His Tesoro (The James Series book 1 )(BWWM)

Bonus

Wasn't sure what to write about, so here's this 🥰

Mateo

"You two have been together for how long now?"

"About 42 years." I answer taking Nyla's hand in mine.

"So, 42 years ago. Looking back, did you think you'll be together this long? everything that happened in your relationship did you imagine it would happen?"

"I knew we'd be together this long. We both knew at the time that if we're gonna be together than that's it. We're in it forever. I wasn't thinking too far ahead into the future. I just knew that one day we'd get married and we'd have kids. Whatever path god chose for us going down the line is what we're built for." Nyla answers

"Just like Nyla said. I knew I'd want this forever. I knew that whatever road blocks came, we'd get through it together. The kids and marriage I imagined. Becoming trillioniares together, I didn't. I wasn't and didn't want to think about the future too hard, because there was the fear of Nyla falling out of love for me." I answer honestly

"Never the fear of you falling out of love?"

"I could never. I fall more everyday even after 42 years" I smile

"What about the rumours and the allegations. How did you get past those? How did those effect your marriage?"

"Most we never let affect us. We proved so many people wrong. People said we'd never make it to a year, then to 5, then to 10. Now look at us. 4 and a half decades later. We did let one accusation effect our marriage. One that I never like thinking about and just like we established from the beginning, we communicated, we talked it out." I answer shortly

"To simplify it. Trust. I trust my husband. Besides when we looked at the facts, if he was accused of cheating there was solid proof that the accused day of, he was with me. I don't need, we don't need, jealous people trying to ruin what we have." Nyla answers

"What is it you have?"

"Someone I can trust, someone who I love. My best friend, the man of my dreams. Someone I never thought I'd get." Nyla answers and I blush

"I have the woman I've only ever had a crush on. The only one I've ever and will forever love." I answer

"How did you both know you were in love with one other?"

"I didn't know then, but I know it now... the day this, spark between us started was the day I asked Nyla to homecoming. I had asked her on a date that night to and I ended up cooking for her and we danced in the kitchen of my parents house in Miami... that night while we danced and held each other was the night I fell in love. And since then we haven't stopped dancing in the kitchen after dinner." I smile looking down at Nyla and I'd joined hands.

"When I found out my dad got into and accident... I didn't let Mateo leave my side and he stayed and held me while I cried. And when I thought I was becoming to clingy he kept assuring me. And while he was holding me and singing to me, I felt a shift in my emotions towards him. And it was a great feeling. It was when I started feeling more love then lust" Nyla answers confidently

"Becoming parents at a young age and also in general is a big step. It can cause damages in your relationship. Did your parenting cause dents?"

"No" Nyla answers first

"It brought us closer." I nod

"We built trust and this whole new love and bond. Becoming parents showed us that we had to be not only parents, of course. But role models and friends to our children." Nyla adds

"You're relationship now with your children? What's that like? They're out, they have their own family's and lives. So how are your relationships with them?"

"Great. We see our grandkids almost every weekend. We talk to our kids, who travel the world on their own, we are super proud of who they are." I smile

"On the topic of kids... why did you hide your daughter?"

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Yes this is a teaser in a form of an interview...

Read the rest of the series to find out the answer 😉

I'll write anything but a wedding scene (cuz I suck at those) so is there something you want to see?