“I take it you enjoyed yourself?” He locked their fingers together, lifting her hand to his lips and kissing her.
“I’ve never felt anything like that, Gabriel. I’ve never been so close to anyone as I feel close to you.” She turned, and he pressed kisses to her lips. Her instant response to him made him want to spend the whole night and day making love to her.
“You’re my woman now, Amy. To have and to hold in sickness and in health ‘til death do us part,” he said.
“Are you sure you still want to marry me?”
He laughed. “I’ve never been more sure about anything.”
She turned in his lap. Her arms looped around his neck, and her legs wrapped around his waist. His cock, already thick and hard, pressed against the front of her pu**y. “You want to go again?”
“When it comes to you, I’ll always be hard.”
“I’m going to tell you something, and I don’t want you to say anything. I just want you to listen.”
Gabriel stared at her. He noticed how serious she looked, and he didn’t like it. “Am I going to like what you’re about to say?” he asked.
“I don’t know, but I’ve got to tell you. Otherwise I never will.”
“Okay.” He waited for her to speak.
“I’ve never said this to another living soul. Well, I’ve said it to my children. Not to a man.” She licked her lips, and the desire to kiss away her words made him tighten his hold around her.
“Tell me. I’m getting nervous.”
“I love you.”
He stared at her waiting for the rest. She spoke the three words he’d been waiting an eternity for. He had talked himself into believing he would never hear those words spoken by her.
“Could you repeat that?” he asked. She tapped him on the shoulder.
“I love you, Gabriel Anderson, and I look forward to becoming your wife. I know you don’t love me, and that’s fine. Just once I wanted to say the words and mean them.”
“You love me?”
“With my whole heart. I’ve never loved anyone. I love Mia and Billy, but I’m not in love with them.” He held her close and took her lips in a passionate kiss. Her words filled him with joy and hope. There was a future for them in her words that he never thought he could have.
He pulled away and rested his head against hers. She was playing with his hair, which he was starting to view as his favourite thing to have done.
“I love you, too,” he said.
“You don’t have to say the words if you don’t mean them.” He cupped her chin in his hands.
“Look at me.” The dominant in him came through. His word had been questioned, and he didn’t like it. But Gabriel felt no desire to punish her. In fact, his dominant wanted to make sure she understood his words were true. There was no need to hurt or punish her. Making sure she understood how he felt was more important to him. Again, Gabriel was shocked by his own reaction to her. With any other submissive, she would be on her knees waiting for her punishment. Amy was different, and she was changing him as well. His needs were changing all the time. Gabriel hoped he could keep up.
“Never question my words again. I love you, Amy. Make no mistake about the way I feel.”
“Okay,” she said.
He kissed her, holding her close. “How do you think Mia and Billy will react?” he asked.
“They’ll be excited. They love you already.”
“What about my age, Amy? Are you sure that won’t bother you in years to come?” He felt her ni**les against his chest. Gabriel leaned back while she sat up. Her tits thrust together, and he couldn’t help but play with them.
“I don’t mind. It will mean that when I grow old you’ll love me even more,” she said. He chuckled and watched her above him.
“You know I didn’t use anything?”
“What?”
“I didn’t wear a condom. I don’t want anything between us.”
“I could get pregnant.”
“Would that be so bad?” he asked.
She hesitated, her gaze staring off his shoulder. “Do you want children?”
“With you, I’d want anything.”
****
They told Mia and Billy the following day. Her two children screamed with excitement. Gabriel threw a barbeque and invited around their friends. William drove down from the city for their quick engagement party. Amy was so happy. Gabriel hadn’t got her a ring, but everything was magical to her. He told her he’d buy her a ring at the earliest opportunity. She didn’t need one and told him so. Amy had him, and that was all she cared about. The moment couldn’t be ruined by anything. William stood with her soon-to-be-husband, the Steer brothers, Dean, and Peter.
She went into the kitchen to grab the chicken when a hand went over her mouth.
“Don’t say a f**king word,” Steven growled against her ear. She wouldn’t be able to scream even if she wanted to. His hand covered her mouth, and he held a knife at her throat. “So, you shacked up with the bastard outsider the moment my back was turned. You really are a disgusting slut. My kids will not spend the rest of their lives with that f**ker.”
Her heart pounded inside her chest. How had Steven gotten out of prison? Why hadn’t anyone notified her? Her life was perfect without him, and he was back to take it away from her.
The tears spilled down her cheeks. She was in love with Gabriel, and he was in love with her. There was no way she could let Steven take that away from her.
He pulled her back, and she tried to fight him. If he led her out of the house, he would kill her.
She fought him, clawed at his hand, and the one with the knife left her throat. She saw the chicken in the glass dish, and she pushed it off the counter, hoping the sound would alert someone.
He loosened his grip on her mouth, and she pulled away from him; but he caught her by the hair. She screamed as he pulled her hair forcing her backwards.
“Shut the f**k up, you f**king whore.” He must have gone insane. There was no explanation for what was happening here. Her mind was all over the place. What the hell was he doing out of prison? Her head was burning from the grip he had over her. She tried to keep up with him, and in one last surge, she let out a loud scream. Amy cursed the large house. In any other house they would have been able to hear her cries.
The knife went to the floor, and he slapped her round the face. He grabbed her arm and pulled it behind her back. Her face stung, and her arm felt like he was pulling it out of the socket.