Page 106 of Enchanting the CEO

"I'm sorry. I don't know what I was thinking."

I bit the inside of my cheek, staying put as he placed a hand on my neck.

"So you trust me?" I asked.

"Yes, 100 percent. Swear to God, I trust you. I really can't explain why I reacted like that."

"We all have our triggers," I murmured.

Considering the shit show that had been going on in his family, I had an inkling that this was related. I didn't say it out loud, though, because there was no point in rehashing that.

"You mean so much to me. I can't even imagine you with anyone else. It destroys me on the inside completely." He said the last word in a lower octave.

"I'm yours. Only yours, Gabe. I thought you realized that."

"You promise?"

"Yes.”

“Okay. Because I couldn't stand even the possibility of anything else."

I'd never seen him like this, so raw and vulnerable in front of me, opening up completely.

"I don't—" he began, but I rose on my toes and sealed my mouth over his, wanting to show him exactly how I felt.

We all had triggers and fears, but relationships were about facing everything together, not turning on each other.

He cradled my head with both hands, pulling my entire body against his.

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Gabe

I wanted to peel everything off her slowly just to watch her get more impatient. At the same time, I wanted to yank off her clothes and have her naked in front of me right now.

"What are you thinking about?" she murmured.

"All the things I want do to you. I don't even know where to start."

She grinned. "That's new. You usually seem to know everything."

It was true, but everything was different with Diane, and I was starting to accept that.

I turned her around, holding her hair in my left fist and lifting it above her head so I could kiss the back of her neck. I put my other hand on her arm, smiling against her neck when her skin turned to goose bumps. Then I lowered my hand to her belly, catching the exact moment when she pulled in her muscles, tensing like she needed to brace herself. "I like making you squirm."

"You're very good at it," she whispered.

I barely caught her words as I continued kissing up and down the back of her neck, then tugged the zipper down and trailed my mouth down her spine. Sliding my hands inside her dress, I drew my palms down the sides of her body. She moved to pull it off her shoulders.

"No. Only when I tell you to."

"Okay." She sucked in a breath.

I moved my mouth down until I reached the base of her spine, then said, "Push it down your shoulders slowly."

She took off both straps at the same time. As she lowered it, more of her ass came into view. She was wearing a thong. The way her ass hung out of it drove me crazy. I kissed down her right ass cheek and then her left one, going farther down as she lowered her dress even more.

"Drop it now," I said once it went past her ass.

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