Chapter 3 Hottie

KENDRA

"Good God, buddy! Look at you!" Uncle Leo said happily as he hugged Uncle Xavier, who was laughing happily. 

My dad as well. 

The three of them are. 

God, uncle Xavier! 

He is back! 

And he looks...... he looks hotter than in all his pictures. 

Fuck. 

He is drop dead gorgeous. 

"I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw him," Dad said.

"Me neither. With all the convoy, businessmen hovering around you and all that. Dude was on fire before, but now, he is hell!" Uncle Leo snickered, making both my dad and Uncle Xavier laugh. 

He laughs so beautifully. 

Damn.

What a man! 

I am hot already. 

This is an outdoor event. The cold wind should be refreshing, but this one man brings the opposite. 

Just look at him. 

He is standing opposite the huge table where I am seated with the others, but I can feel his hotness very much from here. 

He is dressed in an expensive black designers jacket that hugs his built and insanely matured muscular body and black pants. He has no inner shirt on, making his chest be on full display. 

That's a fucking blessing. 

I could lick every bit of it. 

I am literally drooling. 

His brunet hair is styled in a very neat way along with that haircut that made him look less than a forty-five-year-old man.

Seriously, is he really forty-five or twenty-five? I am confused. 

Good God. 

His height..... don't get me started. 

He is just about my dad's height, which is six-foot-three. If not taller. 

Seriously, the things this tall glass of hot sex could do to....

"Ow," I winced at the pain of a pinch from my African-American best friend, Mercedes, making me look at her with furrowed brows. 

"Hey," 

"Shh, you were drooling," she whispered. 

I scoffed. "So?" 

She raised her brows at me. 

I shrugged. 

She leaned closer to me. 

"Girl, you drooling over your effing uncle?" 

I scoffed. "No," I lied, moving my eyes weirdly as I picked up my glass of wine and sipped. 

"Hmm," she hummed, nodding and making that familiar face.

I pursed my lips, holding back my laughter.

I moved my eyes back to my new crush, who happened to be my uncle. 

Well, he is not actually my uncle, is he? 

He is still busying with my dad and Uncle Leo. They are still laughing happily at one another's jokes and catching up on old times. 

Let him focus on us already! 

Enough with the reunion moments. 

"I want more chocolate syrup, mum!" David's annoyingly loud voice got my most precious attention. 

He is seated at the same table but opposite us with his mother and sister.

The little greedy monster has chocolate syrup all over his lips. 

Ew. This kid is disgusting. He is always disgusting. 

Ugh. 

"But you already had two scoops already," Jessica said, wiping his lips with a napkin. 

Better. 

He is already making the atmosphere feel gross. 

"I want more!" he whined again. 

What the....

"Fine. Just this once. You can't have more chocolates. It will affect your belly," Jessica said, handing over another cup of chocolate syrup to him. 

I scoffed internally. 

So much for being concerned and mindful.  

Yeah right. 

His belly will literally rot. I tell you

Kids. 

I scoffed, sipping my drink. 

"Come on, guys, let me see the other version of my family," Uncle Xavier said, moving closer to our table. 

I shifted in my seat nervously and happily as his eyes rested on me. 

I mean on us. 

Yeah. 

I could make them be only on me if I want them to. 

And I absolutely want them to. 

"Hello, everybody!" He called happily, smiling at us. 

"Xavier, you look like success," mum complimented, and I couldn't agree more. 

He is not just hot as hell but a fucking billionaire.

Just like us. 

We are meant to be. 

Yeah. 

I mean, my parents and him. 

Uncle Leo and his family inclusive. 

"Thank you, Valentina. God, Brad, your wife is fucking gorgeous, man"'

Damn. 

Say that word again please. 

Make it about me this time. 

"Careful now," dad joked, making him chuckle. 

God, I am done for. 

He raised his hands slightly in surrender. 

"Sorry, man, I am just appreciating God's magnificent creation," he said, taking mom's hand and kissing her knuckles. 

Hm! 

Why?! 

My mom is married. Ignore her! 

"Whoa, Alex?" 

"Happy Birthday, uncle," my brother said, getting on his feet and matching uncle Xavier's height. 

Uncle Xavier was amazed by that. 

They shared a hug and uncle is still amazed. 

"Damn, Brad. This is Alex?" he said, pointing at Alex dramatically. 

