Chapter Six
Gabriel crawled slowly over her body with his knees on either side of hers. No matter how she wiggled his hand on her back kept her immobile beneath him. She keened when he pushed his one leg in between hers and spread her thighs wide.
“No, Gabriel! You have to stop this!”
He lowered his hard body between her legs to settle his aroused shaft between her butt cheeks and the heat of his chest engulfed her. It was as if he lit a match on her and her whole body caught fire instantaneously. He pushed her hair out of the way and softly nibbled and kissed between her shoulders and neck. His breath was hot in her ear.
“There is nothing on this earth that will make me stop now, Red. Now that I had a pittance of a taste of you … I want more … I need more … much, much more!”
His lips closed over the pulsing vein in her neck to suckle and kiss the skin until she moaned. She fisted her hands beside her head and closed her eyes as shiver upon shiver crawled down her body. He pressed his hips forward, slowly rocking his hard shaft against her butt. She mewled when his fingers gently separated the folds covering her clit to circle and pinch the quivering nub.
His mouth and lips exploring all over her neck and shoulders made her break out in Goosebumps. He stroked up and down over her slit and smiled against her neck when she pressed her hips towards his searching hand. He stroked harder and deeper until her folds separated and allowed him entrance. He growled when her heat and wetness engulfed his finger. Another and yet another joined the first and she panted his name. He plunged his fingers deep in and out. She screamed into the pillow when he stroked his thumb up and down her clit in time with his plunging fingers.
“God, woman! You are more than I could ever have hoped for! Yes, Red … give me all of you, Baby … come Red, come for me.”
He plunged his fingers harder, deeper and drew her face towards his to kiss her so deeply and passionately she was completely lost. The pressure in her loins built so high she clutched at the sheets to keep herself grounded. She screamed in his mouth when she climaxed and Gabriel felt her breath catch and then stop completely. He plunged and swirled his thumb harder, feeling her muscles tighten around them even more, desperately milking. He pulled his fingers out and immediately plunged his hard shaft all the way to the hilt.
He let her mouth go to growl into the night as her tightness clutched and pulled him deeper. He pulled his legs up to stand on his knees and pulled her with him with his hand beneath her waist. He positioned her in front of him with her bum in the air, her shoulders still pressed to the bed. He started to thrust into her then, slow, deep strokes, exulting in feeling her grip him so tight. He stroked over her belly and his fingers closed around her nipple. He rolled and pinched the tight nub and she moaned. His fingers found her clit again and he swirled the nub, stroking and pinching.
His slow and deep strokes filled every inch of her and Sienna gripped the pillow in her fists, desperate to pull a proper amount of air in her lungs. Her first climax still throbbed and the heat and pressure inside her built again in her core to an inferno. She gasped and whimpered, with his continuous deep strokes they soon turned into shrieks and moans. Then she was there and another climax ripped through her from the friction he caused with his deep and slow strokes.
She screamed and pressed back against him as her whole body tightened and she lost her breath. Gabriel gripped her hips with hard hands and pulled her back hard against him with each forward thrust. He increased his speed and plunged hard and deep, his legs trembling. He felt his climax built low in his groin, to spiral like a chute of fire through his shaft to be released with such force inside Sienna that she trembled and her climax just receding pulled her tight again.
Gabriel plunged deep into her and pushed her down into the mattress at the same time, drilling into her as deep as she could take him. Their panting breaths mingling in their pleasure as they pulsed against each other in the final throes of their release.
Sienna shivered and trembled beneath him and he softly stroked his fingers down her side. He sighed with regret and lifted and withdrew from her body and he froze. He forgot to wear a condom! He never forgot! Now he knew why his climax was so intense, why her heat engulfed and singed him. He turned her around and settled next to her with his one leg nesting comfortably against her warm apex. He stroked over her belly, over her waist and covered her breast, softly stroking the nipple that sprang into a tight nub almost immediately. He kissed her softly and sighed.
“I have a confession to make. It has never happened to me before and I am always very careful … but you … good Lord, you turn me inside out!”
Sienna frowned up at him. However much he seemed concerned, the light in his eyes showed no regret of whatever he was about to confess.
“I forgot to wear a condom.”
He searched her eyes and saw them flare at his words, but no anger or regret sprang to the surface.
“I know.”
“You do?”
“I felt it the moment you entered me, Gabriel. You fill every inch of me … do you really think I would not notice your naked skin and heat against mine?”
“Why did you not stop me?”
She blushed and lowered her eyes, but his finger below her chin brought it right back to his.
“I don’t think anything I might have said would have made any sense to either one of us at that point.”
He chuckled and her honesty on her reaction to him thrilled him.
“You are right. But it is my responsibility and it should not have happened.”
“Don’t worry about it, Gabriel. I am on the pill and I am clean. I have not been with anyone in over three years.”
“Three years? Really? That is something that warms my heart, Bella Donna.” He kissed her briefly and hugged her close.
“Neither do you, amore. I am always very careful and have also not been with anyone for close on a year.”
