The Honeymoon Period (The Austin Series)

by Fallowfield, C. J.

  ‘You’re not wearing your bracelet,’ he observed.

  ‘I know, I’m really sorry. I didn’t want to take it off, but it didn’t look right with the outfit being gold tones, so I borrowed all of these from Lexi.’

  ‘You don’t have any gold jewellery?’

  ‘No, silver goes with more. Besides, I don’t often wear gold shades.’

  ‘You should, you look radiant and your hair like that’s very sexy.’

  I smiled shyly at him, I still found it hard to take a compliment, especially from him. The bisque was delicious, smooth and velvety and Gabe swore the scallop dish was the best he’d ever had which made me happy. I excused myself and giggled when he stood up as I left the table. I still found it amusing that he was so chivalrous for someone so young. Dunsmaster Boys School obviously set high standards in etiquette and Gabe had come out with top marks. I sent Lexi a quick text from the ladies powder room to ask if she was ok and looked up and smiled as another woman came in. I guessed her to be in her late twenties, very attractive with a jet black bob and seriously killer long legs, she was in a black tightly fitted knee length dress with a plunging neckline.

  ‘Hi,’ she smiled as she washed her hands.

  ‘Hi,’ I smiled back, as I teased some loose hair into place.

  ‘I hope you don’t mind my asking, but where did you get that dress? It’s amazing.’

  ‘O, thank you. I can’t remember, I’ve had it a while and never had the occasion to wear it until now.’

  ‘Well it’s gorgeous, very sexy. You’ve an amazing figure, my husband can’t take his eyes off you.’

  ‘I’m … very sorry,’ I stuttered, worried she’d followed me in here to have a go at me.

  ‘Don’t be, I’ve no problem him admiring other women, I’m not the jealous type. I’m Etta,’ she stretched out her hand to me. I shook it tentatively thinking how bizarre it was, shaking hands with a stranger in a toilet.

  ‘Mia,’ I replied.

  ‘How about you and your husband? Been married long?’

  ‘O no, he’s not my husband, we’re far too young for that.’

  ‘Sorry, you just look so in love with each other.’

  ‘We are, but definitely not married.’ Even saying the word marriage made me almost break out in hives and she wasn’t making my discomfort any easier.

  ‘Where are you from?’

  ‘Westhampton, in England,’ I smiled politely.

  ‘Well I knew it wasn’t Scotland with that accent,’ she laughed. ‘Are you here for long?’

  ‘Sadly no, we go back on Sunday.’

  ‘Well Mia, if you are planning on a good night out on Saturday, you must both come to Obsession. It’s the best club here.’ She rummaged in her bag and gave me a card. ‘Show them my card and you’ll get in as a VIP, I’m a regular. I’ll look forward to seeing you both there.’ She flashed me another smile and walked out.

  I looked at the card expecting to see a promotional card for the club and instead found it was a personalised business card. Etta McKenzie had just given me her home address and mobile number. I shook my head, wondering if she went around handing out her details to everyone she met in toilets and stuffed it in my clutch, then frowned when I realised she hadn’t even gone to the toilet while she was in here, how bizarre. I touched up my gloss and checked myself out in the mirror. Gabe was right, these gold tones really suited my skin tone and brunette locks. I should wear them more often. I headed back to the dining room and saw Gabe looking at his watch. He looked up as I walked over, broke into a dazzling heart-warming smile and stood up and held my chair out for me.

  ‘I was starting to get worried baby, you were gone a while.’ He kissed the top of my head as he pushed my chair in and went and sat down again.

  ‘Thanks. Yes sorry about that, really odd but a woman came in and started chatting to me, then she shook my hand and introduced herself then left without even going to the toilet.’

  ‘Black hair, short black dress?’ he asked as he finished his champagne.

  ‘Yes,’ I said frowning, slightly irritated that he’d noticed her.

  ‘No need to be jealous baby,’ he chuckled. ‘She’s not my type, no one else has been my type since I met you, but she’s been staring at us since we arrived in the bar, as was her partner at you.’

