Forever & an Engine (The Austin Series)

by C. J. Fallowfield

  ‘Trust me Gabe, I’m always thinking about your kiss. What would you like?’

  ‘I want you to choose.’

  ‘I can only manage a couple of courses. You choose one and I’ll choose the other.’

  ‘Fine, I’d like the scallops in lemon butter.’

  ‘I’ve never had scallops before. Are they nice?’

  ‘They’re delicate yet firm and sweet, just like you.’ He kissed my forehead. ‘So what am I having as my main?’

  ‘A porterhouse steak with peppercorn sauce, creamed spinach and sauté mushrooms and pommes dauphinoise if that’s ok?’

  ‘Sounds delicious.’

  ‘Like you,’ I smiled. He leaned in towards me, finally he was going to kiss me. The curtain rustled and Red reappeared making him pull back.

  ‘Excuse me Mr Austin, are you ready to place your order?’

  He repeated it perfectly without even querying it again with me and she smiled and left. I knocked back my glass of champagne and saw him raise an eyebrow.

  ‘It’s really good,’ I shrugged. He reached over and took the bottle and poured me another glass. ‘Thank you,’ I smiled. ‘Now will you just kiss me or do I have to straddle you and force you?’

  ‘I’m trying to draw out the experience Mia.’

  ‘I thought you wanted to make sure I was really turned on?’

  ‘And by prolonging it, you will be.’ He moved his left hand up over my garter and continued to stroke me, dangerously close to my knickers. I uncrossed and parted my legs, hoping he’d move higher, but he simply continued to tease me. I saw him adjust his erection before picking up his champagne, watching me with an amused look.

  ‘Gabe you’re maddening,’ I scowled frustratedly. ‘Where are the toilets?’

  ‘I’ll take you.’

  ‘Unless you’re planning a repeat of the last set we were in together I’ll be fine on my own thanks.’ I could hear the annoyance in my voice and he chuckled

  ‘Back to the elevators and on your left behind the bar.’

  ‘Thanks.’

  ‘Be quick.’

  He wanted to tease me? Well I could play that game. I stood up, sideways to him and smoothed the dress down, put my right foot on the bench and let the dress part so I could straighten my garter and adjust the crystals around my calf and I heard him hiss in through his teeth then emit a low whistle. I lowered my foot to the floor again, then slid my fingers into the cups of my bra to adjust myself and stole a glance at his face of frustration, smiled sweetly and walked out.

  I held my head up as I passed the bar with all of the guys watching and I noticed the same one smile at me again, so I smiled back politely. I knew his face and it was bugging me where from. I went to the loo and pulled my pants down and laughed when I realised given they were crotchless I could probably have left them on. I wiped myself and wasn’t surprised to find I was already slick and swollen, he was driving me insane. I washed my hands and checked myself in the mirror ruffling up my loose hair and walked out of the door to find the smiling guy leaning on the wall at the back of the bar.

  ‘Mia. How are you?’ he asked with an all too familiar grin.

  ‘I’m sorry have we met?’

  ‘Yes, it’s Adam.’

  ‘Sorry, I can’t place you,’ I replied shaking my head.

  ‘We met at Peppers. I sat next to you and asked for your number.’

  ‘O right yes. Sorry, I get asked out a lot.’ That was where I knew him from.

  ‘I’m not surprised,’ he stated as he cast an appreciative eye over my body, which felt seriously creepy coming from him. ‘So can I have your number?’

  ‘Adam? As I told you before I’m already seeing someone and it appears you’re still married as you haven’t even bothered to take your ring off this time. Now if you’ll excuse me please, I’d like to get back to my him and my dinner.’ I smiled politely and went to walk away and he moved and blocked my path.

  ‘Come on, you obviously find me attractive, please give me your number,’ he moved closer to me, too close, I was getting a seriously bad vibe off this guy tonight so I took a quick step back.

  ‘Adam I already told you I’m not interested. I’d like to leave now please.’ He stayed where he was, blocking my exit and I glowered at him.

  ‘Christ you’re so damn sexy, do you have any idea what a turn on it is you playing hard to get?’

  ‘I’m not playing hard to get. I’m really not interested,’ I said angrily.

