Chapter 55- FINALE.

**Tessa’s POV.**

Gabriel and I arrived into our shared apartment an hour after picking them up from the airport. We had dropped Kevin off since his new place was the closest to the airport while Alex had gotten somewhere that was relatively far saying that he was trying to get as far away from them as he could now that they had no other choice than to work together.

Of course, it was all just a joke as the guys had become surprisingly close over the past few weeks, they agreed on things more often and even had a time of the week where they would ditch me to hang out, telling me that they have twenty-one years to make up for.

I didn’t push, obviously because I understood where they were coming from- they deserved some space and privacy to get to know each other better and develop that brotherly bond that should have been formed a long, long time ago and I knew better than to pry into that because if I did, that meant I was as bad as Andrew.

They were my three favorite men in the world and I loved that they were all getting along perfectly- I just wanted to see them all happy and smiling, that wasn’t too much for me to ask for, right? I mean, they deserved happiness after all they had been through.

At least, I knew that Kevin was happy. He had been drafted two days ago and was getting ready to leave for the army to chase his impromptu dream while Alex and Gabriel had been successfully running their new company named ‘The O’Connell Brothers’. They had reached out to their father’s associates and had made it clear that they were in no way connected to him and they were in fact trustworthy and a hundred percent legal.

Alex seemed like he genuinely loved running the business- especially the finance part of it, he had a real knack for it and he actually handled all the money, never overspending and always keeping check of what his brothers were spending. He always tried to remind them that their business was still growing and they could not afford to waste any money on things that weren’t necessary- like the fifty thousand dollar apartment Gabriel had bought for us.

I mean, I loved it a lot but even I had to agree that the price was absurd and for a two-roomed apartment? That was damn crazy! But what could I do? What was done was done, he had already bought the living area and nothing could be done about it.

“What are you thinking about?”, his arms wrapped around my waist from behind and he pulled me closer to him, a smile made its way unto my lips and I turned around in his arms,

“About how expensive this apartment is”, my arms snaked around his waist as well.

Gabriel sighed and his hands fell to his sides in defeat and exhaustion, “Well, I told you, its not too late to give it back if you don’t like it”, I looked at him as if he were crazy,

“Are you kidding me? I love this place”, I took his hands and place them back on my waist, “It’s perfect baby, just like you”, I stood on my tip toes and pressed a kiss to his lips. I was not expecting it to last as long as it did but I chose to live in the moment.

His hands left my waist and went to my butt, squeezing them into his large hands, his tongue pushed into my mouth, deepening the kiss. I could not refrain from moaning when he squeezed my ass just the right amount. His hands then went down to my thigh and he carried me up, my legs instantly wrapped around his waist and I pushed closer into him, closing every centimeter that was between us.

I could tell he was moving soon after because his risen soldier had been rubbing on my sensitive spot until my back hit something soft- he had carried me to the bed. He towered over me, still kissing me like tomorrow was inexistent, he tugged on the lower hem of my shirt and I lifted myself up, allowing him to pull the fabric over my head.

Before he continued the kiss, he proceeded to pull his shirt of as well and he lay me back down and continued but that wasn’t enough for me. I had been planning to go all the way with him a long time ago but life kept getting in the way but today, we had no problems or worries to think about, we were just us- Tessa and Gabriel.

My hands left the back of his neck and went down to undo his belt, I had gotten it off but before I could go any further, he grabbed my hand and looked into my eyes, his eyes were a darker shade of blue and were hooded with lust- he knew exactly what I wanted, “Are you sure?”, he asked me,

I bit my lips and nodded, “Yes, I’m sure”, there was no going back now- not that I ever wanted to go back with him.

***

It was the middle of the night when I had woken up, as usual, I felt Gabriel’s arms wrapped around me as we slept. The memories of the evening before sizzled and burned into my brain, I could still feel his hands on my body, his breath on my skin, his lips on my lips and breasts, I could still remember him inside me and it was absolutely wonderful and breathtaking.

I rose myself up from the bed, feeling a slight pain in between my thighs- it was the kind of pain that wasn’t painful at all, it was the kind of pain that was derived from a good thing. I found a way to slither out of his hold and leave the bed, picking his discarded shirt off the floor and putting it on. Not surprisingly, his shirt reached the tip of my knees, but I loved it like that, it was so comfortable and it smelt like him.

I went over to the full-length window of our bedroom and stood there, taking in the beauty of the city by this time of the day, everything looked so small from up here; the people looked like ants, the cars looked like toys and the smaller houses reminded me of Legos.

“Hey beautiful, why are you up?”, his arms made their way round my body, his lips kissing my neck sensually making blood rush to my sensitive spots- what was this man doing to me?

“I was just thinking”, I said, leaning into him,

“May I ask what about?”,

“I was thinking about how much I love you and how everything might not be perfect from now on, but as long as you’re here with me, I know everything would be as alright as it can get”, I admitted to him,

“I love you”, and I knew he did, nothing on this earth or beyond could tell me otherwise because Gabriel did love me and he had made it clear that nothing could ever change that and even I would not have it any other way.

THE END.