A whimper leaves my lips. My hips have a mind of their own as I buck into his hand. It feels too good to ignore. I know I shouldn’t let Gabriel touch me like this. Not if I want to keep my own sense of self around him. I also suspect he’s trying to distract me from what I saw in his drawer.
But right now, all I feel is the pleasure of his hand between my legs. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before.
“Tell me you like this,” he demands in a soft tone.
“I can’t,” I whisper, yet my hips still move against his hand. I grip the blanket beneath me, burying my head into it. If I can just forget who Gabriel is, then maybe I don’t have to feel bad about the pleasure he’s showing my body.
“You can. You can.” He presses against my clit. The surge of pleasure that spikes through me is intense. I never want it to end. “I know no man has ever touched you like this. I will be your first. In everything.” His hand stills. “Have you had your first kiss?”
“No,” I admit. “I haven’t… done anything.”
He flips me onto my back and spreads my legs wide. An intense heat hits me. Gabriel looks both menacing and sexy in his black button down shirt rolled to his elbows, showing his strong forearms. Wooziness flows through my head.
He hovers over me, his lips so close to mine. “I haven’t taken your lips yet. I will take all of you one day. You’ll be begging me.”
“What are you doing to me?”
“You are mine, Aurora. That’s what I am doing to you. I am marking you as mine.” He captures my lips with his. At first, it’s just a brush, making me gasp. Gabriel smells of sandalwood and other musky scents. I could sink into his smell but I know it’s dangerous. How can I let this man have this kind of control over me?
Gabriel deepens the kiss, consuming the first part of me. He guides me expertly. I find myself responding and kissing him back. It feels too good and right now, I don’t want to be scared. I want to feel special. I want Gabriel to open up to me. Show me kindness. I saved my father’s life to live this life with Gabriel.
He knows how to kiss me. Both soft and rough. Fast and slow. My lips feel like they’re on fire.
Gabriel lets out a low growl and pulls back from me. The fire and darkness in his eyes is terrifying but also thrilling.
In one fast motion, he grabs the straps of my dress and pulls it down, exposing my bare breasts. I gasp, holding still.
Gabriel cups my breasts in his large, strong hands. “You are mine, Aurora. Which means if I tell you to not come into my bedroom, I mean it. Leave things alone that you don’t understand.” He bends down and captures one of my nipples in his mouth.
“Oh,” I gasp. His hand cups my pussy again, rubbing me harder. I can feel the pleasure building through me. I can’t make it stop and I’m not sure I want to.
My legs clamp around his hand, holding him there as I feel the pleasure growing and growing. I may be innocent but I’ve read enough to know what this is. I’m getting close to an orgasm. The free paperbacks I would get from the library were an education I’m glad I now have.
Gabriel looks up at me with his mouth still on my breast. The sight of it gets me closer and closer to the edge.
He presses down on my clit. I can feel my orgasm on the verge…
And as soon as I do, Gabriel pulls away from me. I gasp as the pleasure in me wants to come out but can’t.
He pulls my underwear back into place and fixes my dress so it’s covering me again.
“Did you really think I would reward you with an orgasm? Your first one by my hand?”
A crushing defeat hits me. “I’m sorry.” I hate how weak I sound. “But I have the right to know you.”
“You don’t have any right. You made a deal with me. You signed your life away to save your father. You may be my wife but I own you.”
His words send a chill through my body and I fight to hold back my tears. “You’re evil.”
“So you keep saying. I’ll give you an orgasm when you’ve been a good girl. Not before. Never set foot in my room again. And don’t ask about my family.”
“Are they the reason you had a panic attack?”
“What did I just say?”
I push myself into a seated position. “I should know.”
“You weren’t supposed to see any of this. Now get out of my room and go back to yours.” Gabriel turns his back onto me and I know there’s no getting through to him.