  ‘Mia please. You’re so desperate for me I can see it all over your face, your nipples are even hard.’ I stood open mouthed, stunned. That was because of Gabe and he thought it was for him?

  ‘Get out of my way please.’ I tried to push past him but he grabbed my wrist circling it with his fingers and spun me back against the wall and leaned in trapping me. Ok now I was pissed off. ‘Let. me. go. or so help me god I’ll kick you in the balls so hard you’ll run home screaming to your mother like a fucking two year old,’ I hissed.

  ‘O baby now you’re really turning me on,’ he groaned as he ran his finger down my cheek.

  Baby? He dared to call me baby? Gabe’s name for me? That was the last straw, I smiled sweetly at him as I put my hand up behind his neck. As he moved in to kiss me I kneed him straight in the balls and as he staggered back a few paces and doubled up, I pushed his head down and yanked my knee up into his face.

  ‘You fucking bitch,’ he spat, as he looked up at me, one hand on his crotch and the other covering his nose, from which I could see blood oozing.

  ‘I’m not your baby. I’m not interested in you and if you ever come near me again, or even so much as look in my direction, I’ll come at you so hard you’ll look back fondly at tonight as being merely foreplay,’ I hissed angrily. I swung around, straight into someone and stepped back to apologise and gasped as I realised it was Gabe.

  ‘Are you ok baby?’ His tone was dangerously low and harsh, his eyes were smoking and I could see he had his angry face on. In fact it was worse than any of the angry faces I’d seen on him, he was livid.

  ‘Yes, I’m not sure about him though,’ I nodded in Adam’s direction. He’d sunk to the floor still cupping his balls and nose.

  ‘Did he hurt you Mia?’ Gabe snapped.

  ‘No,’ I replied, subconsciously rubbing my wrist. Gabe went to move towards him and I quickly moved in front of him and placed a gentle restraining hand on his tensed up bicep, noticing he’d clenched his fists. ‘Gabe, I’m fine. He’s already down, he just made an inappropriate move, let’s leave it. I’d really like to get back to our date and to eat please.’

  ‘Mia if he fucking touched you …’ Gabe growled.

  ‘He tried and I dealt with it. I dealt with plenty of guys like him long before I had you to protect me so it’s all good ok? Don’t get yourself into trouble over this,’ I dug my heels in and pushed back on his chest as he tried to make a move towards Adam again. I quickly reached up and ran my fingers through Gabe’s hair and kissed him. ‘Gabe, please for me, come back with me now,’ I asked as I looked into his eyes. I was even more turned on to see how angry he was, what he was prepared to do to protect me, but I wasn’t going to let him cross that line if I could help it. He scanned my eyes and I could see he was still undecided, so I grabbed his clenched fist and leaned closer to him and whispered in his ear in my best sultry tone. ‘I’m wearing those sexy black crotchless knickers you wanted. Please come back to the table and demonstrate the benefits of them to me. I’ve been very, very patient all night and I’m so wet for you right now.’

  His pupils dilated and I saw him flick a glance over at Adam before looking back at me and his fist relaxed enough that I managed to interlock my fingers with his and went to tug him away. He turned to give a cold penetrating look at Adam who was wiping the blood off his nose, still hunched up on the floor watching us carefully.

  ‘I’m giving you a free pass on account of the fact that my girlfriend’s already left you in no doubt of he
r distaste for you, but if you ever come near her again, it won’t just be your nose that’s broken. Are we clear?’ He said it so factually, without raising his voice that I looked at him in awe at his control. How could he be so calm over this yet lose his temper when it was something I’d done to make him angry? He must be bottling it up, I was either going to get it both barrels when we got back to the table, or when we got home.

  Adam just looked up at us both, raised both hands in surrender and muttered, ‘Ok, ok I’ve taken the hint, she’s off limits, my bad.’

  Gabe led me away, clenching my hand tightly in his, past a number of the bar staff who’d gathered behind us to see what was going on and one of them gave me the thumbs up smiling and I gave an embarrassed smile back and we made our way back to the table.

  ‘Are you really mad?’ I whispered as he sat next to me, dreading a confrontation. He shook his and started laughing. ‘What’s so funny?’ I asked totally taken aback at his reaction.

  ‘You. Here’s me worrying about self-defence classes and you turned into Nikita.’

  ‘I did didn’t I?’ I laughed as I took a sip of champagne.

