entering the room and he points another gun at me.

-Get up or I swear I’ll kill her,” my brother demands and the only thing I can do is give the blanket we have on the bed to my husband so he can cover himself.

-You kill her and I’ll kill your brother, this wasn’t the deal we had,” Mateo warns him while Mia and I look at each other.

-I don’t want to go with you… we are married,” she says and her uncle’s face changes completely.

-You betrayed your whole family by messing with this family! – Her uncle shouts at her, “Now really Mia, get up if you don’t want this to end in tragedy,” he repeats.

She looks at me and as I look around me, I realise that we have no way out, through the window I see the lights of several cars and even though I don’t want to admit it; this is the end for us -My love… we have no other option- I whisper to her and I don’t know at what moment or how they have found us.

-Mia, get up and change,” Mateo demands and with a lot of hesitation, she gets out of bed and goes to the bathroom followed by her uncle who is waiting for her outside the door.

-What the f**k is all this?! – I shout at Batista as I get out of bed and stand in front of him.

-The only truce I’ve been able to reach with Morelli so that he’ll stop f*****g up our lives.

-How? I just don’t understand, how did they know we were together? –

-It’s not time for explanations, grab your things and we’ll leave, otherwise I’ll have to let him kill you and I’ll have to kill her” He threatens me and I realise how serious the situation is.

-Thank you for ruining my life once again,” I sentence and I panic that something might happen to her or our son… I wouldn’t forgive myself.

I hate to do this, but right now all I can think about is them and avoiding an even greater tragedy. I grab a few things and suddenly I hear her voice – Izan! – She shouts at me and as I go to where her voice is coming from, I realise that her uncle is taking her away by force.

-Mia!” I shout as I run towards her, but her uncle points his gun at me.

-You come closer and I’ll kill you, tell your family that we have a clear account.” He threatens me and in these moments I feel that my world has collapsed in a matter of minutes when he makes her leave the house and puts her in a car.