Page 399 of Valentino

“Tomorrow, you’re leaving me forever.”

My hands rise to his face, don’t even say that. I can’t bear the thought of never seeing him again.

“Can’t we just spend the night together to say goodbye properly?” He murmurs against my lips.

Oh….

His kiss deepens, “I’ve wanted you for so many years, Gracie. Give me one night. It’s all I ask.”

“I can’t deal with this alpha bullshit, Gabriel,” I whisper, our foreheads touching.

There’s a tenderness between us, the one we have when we are alone in the mornings at work before the world gets in the way.

He kisses me softly, “It’s who I am, Gracie.”

“It’s not,” I whisper. “You’re in there somewhere, I know you are.” We kiss softly, “Show me the man I care about, it’s him who I want.”

He frowns as he kisses me as if internally torn, then he bends and in one sharp movement picks me up and with his lips locked on mine, he carries me up the hallway to a large bedroom. He walks into the bathroom and carefully puts me down and turns the shower on.

When he turns back toward me, the air is electric.

Finally, he’s here.

This is him, the man who I want.

His gaze is fixed on his hands as he slowly undoes my dress, it falls open and he takes it over my shoulders and throws it to the side, his eyes linger over my body.

“Your skin,” he breathes. “It’s perfect, so peaches and cream.”

He bends and kisses me softly on the chest. “I’ve wanted you for so long, Gracie. I can hardly believe you are here with me, my love.”

My love.

My heart somersaults in my chest at his tenderness.

He slides my panties down my legs, his lips follow his hands as he drops to his knees in front of me.

I have an out of body experience, and it feels like I’m watching us from way up above. Him kneeling before me, my heart beating out of my chest.

And the alarm bells scream all around me. Like a car crash waiting to happen.

This is bad.

Gabriel being tender and loving is a new level of dangerous.

Because unlike the alpha hole who I love to hate, this version of him is…..

He takes my bra off while we kiss, and then undoes the buttons on his shirt. I take it off over his shoulders and am blessed with the sight of his broad muscular chest with a scattering of dark hair. I unzip his pants and he steps out of them, and I slowly slide down his briefs. His large, engorged dick springs free, and I bend and softly kiss him there.

Oh…. Physically, he’s a beautiful man, in every way.

This is weird, I know we’ve already done it.

But it feels like the first time.

He pulls me into the shower, soaps up his hands and carefully washes my body, up over my back, down my stomach and between my legs.

The feeling of his big hands, along with the hot water is so good and for the first time tonight, I feel the adrenaline slowly begin to leave my body.