She laughed. “Oh, please Gabriel! A year … you?”
She felt him stiffen against her and his gaze held hers. “I am not prone to lying, Sienna. I have been very busy and I told you not to believe everything you read in the tabloids. I have been very selective, Red. I don’t just jump from one bed to the other!”
She nodded and tried to pull away from him, but his arms tightened around her.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
“Gabriel …”
“By my count, my darling Red, you still owe me three more … but I will give you some time to recover.”
“Three!”
“Hmmm … it is definitely to my advantage that you respond to me so quickly and so passionately. I will make sure you are in my debt for a long time!”
She blushed and remembered that he made her come with his fingers as well. He pulled her close and her head found his shoulder with her hand resting on his sculptured torso. Gabriel stroked her back lazily and before long, they were both asleep.
Gabriel woke the following morning feeling completely relaxed. He stretched and felt something warn against his side. With a start he opened his eyes and realized he spent the whole night in Sienna’s bed with her in his arms. A first for him. He has never spent the night with any woman before. A vehicle approaching up the driveway drew his attention and he sighed. He gently extracted himself from her arms and pulled the sheet over her. He pulled his sleeping shorts on and walked to the window. With a sigh he noticed Sophia and her husband Andreas alighting from the vehicle. With a last regretful glance towards the bed, housing the most exquisite and sensual woman he has ever met, he turned and walked to his room to shower and dress.
A knock on her door woke Sienna and for a moment she was disorientated. She sat up and noticed the dent in the pillow next to hers and realized Gabriel must have just left as the sheets were still warm. Another knock ripped her from her dreamy state and she pulled the sheet around her body.
“I’ll be right there.”
She swung her legs o
ver the side of the bed and searched for her short and tee-shirt she removed because of the heat last night. She quickly pulled it on and hastened to the door. Just as she reached to open the door her eyes caught the packets of condoms on her bedside table. She gasped and ran back. She quickly opened the drawer and swiped them inside. Her cheeks were flushed when she opened the door to find a smiling Sophia standing there.
“Oh, Sophia! I didn’t realize you were here.”
“Andreas and I just arrived. We thought to spend the day here. We don’t get too much opportunity to just relax. I am sorry. Did I just wake you?”
“No, I was just about to take a shower. I did not realize it was this late already. Please give me fifteen minutes. I’ll be right down.”
She turned away and mumbled over her shoulder as she walked towards the staircase. “Strange coincidence. Gabriel also only just got up. He never sleeps this late!”
Sienna groaned and ran her hands through her hair. Why did he spend the whole night with her? It is one thing the tabloids mentioned. That he never spent nights with his … flocks … or even slept with the same one more than twice.
She growled in frustration. He also said she must not believe what she read in the tabloids! The worst thing she could do was to read more into him sleeping with her than she should.
Gabriel was already at the breakfast table when Sienna walked out onto the patio. His eyes glittered when they met hers and then a frown marred his brow when he noticed the white skinny jeans and flowery top she wore.
“You really know how to annoy me, Red!”
Sienna glared back at him and it took only a second for her to realize what he was annoyed with. She sighed and shook her head.
“Are we really going to have this fight every time I wear pants?”
“You know very well how I feel about it. Are you doing it to deliberately annoy me?”
“Yes, King Gabriel! I spend all day thinking up ways to do just that!”
“Insolente Red?”
Sophia laughed and pulled Sienna towards her husband looking on with a smile on his face.
“Leave the poor girl alone, Gabe. Babes, this is Sienna Thorne. Sienna, my husband Andreas Donati.”
“Come si fa, signora.”
He took her hand and kissed it briefly.
“Pleased to meet you, Baron Donati.”
“I see you did some research of your own, Sienna?”
Sienna shrugged. “My gramps always says it is only polite to ensure you know who you work for.”
“Clever woman, your gramps.”
“Coffee, Red?”
“Yes, thank you.” She could not keep the surprise from her voice at the offer. A king offering to pour an employee coffee?
She turned and took a seat on the opposite side from where Gabriel sat. He smiled when he noticed it and placed her coffee on the table in front of her. She bit her lip when he negligently lowered himself in the chair next to her and even pulled it closer to hers. She glared at him with a warning in her eyes to which he responded with a broad grin.
Benito brought their breakfast and there was a camaraderie around the table throughout the meal with discussions on general topics.
“So, tell us, Sienna. Have you found anything of note in your research so far?” Andreas asked during a lull in the conversation.
“I am still sifting through the early 1860’s, but there is a definite link between the first duke of Seravalle of that time to King Frederick Costa, your father. I am still looking into further resources for the period between 1890 and 1920.”
“You see, Gabe! You have been fighting against this for nothing!”
Benito appeared in the doorway at that moment and informed Sienna there was a phone call for her in the study. She frowned and excused herself and rushed to the study.
Gabriel watched her go. He sighed and ran his hands through his hair. He looked at his sister with a serious expression on his face.
“Sis, I have never denied our lineage. I don’t even deny that we are the … Royal family. I just … never wanted to be … King. I still don’t.”
