I blew out a breath. “I know. Maybe some other girl will come along soon and he’ll sink his claws into her. I mean, I wouldn’t wish that on anyone, but I’m so over this.”
He wiggled his brows at me. “I noticed you didn’t respond to the banging portion of my comment.”
I smacked him in the chest.
“Rick, I think Mal’s had too much to drink. You should get him home.” Mal tugged me into a deep hug and laughed.
“He knows I only had a few,” my brother said. “But I am tired, so take me home, babe.”
Rick chuckled and walked over to give both of us a hug. “Alright, let’s go home. Dinner’s on us next time.”
“Sounds great,” Gabe said, stepping up next to me, his arm falling loosely around my waist. It felt as natural as breathing to lean back against his chest.
I was in so much trouble, but I couldn’t bring myself to care in that moment. I just wanted to go home with him and make up for the week apart.
And again, try not to fall in love with this man who was so easily loveable.
I bit back a snort.
Good luck with that.
***
“Fuck, I missed you,” Gabe said a short time later as he pressed me up against the wall just inside his front door, his hands tangled in my hair.
I laughed softly. “Pretty sure we spent the afternoon and all evening together.”
He gave me a bruising kiss and then pulled back. “That doesn’t count. We were hanging out with children, then you had to go home to get ready for dinner, and then we were at dinner. I guess I could’ve slipped my hand in your panties at the table, but I was sure you wouldn’t want that with your brother sitting across from us. You know, if you’d just let me eat you before we went to dinner, I wouldn’t be this ravenous.”
“Fucking hell, Gabe,” I gasped.
Then his lips were on me again, driving me insane with need. His tongue tangled with mine, and I hitched one of my legs around his thigh, rubbing against him, needing the friction of his hard cock against my center. Dammit, we had way too many clothes on.
Then Pucks barked and Gabe pulled away with a growl.
“I love you, buddy, but can’t you see that I’m busy at the moment?” Gabe grumbled. I laughed softly as Pucks just stood there, staring up at us.
Gabe pressed his forehead to mine and took in a deep breath.
“Okay, here’s what’s going to happen. I’m going to take Pucks upstairs to do his business and you’re going to strip off all your clothes and get into bed. Preferably spread out so I can feast on you as soon as I come back.” His dark eyes shined with need and I released a breath. Some kind of sound came out of me that I couldn’t identify, but Gabe was smirking at me, so he apparently loved it.
“You like it when I talk to you like this, don’t you?” He reached up, pressing his thumb to the base of my throat where my pulse beat rapidly.
“It’s kind of demanding,” I said, trying to sound like I wasn’t about to explode.
“Then why is your pulse racing, Dani? And if I slipped my fingers between your thighs, would you be drenched?”
My thighs clenched hard, but I didn’t give in. “Guess you’ll just have to wait and see when you get back.” Then I turned to step away from him.
His hand gripped my hip and the hand that had been at my throat trailed down the front of my body. Fingers slipped into my panties while I tried not to salivate. He swiped through my heat, and I couldn’t stop my moan as he let out a low groan. When he brought those fingers back up to his mouth, licking me off of him, I almost melted.
“Delicious,” he murmured.
“Fucking hell,” I rasped.
“Pucks is going to potty the fastest he ever has and then I’ll be back to pick up where we left off. You’re all mine tonight, just like I’m all yours, and I can’t fucking wait to have you coming on my tongue and my cock.”
“Gabe,” I whispered.
