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Oh, I didn’t know if it was a request or a demand. Gabriel walked to the door and stopped in front of me. I thought he was going to say something, make a gesture that would tell me we still had a chance, but he didn’t say a word as he paused in the doorway. Through my peripheral vision, I saw him zip his leather jacket just before he walked through the door.
I closed the door behind him. My legs couldn’t hold me, and I could no longer hold back my tears. I let them fall without restraint. I fell to my knees and wrapped my arms around my legs so I could rest my head as I cried harder than I had since the day I found out my daddy had died. I had given so much and received even more in return, only for it to all burn up in the end. Maybe it was too much. Maybewewere too much for each other. Our passion had ignited the moment we met, peaked, and burned out nearly as quickly.
I had to accept it; I wasn’t enough for him.
He said it himself. Someday, he’d have the life he said he wanted but with someone else.
Not with me.
I’d lost him.
Destiny hadn’t brought us together after all.
His body slammed against the door, shoving it open so quickly, I didn’t have time to stand up before being pushed along the floor with it.
Gabriel stepped back into my apartment and slammed the door before jerking me up from the floor and practically throwing me against the door. I should have screamed or yelled for help, but he wouldn’t hurt me, not really. He was caught up in the same twisted emotions that were dragging me down, making me unable to come up for air, unable to breathe, unable to think rationally. I know. Instead of pushing him away, I leaned against his body as he built that familiar cage around my body.
Gabriel’s grip on my wrists tightened as he pushed my hands against the door. He stared into my eyes. The tendon on his neck bulged; his nostrils flared.
His torment gave me strength.
My chin rose, and I swallowed back my fear.
I’d pushed him - too far.
But I couldn’t back down now. I still had power over him. I would use every ounce of it to try to gain the upper hand. I wouldn’t accept this. I couldn’t.
“I know you still care. You want me. You want to be with me.”
“I can’t -”
“You can,” I hissed at his denial. “I know you can if you want to. You can do anything. You should be ashamed of yourself for not fighting for this, forus.I can’t believe you’d be willing to walk away when you know we belong together.”
“How could you know anything like that, after what I’ve done?”
“You’re here, aren’t you?”
“Even now, you can still look at me that way? Like I’m some fucking knight in shining armor here to save you?”
His grip weakened enough for me to pull one hand away. I covered his heart with my hand, surprised to feel his whole body shaking.
“You did save me, Gabriel. I was no one until I met you.”
“Don’t fucking talk like that. You didn’t need me to make you whole, Suzanne. It was all there,” his voice shook as he pulled me closer, “inside you. Your smile. Your passion. Your heart. That’s all you, sweetheart. Whythe fuckdo you think I can’t stay away from you? You aren’t anything I deserve, but you areeverythingI want. And here I am - again - when I know this is the last place I should be, but God, I want you, Suzanne. I want to be with you so much I ache because I can’t...Don’t look at me like that. Oh, fuck it.”
Our mouths crashed together in desperation. We couldn’t get close enough to one another fast enough. Our hands were everywhere, touching every part of each other we could reach...but more than touching - grabbing, groping, holding. I lost track of who undressed who - we couldn’t shed our clothes fast enough. Gabriel’s mouth was everywhere, covering me with kisses so brutal I knew I’d bear his marks. I didn’t mind. The connection we shared had to physically exist, an unbreakable bond that neither one of us could deny. Like the overwhelming physical attraction we shared, there was no right or wrong to any of it, only a deep need that wouldn’t be denied, no matter how much we fought it.
“I can’t wait. Not tonight,” Gabriel growled against my throat.
“Don’t. Don’t wait.” I looped my arms around his neck as he raised me in the air, pressed my back against the door, and lowered me onto his hard cock in one fast movement. I cried out from the power of a singular thrust that turned into many. I met his powerful force with that of my own, wrapping my legs around his waist and taking everything he had to offer. We weren’t making love that night; we were battling our emotions and taking it out on one another sexually. We sought to dominate, to capture, to control. Only, I had the upper hand. My back was against the wall, but unlike Gabriel, my hands were completely free. I wasn’t strong enough to stay in position by using the muscles in my legs, even if they were wrapped around Gabriel’s waist. He had to hold me by gripping my buttocks so he could reach the deep penetration we both craved, which meant my hands were free to roam. His chest, his abs, the smooth curve of his shoulders, the arching muscles of his back...I sank my teeth into his shoulder and gripped his buttocks, forcing an animalistic groan from the back of his throat.
With each forward thrust, he pushed me closer to the peak. In that moment when the pleasure became unbearable and I felt those blissful waves start to ripple through my body, I slipped my hand between us, feeling his long length, wet with my desire for him, as he sheathed himself deep within me. I reached lower to cup his balls as he kissed my neck and whispered dirty words against my skin.
“You fuck like an angel,” he growled. I held him more firmly in my grasp. “Ah, fuck, Suzanne. You’re going to fucking make me come.”
“I want you to,” I whispered in his ear. “Come for me, Gabriel.”
It felt good to be the one with all the power for a change. His orgasm slammed through him so hard, I felt his more than I did my own. We both cried out loudly until Gabriel covered my mouth with his. We were out of breath and weak in the knees. We fell to the floor, still wrapped in each other's arms, my legs still around his waist as we struggled to breathe normally.