Sophia frowned and tried to read her brothers thoughts behind his shuttered eyes. She moved towards him and took his hands in hers.
“Why? Everyone already see you as their King! They have always coveted you as King.”
“Because I want to be me, Sophia! Just me! And I want others to see me as me and be with me as me, not because I carry the title as King!”
He turned around and stood staring out to the sea, a deep frown on his brow. Sophia rubbed his back.
“You will never be like him, Gabe! You are a totally different person! That is why everyone wants you to be the King. Because you are so different from him!”
“Am I, or is it being King that turns a man into something different? Do you remember how different he was when we were young and before Grandfather passed away?”
She nodded and bit her lip.
“He became a different man in less than two years after he was inaugurated as King.”
She shook her head and there were tears in her eyes. “Gabe … you forget that mamma died soon after he became King. That is what changed him … not being a King. He could not accept her death. You know what they say about Costa men. They only ever give their heart and love to one woman. Part of him died with mamma.”
He kept staring out to the sea but nodded in acknowledgement. Sophia’s gasp drew his attention and he turned around.
“Sienna … what is wrong?”
He rushed to her side and pulled her against him. She leaned weakly into him and her hands wrapped around his waist to clasp him tightly. He felt her tremble and he pulled away. He lifted her head with his finger under her chin.
“What’s the matter, Red? Who was that phone call from?”
“It was … the hospital. It’s … my Gramps.” A forlorn sob shook her body and he stroked her back.
“What happened?”
“She … she had a heart attack. She is in intensive care. I have to … I have to go to her.” She ripped from his arms and ran to her room.
Gabriel took his cell phone out and quickly phoned Luca and instructed him to log a flight to Washington and prepare his private plane. He would pick them up with the helicopter in thirty minutes.
“Sophia, I am sorry, but …”
“Of course! Please let me know how she is the moment you know.”
He nodded and shouted at Benito and instructed him to pack his clothes. He strode to Sienna’s room and found her flinging clothes haphazardly into a suitcase, tears streaming down her face. He pulled her against him and hugged her tight, silently offering her support and strength. He held her silently until she had control over her emotions. He lifted her face to his and kissed her deeply and tenderly.
“I have arranged with my pilot to fly us to Washington. We should be there around nine tonight.”
“You don’t have to go with me.”
“I want to go with you, so it is no use fighting me on this, Red. Now, let’s just pack this suitcase properly, shall we?”
She shook her head and ripped her panties and bras from his hands he picked up to start repacking.
“I’ll do it myself!”
Half an hour later they got on the helicopter on their way to the airport in Naples.
Chapter Seven
Sienna stood looking at her gramps with fear in her heart. She has never looked so pale and drawn.
“I don’t understand, Gabriel. She has never been sick! Why now all of a sudden?”
He rubbed her shoulders and pulled her back against him, silently offering her his strength.
“We’ll know more in the morning once we’ve spoken to the doctor. The nurse said she just gave her an injection and she would sleep through the night. Let’s go and get some rest so we can be here in the morning when she wakes up. I’ll book us into a Hotel close by.”
She shook her head. “No, I want to go home. It is not too far fr
om here.” She leaned over and kissed her grandmother on the cheek. Gabriele took her hand and kissed her palm.
“She’ll be fine, Red. If you are from the same stock she is, then nothing will get her under. I am sure she is just as much a fighter as you are.”
“She just looks so … I’ve never seen her looking so frail and helpless!” She looked at him and her eyes begged silently.
“Will you … please stay with me tonight?”
“I had no intention of leaving you alone, amore.” He leaned forward and kissed her softly on her quivering lips.
Sienna unlocked the door and stepped inside the well looked after double story house on 23rd street in Crystal Park. She grew up in this house and to walk in here now … her gramps’s presence missing, she could not stop the tears from flowing over her cheeks. Gabriel cursed when he noticed her shoulders shaking and pulled her roughly in his arms.
“Sienna, amore don’t … she will be fine.”
She clutched her arms around his back and felt his warmth and strength filter through her. He stroked her back until she relaxed.
“Go and take a warm bath. It will relax you and you’ll feel better.”
Sienna nodded and ran up the stairs to run a hot bubble bath. Gabriel was right. She relaxed in the tub and closed her eyes. She must have dosed of and startled when warm lips covered hers. She opened her eyes and grimaced when Gabriel stood looking down at her shaking his head, wearing only sleeping shorts. He obviously took a shower in the other bathroom already.
“Hard headed is not the word. Come on, Red. Out you get. You need to rest.”
He held out the towel and waited expectantly for her to get out of the tub.
“I’ll get out by myself.” His eyebrows rose.
“Tsk, tsk, Red. I am not going to see anything I have not already seen, touched and tasted before. It is late Baby, and we are both tired. Or do you want me to pick you up as well?”
She growled at him and got out of the tub, and snapped at him when he refused to release the towel and wrapped and dried her himself. When he was done he picked her up and walked with her to her bed, which she noticed had been turned down already. He laid her down carefully and leaned over her.
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