Page 41 of Fake Fiancé for the Billionaire

I nearly choked on my own saliva. “Isn’t that what that was?”

Gabriel stared at me, his green eyes taking on a blue hue from where I stood. I felt like he was dissecting me with his gaze. Peeling away at every wall I had ever built.

It was unnerving but also exhilarating at the same time. It was hard to put into words.

“Come here.” He held his arm out to me. When I hesitated he lowered his gaze and gave me a pointed look.

With weariness in my chest I walked over to him and stood at the side of the bed. When I didn’t take his hand he grabbed onto my wrist and pulled me down onto him so I laid in his lap.

He brushed a few stray strands from my face and caressed my cheek.

“You are not my booty call. Don’t degrade yourself to something like that ever again. Do you understand me?”

His thumb rubbed against my bottom lip making me lose all sense.

“Brianna.” He tugged at my chin and lifted my gaze to meet his. “Do you understand?”

I nodded.

“Good. Now come here and say good morning to me properly.”

He captured my lips in a warm kiss that had my insides turning to goo. He managed to melt away all the worries that I carried inside of me. He had me feeling weightless. Like nothing in this world could ever bring me down.

He made me feel invincible and that was what made him so dangerous.

I pulled away from him. My intrusive thoughts winning.

“What?”

I looked into his eyes, unsure of how to say what it was I wanted to say. But I needed to know. My heart had been broken too many times before for me to be so reckless with it.

I had to protect myself.

“What is this, Gabriel?”

He looked a little confused. “What is what?”

I gestured between the two of us. “Us. What is this thing going on between us? Clearly it wasn’t a one night thing if you are kissing me like that.”

“No. It wasn’t.”

“Then what is it?”

He looked at my face for a moment drinking me in. “It’s us. It’s Gabriel and Brianna. That’s what this thing is between us. There is no one involved but us.”

“So, no label?”

He shrugged, “I was never one for labels to begin with. All I know is that I want to continue whatever this is. I want to kiss you when I want. I want to fuck you how I please. And I want to be able to hold you in my bed at night.”

I was silent. I tried to absorb everything he was saying.

“I just came out of one of the most toxic and emotionally draining relationships I have ever been in. There is a lot of me that I lost whilst being there. This is what I can give you right now, Anna. And I hope that it’s enough.”

Without fully thinking it through I nodded my head. “It is.”

All I knew was I wanted Gabriel. I wanted him in ways that I couldn’t put into words. Maybe it was the fear of losing him. Maybe it was the fear of losing that sense of invincibility. Or maybe it was the fear of losing that warm feeling I felt when he was close like this.

Whatever it was, it was leading me on a path of no return.

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