by Joyce Jordan
Gabe had seen them ages ago and he had noticed the way the boy had been looking at his Ana. And walking too close to her. Damn, looking at Ana. She wasn’t his by a long shot but he intended to remedy that soon. He hadn’t intended on seeing her today, but after his meeting with Rafe and Nate, he had decided to come after all. Twenty four hours goes by fast after all. And that’s the excuse he was standing by. And he was damn glad he had come because he intended to put that relationship to a stop. The relationship the boy thought was possible.
He was pulsing with need. Just looking at her made his blood boil and he hadn’t even touched her, let alone was even that close to her. As she neared she looked up and saw him. Her eyes went wide. He saw the need – happiness – hunger in her before she narrowed her eyes on him. Smiling and happy to know she wasn’t as unaffected as she tried to be or wanted to be, he sauntered over and met them as they neared the building entrance.
“Ana,” Gabe murmured and swooped down for a kiss, and his bad mood vanished just like that. Not giving her time to react, he broke the quick kiss, circled her waist with his left hand and held his right hand to her companion. “Gabriel Boyd. We met briefly on Friday.”
It was amusing to see the flash of anger that came on the boy’s face. Gabe doubted if Ana was aware of the boy’s true feelings towards her.
“Gary Gifford,” the boy replied and shook his hand.
“Is it okay if I steal Ana away for a couple of hours?” Not that it was a question, but the boy would be a fool to think Gabe needed his permission to talk to Ana.
“Ana, I can stay if you need me to,” Gary said looking at Ana expectantly, not wanting to leave her alone with Gabriel Boyd.
“No. I will be fine. Thanks for coming.”
“Call me if you need me.”
“I will. Bye Gary.”
Turning, Gary reluctantly walked away. Gabe pulled Ana closer and walked her inside to the elevators.
“What was that all about?” she hissed at Gabe.
“What was what about?”
“Don’t be daft. You kissing me and keeping your arm around me, acting as if there is something going on between you and me. As if I am your girlfriend.”
“You are adorable when you get angry,” Gabe smiled down at her and chanced a quick kiss. The elevator dinged and he pulled her inside.
“Stop that and answer the question. Why are you here exactly?” How was she going to move on with her life, if he kept showing up like a bad penny?
“Ah, you see that’s what I came to see you about.”
“You could have called, you know. There is such a thing as a telephone.”
“True, but I’d rather do it face to face.”
“And it couldn’t wait until Monday?” Just sparring words with him was tiring. He seemed to have something on his mind.
“Maybe, but time is of the essence.”
“I thought I had already explained that I am booked right now. I couldn’t possibly spare time. Besides you have the Sullivan brothers helping you with that issue. And there is the referal I gave Rafe.”
“Well, that’s one of the reasons I came by.”
“And the second is?”
They got off the elevator and Ana took her keys and opened the door. As soon as Gabe helped Ana with her coat, she pulled away and walked to the kitchen. Trying to find something to do with her hands she called as she walked, “Would you like something to drink?” Hoping that drinking some cold water would help clear her head, Ana filled a glass. Turning from the fridge she found Gabe waiting by the island staring at her.
Flustered, Ana walked around him and almost ran out of the kitchen. As she entered the sitting room, she slowed down and looked back at Gabe. He hadn’t moved from his position except he had turned to watch her.
“What are you afraid of Ana?”
“Nothing. I just think it will be more comfortable if we sat down.” Pointing to the seats, “Please take a seat,” she went on.
Ana carefully chose a chair, leaving Gabe to choose another seat where they wouldn’t have to be seated side by side. Giving her space, Gabe sat down a little further from her. He almost laughed when he saw the tension leave her shoulders. It didn’t hurt his ego to see that the little kitten was not unaffected as she was trying to pretend.
“So now that we are done with your first reason for being here, what was the second?”
“Are you that eager to get rid of me Ana?”
“Like I told you a few minutes ago, I have a lot of work to do and would like to get to it before the day is over.”
