I woke up the next day to find Santiago wide awake and ready for the day. He was facing away from me fixing the collar of his white t-shirt. His light brown hair was combed back perfectly, the tips touching the back of his neck.

His hair was getting long. He had mentioned the night before he planned on getting a haircut soon.



Santi looked handsome no matter what.



My amazing, hot, and dangerous boyfriend.



"Durmio bien la bella durmiente?" he looked at me through the mirror while he finished dressing up. (Did the sleeping beauty sleep comfortably?)



"Best sleep of my life" I smiled at him. "Why are you so dressed up?"



"Our visitors from the U.S gave me a call to let me know that they'll be here in two hours. They've been our business partners for years and I owe them an explanation...the stolen drugs were supposed to arrive in California yesterday morning but they didn't." he walked over to the side of the bed and kissed my forehead. "The leader of the mafia in the U.S. is my friend Mike Fullerton, he's coming over with his wife Claire...His wife is very involved with the drug trafficking business...I hope you don't mind sitting down with us...to discuss what's going on..." Santi looked down at me, he looked a bit hesitant to be telling me this.



He knew how I felt about getting too involved.



But enough is enough.



I'm dating a cartel leader, his whole life revolves around El Cartel de Sinaloa.



One of the rules all cartels have for the outside people that want to join the Mafia is that once you're in, there's no way out.



I've been a hypocrite, I deluded myself with the idea that I can live a normal life when the fact is I'm tied down to the Mexican cartels. I was born into this life and there's no way out. I'm in it for life.



Till' death do us apart. I am married to the mafia.



"Santiago" I pulled him down to sit on the edge of the bed and looked at him face to face. My brown eyes staring into his blue ones. "When I accepted to be your girlfriend, I accepted everything else that comes with you. Your family, your weird mood swings, your greek-god body..."



He chuckles.



I went back to my romantic speech. "My point is...I know your cartel is very important to you because it was passed down to you from your father. I know you plan on dedicating your whole life to keeping this illegal organization as one of the best in Mexico. I don't want you to hide part of your life from me."



"So you're saying?"



"I'm in love with you, Santi." I kissed him on the lips. "You can tell anything about your job, you can count on me as an ally."



He grinned and hugged me tightly to his chest. "You don't know how happy it makes me to hear you say that, Gabriela."



I can only hope I don't ever regret this.



~*~*~*~*



Santi had gone downstairs to make sure Rita got started on breakfast and make sure everything was ready for our guests.



He told me there was no need to dress nice or fancy since this was just a casual meeting so I decided to wear a white long-sleeved shirt with a pair of dark blue jeans. Once I was satisfied with the way I looked I went downstairs to join my boyfriend in the dining room table.

(A/N: Pictures of them on the side of this chapter<3)



Santi sat at the head of the table and I went to sit to his right. The doorbell rang and Santiago stood up from his spot while we waited for Rita to open the door.



I stood next to Santi when I saw a tall white man walk into the room with a pretty petite blonde on his arm. The guy I assumed to be Mike looked to be in his late twenties and Claire, his wife, looked my age.



"Santiago Bustamante" Mike walked over to Santi with a grin on his face. "Long time no see, mi amigo."



Santi stepped forward to give him a man-hug and pat him on the back. "It's good to see you Mike." he leaned in to give Claire a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "You too Claire."



I smiled at the two strangers politely. Santi put his arm around me, "Gabby these are my friends and business partners Michael and Claire Fullerton. Mike, Claire...this is my wonderful girlfriend Gabriela Romano."



"It's a pleasure to meet you." I shook Mike's hand and did the same to Claire only to have her pull me towards her, giving me a friendly hug.



Claire was a petite young woman but she sure had a lot of strenght.



"I'm so excited to finally meet the girl who managed to snag my friend, Santi" she exclaimed loudly."We heard the rumors but we wanted to see for ourselves."



"Please excuse my wife, Gabriela" Mike rolled his eyes playfully. "She's not shy when it comes to meeting new people."



I laughed. "It's no big deal. And please, call me Gabby"



"We were hoping you guys would join us for breakfast..." Santi took a seat and motioned to the table.



"Gladly, thank you for having us bro" Mike took the chair across the table from me and on Santi's left side. Claire took a seat next to her husband.



"Santiago said your last name was Romano..." Claire said to me. "By any chance are you related to the Romano's from the Gulf Cartel?"



"Yes" I answered. "My father is Salvador Romano, I'm Martin and Alex's younger sister."



"Oh my God yes!" Claire gasped out in shock. "Your father talks about you all the time. He's such a nice man. We've done some business with his cartel before.



Rita walked in with the younger maids and placed all types of fruit, juice, toasted bread, and a casserole of Mexican chilaquiles.