  ‘Is that why you sat me with my back to the room?’ I asked. He knew I was nosey and liked to see what was going on and what people were wearing.

  ‘Yes, I didn’t like the way he was looking at you. What did she want?’

  ‘Just asking about my dress and if we were married. She suggested that if we were going clubbing we should go somewhere called Obsession and that we’d get VIP treatment if we mentioned her name. Really bizarre but she gave me her business card, with her home address and everything.’ Gabe started laughing and I looked at him surprised.

  ‘I think we’ve just been hit on baby.’

  ‘What?’

  ‘I think they’re looking for us to hook up and make a sexual foursome with them.’

  ‘No,’ I uttered, my eyes wide as I looked at him with my mouth ajar.

  ‘Why so shocked, Mia? We’re a young, fit, very attractive couple. I’m surprised it’s not happened before.’

  ‘Gabe seriously, people just do that? Come up to complete strangers and think that they’ll do that?’

  ‘I’ve been propositioned a few times by couples for a threesome. Why not when I’m with you as well? You’re seriously hot baby, anyone would be lucky to have us both in their bed.’

  ‘You’ve done that? Actually don’t answer, I don’t want to know.’

  ‘I’m going to tell you anyway Mia, because now the subject’s come up you’re always going to wonder and I don’t want anything to come between us. Yes, I’ve had a couple of threesomes,’ he shrugged. I looked at him, my mouth open, shocked.

  ‘Two women or a man and woman?’ I asked as I covered my eyes, not sure if I really wanted to know.

  ‘Both. I’ve had quite a few with girls, they approach me a lot, usually best friends. Then last year a college friend had a girlfriend who wanted two guys at once and he asked if I was interested, she was reasonably attractive so I thought why not,’ he shrugged. I gulped and went to open my mouth but he interrupted me. ‘Before you ask there was no guy on guy action, I was just there as an extra for her. I’m also not interested in having any more three ways Mia, I’m not open to sharing you with anyone, male or female, ok?’ I nodded and heaved a sigh of relief and I looked down at my napkin on the table. I was so tame not having done anything like that. ‘Baby look at me, too much information?’

  ‘I just feel so naïve Gabe, you’re so sexually experienced.’

  ‘Mia, look at me baby.’ I felt his fingers tug at mine and he pulled my hand from my face. ‘I told you I had a past and I’d prefer to be open with you about it, I promised not to lie to you. Yes, I’ve had a lot of partners, but I’m not massively experienced, there’s lots I haven’t tried and lots I don’t want to try. Regardless, it doesn’t matter how experienced you may think I am, nothing I’ve done compares to what I have with you, how I feel when I’m with you. You know that, right?’

  ‘I believe you Gabe, but it still doesn’t mean I like it. Is there anything you’ve done that we haven’t yet? Anything that you want to do? Anything I’m not giving you that you want?’

  ‘Mia, our sex life’s incredible, I’ve already done so much with you that I’ve never done with anyone else. The only thing we haven’t done that I have is a threesome and I just told you I don’t want anyone else in our bed. Are you trying to tell me you want to have one?’

  ‘No!’ I looked up at him mortified and he squeezed my hand and smiled.

  ‘Thank God, you had me worried for a minute.’

  ‘I never want to share you with anyone either Gabe, we agreed from the start that we’d be monogamous and I assumed that meant no one else joining us too. Can we change the subject? All this talk of s
ex has me all hot and bothered again and looking at you in tux is just … wow.’

  ‘Tell me about it, I’m sitting opposite you in that thing you call a dress. I’m still hard from the limo.’

  ‘Really?’

  ‘Yes, your tits look sensational,’ he sighed as his eyes ran down the gap in my dress, lingering on the domes of flesh and deep cleavage showing.

  ‘Then please tell me this stupid delayed gratification is off the table. Not only am I desperate to fuck you, but I’d really, really like to do it in the Limo Mr. Bond.’

