Page 11 of Angel's Forever

His pace didn’t alter, though, as he spoke. “Come for me, babe. Pull me over the edge with you, please.”

I increased my pace, but only slightly as I felt my orgasm building inside me. I only had a few seconds of warning before it hit me hard and fast. It was an experience like no other. You hear women say about how their romance novels have them seeing stars as they come, but I had never believed it until now. I closed my eyes, groaning as pleasure surged through my body, the adrenaline coursing through my veins, and I saw those stars that everyone spoke about.

“Fuck, babe. That’s it. Take me with you,” Hudson groaned.

His movements became slightly more erratic as he came inside me, prolonging my own euphoria for a few more moments. He collapsed to the side, rolling me over with him, and held me for a moment. I could tell this had been emotionally draining for him, not being used to these kinds of emotions, so I held him next to me.

After a short while, he carefully removed himself from me and pulled away. “Wait right there.”

He got up from the bed and headed into the bathroom, I assumed to clean himself up. I heard the tap running, and after a minute, he came back in with a towel and a washcloth. He sat down beside me and gently cleaned the remnants of our lovemaking from me, carefully drying me off, and then slid in next to me, pulling me against his chest.

“I have no words for that, Hud. I really am speechless.”

It was true. I couldn’t explain in words how I was feeling. We had just said all we needed to say while making love. He pressed a kiss to my head.

“I could get used to the new you, you know.”

He chuckled next to me, the laugh reverberating through my own body. “You better, because from now on, I want to show you exactly what you mean to me every single day. I’ve realized a lot over the past few days. It’s the reason I have been so quiet, going through everything in my head. I know I have leaned on you too much for emotional support, and until Gaby came along, you never had that support from anyone. I want to be there for you, the same as you have been for me. I knew you would have that with Gaby, and probably Gino, and it made me panic. I thought I would lose you. That you wouldn’t need me anymore. I know we said we wouldn’t talk about things this evening, but I needed to explain to you why things were so different tonight. I needed you to realize how lost I would be without you. Without all of you.”

The tears were appearing in his eyes again. I hadn’t seen Hudson like this for years, not since he’d first come to New York to live with me. It was true that he had always leaned on me, but never once did that bother me. I’d never really needed that emotional support until I realized that I might lose him. Now, though, I realized that I probably did.

“You’re right. We weren’t supposed to speak about it tonight, and it’s probably best that we don’t. We are both extremely emotional with what we just shared. I know you meant every word you just said, and thank you. It really means a lot to me to hear you say that. However, your actions this evening spoke louder than your words ever could. I never want to lose you. I love you with all my heart and always will. For now, let's just get some rest, because I haven’t finished showing you how much I love you.”

I pressed a kiss against his chest where my head was resting and felt him squeeze me closer to him.

“I love you too, babe.”

It wasn’t long before both of us drifted to sleep in each other’s arms for the first time in days.

Chapter Seven

GABRIELLA-ROSE

NICO AND HUSON HAD left for Detroit early this morning. I could feel there was some tension between all of them as soon as Gino walked into the room. I hoped that they would all sit down and talk when they got back. None of us wanted to hurt each other, but Hudson had definitely been quiet since Friday evening when Gino left.

I had convinced Gino to come on yet another shopping trip with me today. I wanted to get Hudson something for his birthday on Friday, along with arranging everything for the surprise I was giving him. My first stop was my favorite boutique dress shop. I knew they would have the exact dress here that I wanted, and I didn’t want Hudson to know what I had bought. I dragged Gino in there and looked through the dresses on the rails. As soon as I saw the red dress with cutouts in the most revealing places, I knew I had to have it.

I grabbed my size and walked into the fitting room, with a very disgruntled Gino sitting outside waiting for me. I quickly put the dress on and gazed at myself in the mirror. It was perfect. I wanted to get a man’s opinion on it, though, so I walked out of the fitting room and toward where Gino was sitting.

The sales assistant immediately spoke as soon as she saw me. “That looks amazing, Gaby. It appears to have been made for you.”

I chuckled slightly. The assistant knew me by name now with the amount of times I had been in here. An uninterested Gino looked up from his phone, and his face immediately changed to one of shock as he just sat there, frozen to the spot. I saw him try to articulate an answer, but he couldn’t. He got up from his seat, stalked over to me, and whispered in my ear. It was then I realized why he hadn’t said anything out loud.

“You look fucking gorgeous in that dress, and I am having a really hard time stopping myself from ripping it off you. It’s perfect for Friday. I’ve just got to know one thing. What do you have on underneath? Because those cutouts suggest it’s nothing.”

I smiled to myself. Gino was right. I wasn’t wearing anything under the dress. Any form of lingerie would have shown. I was just thankful that the dress had a hidden bra within it. He pulled away and gave me a quizzical look. I just winked at him and walked back into the fitting room, hearing a groan leave his lips from behind me.

I quickly changed and paid for the dress, then headed to my next stop, which was to pick up Hudson’s present. I wasn’t sure how he was going to take what I had bought him, but I really hoped he would wear them.

I had gone to a jeweler and asked them to make me a pair of cufflinks. They had a heart on them with an infinity symbol winding through the heart in gold on a black background, with a diamond on it. There were not that many people that knew the significance of the symbol; luckily, the jeweler wasn’t one of them and just thought it was about my infinite love for Hudson, but it really was the symbol for our polyamorous relationship. On the back, I had asked him to engrave HBS, DV, and GQ with the date May tenth, being the date we first got back together. Luckily, the jeweler thought it was the date of our child’s birthday, and I had chosen not to correct him.

I walked into the shop and explained I was there to collect a gift. As I was speaking, Mr. Richards, the jeweler, walked out from his office.

“Miss Quinn, it’s lovely to see you again. I have your order here, and I must say it is some of my best work. I also managed to finish the extra order you asked me for.”

Of course, he was bound to say that, especially with how much they were costing me. I had also had four rings made – originally, it was only three, but I had contacted him on Saturday to ask for another ring and to add Gino’s initials to the back of the rings. I was going to keep these for the moment. I hoped that in the future we could have a commitment ceremony, celebrating our love for each other. I couldn’t think about that now, though. Not until I knew Vincent was out of my life.

I opened the box containing the cufflinks and gasped. They were perfect. I couldn’t help the tears that started to fall down my face.