"Muchas gracias por este desayuno tan delicioso, Rita" I thanked the older woman. (Thank you so much for this delicious breakfast, Rita.)



"De nada, senorita Gabby . Provecho!" she bowed before exiting the room with the rest of her helpers. (You're welcome Miss. Gabby. Enjoy!)



"This is what I love about your country" Mike said before piling his plate with lots of food. "You have the best food in the world."



Santiago laughed at his friend. "I've told countless of times that you and Claire are welcome to come stay with us anytime you want"



"We've been busy with work man, but I'll certainly take you up on the offer now that Claire has someone to talk with while we go hang with the guys." he nodded at me.



Claire looked around curiously. "Speaking of them, are they around the house anywhere? I didn't see their trucks outside..."



Santi sighed. "I had to send them out to work, they're helping me find out what happened to the stolen merchandise..."



"Santiago..." Mike looked at my boyfriend and exchanged a look with his wife. "We want you to know that we understand this was not your cartel's fault at all. We're aware of the war going on between your people and Hector's cartel. We've never done any business with that guy because we don't like the way he does things. My wife and I will always be on your side."



"Thank you for understanding amigos." Santiago spoke in a serious tone. "And rest assured that I will make sure you receive the packages you paid for. I already have my people working on it."



~*~*~*



After we finished having breakfast Santiago and Mike went out to talk with some of our guards about future plans that they had for getting the new drugs over the border between the U.S and Mexico.

Claire and I went out to the garden, my favorite place in the mansion, where she was telling me a little bit more about herself.



"So how long have you been married to Mike?" I asked my new friend while we were sitting down on one of the small benches.



"I've been married to him for two years, my dad worked for him and that's how we met." she smiled, probably recalling a fond memory between her and Mike. "And I've known Santiago from way before that, like I said...my father has been in this for years..."



She's known Santi for a long time? Maybe she knows Jessica too, the girl who played with Santi and Joel.

"If you've known the Bustamante's for so long...did you ever get the chance of meeting a girl named Jessica?"



"Santi told you about her?" Claire looked weary as she waited for my response.



"He told me she was Joel's girlfriend and she ruined the relationship between him and his brother..."



Claire nodded "I never liked her, from the first moment I met her she came of as a gold digger, she had a bitchy attitude and it was obvious when she was Joel's girlfriend she always tried to get Santiago's attention."



"Do you know what happened to her? Where did she go?"



"Last I heard she went back to her family in Guadalajara. She's kept her distance from Santi but she was obsessed with him. I wouldn't be surprised if she shows up here when she finds out that Santiago has a new girl."



"You really think so?"



"I know so, that girl was psycho." If that day ever happens you better put that bitch in her place... I like you Gabby and from the way I see my friend Santi looks at you I can tell he's crazy in love with you."



I grinned at the blonde. "I most definitely will. Now that Santiago is mine, I won't let anyone take him away from me."



There's no doubt in my mind that there's a lot of woman out there who had a fling with the powerful Santiago. And somewhere deep within me I've always known that someday I will have to deal with a lot of whores either from his past or new ones that will try to get in his bed.



Cartel men love to be surrounded by women.



But I'll make sure to be the only woman for Santiago Archivaldo Bustamante



His one and only.



*~*~*



The world's most dangerous drug lord has been captured. If you haven't heard the news look it up!

Is it bad that I was a little upset when I found out El Chapo got captured? Lol, idk but when my grandma told me about it in my mind, for some crazy reason the person who got captured was Don Ernesto Bustamante. I swear! For a split second the first thought that came to my mind was: Poor Santi, they captured his dad :(



But I got over it. El Chapo is in jail which I doubt he'll be in there for long...



Did any of you think about this story when you first heard the news?



Rumor has it that if his capturing his FOR REAL and he ends up being sent to the U.S someone else will have to step up as leader of the cartel, and the possible candidates are El Damaso (his god son who is in the buisness) orrrrrr Ivan Archivaldo Guzman, his REAL and oldest son.



Sound familiar?



Yes, when I was trying to come up with a middle name for Santi I did a little research and fell in love with the name Archivaldo.



LOVE LOVE LOVE the name.



But yeah, it's all rumors. There's no way to confirm anything :(



Back to the story... Santi and Gabby have gotten A LOT closer. Gabriela is totally in love! Everything has been pretty calm and quiet for them lately, so you know something good is coming.



It'll be a whole lot of ACTION and DRAMA.



And after ALL that it's the end...or is it?



P.S. Listen to the song on the side of this chapter! A new corrido written and performed by the one and only Gerardo Ortiz. The song is called Archivaldo (in my fictional world this song would have been written for Santi) but in real life it's all about Ivan Archivaldo.



Enjoy!



Hugs&Besos



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