Design for Love ((Women of Landry's Landing and The Fabrizio men)

by Quinn, Shelli

  He gently pushed her legs apart before shifting his body until he was settled comfortably between them with his head just below her mound. Gabe remained still for a moment to make sure he hadn’t awakened her. He was thankfully for the fact that she didn’t wear panties to bed that made it a lot easier for him to do what he was planning to do.

  He dragged his tongue across her inner thighs before swiping it along the seam of her nether lips causing London to moan even louder. Gabe repeated the action a few more times before dipping his tongue inside making her squirm uncontrollably. He lifted her legs over his shoulders then secured his hands at the area where her thighs and hips joined, so he could keep her in place until he’d had his full of her.

  When he closed his mouth over her clit and sucked on it firmly she shot off the bed sharply before falling back against the pillows. She thrashed and twisted against the bed as he doubled his effort to give her pleasure. She reached both hands down and fisted them in his hair as she whimpered from the sensations he was causing.

  “Oh Gabe, yes that feels so good, don’t stop, please don’t stop!” She moaned. She really didn’t need to worry about him stopping until they’d both had enough he thought to himself as he continued to feast on her.

  Gabe enjoyed every blast of her succulent juices as they exploded over his tongue, swallowing each and every drop like he was dying of thirst. He had a feeling that he’d never get enough her taste. The flavor was now embedded in his taste buds. He didn’t stop feasting on her until she was begging him to stop.

  When he realized that she was still asleep he carefully eased himself off the bed, pulled the covers over her. He then stashed the box of condoms beneath the bed. Grabbing his cell phone off the night stand he slipped out of her room and into the bathroom. He cleaned himself up before going to his room to go to sleep. There was no way he’d be able to sleep next to London without sinking his hardened shaft into the slick tunnel of her sensual body.

  “You may not realize it yet, but you’re mine now, dolcezza.” He said as he stared at his reflection in the bathroom mirror.

  Chapter Four

  London awakened the next morning feeling better than she had in a long time. The dream she’d had the previous night was different from any dream she’d ever had. It had been so real she could swear that she’d actually felt Gabe in bed with her.

  In her dream, he’d made love to her using his talented mouth, and it had been amazing. Her entire body had been like a live wire. She'd experienced sensations she’d never experienced in all her life. She turned her head towards the empty side of her bed and pressed her face into the pillow it smelled like Gabe’s cologne. His fragrance always did crazy things to her, but how could his cologne be soaked into her pillow. Maybe it was just her imagination running away with her again.

  When she finally decided to slide out of bed her legs felt weak, and she could swear she had whisker burns on her inner thighs. And her clitoris felt way too sensitive this morning like it had been over stimulated recently.

  “Damn maybe I shouldn’t have taken those prescription strength sleeping pills.” London whispered as she made her way to the bathroom. On her way to the bathroom, she noticed that the area between her legs were unusually moist and slowly ran down her thighs.

  “What in the hell, there was no way that dream could’ve been that realistic.” She whispered as she decided to take a quick shower.

  Gabe had been waiting in his room for London to go into the bathroom before he entered as well. He leaned his hip against the counter watching what he could, of her silhouette in the shower. Unlike last night, she wasn’t singing this morning.

  When she shut off the water, he turned towards the sink and grabbed his toothbrush and acted as if he’d been brushing his teeth. He didn’t want her to know that he’d been purposely waiting to share the bathroom with her.

  London opened the shower door to get her towel and saw Gabe standing at the sink in his pajama bottoms brushing his teeth.

  “Look Gabe, I know that we have to share a bathroom, but don’t you think this is taking it a bit too far?” London asked as she gazed at his reflection in the mirror.

  “Sorry for intruding again but I’m running a little behind this morning. I guess I woke up late you don’t mind do you?” He asked as he let his gaze roam over her body like he had the night before.

  “Why the hell should I mind. You saw everything that I have last night. What’s the difference if you see it all again this morning?” She said as she used the towel to dry the water from her body. “Although, I should warn you that turnabout is fair play.” She said glancing at him.

  “Just what do you mean by that?” He asked looking at her reflection in the mirror as he arched one of his brows.

  “It means that the next time you’re taking a shower, don’t get upset if I decide to watch, you’ve seen all of me. I might just want to see all of you for a change.” She replied teasingly.

  Gabe wiped his mouth on a hand towel then tossed it aside before turning towards her with a devilish smile.

  “You don’t need to wait until I’m taking a shower, dolcezza. I’ll show you all of me right now.” He said as he dropped his pajama bottoms in front of her.

  London gasped. “What in the hell has gotten into you since last night? I can't believe you just dropped your pajama bottoms like that.” She said as she continued to stare at him, and his erect shaft.

  “I told you last night it’s not, what’s gotten into me, it's what I’m trying to get into. And as for you not believing I just dropped pajama bottoms may be true, but I noticed that you haven’t looked away yet.” He teased.

  “I don’t remember seeing you look away either of the times you’ve seen me naked. As a matter of fact, you stared long and hard as I recall.” She said as she glanced up and down his finely sculpted body. She could practically count the abs on his mid-section and the pectoral muscles of his chest looked nice and firm not to mention the slight sexy bulge of his biceps.

