Alexa has always wanted to travel. Being in Cancun, Mexico she cannot help but want to return home. It's been an exciting week but not being around her family is taking a toll on her.
"What's wrong, Dollface?" Alexa looks away from the window, the sun setting slowly in the distance. She comes face to chest with Grayson. He strokes the side of her face affectionately.
"Home sick."
"Look on the bright side, darling, we return home in the morning." She cracks a smile. But it quickly falls when she remembers who's back home: Natalia and Lilly. "Now what has taken your beautiful smile from me?"
Alexa sighs. "Lilly and Natalia." Grayson stiffens at the mention of their names. He doesn't know the two women confessed to attempted theft. "I'm sorry they tried to steal from you, my love. They are greedy women."
"Us," he corrects, "they tried to steal from us."
Alexa doesn't understand how he's so accepting. She's from a lower middle class family and he's very easily upper middle class. He has admitted to loving her tons of times, but it seems so surreal to her. He's handsome, wealthy, and o' so friendly, but he fell in love with an introverted, shy, pretty much penniless woman. To Alexa he dropped his standards. And it really crushes her to think he can do better.
Unexpected tears gather in her eyes after a while of silence. Grayson doesn't understand why she's crying but he doesn't ask. He pulls his wife into his arms and lets her sob against his bare chest. Alexa wraps her arms around Grayson. The two rock back and forth in the orange light of the setting sun.
Her sobs slow to a steady stream of tears. Grayson uses his thumbs to wipe away her sadness. "You're too beautiful to cry."
"You could have found another woman. You could have been matched with another prettier, wealthier woman, Grayson Ryker. What-- What if Mary would have matched me with some other man?" She takes a deep breath. "How do you know there is no other woman worthy of your time?"
"Because no other woman would look past my materials and see me, Grayson Ryker as you call me. You're it, Dollface. You're the only woman worth my time."
"I come from a lower middle class family--."
"As do I. Just because I climbed the social ladder doesn't mean I don't stop at times and help the ones I love reach my level." Grayson presses a kiss to Alexa's nose, resulting in her scrunching it up adorably. "We both come from the same place. You just needed a little help getting to where your family wants you to be."
Alexa winds her arms around Grayson's neck. Her braless chest smashes against Grayson's uncovered skin. Her robe parts slightly, giving Grayson a peak at the mounds he knows rest beneath the silk covering. They meet in the middle, a hot kiss taking both of their breaths away.
They paw at each other. Clothing is pulled away and tossed to the side.
The two make love by the sunset.
