Seduction: Book 3 (Strong Young Women Series) (5 page)

“I did. Now strip,” Gabe told her as he stripped his clothing.

“Excuse me?” Ana shifted position and knelt on the bed. “Where do you get off telling me to strip when you just man handled me like that.”

“We can talk about that later. Now I need you naked.”

“Well, that’s where you are mistaken mister. We will talk about that now,” she replied as she sat on her heels and folded her arms on her chest, as she watched Gabe take off his last piece of clothing, his black boxer briefs.

Her shriek of outrage was swallowed by Gabe’s kiss as he tore her t-shirt off her upper body, then struggled to get her o
ut of her tight jeans.

“Get off me you goon.” Ana kicked and shrieked at Gabe.

Gabe finally got the jeans off but had received a few kicks for his effort. He laughed the took a moment to admire her body as she continued to struggle and throw curses in his direction. His cock only swelled larger at that and couldn’t wait to have her again. He held her feet down before he moved his body on top of hers and took her hands in one hand. When he moved his other hand to carress her breast and tug at the nipple, Ana’s shrieks turned into moans and she simply melted into Gabe’s body.

When he kissed her, Ana bit his lip before she responded and kissed him back. Gabe demanded entry and Ana gave him and pulled his head closer when Gabe freed her hands. He shifted and brought his hand down to Ana’s core and entered with two fingers
, then three.

Fast and furious he played with her clit with his thumb and pushed against her walls with the t
hree fingers while his other hand alternated with playing with her breasts. It wasn’t long before Ana felt the need to free herself but held on tight.

“Let go Ana,” Gabe hissed at her.

“No,” she cried out. She was so close but she didn’t want to give him the satisfaction. She was now mad at him all over again.

“Ana!”

“Fuck you.”

Gabe chuckled and increased pressure everywhere until Ana felt like she didn’t know whether to explode or implode then the orgasm hit her hard and fast like a geyser erupting
for the first time. She screamed and cried her body shaking uncontrollably.

Gabe pushed his cock to her
deepest depth as she calmed down from her orgasm. He moved in and out slowly and watched her to make sure he wasn’t hurting her. And when her body started responding he picked up speed and took her higher and higher until she came crushing down, held tight by another orgasm, her hands digging into Gabe’s back and thighs.

Gabe didn’t slow down, and kept slamming into Ana, pushing her into the mattress and hissing into her ears. Ana’s body soon responded again and soon she had joined his rhythm and when Gabe bit her earlobe she came tumbling down again with him right behind her.

Not able to move, he lay on top of her for a minute before he moved to his side and took her along with him. That night he took her again twice and by morning or rather afternoon Ana had fogotten their argument, more concerned with the marks Gabe had left on her body.

Five

“I’m going to kill him,” Ana said as she looked at the hickeys
all over her body. “What kind of a grown man does that?” She rushed to her cell phone and sent him a text before she took a shower.

An hour later Mrs Jones was bringing Ana a delivery from Gabe. Ana smiled when she saw the single red rose tied to the basket filled with an assortment of chocolate
s.

‘I got carried aw
ay. Sorry. G.’
Yeah, he has a lot to be sorry for, Ana thought as she read the card. Ana took a picture of the basket and sent it to Kelly, who was knocking on the door within less than fifteen minutes.

“Why do you have a basket of chocolates?” Kelly asked as Ana opened the door.

She closed the door then lifted the t-shirt she was wearing. Kelly’s eyes bulged in her sockets before she cried out and started laughing hysterically.

“It’s not funny you know.”

“Oh, Ana! It is funny. I guess billionaires are ordinary people after all.” Kelly continued laughing until Ana joined in and they both laughed until their sides hurt.

“We didn’t get to talk last night. Did the seduction of Rafe go according to plan?” Ana asked.

“Smoothly. But I almost chickened out, but now very glad that I didn’t,” Kelly answered. “And after the caveman behaviour of Gabe’s last night, he whisked me away from here so fast, my head was spinning.” Kelly laughed as she saw Ana’s embarrassed face.

“Arg! Please don’t remind me.”

“It was hot, actually.” Kelly smiled and batted her eyelashes. “Not that anything happened after we left, but this morning was another matter.”

“Please, I don’t need the details. Just knowing you are happy is enough for me,” Ana said with a huge grin on her face. After Kelly’s breakup
, it was a wonder Kelly was dating again so soon. She tended to have long breaks especially when the break ups were not really mutual. This was a good sign, Ana hoped.

“Ok
ay. I won’t,” Kelly replied with a laugh. “But what are we going to do today? I really don’t feel like being cooped up the rest of the afternoon.” Sighing she asked, “Movie? The mall?”