  London let her gaze travel down past his waist to his narrow hips and muscular thighs before settling her gaze on the area between his legs. He was packing a very impressive piece of artillery. Gabe was much larger than, both of the guys she’d dated in the past and that had been quite a while ago. Since she hadn’t been with anyone in a very long time she was sure that he could have her yodeling or singing opera with that pipe.

  “Damn!” She mumbled softly as she watched him move towards her.

  Gabe stepped out of the material that was pooled at his feet and slowly moved towards London wearing nothing but a wicked smile.

  “Let me know when you’re done.” He whispered as he stood in front of her.

  “Why what are you going to do when I’m done?” She asked softly. He continued to smile as he lifted his hand and reached past her to open the shower door.

  “Because I’d like to take a shower, do you want to join me?” He whispered near her ear.

  “I just took a shower remember? And another thing you might want to stop teasing me before I start taking you serious.” She said as she turned away and moved over to the bathroom counter for her lotion.

  Gabe removed the one foot he’d put in the shower and retraced his steps until he was standing behind London. He pressed the front of his body to the back of hers, then he placed one arm around her waist to hold her in place. London flattened both her palms on the surface of the counter and gasped. He placed his head beside hers so that his mouth was next to her ear.

  “Who said I was teasing you? Nothing, I’ve done since last night has been to tease you. I’ve meant every word I’ve said and everything that I’ve done. Just so that you know how serious that I am, let me give you something to think about.” He said as he began kissing her on the neck as he let the hand that was around her waist move lower to cup the area between her legs. He applied a slight amount of pressure to the swollen bud of her clitoris as he rubbed his finger back and forth over it.

  “
Gabe what are you doing?” She asked breathlessly.

  “If you have to ask I guess it’s been a while, huh?” He replied as he stopped kissing her neck long enough to speak. Before she could reply he pushed one of his fingers into her tight valley as he used his other hand to massage and knead one of her breasts. He rubbed his shaft against her ass as he made love to her with his hands.

  London moaned loudly as she placed one of her hands over the hand, he used to massage her breast. She rotated her hips grinding against him wishing that he’d replace the hand that was buried inside her with his rock-hard cock.

  “Gabe please.” She begged.

  “That’s what I’m trying to do dolcezza, please you.” He replied.

  “You are but don’t you want to put this inside me?” She asked as she reached back to wrap her free hand around his shaft and squeezed lightly.

  “Yes baby I do, but not here, not like this. The first time I’m inside you. I want it to be in a bed where there is plenty of room for me to done all of the things I plan to do to you. Now move your hand so that I can put a smile on your face.” He whispered before closing his mouth over her neck to suckle a patch of her heated flesh.

  London did as he asked and removed her hand from his shaft as he continued to pleasure her with his hands. When she came apart in his hands, he held her up until she stopped trembling. The orgasm she released had her feeling as weak as water, but he had definitely put a smile on her face.

  “I’m not sure what brought on this new Gabe, but I think I like it. Will he be sticking around for a while?” She asked breathlessly as she turned to face him.

  “He’s here for as long as you want him to be.” He replied with a smile kissing her softly on the lips.

  London smiled back at him. “Yeah you’d better go ahead and take your shower before I drag you to my bed and have my way with you.”

  “Hey, you don’t have to drag me, I’ll go willingly.” He said.

  “I’m sure you would but we both have to work, so that’s going to have to wait.” She said pushing him towards the shower.

  Once he was in the shower London went about applying her make-up and fixing her hair. Since she didn’t wear much make-up, and her hair was cut into a short cheek length China girl style with bangs, she was finished rather quickly. She then went into her room to get dressed going to her closet, she chose a cute skirt and jacket in teal. She was meeting with her production team today so she wanted to dress a bit more professional.

  London took the outfit, and a pair teal and silver boots out of the walk-in closet and over to her bed. Going back to the closet she picked out her under garments a bra and panty set in white, which she’d just slipped on when Gabe came up behind her grabbing her around the waist.

  “Shouldn’t you be in your room getting dressed?” She asked with a smile.

  “About that how do you feel about us sharing a room?” He asked.

  “Whoa, slow down Mr. Lover. How do we go from you dodging and ducking from me to sharing not only a bathroom, but now you want to share a bedroom?” She asked in confusion.

  “Am I moving too fast for you?” He asked in return.

  “It’s just that I’m not sure what you did with the real Gabriele Fabrizio, but I hope you have him locked up tight because I think I’d like to keep you.” London said as she turned to face him.

  He laughed. “Was I really that bad?”

  “Uh, how can I put this? Hell to the yeah! There were times that I wanted to torture you slowly and painfully.” She replied.

  “Wow that stings a bit.” He said adjusting the towel he had wrapped around his narrow waist.

  “It may sting but it’s the truth so are you going to tell me what brought on this sudden change in you?” She asked seriously.

  “I told you last night I decided to fight for what I want.” He replied.

