I placed my hands on Gabriela’s hips, lassoing her deeper into me.
Her familiar fragrance and the curve of her body set my heart and mind at ease.
She tamed all my anxiety, set all my demons quiet.
They didn’t exist when she was near me.
Ginette glared at Gabriela while her friends dabbed at her soaked dress uselessly with napkins from the bar. “You did that on purpose.”
“Did I?” Gabriela drawled almost menacingly. “Prove it.”
Ginette couldn’t. She and her friends looked like they wanted to fight Gabriela. That would never happen on my watch. No one would lay a single finger on her.
“I promise you, I’m the last bitch you want to mess with,” Gabriela taunted further, almost baring her teeth. “Now turn around, walk away, and never,everspeak to Hunter again. Otherwise, I’ll make you sorry for even breathing the same air as him.”
I was stunned. No one had ever stood up for me. Not the way Gabriela had, without batting an eye. She would make Ginette pay. If not with her barbs, then with that trusty gun of hers.
Realizing it was futile to argue with Gabriela and perhaps sensing the weight of her threat, Ginette and her friends backed off after a few more colourful words aimed in our direction.
I didn’t spare them another glance, my undivided attention on the red-haired beauty in my arms.
She was all that mattered to me.
“Hi, baby.” I cupped her face, gazing down at her with affection. “You made it.”
“Hi, Hunt.” She kissed me again. “Did you miss me?”
I nodded vehemently. “So much.”
“I missed you, too.”
She might as well have shot me in the chest with an arrow. Her statement of missing me was just as powerful as her statement of adoring me.
“That was your ex, huh?” she asked bitterly.The one who cheated on you, I heard the silent accusation in her tone.
“It was.”
“I heard what she said to you and when I heard you say her name, I put two and two together.” Her face scrunched like she sucked a sour candy. “Serves her right to have her drink spilled over that abomination of a dress.”
I laughed. “You defending me was very sexy. Thank you,” I said playfully. “My hero.”
She nuzzled my lips, smiling. “I’ll always defend you. No one is allowed to hurt you, Hunt.”
My heart felt like it would burst. “Right back at you, Gabby.”
She wove her fingers with mine, brought our joined hands to her mouth, and kissed my knuckles.
Gabriela looked stunning tonight. Her hair flowed down her back in loose curls. Her makeup was flawless. Her ears were adorned with jeweled earrings. Her feet were thrust into strappy heels. And that red sequined minidress and diamond necklace tempted me yet again. My mouth salivated with the need to lick, suck, and bite her flesh.
God, she was perfect.
My little doll. My bewitching siren. My goddess of victory.
I would do anything for Gabriela Regina Bellafiore.
“Are you ready to go hide in a corner with me?” she murmured, knowing me so well.
“No.” I stroked a knuckle down her cheek. “I want to dance with you first.”
