Awe-Struck, Book 2

by Twyla Turner

  He started off slow, gaining speed rapidly, their skin slapping together on every pump of his powerful hips. Gabe reached over to firmly grasp her mass of curls, holding her in place. And with a final thrust and smack on her ass that caused Sunny’s already quivering walls to clench, they both exploded from their mutual climaxes.

  They collapsed with Gabe half on top of Sunny, unable to move they fell asleep in the same position. Gabe woke up several times throughout the night, to make love to Sunny over and over again, his appetite insatiable, from the month of abstinence since the accident. He couldn’t get enough of her. And every time Sunny thought that it wouldn’t be possible to do it again, but her body always responded to Gabe the same way, with unquenched need.

  He made love to her so many times and so thoroughly that when he got up to leave for work, she never moved. Even when he gently pushed back a strand of curls from her cheek and kissed her goodbye, she didn’t move a muscle, just continued to breathe deeply. Walking out of the bedroom to leave for work had to be the hardest thing he’d ever done, with her tempting lush naked body only somewhat covered by a thin sheet.

  But then Gabe realized that he had phone calls to make, involving their trip to New York City and the huge surprise he had planned for Sunny. And with that reminder, he happily strode out of the house with a big grin on his face.

  Chapter 6

  The next few days flew by. Of course, time always flies when you have to do something you’re dreading. Sunny thought as they got off Gabe’s private jet at Teterboro airport, just a few miles outside of Manhattan. It was Monday night, and Wednesday morning was rapidly approaching, making the bats in Sunny’s stomach fly around so violently she found her hands continually shaking.

  Gabe was sweet and thoughtful, sensing her nerves and constantly tried to distract her, talking about the beautiful city as they drove through, looking out the tinted windows of the towncar they were picked up in.

  The lights and people of the city outside of the car passed by, filling Sunny with excitement. Though she was nervous about the show, there was something about the city that made her blood pump. The energy even from the car was undeniable.

  The towncar pulled in front of sleek tall building. Gabe got out first, and as he held Sunny’s hand to help her out of the car, she noticed what hotel they were at. Oh boy The W! Gabe smiled down at her when he saw recognition cross her face.

  “I thought you might like to actually stay at one of their hotels this time. And I’ve booked the perfect room for us.” Gabe said with a knowing look on his face.

  “Sweet Jesus, you’ve already worn me out this week. I’m surprised I’m even walking straight. So I need no repeats of the W Hollywood rooftop incident. Keep it in your pants buddy!” Sunny groaned inwardly.

  “You might just change your mind about that when you see the room.” Gabe smirked at her.

  Just like the W in Hollywood, the lobby was all lustrous and modern with a touch of vintage here and there, giving it a slightly cool but cozy look.

  Gabe checked them in, asking that their stay be kept confidential. As they rode the elevator up to the very top floor, Gabe kept his distance. They stood on opposite sides of the elevator and he just stared at her, devouring her with his eyes. She wasn’t even wearing anything all that spectacular, just comfy jeans and a cute tee, with ballet flats for the trip. But his piercing blue eyes still sliced through to her soul, taking on a darker shade of blue when he was turned on. She knew she was in trouble. Till the day I die I will never get tired of those eyes…or that hair…or that body…OH HELL all of him!

  The elevator pinged, signaling that they’d reached the penthouse suite. They stepped off the elevator and Gabe led her to the door and unlocked it with a keycard. Walking into the large open room was like walking into a modern oasis of decadence and comfort. The large king sized bed looked inviting, the huge oval legless tub surrounded by glass walls beckoned and the wraparound terrace with large green and white striped chaise lounge chairs made Sunny’s mouth drop open on a gasp.

  “I hoped you’d like it.” Gabe smiled at her look of awe.

  “I love it!” Sunny exclaimed.

  “Good. There are quite a few of these hotels in the city, but I was looking for one with just the right amenity.” Gabe said as he pulled her towards the outdoor terrace.

