He cups my face between his strong, large hands. “I like the sound of that.” His lips find mine in a gentle, tender kiss that gives me hope for the future. And this time, I know the hope is a real, solid foundation for what is to come.
Gabriel carries me into the bedroom –hisbedroom I notice. “I thought it would be good to let you in here finally. This was the room my parents used to have.”
“Gabriel, are you happy in this house?”
He sets me on the bed. “I bought it as a reminder. I had to do right by my family.”
“Maybe you should let go. You’ll never forget your parents. But maybe we should start a brand new chapter in a brand new house. One where you’re not haunted by these memories.”
“Those memories kept me going.”
“But you have me now. I can help keep you going. Giovanni is dead. Wouldn’t it be nice to start somewhere new?”
He looks around the room for a long moment before sighing. “You have a point. But I love this place too much. I don’t want to run from it. I would prefer for us to make new memories here. Happier ones than the past. I want to turn this place into something good.”
“Then we should do that.”
Gabriel leans over me and captures my lips in a kiss, this one much more heated than the one we had in the garden.
“Your chest,” I murmur as he lays me back and hovers over me. “Aren’t you still in pain?”
“Yes,” he admits. “But that isn’t going to stop me from being with you. Are you in pain?” His hands roam over my arms where my bandages are.
“I was never cut anywhere seriously bad. I’m not in pain at the moment.”
“Good. Because I want you, Aurora. For our new start. Fuck, I want you.”
His words light my body on fire in a way only he can. “Then take me. I want it too.”
Gabriel sits up and grips the end of my dress, slipping it over my head. Keeping his eyes on mine, he unclasps my bra and captures my nipple in his mouth. I let out a soft moan.
His eyes finally move down my body as he pleasures my breasts with his mouth and hands. I have bandages all along my stomach and legs and arms but Gabriel doesn’t comment on any of it. I don’t want him to.
This is a fresh start for both of us. We’re ready to move on from the past.
He kisses down my body until he reaches my panties. I gasp when he tugs them down my legs, a roughness to his touch. Good. I don’t want him to be gentle because he’s worried for me. I want him to treat me the same: as the brave, strong woman he knows me to be.
Gabriel parts my legs and cups my pussy with his hand. I can’t stop myself from moaning when he rubs his palm over my sensitive nub. It’s already swollen with arousal for him. My wetness is seeping out of me.
“I love every part of your body, baby. But I especially love your pretty little pussy. It’s just for me, isn’t it?”
“Yes,” I moan, opening my legs wider.
“God, you look beautiful. All spread out for me. Naked. Fuck, baby.” He presses down on my clit harder, making my hips jerk into his hand. I have no power as Gabriel runs his palm over my folds and nub again and again and again. He’s the only one who can make me feel like I’m losing my mind, lost in pleasure like this.
“You love this, don’t you?” His dark voice turns me on more. When he inserts a finger deep inside of me, I can’t hold back my moan. He stretches me out with a second finger. “You love when I fuck you with my fingers. When I fuck you with my tongue.” He leans down to my ear. “When I fuck you with my cock.”
My inner walls clamp down on his fingers. “Gabriel,” I whimper. My hips arch into him, desperate for more. His fingers are not enough, despite how deep they’re going. It’s not enough until I have all of him.
“That’s it, baby.” His fingers are rough as they move in and out of me without mercy. I wince from the slight pain but moan from the pleasure. “Take my fingers deep inside of your pussy. Soon it will be my cock. I know how much you love it. This is one part that will never change.”
“Yes,” I cry out. “I need you.”
“I know, baby. I know.”
He stretches me out wider with his fingers and I’m powerless to resist the pleasure of it. His thumb flicks over my nub. I can’t hold back any longer.
My orgasm washes over me and I clamp my legs around his forearm, holding him close. Gabriel kisses along my neck until he reaches my lips and gives me a kiss so passionate, it makes me breathless.
