“Would you be surprised if I did?”
“No. I expected you to try and run eventually.”
“But I’m your wife now. Not your prisoner. I have the right to go where I want, when I want. But you have to trust me to return. Which I did.”
He opens his mouth to argue before he shuts it, realizing that I’m right. There’s nothing to argue about.
“Still,” he eventually says. “I… I was worried you could have been hurt.”
“Says the man who kidnapped me.”
“I know I did and I know I’m not a gentle man. But you’re my wife now and I will protect you. I don’t want you to leave me.”
I settle my hands on his chest. “And I don’t want to leave you either. Trust me. I just wanted to explain to my sister that I’m ok. That’s all.”
“My plan was to torture Luca. If Nina knows you’re ok, then that really doesn’t work, does it?”
“No. But this is your chance to make peace with him. This way you no longer have to hide in the shadows. You can have all the power you want if you make an alliance with Luca. Our marriage can help make that a reality. You just have to try.”
He hesitates before sighing. “It’s not a bad idea. But the problem is: I like messing with Luca and he wants my head. Nothing will change that.”
“Maybe not. But I want to be with you. I know that for a fact. You’re the only one who makes me feel this alive. This accepted.”
“You came back to me.”
“I never left. But if our marriage is going to work, you have to give me more freedom. I demand it. I will not be a prisoner. I am your wife now. Let me stand at your side.”
“At my side. I like the sound of that.” And in one motion, he presses his lips to mine.
I sink right into his touch, feeling more at home here than ever before. With a growl, Gabriel pushes me against the wall and shoves the end of my dress up. My moan is muffled against his lips as he presses his fingers between my legs. My nub is already swollen and ready for him. My entire body is.
That’s how much it feels right being with Gabriel. I can’t worry what other’s think. I’ve never done that anyway. And maybe I am being selfish by choosing Gabriel over the safety of my family but I have to do what’s right for me. I have to become a woman I am proud of and my family will never let that happen.
Gabriel rubs his fingers against my nub faster and faster, warming me right up. But I need more than just this.
I push his hand away and unzip his pants, wrapping my hand around his cock. He hisses against my lips. I can’t help but smirk, knowing I have this sort of power over him.
“I need you,” I gasp out. “Now.”
“Fuck, baby.” He removes my hand from his cock and wraps his own hands around my waist, lifting me up. My legs wrap around his waist and he lines his cock up to my entrance.
We both moan together as he enters me. I’m still a little sore from my first time but my body quickly adapts to his.
Gabriel begins to thrust into me with a frantic energy that makes me breathless. I lean into him, allowing myself to get lost in the moment. Nothing else matters but us. This feeling. This happiness. That’s all I care about.
I clutch his back and let my eyes flutter closed. My head bumps against the wall but I don’t even care. This moment feels too good to care about anything else.
I tighten my legs around his waist, which makes him hiss and enter me harder.
“Gabriel,” I gasp out.
“I need this as much as you do, baby. Fuck, you feel so good around me,” he says into my ear. I hold onto him tighter. Gabriel is the last person I thought I would develop feelings for but it turned out that he was the perfect person. He can match my own darkness. He can understand me. He doesn’t judge me.
I know I’m falling in love with him if I’m not already there.
That thought makes a flare of arousal course through me.
“Yes,” I moan. “Yes.”
