Page 4 of Hello, Goodbye

Her eyes looked down for several long moments before she looked back up at me and said, “So, um, I’ve had a crush on you ever since you first came to the diner and smiled. It’s so silly.”

I look into her eyes and take a deep calming breath as I scoot closer to her. I can feel that she’s waiting for me to do something like laugh at her. I will never make her feel less than the beautiful goddess that she is. I reached up and cupped her cheek in my hand. “It’s not silly at all.”

My heart was beating impossibly fast as she laid her hand on my chest. I knew she could feel how hard my heart beat under her palm. The gray of her irises was darker around her pupils. They reminded me of the storm clouds. The longer my eyes were captured by hers, the more emotions I saw playing there. Attraction. Interest. Curiosity. Want. I wanted it as well. I wanted all the beautiful Marnie had to offer.

I bent towards her, and the moment felt like it was happening in slow motion. Then my lips were on hers… warm, soft lips that tasted like mint. The kiss was gentle, feather-soft. It seemed to go on and on as we tasted each other, making me want more.

We pulled away from each other, each wearing a smile. I don’t want today to end, and I hope she feels the same but I don’t want her to be obligated to me in any way. I wanted her to want to be with me, not owe me anything. “It’s, um, getting late. I should let you and Sam just enjoy the rest of the day together.”

“Gabriel, wait, please stay. Stay for me, not because you want to help me, or to be with Sam. Stay because, at the end of the day, you want whatever this is between us.”

I hold her face in my hands, “Marnie, that is all I want. I don’t want you to feel like you owe me anything. I want you to be with me because as a man, you want to be with me and accept me as I am.”

I stand up when she doesn’t say anything. She stands up as well and quickly puts herself between me and the door. Her small hands grab hold of my shirt at my waist as she says, “Stay. I want to be with you.”

Chapter 4

Marnie

Gabriel captured my lips in a tender kiss that quickly turned passionate as I sighed in happiness and my mouth opened to grant him entrance. He pressed in closer and deepened the kiss, claiming my mouth. A streak of heat vibrated through my body, settling in my lower abdomen. Gabriel’s hands came around my waist and pulled me to his chest. I lifted on my toes, and my arms wrapped around his neck, my fingers playing with his hair. Every pore in my body was awake as my body melted against his hard one.

His tongue flitted out, running along the seam of my lips, wet and hot. The heat-sealed our lips together. Gabriel released a groan of what sounded like approval, the sound vibrating deep in his throat. I answered him with a content sound that curled up from my belly.

He took that as further permission, pushing me up against my door as my tongue greeted his, playing at first, then dueling. I wanted to make him want me more than he’d ever wanted any woman. As he stepped into me, our bodies so close that I could barely breathe, he broke the kiss to ask against my lips, “Sam?”

“Sleeps like the dead.’

“Bedroom?”

“Straight back, the last door,” I moaned as his mouth nipped the tender skin behind my ear. Reaching under my backside, he lifted me, my legs immediately wrapped around his waist as my arms held on tightly around his neck. As we made it into my bedroom, he put me down as I quietly closed and locked the door.

The mood turned serious when I realized the glint in his eyes held an edginess to it, a desire the likes of which I’ve never before caused to spark in man. It was sexy as hell and made me feel a hundred times sexier than I knew I was. “Marnie.” My name on his lips was somehow both a plea and a command.

I closed my eyes at the sound of my name on his lips. He made it sound so sensual and caused my pussy to become drenched with my arousal. My pulse skipped a beat. “Y-yes?”

He closed the distance between us, enveloping me in his arms and crushing me to his chest. The evidence of his arousal pressed against my belly. Taking my lips in a quick, searing kiss, he said against my mouth so that our breath became entwined. “I want you, Marnie. I know we just met, but this feeling, whatever this is, feels right. It feels like more than just lust. It feels like forever.”

“I feel it, too. It feels like I finally found the one I’ve been waiting for. Please don’t break me, Gabriel.”

“Never. Let me love you, Marnie. You and Sam both. Let me be your man, your family as I want you to be mine.”

“Yes, please. I don’t care how crazy it is. I want you.” I spoke the words at the same time that I reached between us and gripped his cock through the material of his jeans. A blaze of intense passion ignited between us, stronger than before.

He kissed me, his hands running over my back, my ass. They grazed the soft, outer rounds of my breasts. I wrapped one of my arms around his back as I tightened my grip on his cock. He nuzzled my cheek with his nose, “This is us, Marnie. Crazy or not, this is us.”

My heart leapt and every muscle in my body melted at his words. His large, strong hands gripped my hips, and he made a sound that was part growl, part need. Wrapping my arms tightly around his neck, I hooked my ankles at his lower back, opening to allow his erection to press against my center.

Lifting my hips, he slid his hard rod into me, rocking the steeliness over my clit. Gasping, I gripped his head, pressing my lips to his. His kiss was devouring, his movements hypnotizing as I undulated my hips in motion with his. He felt so good. It had been so long since I’d been with a man. This was like nothing I’d ever experienced before. I hadn’t even stripped off one article of clothing yet, and I was already so close.

I moaned, and his hand found its way between us, his thumb covering my clit through the material of my jeans. It was pressing then brushing over that sensitive spot slowly, then faster, teasing in slow circles.

When I released the button on my jeans, his fingers took over, pulling down my zipper before slipping inside my underwear. His fingers massaged my clit before pinching it. My orgasm hit hard and fast. “Gabriel,” I moaned. Colors exploded behind my eyelids as my orgasm drenched his hands as he continued his torturous caresses.

“That’s it, baby. Let go. I have you and I’ll never let you go,” this gorgeous man murmured into my ear as the wave crashed over me. When I could open my eyes again, Gabriel smiled at me as he guided me closer to the bed. He gripped my shirt, pulling it over my head and doing the same with his own. I watched him with hooded eyes. He pulled my jeans off but left me in my underwear.

As he stood in front of me, he removed his pants. I ogled the large tent in his boxer briefs. I couldn’t help but lick my lips at the thought of the pleasure he would give me with it. Gabriel chuckled as he caressed my face tenderly. “Like what you see, beautiful?”

I nodded before tearing my eyes away and looking into his eyes. He wore a teasing smirk which caused my cheeks to heat with my blush. “Come here,” he said, pulling me to him for another hot kiss. When he came up for air, his hands quickly removed my bra, throwing it over his shoulder as his eyes never left my breasts.

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