Word Count → 320 :: Out of Character text
Luckily Emma seemed to be comforted by his words, much to his surprise, and the large Hydra relaxed beside her; it seemed Basilio had used his wonderful cute-ness spell on her and he rubbed his son roughly on the head and patted him on the backside to send him back off to his sister, which the little tyke gratefully did. Helotes turned to look at Emmanuelle with a smile just to catch her in a beautiful, maternal moment as she looked down at her rounded belly and stroked it lovingly. The way the sunlight caught her golden hair and the soft look in her eyes made her look completely angelic, and it struck Helotes dumb for a moment.
She said she was not fluent in Spanish, which suggesting that she did know some, which didn’t surprise him; Angel was from Spain after all, and though the dialect was different from his own Mexican speech, it would be easy to recognize them as the same language. But then suddenly, like a punch to the face, did Helotes’ slow, male brain realized the specific lilt in her voice when she had suggested he teach some day; and that wink! The Cheshire grin came immediately to Helotes’ face, Why of course. I am at your beck and call, senorita. He purred and he lifted her hand then and brought it to his face as if to kiss it like the troubadours of old, but instead hesitated, instead letting his fiery eyes linger in the depths of her cool ones.
Helotes could not deny, and never had denied, Emmanuelle’s beauty. It was a bit of a shame that she carried the children of the dark Spaniard, but she was not tied to him, and Helotes was no longer tied to Zana. Oh the infinite possibilities that suddenly sparked within the eternal pervert’s mind! If only his children were not present, if only, if only!
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