He touched hercheek and she opened her eyes, groaning. “Gabriel,” she said.
“It’s okay. It’sjust me.”
“Is everythingokay?”
“Yes, everythingis fine,” he said. He took care of all matters that would touch her.
“I like theapartment.”
“Good.” He leanedforward and brushed his lips across hers. She wrapped her arms around his neckand he lifted her into his arms.
“I can walk.”
“And I can carryyou. I like having you in my arms.”
After he enteredthe bedroom, he lowered her to the bed, following her down. She let out a moanas he kissed her hard. Slowly, he stood and removed the rest of his clothing asshe lay there watching him. Once he was naked, he climbed onto the bed, helpingher out of the negligee so they were skin to skin. Flesh to flesh.
She wrapped herlegs around him, and he found her core, plunging into her heat. He kissed her.Every other time they’d been together, he’d fuckedher. This time, he made love to her, taking his time, working her body to afever pitch and pushing her to the edge, but notallowing her to topple over.
He changedpositions so she was the one straddling him. Holding her hips, he guided herover his length, getting her to take all of him, watching her tits swing infront of his face. Reaching up, he took her nipple into his mouth, suckingacross the tip. Then he slid his tongue across the valley to take her othernipple.
“Ride my cock,baby, that’s right, take it.”
She screamed hisname as he thrust his cock up, making her take all of him. He wanted her toforget every single man, every single person, and to just be completely ownedby him.
Lifting her up, hestroked her clit as she rode his length. He watchedher slowly come apart, and as she came on his cock, he felt victorious. Oncehe’d rolled her back to the bed, he spread her open and thrust inside her,finding his own release. Kissing her as he came, spilling his cum deep insideher. Each pulse rushed through his body, wave upon wave until not a dropremained inside him.
Afterward, hewrapped his arms around her, moving so her back was pressed to his front, buthe held her tightly, not letting her go.
“We don’t sleeptogether, remember?” she said.
“There are a lotof things we don’t do together. Do you want to leave?” He waited but shesnuggled in.
He smiled, kissingher shoulder.
“I’ll go to my ownbed in a moment. What am I going to say to Rhianna?”
“I don’t want totalk about my sister with my cock still inside you.”
“But she’s goingto ask questions.”
“I’ll deal withher.” He took her hands in his, kissing her fingers. On her left arm, he saw alove heart tattoo. It was the same as the one on his sister. “You got thesetogether?”
“Yeah, it wasn’tlong after we graduated. I was feeling lonely, and Rhianna said—can I say hername?”
“Yes.”
“She told me I wasnever going to be lonely because I would always have her. I wouldn’t be on myown. This is part of our bond.” She tensed in his arms.
“Don’t.”
“You don’t knowwhat I’m thinking.”
“You’re feelingbad because you’re here in this bed with me.”
“Did you have tosleep with all of her friends?”
He burst outlaughing. “Believe it or not, I didn’t sleep with all of her friends, just theones I liked.”
She tried to getaway and he held on to her. “Stop.”
“Nope.”
“I don’t likethis.”
“Tough. You’re notgoing or reacting like this. I’ve got you. I’m holding on to you, and I’m notletting you go.”
She stoppedwriggling.
“You don’t justhave my sister,” he said. “You also have me.”
She scoffed. “Thisis an arrangement with you. I know for a fact that when you’re bored with me,you’re going to get rid of me. I’m not an idiot. I know how these things work,and besides, your sister has told me plenty of times what a cad you are.”
“Then enjoy thetime you’ve got, because I will get bored and move on.You know that, and so do I.”
****
“I like him,Claire,” Rhianna said.
Claire glancedacross the café to see who her friend was referring to. “That’s bad news.”
The man wasdressed up in a suit and each time he reached for his coffee, the ink he woreshowed. The man in question was one of Gabriel’s guards.
“Please, likeGabriel would care.”
“He’s yourbrother, of course, he’s going to care. What’s his name?” Claire asked.
The smile onRhianna’s face broke her heart. “Louis. He’s really nice.”
“I bet he is. Isthat the guy who took you home from the nightclub?”
“No, that wasDrake. He’s an asshole but Louis has been working forGabriel for a couple of months. He’s really sweet. He’s always nice andwhenever I want to go somewhere, he takes me, no questions asked.”
“Sweetie, that’shis job.”
“I knew youwouldn’t understand.”
“I do.” Shereached across the table, taking her friend’s hands. “Please, I do. I think youneed to be careful is all.”
“Careful?”
“You don’t knowwhat he’s like. He works for your brother.”
Rhianna rolled hereyes. “I’ve accepted what my brother does. I don’t like it. I don’t have tolike it and it’s why I always make time to help others. I work at severalshelters, volunteer when I can.”
“I know, but you’ddo that anyway.”
Her friend sighed.“Gabriel doesn’t want me to work and so I do what I must. He’s worried I’ll betaken advantage of.”
“You do have agood heart,” Claire said.
The waitressbrought them their breakfast and Claire said her thanks. Picking up her knifeand fork, she dug into the pancakes. Work had been getting busier at the privatestrip club that she still didn’t know the name of, not that she wanted too manydetails. She kept her head down, a smile on her face, and Rhianna was none thewiser.
“Anyway, enoughabout me. You’ve been spending a lot of time away. What have you been doing?”
“Not a lot.Hunting for apartments.”
“Come on, I seethe smile on your face. You cannot tell me that’s all about apartment hunting.You’ve met a man, haven’t you?”
“No man,” shesaid, a little too quickly. Picking up her coffee, she took a generous sip.“I’m just trying to find a place but every time I do, I get a call with aridiculous offer or that someone else was willing to pay