  “Oh no you don’t! There are a ton of buildings surrounding this hotel, and we’ve already got an audio sex-tape out there of us. The world does not need a visual. And besides, as much as I would like to partake in your extensive gifts”, Sunny paused to look him up and down, focusing on the front of his pants. “My vajayjay needs a moment to recuperate from the excessive overuse.”

  “Fine, I guess we need to get some rest anyway. It’s late and I want to get up early to show you around town. But you only get one night…one.” Gabe said holding up his index finger.

  Sunny knew that there was no arguing with him. I wonder if the hotel has some Epsom salt to soothe my aching hoo-ha in a hot bath. So as Gabe grabbed their bags and started taking out their clothes to hang up, Sunny walked over to the phone to call the concierge. She knew Gabe was curiously watching her.

  “Hello. I’m in the penthouse suite, and I was wondering if you have some Epsom salt to add into a bath?” Sunny asked politely into the phone.

  “Yes, Miss Stone we do. I’ll send a bellman up right away.” The pleasant and professional voice answered back.

  “Thank you so much.” Sunny hung up the phone and headed to the bathroom.

  She sensed Gabe at her back following her into the bathroom, but she remained quiet purposefully trying to drive him crazy with curiosity.

  “What are you up to? What was that phone call all about?” Gabe couldn’t hold it in any longer.

  “For your information, I just ordered some bath salt. It soothes aching muscles. And since you’ve left me only about 24 hours of recovery time, I need to do something to prep before you unleash the Kraken one more time.”

  “You are a complete nut, do you know that?” Gabe said chuckling deeply.

  “That may very well be true, but aren’t your nuts sore and overworked?” Sunny said with a cheeky grin.

  “When it comes to you I seem to have the stamina of a hundred men.” Gabe shot back, inching closer to Sunny and the tub she was filling up with steaming water.

  “Lucky me.” Sunny rolled her eyes and sidestepped Gabe, trying to keep her distance.

  She really did want to bump nasties with him all night, especially in such a beautiful setting. But her body truly couldn’t handle another night. She needed at least one day. So with a sigh, she rose up on her tippy-toes and kissed Gabe on the cheek.

  “I’m sorry I’m being a brat. I would love nothing more than to make love to you all night. But my body seriously couldn’t handle it right now.” Sunny pouted.

  “No, I’m the one that should be saying sorry. I should’ve shown more restraint this week. It was just a long month and I thank God you were alright.” Gabe stepped closer to Sunny and raised his hand to gently caress down her cheek. “And I don’t want to take for granted that I still have you. So every moment that I can be near you, inside you, I’m the happiest man alive.”

  The sincerity in his eyes melted her heart, and she couldn’t believe that this was her life. A few months ago, she couldn’t get a man to even look at her twice. And now the most desirable man in the world wanted her.

  “No, you’re perfect. And I wouldn’t change a thing.” Sunny laid her face in the palm of his hand, closing her eyes savoring the feel of him. “Even a sore cooter.”

  Gabe busted up with laughter right as a knock sounded at the door. He strode over to the door to get the salt from the bellman and tipped him generously.

  “Here, I’ll let you take your bath in peace. I brought a few scripts that I need to read anyway.” Gabe handed the salt to Sunny, then kissed her on the forehead and walked out of the room.

  Sunny poured in a liberal amo
unt of salt into her steaming bath. She toed out of her shoes and slipped her jeans and t-shirt off. She grabbed a hair clip that she had brought in with her, and piled her hair on top of her head, securing it with the clip. She turned and leaned down to swirl her hand in the water, making sure the salt was all mixed in, when she remember that the bathroom had glass walls. She quickly looked up and Gabe was sitting on the bed with the forgotten script in his hands, watching her intensely. If he wants a show, I’ll give him one.

  Reaching behind her back, Sunny unclasped her bra and slowly brought the straps down her arms, and then dropped the bra on top of the pile of clothes already on the floor. Gabe unconsciously crushed the script in his hands at the sight of her little striptease. Just as slowly, she pulled down her cute pale pink with sparkly hot pink kisses printed boyshorts till they dropped at her ankles, and she stepped out of them. And facing Gabe she stepped into the tub and slowly lowered herself in, careful not to get the her cast wet as she let the hot soothing water envelope her.