  ‘Shit, sorry Miss Moneypenny, I only booked it for the way out. Maybe next time, eh?’ he replied. I sighed, I’d really wanted to have limo sex. I leaned down and pulled off one of my heels and slid my foot up the inside of his leg and smiled when I saw his eyes widen as I pushed it between his thighs and started to rub his erection. ‘Mia, what are you doing,’ he groaned.

  ‘You’re right, you are still hard. If we were in that restaurant with the light curtain I’d be under the table right about now sucking you off,’ I whispered. He groaned again as his face went into a grimace and he reached down and grabbed my foot and held it still and gave me a pleading look to stop, so I pulled it back and waited for him to put his hands back above the table and did it again. He grabbed me immediately and tickled my sole, I shrieked with laughter and yanked my foot away, banging my knee really hard on the bottom of the table which shook, the glasses rattling as I swore and the dining room went quiet as Gabe’s cheeks turned crimson. ‘Sorry,’ I mouthed at him then covered my mouth with my hand to stop my giggling. He narrowed his eyes at me as the noise in the room started again.

  ‘You’re so going to regret that later, Mia Page,’ he said in a low tone as the waiter carried our beef to the table. I forgot all about sex for a while, as well as the stinging and throbbing in my knee, as we ate our main course. It was divine and the red wine went with it so well.

  ‘You’re going to be drunk Gabe, you can’t hold your liquor,’ I smiled, as he drained his glass and it was topped up again.

  ‘And you can?’ he questioned. ‘No way was I letting you drink alone so I couldn’t take advantage of you later.’

  ‘You promise you will? I’ve never been so hot for you as I am right now,’ I whispered.

  ‘O, I promise baby. I feel the same, I can see your stiff nipples,’ he grinned with a flick of his head. I reached down and caressed them through my dress, gently pulling on them, I was so distracted by him that I’d not even realised they were stiff. I looked up and smiled when I saw him staring with his mouth open as my fingers lingered.

  ‘If you think looking at me touching my nipples is bad Gabe, just imagine what you’ll be like when you watch me touch myself down there, I’m soaking wet.’

  ‘O I am, trust me, I already am. Damn it, I need the loo.’

  ‘Don’t you dare play with yourself.’

  ‘Sssshhhh, whisper.’

  ‘Promise you won’t.’

  ‘Baby come on,’ he groaned. ‘He hurts he’s that hard.’

  ‘You do and I’ll play hard to get later, so hard you won’t get any and don’t think I won’t know if you’ve misbehaved,’ I warned. ‘I want every last drop of you.’ He let out another turned on groan, then sighed and put his napkin on the table and got up quickly buttoning his jacket to conceal his hardness. ‘I’ll be worth the wait,’ I smiled as I looked up at him.

  ‘Never doubted it for a single second baby.’ He ran his fingers over my lips and walked away. I finished my wine and smiled as both of our glasses were topped up again. Second bottle down, I was starting to feel quite tipsy. The table was cleared and I was left with the dessert menu as Gabe brushed past and turned to sit down and I flicked my eyes across to check he was still hard. I needn’t have bothered, the look of pure frustration on his face was enough to tell me he’d done as I asked and resisted touching himself.

  ‘So I think I was right,’ he said as he flicked his napkin back over his lap.

  ‘About what?’

  ‘That woman’s husband just followed me to the toilets to make small talk and asked if we were going to join them at the club tomorrow.’

  ‘Seriously?’ I asked, stunned.

  ‘Yes, he’s the hots for you something chronic baby.’

  ‘How do you know it’s not for you? Maybe he’s after a bit of male on male action,’ I winked.

  ‘Ewwww, don’t even joke about it,’ he shuddered. ‘So what are we having for pudding?’

  ‘Actually I’d rather go back and have you. Do you mind?’

  ‘Do I mind? Christ no, I thought you were going to have dessert, then coffee, then liqueurs and I’d never get to fuck you. Let’s go get a last drink at the bar and I can call for a ride.’ He helped me up and I deliberately didn’t look at Etta and her husband as I walked past with Gabe’s protective hand palming my bottom, stroking me with his thumb. ‘So what are you drinking?’ he asked as he cupped it hard, standing behind me at the bar.

