47

AUDREY
Gabriel stared back at me in surprise. I traced my fingers on the bumps of his chest, down the lines of his chiseled abs, to his navel, without breaking eye contact, then I lowered myself and began kissing his bare torso. Little by little, and slowly savored the taste of his skin with my lips. It still wasn’t enough. I ran my tongue over his stomach and continued the tease with a mouthful of deep kisses and licks. Even the taste of his skin was delicious.
“Audrey…” his voice tensed.
Promptly, I sat up again and caught the buckle of his belt, and he grasped my wrist too.
He scowled. “What are you doing?”
I bit my lower lip. “I want to.”
He raised an eyebrow. “Are you sure?”
I nodded. “With your permission?”
“Audrey.” His expression darkened. “You don’t need my permission. I’m just surprised.”
The anticipation made me smile. I’d always wondered what it’d look like. I unbuckled his belt, then unbuttoned his trousers slowly, but it seemed he was intolerant. He helped me undo it.
“Are we experimenting?” he asked, followed by a strained chuckle.
I smirked. “Maybe I’m not, but since your driver might knock on that door at any moment, I’d like to hurry.”
Gabriel’s eyebrows met. “And maybe I don’t want to hurry this up.”
I slid my hand into his trousers and grasped what I had meant to set free. He felt thick against my palm, and his shaft was as hard as steel with smooth velvet around it. I pulled him out of his briefs, and damn…
He was gorgeous all over—a perfect definition of a man that was born to please a woman. And he was definitely nine inches.
I gulped.
He chuckled. “Like what you see?”
“Don’t be so cocky.”
“Well, that is cocky,” he breathed. “Have you done this before—whoa!”
I started with long, slow licks from the top to the root of his length, then teased the tip of its head, then leisurely swirled my tongue around it. I wanted to give him more, so after plenty of licks, I took his base in my mouth again while my tongue didn’t stop.
I felt so powerful and in charge of the moment. Gabriel released hitched breaths and gave me a lustful look. I felt his legs tensing, so I’d deliberately slow down to keep him on edge.
Then I sucked his tip again and began stroking his length simultaneously. He caught my hair.
“Audrey… wait.”
I ignored him and went on, consistently licking him with more enthusiasm I had never given away before. I touched the two orbs beneath his length, waiting to be pleasured as well. While looking at me, I increased the pressure and kept every stroke lavish and greedy.
“Audrey, I’m going to come in your mouth if you do this,” he whispered harshly.
I smiled at him with his cock still in my mouth and took him deeper. He fisted a handful of my hair and groaned.
“Fuck!” he cursed.
I fastened my pace but still sucked him gently, keeping my teeth hidden but with my tongue not stopping. It’s like an adrenaline rush, a race that I wanted to make him feel every second was worth it. I might’ve known how to do oral, but it was the first time it lasted this long. I’d always stopped in the middle.
But Gabriel was just too delicious. The groans he made and the lustful gaze and expression on his beautiful face added to my desire and eagerness. I just returned the favor of giving me the same when he devoured me.
“Audrey…” he bellowed, and a thick, warm spurt burst into my mouth, but I still didn’t stop licking him, draining every single drop. He tasted sweet, slightly salty, but sweet.
Finally, I sat up and ran my tongue over my lips. Gabriel gradually pushed himself up and wiped my mouth with his thumb while holding my gaze. Though I noticed he was still hard.
“What have you done to me, hmm?” he whispered. “This isn’t the plan.”
“You don’t like it?” I was still catching my breath. “I’m not good enough?”
An amused smile appeared on his lips, and he chuckled. “You caught me on edge, and you’re going to ask me that?” He stroked my hair fondly. “You’re not hugely experienced. You’re very erratic, but no one has come close.” He kissed my forehead. “No one, to what you’ve given me.”
“Is that a criticism or a compliment?”
“I’d never criticize you for something like this.”
“But it’s not a compliment either—”
“It was amazing, Audrey,” he cut me off. “It’s amazing, just like you are. How’d you learn that?”
“You didn’t seriously ask me that, did you?”
“Hmm.” He frowned. “I guess I still don’t know more about you.”
