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Page 70 of Ice Falls

A trembling sigh left my throat. “Why?”

“It makes me want to punish you.”

Jesus and all the saints. What the hell was he doing? Why did I feel like a current was forming in my stomach? I cleared my throat. No, I wasn’t going to get distracted.

“Well, your friend certainly seems to think you are much more. She told me she was.” He smiled, and I snapped. “What?!”

“I love seeing you like this.”

I turned my head away, trying to hide the heat I felt rising to my face again. My pride told me to stop this, but my heart needed to know.

“Why does she act like you’re hers, then?”

“Well,” he said hesitantly, “we used to date when we were younger, but we broke up a long time ago. She then dated David until his death. She is a little protective of me, that’s all.”

I pulled against his firm grip, walking away from him, my arms crossed for self-support.

“She seems to be in need of a clarification from you,” I pushed.

I knew what I saw. And he wasn’t helping.

“I agree,” he admitted. “If it will make you happy, I will clarify things with her. Frankly, I have before, and I did again today.”

Alejandro started walking toward me again. I needed a distraction, or I would end up on that window again, the thought causing a painful wave of desire to invade me.

“What about Karina?”

“Ah, yes, well, Mathias and I have been planning what to do for a while, and in that process, she and I got…close…but it wasn’t serious.”

“You guys slept together.”

“Yes,” he answered with a low, calm voice.

I wanted to slap the calmness out of his face. Jealousy was making me blind, even if deep down I knew I had no right. We were having a staring contest, Alejandro waiting for me to react.

“When was the last time you slept with Elena?”

Alejandro lifted a brow, surprised by my boldness I assume, but I didn’t care.

“You said I could ask, and I see no need to tiptoe around the topic.”

“Very well. Elena and I slept together a few weeks ago, give or take,” he admitted, jaw tightened, eyes darkening. I noticed his Adam's apple move down as he swallowed hard.

“That’s what I thought,” I said, trying to hide the pinch I felt in my heart. “It's no wonder she is confused. And she was dating your brother, for Christ’s sake. Who does that?” He flinched. Jealousy was searing through my veins.

“It was a mistake on our part. We let grief get the best of us. But I was very clear, even afterward, even today. It was before you, Amelia.”

I shook my head. “Goodnight, Alejandro.”

I rushed out of the room and headed straight to the bathroom, where I could let out a scream of frustration. I decided to take a bath. I needed to control what clearly was a desire to destroy every other women Alejandro had ever touched.

I had hoped the episode earlier would have satisfied my itch, calmed down my desire for this man, but I feared I was more on edge now than I was before.

As the day started, my mind was made up. I needed to swim, try to exercise more, to calm my hot head…and my heart. After having a small fruit bowl for breakfast, I put on a pink bikini I had found in the luggage of clothes.

The bikini fit well, thankfully. It didn’t cover as much as I would normally prefer, but it was the only one I had. I put some oil in my hair, some sunscreen on my skin, and covered up with a long, white, cotton shirt. I put on a pair of beach sandals, and after I grabbed a towel, I headed outside.

The sun was warm but not too hot. The air was dry and just perfect for the first week of September. I enjoyed the feeling of the salty wind and a light amount of sand hitting my body.