  Once she was fully submerged, Gabe’s hands loosened around the pages and his jaw relaxed. She watched him look down at the crumpled script and a blush spread across his cheeks at the sight of the nearly destroyed papers. When he bashfully looked up at her again, she gave him a sassy grin and a wink. This is going to be a long night.

  ~~~

  The next morning they woke up bright and early and well rested. Gabe of course was draped across her body like a giant heated “man” blanket. He nuzzled her neck and his full firm lips started to kiss a path to her collarbone.

  “Nope, I don’t think so buddy. First of all, you do realize that you’re about two-hundred and forty pounds of solid muscle smothering me to a slow death every morning.” Sunny smiled in delight. “Second, we’ll be in bed all day if you start down the road I think you’re going down. And I’d personally like to see the city, then come back later and make love into the wee hours of the morning.”

  “Hmm…that actually sounds like a good plan. But you really are super cozy to snuggle up on.” He completely covered her with his massive body, but rose up on his thick cored forearms to take some of his weight off of her.

  Gabe then started kissing Sunny all over her face, making her giggle and squirm. “You know we should really go and brush our teeth before you start kissing on me.”

  “What, you don’t like my morning breath?” He purposefully started breathing on her.

  “Aaaahahahaha…” Sunny laughed uncontrollably while trying to dodge his aim.

  “I guess not. Alright, up you get.” Gabe jumped off of her and the bed and grabbed her hands to help her up as well. He smacked her butt, making her yelp and scamper off to the bathroom.

  Once they were both ready, Sunny in a yellow with large white polka dot vintage 50’s style halter dress and cute white flats for a day of walking and hair piled high in wild curls. Gabe dressed in relaxed fit jeans that did wonders for his great ass, a white button down dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up and his sexy newsboy hat pulled low, his jet black waves curled around his ears, hat and collar.

  They spent the day carousing through the city hand in hand; getting gourmet bagels for breakfast at a classic New York deli, taking a trip to the Statue of Liberty, visiting the site of the Twin Towers, eating Payaya’s hotdogs for lunch and going up to the top of the Empire State building. And as evening approached, Gabe led Sunny to see the lights of Time Square.

  They stopped in the middle as Sunny turned around in circles taking it all in.

  “It never seems this bright on T.V. Wow, it’s amazing!” Sunny said in awe.

  “Just wait, it gets even better.” Gabe smiled down at her with the biggest and most radiant smile she’d ever seen on him.

  Just then she heard the familiar strains of the song Hey, Baby from the movie Dirty Dancing start to play from unknown speakers. And all of a sudden all the people that were surrounding them started to dance. What seemed like hundreds of couples were doing the exact dance from the movie when Baby and Johnny Castle were on the fallen tree over the creek. Then the music changed to Unchained Melody and the dancers did a synchronized slow dance.

  Sunny couldn’t believe her eyes, at what was happening. All the pieces still not fitting together of what was going on. She was still trying to wrap her head around the amazing flashmob when the song changed once again to I’ve Had the Time of My Life and the couples again started recreating the moves of the last scene in Dirty Dancing. It was one of Sunny’s all-time favorite movies, and so she just thought that it was a happy coincidence.

  At the perfect moment in the song all the men picked up their partners in the unforgettable “lift”, and Sunny clasped her hands together in front of her, giddy with delight over being in the middle of the awesome show. Then as the song came to that moment when Patrick Swayze lip-synchs the last lines of the song, Gabe grabbed her hand and spun her out and back and holding her close started to reenact that classic movie moment that every girl dreamed of. Singing to her and nodding his head towards her to punctuate every word.