  “Just who is that you think you have to fight?” She asked.

  “I don’t know, are you certain that there’s no one waiting for you back in New York? Because in case you don’t know it by now you’re mine, and I don’t plan on sharing.” He said as he watched her carefully thinking about the phone call that he’d overheard the day before, when she’d told someone named Toni that she loved them.

  “Why would you ask me something like that? Believe me if I had someone else I wouldn’t have been trying to get your attention since the day we’ve met.” She said as she narrowed her eyes at him.

  “I just wanted to make it clear that from this day forwards, I’m the only man who will be seeing you naked, touching you or kissing you. Do you understand me, dolcezza?” He asked waiting for her to answer him.

  “Are you going to tell me what that name means that you keep calling me?” She asked in return.

  “It's Italian for sweetness, that’s what you are to me. You're my sweetness.” Gabe replied. “And don’t think that I didn’t notice that you haven’t answered my question.”

  “Yes Gabe, I understand what you’re saying, but you need to understand this. I am not about to put my heart on the line because you finally realized that you think that you want me. It’s going to take more than a few pretty words, an Italian pet name and few strokes and kisses to make me believe that you suddenly want to be with me. So before you start moving your stuff into my room let’s give it a couple of days and see if you still feel that you want me.” London said seriously as she stepped away from him.

  Gabe sighed deeply. “Look London, I know I have to prove to you, I’m telling you the truth about wanting to be with you, and that I’m not playing games with you. All those months since meeting you, I’ve been fighting the feelings that have been growing inside me for you. And last night seeing you with someone else made me realize that if I screw up my chance to be with you, I’d regret it for the rest of my life.” Gabe said as he took London by the hand and lifted it to his chest.

  When she refused to meet his gaze, he placed a finger beneath her chin to tilt her face up towards his. He gazed down into her brown eyes and smiled, hoping that she could see in his eyes what he felt in his heart.

  “All I’m asking is that you give me a chance to show you that I am the only man for you, and if you trust me with your heart and your love, I promise you won’t regret it. I will always be here for you no matter what the situation may be you never have to face it alone.” Gabe said as he gently placed a kiss to her forehead.

  London stared into his eyes for a few moments as she considered his words. The emotion she saw in his eyes seemed truly sincere but was she willing to take such a big risk with her heart. Her love already belonged to him. It had, since they’d first met, even if he had been running hot and cold since that day. His on again, off again interest, had her feeling a bit skeptical about the feelings he now claimed to have.

  “Okay, here’s the deal I’m going to give you a chance to prove to me that this isn’t some crazy phase you’re going through. If I find out that you are trying to play me, I promise you’ll come up missing and not even your brother Gio will be able to find your body. Do I make myself clear, Mr. Lover man?” She asked narrowing her gaze at him.

  “Yes, you certainly have dolcezza, now would you like me to help you get into that sexy looking suit that you have laying on your bed?” He replied.

  “Uh, no thanks I have a feeling if you help me. It might be quite some time before I actually get into that suit. So if you don’t mind I need to get dressed, and you should too.” She said as she began pushing him towards the bathroom door.

  “Fine I’m going, I’ll meet you downstairs so we can have breakfast before we go to the office.” He said as she shoved him through the door.

  “Okay, now will you go get dressed?” She said then turned to get dressed. “I swear if that man is trying to play me, I will chop him up into tiny little pieces and spread his remains in a field of cow manure.” She whispered to herself as she pulled on her skirt.

  Moments later there was a knock at her bedroom door sigh
ing she walked over to open the door thinking that it was Gabe, even though he’d just left through the bathroom door.

  “Damn it Gabe would you go away.” She said as she pulled the door open. It wasn’t Gabe this time it was Asia.

  “I’m sorry were you expecting someone else?” Asia asked teasingly.

  “Girl what in the hell do you want, and it better not be for me wait your damn tables again.” London said as she crossed the room to put on her jacket.

  “No I’m not here to ask you to wait tables for me again. I come to tell your ungrateful ass that I made you breakfast.” Asia said.

  “Okay thanks, bye-bye now.” London said as she tried to push Asia out the door.

  “Oh no you don’t I’m not leaving until you tell me why you thought it was Gabe at the door? Did the two of you make up after your fight last night?” Asia asked as she sat down on London’s bed.

  “Let’s just say we decided to try something different.” London said as she sat down next to Asia to put on her boots.

  “Really, and what may I ask is that?” Asia asked.

  “Well since he’s claiming that he wants us to have a relationship we’re going to give it a try and see where it takes us.” London said glancing at her sister as pulled her other boot on.

  “That sounds like it’s going to be interesting, so how do you feel about testing the waters with Gabe?” Asia asked with concern.

  “I feel like your husband is going to be short one brother if I find out, he’s playing me.” London replied.

  “I don’t think he’s stupid enough to play games with a Landry woman, because he knows good and damn well that if he does we will whip his ass.” Asia said as she absently rubbed her stomach.

  “Yeah you’re probably right anyway what up with you, are you not feeling well?” London asked as she watched her rub a hand over her stomach.