  ‘Did you hurt yourself kneeing him?’

  ‘No I’m fine thanks, my stomach’s ok.’

  ‘Why was this arsehole all over you baby?’ he sighed.

  ‘I remember some guy chatting me up at Peppers and asking for my number and I said no and he left me alone, apparently it was him. He thought I looked turned on for him, but it was for you Gabe, you’ve been teasing me all night and I was so frustrated and horny and came out of the toilet all excited to come back and see you,’ I said as I put my hand on his thigh and gently rubbed it.

  ‘You do look turned on, I’m turned on. When you kneed him it was so hot to watch even though I was fucking furious.’

  ‘You saw that?’

  ‘Yes. I came to find you, turned the corner in time to hear him call you baby and then see you assaulting him.’

  ‘No one calls me baby but you Gabe, he was out of order.’

  ‘I’m very glad to hear it.’ He pushed my loose hair back off my shoulder and leaned in and kissed my neck making me shiver. ‘Now distract me again, before I go and finish what you started with him. What were you saying about crotchless knickers?’ I felt his right hand move to my knee and slowly move up just as the curtain moved and Red delivered our starters.

  ‘God damn it,’ I muttered as he removed his hand and sat back running it through his hair.

  ‘Thank you. Please don’t collect the plates until you bring the main course,’ he snapped, obviously frustrated himself.

  ‘Of course Mr Austin.’

  I sighed as I looked at the scallops, then over at Gabe who had one on his fork already.

  ‘What’s the matter baby?’

  ‘I’m not sure I like the look of them, they look like marshmallows, but so wrong.’

  He smiled and bit half of his off before putting his fork with the remaining piece to my lips. ‘Try it, I promise they’re good,’ he said in a low voice as he held my gaze. I really wanted to please him, especially after the little fracas earlier, so I leaned forward and gently gripped it with my teeth, slid it off his fork and chewed. He smiled as I swallowed it. ‘You like it,’ he observed.

  ‘I haven’t said I like it yet Gabe.’

  ‘I can tell you do. That’s your pleasure face, the one you have when my cock’s in your mouth, but this time it’s on a lesser scale.’ He popped another one in his, grinning as he ate.

  ‘You’re so crude.’ I slapped his thigh making him jump. ‘I appear to have many faces, turned on face, pleasure face, come face.’ I enjoyed another scallop as I eyed him for a reaction. He sipped on some champagne and smiled as I ate another.

  ‘You do have many faces. My absolute favourite is your I love you Gabe face, followed closely by come face.’

  ‘I sincerely hope you mean my face as I come, much as I love it, I don’t want your come all over my face,’ I replied enjoying another scallop as he shook his head.

  ‘Wow. I think you could turn me on just reciting a shopping list, let alone talking about my come.’ I smiled as his he leaned over and his right hand made its way back into my dress and rested just below my knickers on my thigh. I hurriedly went to eat my last scallop, at last he was going to touch me properly. ‘Excuse me but I think you owe me half,’ he said with his head to one side watching me.

  ‘I thought you didn’t keep score?’

  ‘I do when it comes to my scallops, I love them.’

  ‘Come and get it then sexy boy.’ I quickly popped it between my teeth and sat still making him come closer to me. He put his left hand behind my head, leaned in and I felt his teeth graze my lips as they sank down on the scallop tearing some off. We looked at each other millimetres apart as we both chewed and swallowed, then suddenly his lips were on mine as he sighed my name. I felt his right hand move up and I parted my thighs and let him slide his fingers down until he reached the opening in my knickers and stroked my smooth bare skin, making me shudder.

  ‘Christ Mia, you’re so wet.’ He groaned as he moved his fingers lower, teasing me by rubbing them up and down along my engorged lips as he nibbled on my neck, leaving me gyrating on the seat and begging him to touch me properly. ‘What would you like me to do to you baby?’

  ‘Kiss me and stick your fingers inside me at the same time,’ I begged.

  ‘You better open your legs wider for me.’ I did as I was told leaving enough room for him to manoeuvre. ‘Wider.’

  ‘But Gabe …’

  ‘Wider.’ I shuffled on the seat pulling up my dress and parted them a little bit more for him. ‘Further.’