“Fair enough. I wouldn’t want to mess your working hours.”
Snorting, “Yeah right,” she mumbled to herself.
“What was that?”
“Nothing, I was just clearing my throat.” Ana faced him refusing to be intimidated.
Throwing his head back, Gabe laughed whole heartedly. “Ana, you are precious.”
Yes he had a beautiful laugh. Deep. Manly. Ana would be happy to hear him laugh all day. His whole demeanor changed and he loosened up. Even his face softened, not that a man like Gabe could be accused of having a soft face, but the transformation was indescribable. One had to see it to believe.
“I’m not sure we are done with my first reason of why I am here. What is the real reason you are refusing Ana? And please don’t tell me you are too busy.” Caught off guard Ana could only stare for a while. “I will pay whatever fees you charge. Both Nate and Rafe believe you are the best, and I would prefer to have the best. I trust their judgment.”
“I really have some projects I am working on right now. Adding yours would stretch me thin.” Standing up Ana located a paper and pen and wrote a name and phone number. “If you call that person, he can help you,” she added while pushing the paper across the coffee table to Gabe.
Gabe didn’t even bother to pick up the piece of paper.
“Is he better than you Ana?”
Sitting on the arm of her vacated chair, Ana laughed. “Does it matter? He can do the job for you. That much I can guarantee. That’s what matters.”
He stood. “It matters to me,” Gabe answered and took a step towards her. “Let’s table that for a while and discuss my second reason of why I am here.”
Eyes going wide, she stood and walked to the back of her chair. Gabe looked at her. She was a vision. She looked so adorable. Would he ever get tired of looking at her? He could see that she didn’t even seem to realize her magnetism.
“Why are you running away? Again.”
Trying to prove him wrong, Ana stood still. Moving around the chair, he came to a stop a few inches in front of her and raised his right hand to touch her face. Forgetting her resolve of a second ago, she tried to sidestep him but he only followed her.
Gabe brought his other hand to her face and slowly leaned forward until his lips touched hers. It was a slow kiss, feather light. Gabe teased her lips with his lips, moved his hands from her face down her neck, down her shoulders and arms then brought them to her back. He pulled her body closer to him, spanning her waistline he moved his hands up until his thumbs lightly brushed the outer edges of her breasts.
Gabe quickly deepened the kiss when Ana sighed in pleasure. He pushed his tongue inside her mouth, coaxed her until she gave as much as he took. He plundered her sweet mouth, moved one hand to her hold her head and the other he moved to cup her butt. When Gabe pulled her in Ana felt the full length of his thick and long arousal. It was hard against her stomach. Moving her hands from his biceps she placed them behind his neck and pulled Gabe deeper into the kiss.
When she came up for air Ana stepped back. She needed to make a last attempt before she decided to throw caution to the wind. “Look, this is wrong. You came to discuss business.” Putting more space between them she moved further away and went to stand by the window.
“Have dinner with me tonight.” It was more like a command than a request, Ana thought to herself. This man was used to getting things his own way.
“I have a prior arrangement for tonight.”
“Tomorrow then.”
“Excuse me?”
“You have a prior engagement for tonight, so we can go for dinner tomorrow night,” he explained.
She hadn’t thought that far ahead. Ana had thought she would decline his offer of dinner and that will be that. Thankfully she had tentative plans with Kelly, so she didn’t have to make it up. She should have known that Gabe was not a man likely to take no for an answer. “I have something planned for tomorrow evening.”
“Really?” he studied her face. She was a terrible liar. “When are you free?”
“Look,” she said and moved away when Gabe took a step towards her. “I just don’t know what you want from me. And whatever it is, I don’t think it is a good idea.”
“If you don’t know what it is, how do you know it’s not a good idea?” he followed her and moved closer again.
“Umm...mmm. I just know.” She moved away. This was tiring and she didn’t know how much more she could hold onto her sanity. The pull of attraction was strong and every second, the stonewall she had built around herself was being chipped away.
