Chapter 22

**Tessa’s POV.**

Once again, I stood in front of Gabriel’s door, hoping I wouldn’t get to regret the decision I had made- not that I actually saw a future with Gabriel, I was quite sure that all this was a joke to him, which meant that I also did not have to take him seriously.

But I meant every word I had said to Kevin, we couldn’t be anything more than friends and I hoped he would come to terms with my decision one day and realize all this was for the greater good. I wished he would take in the fact that even if Gabriel and I weren’t meant to be, I still would not become anything more than a friend to him.

My small hand formed a fist and knocked on the door, “Who the hell is it?”, his deep voice said from the other side of the door. I contemplated walking away, I really did but I saw no point in it- yes, Gabriel was a scary ass jerk, but a nagging part of me was actually willing to try things with him- oh, and a sex driven part as well.

“It’s me”, I called out,

“Well, ‘it’s me’ isn’t being specific now, is it?”, I rolled my eyes at his snarky attitude,

“Open the stupid ass door, Gabriel”, I was expecting him to come to the door but when he said the words,

“Come in!”, it left me surprised, shocked and hesitant. My hand shakily went to the door knob and I pushed it down, allowing the door to fly open. For the first time ever, I was able to take a better glace of Gabriel’s room, every thing was in black and white, from his furniture to his drapes to his sheets- everything. “Oh, it’s you”, he snorted from his king sized bed.

It looked as though he had just woken up from sleep, his hair was sexily messy, his eyes were hooded over and do not even get me started with his shirtless chest- damn, I could lick ice-cream of his eight packed body. Somehow, he had woken up looking like he had just walked out of a Calvin Klein fashion magazine.

“When you are done checking me out, feel free to state your business”, his voice sounded sleepy and so sexy, it had me rubbing my thighs for friction. But he was an absolute jerk face, that was for sure,

I let out a scoff which clearly showed that I was about to deny all that he had said, “I wasn’t checking you out”, I had always been a horrible liar and most people could just see right through me- I was that transparent with my words,

“Oh, come on Tessie”, he smirked causing me to narrow my eyes at him, “You don’t have to lie to me. You know, I like the fact that you know a good thing when you see it. It means that you are cut out for the family business”.

An untamed eyebrow went up and I took an involuntary step back, “Excuse me?”, did he just say ‘family business’?

“I am just saying, in case you don’t want to be a full-time house wife when we eventually get married, you can work for the company with me, maybe as my personal assistant or secretary- either way, we have hot banging sex doing our lunch breaks”, blood rushed to my face at his words, was he fucking serious?

The idea seemed very tempting and I could not help but let my imagination wonder around sinful places; I pictured myself as Gabriel personal assistant or secretary- which ever one, my skirt being a few inches too short but he liked it that way, especially if I was commando. I strutting into his office with heels that I didn’t even know I was capable of wearing, he pushing all his work aside just so he could have fun with me and…

What the fuck was I doing? Getting myself hot and bothered for nothing. I thanked the heavens I had decided on jeans, if I had worn a dress or skirt, God knows how embarrassed I would have been by my own wetness trickling down my leg for Gabriel to see.

“I make you horny, don’t I?”, fuck! How had I not noticed that Gabriel was right in front of me?

I took a step away from him as he was way too close for comfort but he took a step closer, closing the gap until I was pressed against a wall and him. He placed both his hands on the wall, caging me with his large body. My breath was heavy and so was his, they mingled together as one and even though he had just woken up, it seemed as though there was no such thing as morning breath in his personal dictionary.

“I make you wet, don’t I?”, he whispered into my ear, my legs almost bucked under me as my body burned with hot, scalding desire. My eyelids felt heavy and my vision was foggy, the only thing I could see was him. I wondered if it would be okay to just pounce on him and have my way with him but the problem was that I was completely inexperienced in all this, were my lady parts even supposed to be pounding this hard?

One of his hands left the wall and went to my waist as he leaned in closer to me, his head was buried into my neck and before I knew it, he planted a kiss on the fragile skin, making my now hard nipples strain painfully against my bra.

His large hand travelled down to my ass, cupping it gently. I could not help it, a moan escaped my lips and I pushed myself closer to him, grinding myself on his standing soldier, “I make you want to scream my name, don’t I?”, he squeezed my ass tightly, making me gasp out. I knew this was wrong, I should be pushing him away and running for the hills but I had no self control, the heat running through me was unbearable- blazing hot and pooling down my body, “Don’t I?”, he bit my earlobe and I let out another strangled moan,

“Fuck”, was all that left my mouth. What the fuck was he doing to me?

“You want me to fuck you, don’t you?”, my whole brain had turned to mush because I actually nodded my head desperately, begging for him to take me right there, right then. He began to kiss up my neck, blessing me with his sinful ministrations, he kissed me all the way to my cheek but he suddenly stopped when he was a kiss away from my lips. Slowly, he leant his head down, hovering over my lips, “You have to work for it”.

My eyes snapped open and I was snapped out of my lust-filled daze just to see Gabriel’s lips twisted up in a lopsided grin and before I knew it, laughter filled the room as he stepped away from me. Tears coated my eyes in embarrassment, he was a complete jerk! How could he do that to me? Riling me up then leaving me high and dry.

“I fucking hate you”, I screamed at him,

“That’s not what I heard you say a minute ago”, he pointed out in between fits of laughter. It pained me how someone could laugh at someone else’s pain, at someone else’s expense,

“Fuck you, Gabriel!”,

“You’d have to work harder than that”, somehow, I found the situation funny as well, Gabriel could act like he did not want me but the evidence showed from the prominent bulge in his sweatpants, he really wasn’t fooling anyone. Even if his sole plan was to make me crave for him, along the way, he got caught up in the whole thing and his plan had backfired horribly.

Placing a smirk on my face, I clapped my hands in an applauding manner, his laughter faded and when he turned his attention on me, I said, “Well played”, the look of confusion on his face was absolutely priceless- he was expecting me to cry and weep just like I actually intended on doing, but that slight information I had picked up on was the only thing keeping me going. “Anyways, I wanted to ask you how I should dress on Saturday”, I wanted to seem unfazed when really, my lower region was burning with want for him,

“We are having dinner at a restaurant”, he still looked confused as hell but I decided not to bask in my triumph until I left his room,

“Dinner dress it is, okay, I will see you later”, without another word, I left the room, making sure he also did not get the last say. Honestly, I was still horny as hell and I had no way to deal with it, touching myself was completely out of it so I decided to just make myself busy for the rest of the day, trying my best not to remember the way his lips felt on my skin.