Gabriel the conqueror is back. Now that he’s conquered the business world, it’s time to take me on. He plunges into me in one deep thrust, and I claw at his back as pens and papers clatter to the ground around us.
We’re like two wild animals going at each other, unbridled passion the driving force of our connection at the moment. Gabriel grips my hips in his hands as he powers into me, his hands stroking my breast and clit simultaneously.
When I’m about to come, he slaps his hand over my mouth and I scream into it, the orgasm tearing through me like a force of nature. I’m still spasming around him when Gabriel stills, filling me with warmth as his release spills out of him.
We stay connected like that for a long time, catching our breaths while he cradles me in his arms and sits down. He looks peaceful and happy, and I feel it too. He strokes my face beneath his fingers, staring into my eyes.
“There was something I wanted to do,” he says. “I was going to wait until tonight, but I don’t want to wait anymore.”
“What is it, Gabriel?” I ask.
“You already know I’m putting everything into this company,” he says. “Things might be difficult for a while until it gets off the ground.”
“Well, you’ll always have me,” I reassure him. “I’ll be here no matter what.”
“I was hoping you would say that, Victoria.” He smiles softly, fumbling around in his drawer for something.
When I see the little blue box, my heart skips a beat, and Gabriel squeezes me a little tighter, the nervousness clear on his face.
“I want to make it official,” he says. “I want the entire world to know that you, Victoria Colletti, belong to me…”
“Yes!” I wrap my arms around his neck and let out a strangled sob.
“You didn’t even let me finish,” he says with a relieved smile.
“I’m sorry.” I laugh. “I couldn’t wait.”
Gabriel holds out the ring, and I stare at it in awe. It’s a black diamond set into a white gold band, something so beautiful I would have chosen it myself if I’d seen it first.
“For my gothic princess,” he says.
“It’s perfect, Gabriel.”
“It has an inscription too,” he says, allowing me to see the symbol carved on the underside of the band.
Tears spring to my eyes when I stare at the same symbol I have tattooed on my back. Orion.
“How did you know?” I ask.
Gabriel wipes away my tears, kissing me softly and stroking my face.
“I pay attention, Victoria,” he says as he pulls out another ring. “Mine has the symbol for Artemis. I was thinking that maybe we could rewrite history.”
I grin back at him like a love-sick puppy dog, throwing myself at him and kissing him like crazy. But before we can get too carried away, his intercom buzzes and Margie’s voice fills the room.
“Sorry Mr. Maddox,” she says. “But I can’t keep her at bay much longer. Your sister is here and she wants to see you.”
Gabriel groans and I laugh as we start scrambling for our clothes.
“She’s just excited to know how her big brother did,” I say. “I think it’s cute.”
“Yea, well we’ll see if you still think that twenty years from now,” he says with a wink. “Because you have an entire lifetime to get used to it baby.”
I melt into his embrace and smile, whispering the only truth that I know.
“I wouldn’t have it any other way.”
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