Falling into Surrender(18)

Gabriel pulls me up into his arms and wraps my legs around his hips  while he strokes my face in his hands, looking more relaxed than I've  ever seen him.

"I got it, baby," he says. "They want to invest. I've got the green light."

"Oh my God!" I squeal, wiggling around in his arms.

Gabriel smiles and pulls me in for a kiss, breathing life back into me as we meld together in our usual fashion.

I whimper when he splays me across his desk, rubbing his greedy hands  over my body while he unzips himself. His cock is rock hard and standing  at attention as he rips the lace thong right off me with a predatory  growl.

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."