“I want to claim you as mine in front of other people,” he says into my ear, thrusting into me harder.
“Gabriel,” I gasp, feeling a thrill at his words. I’m not even sure why.
“I need everyone to know you’re mine. Everyone.” He grinds his hips against mine. It’s rough and raw and it’s perfect.
He slips out of me and rolls me onto my stomach before raising my hips and slamming back into me. I moan into my silk nightgown. The sound echoes through the cavernous ballroom.
“Tell me you want it,” he says. “Tell me you want me to claim you in front of others.”
“Like one of your parties?” I gasp, my mind flashing back to the orgy he once threw.
“Yes. I won’t let anyone else touch you. You’re mine. Tell me, baby. Tell me you want it.” He fucks me hard and fast from behind. The sound of our bodies slapping together makes me blush but it also turns me on even more.
“I… I…”
“Yes? Tell me, baby. You want me to be mine? Fully? Then let me do this to you. Let me do this.”
He’s asking for my permission, I realize. Hewantsmy permission.
That is enough to send me over the edge. “Yes,” I moan as my second orgasm hits me. “Yes!”
He thrusts into me harder, taking my body for his own pleasure. I let him do it because I need it just as badly as he does.
Gabriel slips out of me and rolls me onto my back once more before thrusting into me hard as he looks me straight in the eye. That’s when he finds his release.
Neither one of us looks away from the other.
We both know that we’re bound together forever. I am his and he is mine.
Chapter Seventeen
Aurora
My heart is pounding as I look at myself in the full length mirror. My pink silk dress hugs my body perfectly, like it was made for my exact measurements. Knowing Gabriel, he probably did have this dress matched to my body.
Maria did my makeup for me. Soft and light. It makes me look innocent, like the girl I once was before Gabriel came into my life. Now, he’s taken that innocence from me.
And tonight, I am going to let him claim me in front of other people.
He’s throwing one of his orgies again. A small gathering, he told me. No other man is going to touch me. It’s what he promised and I believe him. Gabriel is possessive. I know for a fact that he would kill any man who touched me.
It’s still nerve wracking giving myself over to another person like this. Gabriel has taken me in many different ways now but it was always just the two of us. But with this party, I’ll be letting Gabriel claim me before other people. It’s the final act of trust between us.
Gabriel is making a statement with this. I don’t love the idea of being put on display but there is a part of me that is excited to show others that Gabriel is mine. Ginevra thought she could take my husband from me but she was flat out wrong.
I have never felt more worried and excited at the same time before.
With a deep breath, I go downstairs. Gabriel’s guests have already arrived. I recognize Leo, his right hand man, and Rocco, an older man who Gabriel has mentioned in passing. A few other men are present I don’t know. Women are here as well. Five of them.
One of them is Ginevra.
I stop on the stairs when I see her standing in the foyer. She looks up at me with a smirk, like she thinks she’s better than me. Maybe I’m not such a good girl anymore because I want to show Ginevra that she’ll never get Gabriel. I want to rub it in her face.
Gabriel is waiting for me at the bottom of the stairs. “You look beautiful,” he murmurs when I finally reach his side. I slide my hand into his, giving Ginevra a pointed look.
“You didn’t tell me that she was going to be here,” I say, nodding at Ginevra.
“I didn’t know she would come. I didn’t personally invite her. But she likes to come to these parties. Don’t worry. My past with Ginevra is long done. Another man will claim her tonight. Not me. We’ll all have fun in my maze tonight.”