“I want you,” Gabe said going for broke. “You have been driving me crazy since you walked into my office a few days ago. There is an attraction between us that cannot be ignored. And I intend to explore it. One. Way. Or. Another. And that is the second reason why I came to see you.”
“Is that a threat? Because you make it sound like one.”
Chuckling, “Threat or fact. Call it what you want. But you and me,” he said pointing, “are going to see where this takes us. And I need you to be a willing participant. I have never had to force myself on a woman.”
“I bet,” Ana mumbled to herself.
“What was that?” He moved again.
When Ana tried to move away this time, she realised she had been backed into a corner and there was no way to escape him. Gabe moved the few remaining steps and placed both hands against the wall next to her head. Moving his hands to her shoulders he glided them down her arms until he held her hands. Her palms were sweaty and she was trembling. “Ana. Look at me.”
When she didn’t look up, Gabe brought one hand up and lifted her chin. His mouth covered hers, before she could react. Claiming. Taking. Plundering. Promising. The need inside Ana suddenly burst and she was as wild as Gabe. Teeth clashing, he demanded, he took and and Ana gave him full access to her mouth. Their tongues dueled. Groaning she moved her hands to his back and pulled him closer.
“Jesus Ana,” Gabe breathed out when they both came up for air. Groping his buttocks, she pulled him closer still. Pulling his t-shirt free of his jeans, Ana touched his skin. Not an ounce of extra flesh on his body. She wondered what kind of exercise kept him in such good shape.
She could still feel his erection between them and she thought it was growing thicker by the minute. Dropping her head to his chest, Gabe leaned down and slightly pulled her earlobe with his teeth. Her head tilted to the side and he moved his lips to her neck, and trailed wet kisses until he moved up to her face where he rained kisses all over her face and took her lips again.
Gabe pulled her sweater off, then undid the buttons on her blouse then his hands found and cupped her breasts. Molding them, he started playing with the nipples through her bra. Her knees went weak and Ana slumped against him then Gabe picked her up and sat her down on the chair she had just vacated. Kneeling in front of her, Gabe broke contact with her lips and unfastened the front clasp of her bra. The skin on skin contact felt unbelievably good when he held her against his chest.
“Where is Kelly?” he asked her.
“At work,” she whispered.
“Perfect,” Gabe said and claimed one nipple. Was he talking about Kelly’s absence or Ana’s breast? Ana didn’t care at this point.
“Oh God!” Ana exclaimed and held Gabe’s head against her breast. He freed the nipple from his mouth then moved to the other nipple and gave it the same attention. He brought one hand up and played with her other nipple and lowered his other hand to cup her mound.
“Baby, you are so wet.” Gabe tore the thong she was wearing off her body, and pushed it into his jean pocket then pulled her skirt to her waist but left her wearing her boots. She was wearing a different pair of knee high boots. Very sexy with a short skirt. One day, very soon, he would like to fuck her while she only had the boots on. But for today as he had for the previous two days, his intention was to pleasure Ana. The past two nights he had done the same thing and he was surprised by the pleasure he received in return, knowing that he had made Ana come with his fingers and his mouth. Soon she would come with his cock inside her. Just thinking about it made Gabe’s cock twitch and grow bigger and harder, pressing painfully against the zipper on his jeans. Rearranging himself with the hand that had been playing with Ana’s nipple, Gabe felt a little relief. Using the same hand, he placed it to the small of her back and pulled her to the edge of the chair.
He thought her lips had been neglected for too long and so corrected his error and he kissed Ana until she was irrational.
Gabe pushed her head to the sofa backrest, then lowered his head down and suckled her nipple. With his mouth he surrounded her breast, sucked and pulled the nipple hard and when she cried out, he soothed with his tongue, then grazed with his teeth and soothed with his tongue again. He repeated the process twice, before he moved to the other breast and he did the same.