  Then all at once, all of the dancers stopped and did a type of “wave”, like at a sporting event, all eventually pointing at the giant screen under the ever present famous Coca-Cola sign and on it, it read SUNNY WILL YOU MARRY ME? Sunny gasped and whipped her head around to look at Gabe, who was now down on one knee in front of her with a ring box in his hand.

  “Holy shit! This was all for ME?!” Sunny exclaimed, instant tears coming to her eyes.

  “Haven’t you figured out yet, that I’d do anything for you?” Gabe gazed up at her with his heart in his eyes. “Madison Stone, you make me happier than I ever dreamed possible. You literally burst into my life like a ray of sunshine. And if I can spend the rest of my life making you as happy as you make me, I could die a truly blessed man. So Sunny, would you do me the great honor of becoming my wife?”

  Gabe opened the ring box and inside was the most breathtaking ring she’d ever seen. Nestled in the cushion was a platinum set ring, with a two carat round cut canary yellow diamond in the center with several smaller white diamonds around it, forming what looked like the sun shining with rays of light coming off it.

  Sunny hesitated a moment, gaping at him in disbelief. “And don’t you dare say that it’s too soon! If you can honestly say that you could find what we have somewhere else-” Sunny placed her good hand over Gabe’s mouth, silencing him in the middle of his tirade.

  “Yes.” Sunny said softly, tears streaming down her face.

  Gabe shot up, grabbing Sunny around her waist and lifting her off of her feet and twirling her around in his excitement. “Really?!” Gabe asked.

  “YES!” Sunny laughed and cried, kissing him all over his face. “Yes…yes…yes…yes…” She punctuated each ‘yes’ with a kiss.

  The crowd surrounding them went nuts cheering and clapping loudly, startling Sunny. She had forgotten all about the crowd, wrapped up in her little bubble of happiness with Gabe. And then just as suddenly as they came, the dancers disappeared into the crowd.

  “I think it’s time to go back to the hotel now.” Sunny said smiling down at Gabe who was still holding her up.

  “I want to take you out to a nice dinner to celebrate.” Gabe teased her.

  “The hell you say? We can order room service. That’s all the celebration I need.” Sunny said, unwilling to be swayed.

  “As you wish.”

  Gabe finally set her down on her feet. In their excitement they had both forgotten about the ring. So Gabe handed Sunny the box, and she shakily took the ring out looking at it with shining eyes, glistening once again with tears.

  “I talked to your mother, and she said that if I got you a diamond over two carats, that you’d throw a fit. So instead of going too extravagant in size, I went for a unique design and color just for you. There’s also an inscription.” Gabe said softly.

  Looking inside the band Sunny saw the beautiful script that read: My love. My sun. My Sweet Girl. Her hand
s started to shake so violently, she was afraid she was going to drop the ring. Gabe stepped up and took the ring from her hand and gently slid it onto her ring finger on her left hand. Sunny looked up at his handsome face, so overcome with emotions she couldn’t even name all the feelings coursing through her.

  “It’s perfect. Thank you, Gabriel.” She stood on her tiptoes and kissed him softly on the lips.

  “Come on, let’s get back.” Gabe said, grabbing her hand and leading her to a line of cabs.

  ~~~

  As Gabe helped Sunny into a cab, all he could do was smile like an idiot. The whole plan for the proposal went without a hitch. The Patrick Swayze themed flashmob, the giant electronic screen with his proposal on it and the ring being ready at an exclusive California jewelry store on such short notice even before they left, came together perfectly. He had been worried that with so many people involved that something would go wrong.

  Now that it was all over and it had turned out so well and the fact that she said ‘yes’, he was ready to burst at the seams. And he couldn’t wait to marry her. He wanted to make her his in every way, to tie her to his name figuratively and legally. I wonder if she’d mind eloping.

  Sunny’s head was resting on his shoulder, their fingers entwined and he played with the ring now on her hand. “What do you say we elope in Vegas or Tahoe?” Gabe asked quietly against her hair.

  Sunny’s head shot up off his shoulder, “What?! Do you want to live? Do you want Donna Stone to hunt you down like a rabid dog?” Sunny exclaimed.