Dad chuckled. "Yeah, that's my boy," 

"Good God. He is a man now. I heard you are now an attorney," uncle said. 

Alex shrugged. "Yes," 

"Wow," 

"He has already won a few cases so far," dad bragged, and I fought the urge to roll my eyes. 

"Awesome. But hey, I am still upset you didn't follow in my footsteps like you promised me years ago," Uncle Xavier said to Alex. 

"I will make it up to you," Alex said. 

Uncle scoffed. "Well, the only way to make it up to me is to join the junior academy." 

Everyone laughed as his eyes moved towards me.

My heart reacted in a way as I straightened up. 

His eyes rested on me for some seconds and boy.....

I know that look! 

I get it all the time from guys. 

I wish I could fix my tight dress properly and show more of my cleavage. 

"And who do we have.....wait, Kendra?" he asked. 

My name has never sounded better. 

"Yes, that is Kendra," Dad said. 

"My goodness," 

I took it as a cue to get on my feet. His eyes followed my every move as I walked around the table and towards him. 

"This keeps getting better and better," he said as I walked closer to him. 

"Welcome home, uncle," I said, giving him my normal seductive smile recognized by no one at this table but Mercedes. 

Which is better. 

I hugged him without hesitation. 

I can't waste a second. 

You have to cease the moment. 

His expensive scent messed with my nose. God, I need the name of his cologne so I can get one for myself. I felt his muscles tense the minute I hugged him. 

This man is affected by me. 

I can feel it. 

His body is fire! 

His hands around me sent a hurricane from my spine down to my little baby girl. 

Fuck. 

What is going on? 

Why is he so damn hot?! 

He hasn't aged a bit. 

"Happy birthday," I said after I unwrapped my hands from him. 

"Thank you, sweetie. Geez. Brad, what the actual hell? Your family is a bomb, man," he said, looking at my dad. 

Dad chuckled proudly. 

"Wow," uncle said, amazed and staring at me and then at my mom and brother. 

But hey, his eyes returned to me. 

"What do you do now?" He asked. 

"Well, she is....." 

"I am professional dancer," I retorted, cutting my dad off. What is he planning to say. 

Uncle Xavier nodded and hummed. "A professional dancer. That is great," 

I smiled. "Thank you," 

"Yeah," 

I fought the urge to wink at him, comporting myself as I made sure to cat walk towards my seat. 

I would like to swear he was checking me out. 

I sat in my seat, feeling Mercedes' lingering eyes on me. 

She is not a problem. 

She understands me more than anyone on this table. 

Well, she might not understand this thing I have for Uncle Xavier. 

It is not something that just started tonight. 

It is...

"I believe you haven't met my little son, David," Uncle Leo said, interrupting my thoughts and gesturing at David. 

"Yeah, you told me about your new kid," Uncle said, staring at David, who is now messier than last time I looked at him. 

"Hey, big man. I am your uncle, Xavier. It is nice to meet you," uncle said. 

"Hello," he sang with his stuffed mouth. 

Ugh. Gross. 

"And he loves to eat. He reminds me of you, Leo," uncle joked, making aunt Carmen and dad chuckle. 

"It is nice to have you back, Xavier. Welcome home," Aunt Carmen said. 

"Thank you, Carmen. You look stunning," Uncle complimented. 

Crap.

Why didn't he compliment me? 

It got to my freaking turn, he complimented as family. 

That's unfair. 

I am fucking hot.

Hotter than all the women here. 

I bet he knows that. The slight stare showed that. 

"Welcome back, uncle," Jessica said, getting on her feet and walking around the table, heading towards him. 

This annoying girl. Does she have to stand up like I did? 

My eyes followed her devotedly as she got close to him and hugged him. 

I scoffed. 

She is short and could barely reach his shoulder. 

If he wasn't our uncle, he wouldn't even look at her. 

She is far from beautiful. 

And that blue dress she is wearing....ugh. 

Don't get me started.

Get away from him already. 

"Wow, Jessica. You are all grown up too," uncle said after unwrapping her. 

She smiled, staring at him. 

He smiled too. 

"You can say that again. She is nurse now," Dad said, making me scoff internally." 

He didn't ask about that, Dad. 

"Really?" uncle Xavier asked, looking at Uncle Leo who shrugged and smiled. 

Uncle Xavier's eyes moved back to Jessica. 

Don't you dare compliment her. 

Don't you dare.