1. Diavolo Ch 09


    Date: 11/18/2015, Categories: Love Stories, Author: Levanahyll, Rating: 2, Source: LushStories

    him, mortified by her brazen display. Gabriel leaned closer and nipped her earlobe, sending more heat into her cheeks. The table next to theirs had two couples staring and laughing at them. Abigail readjusted her glasses on her nose and cleared her throat as Gabriel pulled away just enough to look her in the eyes again. “At least let me pay for the apartment, and get you what you need.” “Absolutely not,” she said arranging her napkin on her lap when the waiter appeared with their lobster dinners. Gabriel clenched his hands into fists. “Damn-it, Abby. I’m supposed to take care of you.” “We’re not married yet.” The waiter’s eyes widened before he asked them if they needed anything else. “We’re good,” Gabriel snapped, his eyes never leaving Abigail’s face. He leaned closer. “You won’t live with me, you won’t let me put a roof over your head. I feel like I’m being emasculated here.” She gaped at him. “Gabriel, honestly. You’re being a caveman about this.” “I told you I was a caveman.” She almost wanted to back down and let him have his way, but that was how she always acted, letting people walk all over her. She’d been pulled from the safety of the convent, her eyes and mind rudely awakened. She needed to take control over some part of her life before becoming nothing more than his wife. “I won’t change my mind,” she said looking down at her fists in her lap. “It’s just not fair, I always have to give in to what others want. I just want this one little thing. To feel like I can ...
    be a real person—“ His hand cupped her face and turned her to him. “Baby, he whispered. “I don’t want to take your choices from you.” She bit her lip when she felt it tremble. He stroked it tenderly, making her release it from between her teeth. “I just need to know you’re safe. I don’t know how the hell I’m going to sleep at night when you’re not with me.” “But we only slept together last night.” “And I’m already addicted, baby. I need you.” Oh-God. Her throat felt choked up at the pleading way he said that. “But, I’ll just deal. I’ll give you your Abby-time.” His eyes narrowed then. “On one condition.” She frowned at him. He was putting conditions? The choice to personal independence was supposed to be hers. “I get to scope out the place with you. If I don’t think it’s safe enough, you are not moving in. That is non-negotiable.” She blinked up at his stern countenance. He wasn’t going to budge on that, she was sure. “And we get an alarm and surveillance system installed before you sleep there alone.” “Now wait a minute—“ “No. That’s it. Final. You’re mine and I’ll be damned if something happens to you because I let myself get swayed by this silly little urge to live separately. Tomorrow we’ll discuss whatever plans you have for the wedding and I’ll have someone come by afterwards to help coordinate everything.” Abigail flinched. So fast. Everything was happening too fast. Gabriel gripped her chin with two fingers, leaning close. “I want you legally, papers drawn and signed, ...
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