Page 261 of The Bonus

The orgasm is so strong that I lose my breath. I nearly pass out with the pleasure.

I shudder into his mouth as he kisses me. He’s as lost to this as I am.

No matter what mistakes we’ve made in the past, no matter how much we’ve hurt.

The physical part of us…is and always has been.

Perfect.

Thursday morning.

Gabriel kisses me softly. “Text me if you need anything.” He disappears up the hall and into his office. I lie back on the couch of his living room and smile up at the ceiling.

It’s been the most incredible week; every day things get a little more real.

This is actually happening; we are actually happening.

I scroll through my phone as I drink my coffee.

“That is it!” he yells. “This is the final fucking straw.” I hear his office door bang open and he strides out. “We’re leaving,” he announces.

“Do you want to go to my house?”

“No. We’re going to New York.”

My face falls. “What?”

“The children are on school holidays as of tomorrow, and I have too much on next week. Until this internet is sorted, I can’t work from here. I’ll get a technician out next week.”

“Me and the kids will just wait here until you get back.”

“I’m not going without you!” he bellows at the top of his voice.

“But…”

“But nothing,” he snaps. “I cannot do what I have to do without the appropriate equipment…and you are going to support me.”

Mark walks through the back door. “Hey.” He sees Gabriel’s furious face. “What’s up?”

“We leave for New York in the morning.”

The kids stare out of the back windows in awe as the car pulls onto the tarmac.

Gabriel is dressed in his navy blue suit, a crisp white shirt and tie. Looking every bit as New York CEO as they come.

Mark is in the front seat, and there’s another car of men behind us.

Nerves dance deep in the pit of my stomach.

I’m excited to go to New York, but deep down, I have a bad feeling about this.

It’s just two weeks, what could possibly go wrong in two weeks?

The car comes to a halt. Gabriel gets out and opens the door for us. The kids and I climb out and are suddenly stunned to silence.

A sleek jet sits on the tarmac, it has gold detailing around the windows and on the nose. It’s so exotic and luxurious looking that I’ve never seen one like it before.

Not even in magazines…

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