Ana sighed as well, remembering the conversation from last night. “Same here. I’m not planning on buying anything, but window shopping sounds better to me.”

“Okay, you call Tim and have him pick us up downstairs. In the meantime, I think I need to get warmer shoes from my room. It seems a bit chilly today.”

“It seems the winter season doesn’t want to go away.’

“Makes me wish for sunny California.”

Ana looked at her friend walk away
. She was already on the phone with Tim. She went back to the master suite and added a pair of leggings under her skirt, then added a light sweater on top of her t-shirt. She avoided the heels and pulled on a pair of flat boots then joined Kelly who was waiting for her in the kitchen chatting to Mrs Jones who was preparing to make something for dinner.

Th
e front desk called them when Tim arrived and he drove them to the mall. When he insisted on coming with them, they let him and he pretty much left them to move around at their pace, but made sure they didn’t get into any crowded stores. A good thing it was not a Friday or a weekend day otherwise it would have been tough to avoid crowds in regular department stores.

Two hours into their window shopping they stopped at a coffe
e shop and bought a cup each. Tim sat at a table close by but far enough to give them privacy. Ana was facing the door and she tensed when she saw something.

“What is it Ana?” Kelly asked.

No, it can’t be, Ana thought to herself. My head must have been pretty banged up if I am now imagining things. Or having nightmares during the day.

“Ana!”

Ana jumped and realized she hadn’t responded to her friend. “Sorry, I thought I saw someone, but I think I was mistaken.”

“Who? You looked
like someone who just saw a ghost.”

“Please let’s not talk about it now,” she said as she tried to put a smile on her face. “I’m jumpy enough as it is.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yeah. I just need to stop thinking about that day on the train. I’m sorry I didn’t mean to bring that up,” she added when she saw Kelly’s tears threaten to fall. “Please let’s forget about all that. We probably need to buy some shoes to lift our spirits up.”

“I don’t think I’ll ever forget that day. But I agree that we need to put it to the back of our minds.”

They left the coffee shop and continued their window shopping. Soon they were engrossed and even bought a couple pairs of shoes after all. Some lingerie
followed soon after, and with Tim refusing to look at the items on display, they giggled and teased him mercilessly.

Finally he agreed to buy something for his girlfriend and they helped him choose. On their way out, they did a detour for another cup of
hot coffee. Opting for a cappuccino, Ana placed her order first and went to find a table to sit. Kelly placed her order and brought both cups over.

Ti
m agreed to sit with them and shared some stories of his days in the army. He had been injured within his fifth year, so his career there didn’t last long.

Ana’s laugh froze when a shadow dropped onto their table and she looked up to see the forth kid from the train.

“Not a word,” he said as he flicked his knife for them to see. “Nod if you understand.”

Both Ana and Kelly nodded.

“Smile,” he told them with a smile on his face.

They both smiled, alt
hough their smiles were more like frowns. Ana took Kelly’s hand from under the table.
It hadn’t been her imagination then. She had seen the kid earlier.
“What do you want?” Ana asked, hoping Tim would be quick. He had gone to use the bathroom after they had promised to wait for him at the table.

He sneered at Ana.
“I want my life back. Tell your boyfriend to back off.”

Only the knife and Kelly beside her held Ana in check. Her friend was shaking, but Ana would be damned before she was a victim again. And especially
a victim of the same person. “Okay,” she agreed, although inside she was seething in anger.

“You better, because if he doesn’t you will be sorry.” Then he was gone.

“Was that the kid from the subway?” Tim asked as he rushed to their side.

“Yes,” they both replied.

Soon after that, Tim was ushering them outside the coffee shop and to the car. He drove as if he was being chased. He parked in the underground parking and hurried them to the elevator and up to the penthouse.

Both girls were quiet and held onto each other until they were greeted by all four brothers as soon as the door was opened. Only when Gabe held her, did Ana cry. Mostly she was angry at herself. She couldn’t believe how sorry she had felt for the kid, thinking he was just misguided and needed a firm hand.

“Shhshh. It’s okay baby. You are safe. Tell me what happened.”

Finally the story emerged with both girls taking turns to tell it. Gabe swore when Ana admitted to have seen the kid ea
rlier in the day. The look on Tim’s face didn’t help either. She didn’t need to have someone tell her that she should have alerted Tim as soon as she had seen him. Maybe they could have mobilized people to be on the look out for him at that time and caught the kid.

“Sorry. It was just a flash and I wasn’t sure whether I had seen him or just imagined seeing him.”

“Was he alone?” Ana heard Rafe asking.