The pain was sharp and when it connected to her inner core, brought so much pleasure to her lower regions, that Ana wished Gabe would never stop whatever he was doing. Using both hands, Ana pulled Gabe’s head closer to her breasts. It was confusing. What he made her feel. It was both pleasure and pain, but the pleasure was well worth the pain.
Gabe continued to use his mouth and lips on Ana’s breasts, and his hands held her steady at the edge of the couch. He slid his right hand down her thigh until he reached her knee, then glided up tracing her inner thigh. Gabe widened her legs further apart and placed both legs on the armrests of the chair. He then moved to touch her core and was not disappointed by how wet she still was for him. Much wetter than before and wide open for him. He had never seen a pussy more beautiful. And it was on display for him. He slipped two fingers inside and she twisted and groaned loudly. Gabe moved his fingers around, and touched her g-spot. She twisted some more while begging for release.
Ana was on the edge and ready to come any moment. However, Gabe was not allowing that. Everytime she was ready to come, his fingers pulled back and slowed the intensity.
“Please. I really need…”
“Please what baby? Tell me what you need.”
“I need to come. Please help me,” she cried and tears slid down her cheeks.
Gabe pumped her with his fingers, faster and faster, and used his thumb to play with her clit. A few seconds after that Ana felt her orgasm coming fast and furious, and like a tornado it hit her with all its force and glory.
Gabe closed his mouth around one breast, pulled free and left it wet, then blew on the nipple. Ana felt a sensation she had never felt before and continued to come fast and hard onto Gabe’s hand. Not stopping, Gabe moved to the other breast and did the same. Whether they were separate orgasms that rolled into each other or just one that kept her gripped, the shaking was unending, and Ana screamed like she had never screamed before.
Finally Gabe pulled her into his arms, and held her until the orgasms slowly died down. He then lifted her up, and took her to her bathroom where he used a washcloth to clean her up. Taking her off the countertop, Gabe walked into her bedroom holding her against him before sitting on her bed.
“You okay baby?” he asked her.
“Yes,” she said and tried to move away.
“Where are you going?” he asked her.
“I need to think.”
“You think too much. Don’t over-analyze this baby,” he chuckled and pulled her legs aside him so she was stra
ddling him and then shifted her closer so that her breasts were touching his open chest.
“Oh God,” she said while laughing,
“What’s funny?”
“Kelly said the same thing to me this morning.”
“Smart girl. I like your friend Kelly.”
“She likes you too. Maybe you should pursue Kelly.”
“Baby, I like Kelly. But I am not interested in her the way I am interested in you.”
“Why me? You have women falling at your feet, day and night.”
“Those are or rather were casual relationships, and are in my past, and right now I am not interested in anything casual. I want an exclusive relationship with you.” Looking at her, he continued, “And there is no reason why we cannot be with each other. We are both currently unattached. We will need to exchange medical reports so you know I don’t have any diseases that you should be worried about and vice versa.”
“What? Do people do that? Besides, I didn’t say I agreed.”
“It’s just a matter of time, baby. Why are you fighting it?”
“Gabe…”
“You are still overthinking the whole thing.” Gabe said, cutting her off and with a kiss effectively shut her. “I have already given you enough time to know that I am interested in you, but I am willing to give you tonight to wrap your pretty head around the idea. Then I am coming for you.” Gabe stood and put her down, looked into her eyes as he said, “And that baby is a threat.”
Trembling, Ana started buttoning her shirt but her fingers were all thumbs and managed to mismatch a couple of buttons and buttonholes.
Gabe pulled her hands away and helped to button her shirt correctly. “I owe you some underwear,” he said and pulled the thong that he had shoved into his pocket.
“You have to go,” Ana said with embarrassment. She looked at her thong in Gabe’s hand and snatched it before she threw the offending garment on her bed.
Gabe followed her when she took off for the door, but prevented her from opening it. “You have tonight Ana,” he warned.