  I looked at him with my mouth wide open and he stopped stroking me and took his lips off my neck and watched, waiting for me to comply. I glared at him making him laugh and did as he asked. I could feel the cool air under the table tickling me, the sense of the miniscule space between me and his fingers made it even more suspenseful. I banged my head back in frustration when Red appeared again and Gabe quickly moved his hand away. I quickly closed my legs and blushed when she looked at me and smiled, almost knowingly. She cleared our plates and left us, after a quick glance at Gabe, with our main meal.

  ‘More champagne?’ Gabe asked with a glint in his eye.

  ‘You’re being so mean. I think you’re timing everything to avoid touching me.’

  ‘It’s not avoidance Mia, I’d love nothing more than to sweep all this stuff off the table and throw you down and fuck you on it. My cock’s hard as stone, my balls ache and I’m as wet as you are. I’m stalling, you’re going to thank me when I let you come.’

  ‘You’d better make me come Gabe, you’ve seen what I do to guys who piss me off.’ He laughed and topped up our glasses.

  ‘Eat.’

  I sliced into the steak and put some of the potatoes on it and popped it in my mouth. ‘O my god, that’s so good,’ I groaned.

  ‘Hmmm mine too,’ he answered with a nod.

  I ate quickly, in part because it really was that good, but mainly because I was desperate to pick up where we’d left off. I finished before him and wiped my lips on my napkin, drinking my champagne as I tried to distract myself. I looked out of the window at the city sprawling below us, I’d no idea it was so big.

  ‘You like the view from here?’ he asked as he put his knife and fork down and used his napkin.

  ‘Yes, it’s so pretty.’

  ‘You’re going to love seeing New York and Hong Kong at night with me then.’ He smiled as I looked at him surprised. ‘I want to take you there, I want to take you everywhere Mia.’ He moved back towards me and I sighed happily as he started to kiss me, my whole body responding in an instant and I automatically parted my legs for him. He pulled away and shook his head. ‘You’re so keen baby, patience is a virtue. I need the loo, maybe I should take you in case I get accosted too?’ He got up and turned, bending over pretending to tie his shoe lace. I shut my legs and st
ared in awe at the sight of his perfect bottom encasing in his trousers, the sight that had initially attracted me to him that Monday in lectures. He stood up and adjusted his waistcoat and I sighed as I looked at his chest and broad shoulders. He was deliberately teasing me now.

  ‘You’re driving me INSANE Gabriel Austin.’

  ‘I love when you use my full name like that and your frustration just makes it even hotter. I may just have to go and relieve myself in more ways than one.’ He smiled wickedly and winked at me as he grasped at his erection through his trousers making me groan.

  ‘You dare touch it in that way, when I’m here ready and waiting to do it for you Gabe.’

  He winked again as he left and I stamped my feet up and down in frustration and sighed when I got a buzz from the friction. I jiggled my knees up and down and felt it through to my core, I was ready to explode. I ran my hand up and down the inside of my thigh, lightly caressing my skin, relishing the sensation and slowly reached up and touched myself letting out a contended sigh as my fingers skimmed over my clit. I ran them down through the wetness of my arousal a few times, then returned to circle my clit again. I quickly retracted when I heard footsteps. Red returned to remove our plates and handed me the dessert menus.

  ‘I’ll come back for your order in five minutes.’

  She was noticeably cooler without Gabe being present and I smiled politely as she left. I was about to move my hand back under my dress but heard more footsteps and Gabe came back in. When he looked at me his eyes narrowed.

  ‘Mia have you been touching yourself?’ he asked, as he remained standing.

  ‘Gabe.’

  ‘Mia?’

  ‘I can’t believe you’ve just asked me that.’ I could feel my cheeks flame.

  ‘I know your faces Mia.’ He sat down and slid over to me and grabbed my hand and put it to his mouth. He carefully lowered his lips over my little finger and sucked and shook his head. I stared at him wide eyed as my breathing quickened. He moved to the next finger along and licked it, shaking his head. Next he sucked my thumb really hard and nipped it as he removed it and shook his head again. I was practically panting when he gripped my middle and index finger, put them both in his mouth and sucked. I watched his pupils dilate as he made a noise of contentment and I closed my eyes and groaned. ‘Mia you’ve been very naughty. You really think your fingers can work you better than mine?’