CHAPTER 49
LUCIAN
“Come on, Crow! We can’t wait all day!”
The Sun shone bright on the Miami sky. This was the first day of their vacation, they left the gray concrete of the city to spend a few days at the beach.
The Beaufount Palace was as luxurious as he thought it would be.
“What do you think?” Lexie asked.
He had to look away or he’d have to deal with a freaking boner in public. Not that it worked, though, she wore a red and yellow bikini that made her look spectacular, he was already having a stiffening problem down there.
“I love it,” he said, trying to sound normal.
“The place is completely packed and it’s not even high season.”
“I thought you were talking about your bikini.”
She narrowed her eyes, “you naughty boy.”
After all this time, he was more and more in love with her each passing day.
She walked slowly to him. Her eyes telling him what was in her mind.
Oh, no. He lowered his hands to cover his junk, fuck, he needed to sit down soon before someone noticed.
“Crow!” he yelled, trying to distract himself, think of something else.
Finally he came down to the lobby, a high ceiling, beautifully decorated, expansive room that lead to some amenities the resort had: the club, the bars (just three out of nine), the spa… and to their right, the sun loungers.
The unique Miami vibe gave the hotel that classic look that he loved. This place was much different than Las Vegas or New York. It was luxurious, yet chill. Sunny but not annoyingly so.
Lexie reserved a sun lounge and he was aching to just lay out there on the soft beds, the pool surrounding them, then maybe they’ll go to the beach.
“I like it,” Crow said.
Lucian turned to him and laughed out loud.
He had never seen him like this, wearing shorts, light green bathing suit, flip flops and a pink shirt with a flamingo in it. His glasses and hat completed the image.
“What?” he said, looking down at himself.
“Nothing, man! You look great!” Lucian said, still laughing.
“Screw you, man!” Crow replied.
“Don’t pay attention to him, babe, you look incredible.”
“What happened to the dark, moody guy I’ve known all my life?” Lucian asked, trying to compose himself.
“He’s on vacation, dumbass,” Crow said, taking Lexie by the arm.
Lucian shrugged, “oh, well, that’s good to hear.”
He took her other arm and the trio walked outside.
“Anyway, nice hotel, honey, it’s better than I thought,” said Crow.
“I saw the numbers, it’s perfect. We can invest here and get our ROI in four years, in the worst case scenario.”
Lexie was now the Head of Accounting and New Opportunities in the organization.
From the moment she started working with them, she’d made the business grow exponentially. Well, he and Crow might helped, too. The three of them were a force to be reckoned with.
Their lawyer helped take compensation for the losses the Kovolski’s businesses suffered. Oscar had no family, no one could stand that motherfucker. In the end, the amount he owed was paid in full after liquidizing his assets. It’d been time consuming, yeah, but worth it, of course.
She took care of the numbers, they took care of expanding. Jason did a good job too. Just twelve months after leaving him in charge of expanding their operations to Texas, they were making money in Houston, San Antonio and Austin. He had some problems with the competition but got rid of it, one way or another.
No one else handled the business as well as they did.
“We shouldn’t talk about work while we’re on vacation,” he said.
Up ahead, a big bed waited for them, surrounded by plants and translucent drapes hanging on four posts for privacy. It had been years since they were able to do something like this.
“Thank you,” he told Lexie.
“What for?”
He shrugged, “we never went on vacation before we met you.”
“What did we do, back then?” Crow asked, genuinely wondering.
He didn’t reply. He honestly could not remember.
This was just a small break from the work routine, but it was truly needed.
And now we’re expanding here. Amazing how things have changed.
He had heard of the families who owned the city. Crow studied them. They were powerful, but nothing they hadn’t dealt with before.
“Stop thinking about work,” Lexie said with a smile, elbowing him.
They walked towards the middle of a rounded pool, over a narrow, blue tiled bridge. A big pool surrounded their sun lounge, they wanted the best one there was, it’s rustic design as welcoming as it looked in his dreams.
“Let’s focus on us,” Lexie continued.
She rushed to the bed. The white, semi-transparent drapes floated softly in the mid-morning breeze.
He couldn’t stop looking at her. He loved her so much it was an impulse he couldn’t resist.
Her hair, falling just below her shoulders, her beach hat, the beautiful contour of her back…
She lay on the bed and raised her legs, “oh my God! It’s even better than I thought!”
His cock was steel hard, he was lucky no one was near the pool. Seeing her dressed like that made him wild.
He balled his fists, trying to hold back. She lay down, then raised her legs up on air, giggling and enjoying life. This was just too tempting.
“Fuck,” Crow blurted out beside him, he was thinking the same thing.
Lucian gave him a quick glimpse and in a sudden impulse pushed him to the water.
Crow swung his arms like crazy, trying to find something to hold on to, his shocked face was a gift from the heavens.
“You’re so mean!” Lexie shouted, unable to hold back laughter, “oh, gosh! Crow!”
Lucian ran to her and lay by her side.
“You motherfucker!” Crow yelled, emerging from the pool, “I’ll kill you!”
Lucian’s finger was already grazing Lexie’s leg. This was a better vacation than he could have imagined. And they owed it all to her. The love of their lives.