“Is this something I should talk about with you? I think not.”
He chuckled, and then he stepped out off the couch and secured his trousers. “You had someone else before me.” It wasn’t a question.
I shrugged. “Yeah. I did. I had boyfriends before you.”
“Boyfriends. As in plural, huh?” He was about to button up his shirt, but he stopped. “I need to change.” I watched him disappear to his closet and come back with a new clean shirt.
“That isn’t plural the way you think it is,” I went on. “I had two boyfriends in the past, but I don’t date men simultaneously.” I rolled my eyes.
“Lucky bastards,” he commented with his jaw clenching, then put the new shirt on.
“As if you never had girlfriends in the past, and yes, I mean it plural.” I raised an eyebrow.
“It’s not like that.” He came close to me again and kissed my hair. “Bathroom is in the left corner. I still smell like you.”
I grinned at him. “I like how I smell. Maybe I should leave the trace,” I teased.
He put on some cufflinks on his sleeves. “It’s your idea not to let anyone know about us.”
I laughed. “They wouldn’t know it’s you anyway.”
“Audrey.”
I sighed. “Fine. You know, I’m just kidding.” I pushed myself up and ran to the bathroom. I rinsed my mouth, washed my face, and fixed my hair and makeup.
When I returned, Gabriel was already dressed in a new three-piece burgundy suit, and food was already served on the center table.
I sat next to him, then he spoke, “You know, I had no idea you already had a relationship before me or after that… the guy from your hometown.” He handed me a spoon and a fork.
“Is it because I was a virgin?”
He shrugged, then nodded. “What happened?”
“It didn’t work.”
“Just like that?”
“Just like that.” I looked down at the lunch box in front of me. It had portions of Greek salad, hummus, pita, and chicken. “This looks delicious.”
“I had this lunch box delivered whenever I decided to stay for lunch,” he informed me. “So, how was it? Your past boyfriends.”
I rolled my eyes. “Oh, stop referring to it like that. You know, they were nice. Never cheated. Decent. Smart. But it was always me who had to be indifferent.”
“Why is that?”
“I can’t move forward, Gabriel. I was stuck. Whenever I was at that point… you know,” I opened up. “I mean, when we were finally going to have sex, I’d always freak out in the middle.”
“And they broke up with you because of that?”
“No.” I shook my head. “I initiated the breakup.”
He was silent for a moment as he ate, but then he asked again, “Why’d you freak out, Audrey?”
“I don’t know. It’s not like I don’t want sex. I want to, but whenever I am already there, I just...”
“You stop.”
“Yes. Ever since what happened to me and Liam, which I told no one but you, I could never fully give myself,” I admitted. “I tried, but I was holding back. This is also why I’m afraid of starting any relationship.”
“Are you still afraid, Audrey?”
I shrugged. “Maybe. I don’t know.”
“Then why are you telling me?”
“So, you’d know what to expect. I don’t like to freak you out, and in the end, I’d have to break up—”
“Stop right there,” he cut me off. “Do you still think there’s an end to this? There’s no end, Audrey. I’m never letting you go even if you beg me to.”
I sucked the air at what he said. And he said it as if it was so simple. “Even when you asked me not to betray you? What if I did?”
“People said they don’t want me angry. I can be very irrational.” His words were more like a warning. “Those who betray me don’t exist on my page anymore.”
I couldn’t answer. My mind was mixed up.
“But if you betray me—” he went on “—that’s a different case. You’re my angel, Audrey, so whatever curse the betrayal might cause us, you’re still going to be stuck with me. However, don’t think that I’d be so merciful. My demands can be very intolerable.”
My throat dried up, and I’d never been this nervous in front of him. “But what if I don’t want you anymore?”
“Still.”
“You’re not going to let me go?”
He cocked his head to my side. “I’m obsessed with the idea of us, don’t you see? It’s impossible to keep you out of my sight. But then, I guess all those queries were hypothetical. No one can have you either but me.” He forked the chicken on my bento. “Eat.”
I opened my mouth, and he fed it to me. I chewed it slowly, still in so deep with his words.