“Yes,” Kelly replied. “Well, we didn’t see anyone else with him.”

“The normal deduction is that the kid has been watching this place, otherwise how would he have followed them to the mall,” Manuel said as he looked at the group.

“True,” Nate agreed. “The kid has some balls to
do all that and then wait for Tim to slip away before he threatens them.”

“Which means he was following them as they went into each store. How many stores did you enter?” Rafe asked.

“I lost count after the first five or so,” Tim answered with a pained expression.

They all chuckled and of
fered their sympathies before Tim left to get their bags from the car. He handed them to Manuel and then he left with confirmation that he would be back to pick up Kelly in the morning.

“Are you going to tell me what it is he was refering to?”
Ana asked softly.

Gabe tensed and held her tighter to his chest. “Not now baby. In a little while. Just let me hold you. Okay?”

Ana sighed but replied, “Okay.” Ana had a rough idea but she needed Gabe to confirm her suspicions. She had tried to stay out of it all, but now things had changed. He had threatened her and Kelly with a knife. Her mum would faint if she heard this.

“Please don’t tell my family. They will worry,” Ana pleaded.

“Ah baby! You know I can’t do that. Your brothers will kill me when they find out.”

“Gabe…”

“Sshhh. We will discuss it later.”

As if she had conjured her family, Ana’s cell rang and she almost thought about ignoring Ma
tt’s call but knew he would keep calling or get on the next flight. “That was fast,” she accused Gabe as she answered. “Mark, I’m sorry, but everything is under control.”

“What is under control?”

“The situation. Don’t worry about it,” Ana answered then got the feeling neither knew what the other was referring to.

“What situation? Did something happen?”

Now she heard the worry in her brother’s voice, which she hadn’t heard at the time she answered the phone. She looked at Gabe who just shook his head and held out his hand for the phone. She gladly handed it over. He deposited her on the seat he had vacated and took the call in his home office.

“Arg!
It can’t get any worse than Mark. What bad timing,” Ana almost screamed but settled for a little tug of her hair instead.

Kelly chuckled. “Mark
did always seem to have a sixth sense.”

“The worst timing,” Ana agreed as she stood up and went to help Nate and Manuel who were setting the table. “I need something to do, so please don’t send me away,” she implored when she reached them.

They put her to work and she got the plates and glasses down. When she got to the table she found an extra place set and wondered who was joining them. Maybe Evelyn she thought to herself.

“Is he coming?” Ana asked as soon as she saw Gabe step out of his office. When Gabe didn’t answer but continued until he had reached her, Ana asked, “Gabe. What’s wrong?”

He kissed her, long and hard. “I had to relive the whole experience when I explained what happened to your brother.”

“I’m sorry.”

“I know baby. Just don’t do that to me again. I almost had a heart attack when Tim called me from the car.” He rubbed her back and they stood holding each other for a while until the doorbell broke them apart. “I know today wasn’t your fault. But please just promise me you will not make any reckless decisions until this situation is resolved.”

Ana nodded as she saw a huge guy step in.
Ana pegged him as between mid to late thirties in age. He looked like someone who spent more time in the gym than in an office. Gabe took her hand and led her to join the others.

They were all introduced to Mitch Sanders who ran a
protective agency. According to Gabe, he had been referred to Mitch by Toni Black. Ana remembered him as the owner of the little restaurant they had lunched at the first day she had met Gabe. Both Toni and Gabe’s dad had met Mitch years ago in the army.

They sat down to dinner where conversation centered around everyday New York life. As soon as dessert was served Gabe confirmed everyone’s suspicions about the presense of Mitch. He was hiring Mitch’s company to provide protection for the family. Ana and Kelly had to recount the day’s window shopping trip again.

Before Mitch left, he had promised to assign two bodyguards for each of the females including Stefano who would be new to New York and would be more vulnerable as a close friend of Ana’s, and one bodyguard for each of the men. Nate rolled his eyes but wisely didn’t say anything when Mitch promised to increase security if there was an increase in the threat to anyone.

             
Gabe finally confirmed that he had bought a lot of shares of the parent company owned by the fourth kid’s parents. The Maynard Group was not doing as well as people thought or as the family portrayed so it had been easy enough for Gabe to sink his hands into a lot of shares so quickly and anonymously too. It had been even easier to buy their debt. Soon he would have to reveal himself, but for now he was still putting heat on the parents to talk their kid into surrendering.

He had his lawyer constantly call to make demands.
He needed them to focus on the kid and not the business, not that there was much they could do at this point in time. They were up to their eyeballs in debt. Ana remembered digging up the same information and was not surprised at the angle Gabe had taken. She just hoped the employees did not lose their jobs.