I swallowed thickly when my eyes focused on that part of him. I still could remember how hard and big he had felt through his pants. Sex with Gabriel Bradley would undoubtedly be the best sex of my life. My entire body thrummed with the temptation of it.
“I’m so
rry,” I forced out, tearing my eyes away as Gabriel set his glass of water down on the kitchen island. “I didn’t think you were here.”
“I didn’t think you were going to be back so soon,” he said. “Where’s Alyssa?”
“Having coffee with a high school friend.”
My heart continued to beat erratically as Gabriel padded across the kitchen slowly in my direction. He stopped directly in front of me. The smell of fresh soap clung to his skin, and it took all my control to not reach out to touch him.
“Friend, huh?” He arched an eyebrow at me. “That’s code for her meeting someone she doesn’t want me to know about. Will she be a while?”
Standing so close to Gabriel, a very naked and still somewhat wet Gabriel of all things was only adding fuel to the fire sparking in my lower belly. The core of me throbbed for his touch, no matter how hard I tried to tell myself to back away, to remember that Alyssa would be devastated if anything happened.
“Probably,” I managed to say. “An hour. Maybe two.”
Gabriel’s eyes darkened as he reached forward to cup my face. “Thank God. I know this is wrong, but I can’t get you of my damn head.”
Blood roared in my veins. I stared up into his moody eyes that were alive with passion and lust. I wanted this. I wanted him before I burst from the inside out.
“I can’t get you out of mine, either,” I confessed with a whisper. “I just want you to kiss me again.”
“With pleasure.”
The corner of his lips quirked up briefly before his lips crushed against mine in a searing kiss that instantly melted me. Strong arms wound their way around my waist as he drew me closer to pull me flush against his naked body. I swept my hands over his hot skin, feeling every inch of him with a soft sigh.
His hands slid along my back to cup my ass cheeks firmly before lifting me up to wrap my legs around his waist. Our tongues collided together as he moved beneath me in the direction of his room. The door shut behind us a second later, and the unique smell of Gabriel washed over me—a mixture of masculinity and cologne. I inhaled sharply through my nose as he deposited me on the bed and tugged my long-sleeved shirt up. He helped me squirm my way out of every inch of my clothing. Then he paused to nibble and suck at my breasts with heated moans. It wasn’t until I laid completely exposed, with Gabriel crouched lithely at the end of the bed, that I realized that it was going to happen.
Nerves crashed over me. I smoothed a hand through his dark locks of hair, unsure if I should pull back. My body was already wound up tightly with a deep-seated need. The first touch of his tongue against the core of me dashed all of that away. I flopped down onto the comfortable mattress while his tongue and fingers worked me until I was thrashing underneath him in release.
Gabriel chuckled when he caught the glossy look on my face. He scooted my twitching body across the bed so that our legs could properly tangle. A shudder went up my spine as he slid easily between my bent knees. I took a moment to gaze down at his well-equipped package that was currently nudging me. I sucked in a deep breath when his sharp hips rolled back before pushing himself into me in one thrust.
My head fell back into the pillow while we both let out throaty moans. His hands gripped the blankets next to my head as he forced his body to go still, to savor the feeling like I wanted. To feel the thick and throbbing heat inside of me was exquisite. It nearly brought me over the edge again, but then Gabriel moved fluidly against me to set a deep and hard pace. I clutched at his shoulders to ride out the overwhelming pleasure that tore at every inch of my body. A tingling sensation filled the tips of my toes. I could dimly hear Gabriel muttering incoherently against the side of my neck as passion blinded him, too.
His fingers dug into the back of my thigh as he pinned me down to the mattress to thrust jaggedly into me. My peak fell over me in a tingling cloud of heat that left me gasping for breath while my body trembled violently. I felt Gabriel’s cock, buried deep inside of me, twitch a few times before he collapsed against me with a sated groan.
We laid there in a sweaty and tangled mess for a long time. I didn’t want to move, not yet at least. I wanted to bask in the afterglow before the harsh reality came settling back in. I had just fucked my best friend’s father, and it sounded so horrible to say it, but I enjoyed every damn second of it.
CHAPTER ELEVEN - GABRIEL
Penny avoided me like the plague the following afternoon. Neither one of us wanted to look at each other, but I didn’t regret having sex with her, either. The sensation of entering Penny for the first time had been the most breathtaking experience in my life. She had been tight and wet and willing. She’d pulled me in and locked her legs around my waist as I’d thrusted, coaxing every drop of fluid from my body. But my experience with Penny had been on a whole different level, to the point that the other women I’d been with couldn’t even be judged using the same scale as Penny. My time with her had left me feeling completely satisfied and relieved. Still, I could see it coming with dire consequences if anyone found out. There was no way this would end well. It didn’t take a genius to figure that out. I spent my entire life predicting other people’s behavior, but when it came to trying to understand my own actions, I was at an utter loss for what to do.
Maybe it would be a good idea to convince Penny to head back to New York City while I still could. It was becoming clear that I couldn’t be alone with her at all. Which meant I needed to stay holed up in my office for the next week until I figured out a proper way to deal with it.
I took a cold shower after spending the entire night tossing and turning, haunted by images of Penny’s head rolling back in pleasure and how those perky breasts of hers had bounced in time with my thrusts. It was too much for any hot-blooded man to resist. I could only try to put it far from my mind by giving myself release quickly in the shower before facing Penny again.
When I emerged from my bedroom, I was surprised to only find Alyssa sitting at the kitchen island with a cup of coffee in one hand while her other hand was busy texting away. Swallowing my disappointment, I entered the kitchen to glance over at my daughter who immediately turned her phone off when she caught sight of me.
“That doesn’t look suspicious,” I said, rolling my eyes. “What are you doing up so early?”
Alyssa shrugged her shoulders. “I just thought I could finish up the last of my Christmas shopping at the mall today.”
“With Penny?”
“I offered to take her, but she isn’t a shopping type of girl. She said just wanted to stay in here to study.”
I poured myself a cup of coffee while Alyssa fidgeted on the bar stool. She glanced over at her phone when it buzzed on the counter top. It occurred to me then that she wasn’t going to the mall to just shop on her own. I remembered yesterday Penny mentioning that Alyssa had gone to meet an old high school friend.