  ‘Well as what I’d like to drink is off the menu until we get back to bed, then I’d love a Baileys.’

  ‘Dirty girl,’ he whispered throatily in my ear, as he squeezed me tightly before placing the order for two of them, handing over his card to settle the bill. I turned around, put my arms around his neck and stroked the back of his hair as I kissed him.

  ‘Thank you, it was really lovely here.’

  ‘You’re welcome, please stop that or I may lose it right now.’

  ‘Just from me playing with your hair?’

  ‘That and you rubbing your pelvis against mine and looking up at me with that “please fuck me Gabe” look.’ His eyes blazed as he put one arm around my waist and winched me in.

  ‘Well you shouldn’t be so damn attractive if you don’t want me looking at you like that, should you?’

  ‘You seriously never lusted after one other guy the way you do over me?’ he asked as he took his card back and handed me my drink.

  ‘Not to the extent I do with you, no.’

  ‘But there have been others?’ he asked as he swirled his Baileys and ice around in the glass taking a sip as he gazed at me intently.

  ‘Not others, no. Just two.’

  ‘Who?’

  ‘My first was Tyler and he was a lifeguard, his body was nearly as good as yours and he was blond and pretty dishy, too.’

  ‘So how did you meet?’

  ‘I got into trouble in the pool back home and he dove in and saved me, then carried me in his arms and lay me down on the side and gave me mouth to mouth, even though I didn’t actually need it. I counted it as my first ever kiss and I nearly died of excitement.’ I felt Gabe tense and I laughed. ‘I was twelve and he was eighteen, Gabe. I thought he was the most amazing boy I’d ever seen and I had the biggest crush on him for years, but hardly ever saw him with being at Rowleys all the time. When I did see him he always had some super attractive girl on his arm, I never stood a chance.’

  ‘He was a fool if he didn’t pursue you Mia, but his loss is my very favourable gain. Who was number two?’

  ‘A guy called Alex, my first actual boyfriend. We went out when I was fourteen, he was seventeen and I fell for him quite hard.’

  ‘I hate him already, what went wrong?’

  ‘He tried to pressure me into sex and when I said no he dumped me.’

  ‘Seriously?’

  ‘Yes, I was heartbroken. He was the only boyfriend I ever really fancied, until I met you. I cried for days over him.’

  ‘He was an arsehole for doing that, Mia. If it had been me, I would’ve waited until you were ready. Seriously though, they were the only two guys you’ve ever lusted after?’

  ‘Yes,’ I nodded.

  ‘What about Milo?’

  ‘What?’ I raised my eyebrows taken aback at the question.

  ‘You heard me.’

  ‘No, they were the only other guys I’ve lusted after,’ I stated as I knocked back my Baileys.

  ‘I thought
we’d agreed not to lie, Mia,’ he said, as he studied my face carefully.

  ‘I’m not lying, Gabe. Yes, I can appreciate that Milo’s an attractive guy, but it’s not like that for me with him. Maybe if he was single and you and I hadn’t met I might’ve been interested, but the feelings I had for you on first sight ruined any chances of me looking at him in that way, ever. Possibly even anyone ever.’

  ‘Hmmmm,’ he murmured as he downed his drink.

  ‘Are you seriously still hung up on him?’ I asked, amazed. I just couldn’t understand his totally irrational obsession with the guy.

  ‘I’m hung up on you baby,’ he sighed lowering his head and kissing me with delicious Baileys coated lips.

  ‘I have your tattoo Gabe and you have my heart. Please trust me. I’m all yours,’ I whispered.

  ‘Forever,’ he smiled as put his glass back on the bar and took mine off me doing the same. I looked up at him and let go of his neck and slowly undid his bowtie leaving it hanging and undid a couple of top buttons and leaned back and smiled at him. ‘I was going to do that myself, you know, Miss Impatient,’ he frowned.

  ‘Couldn’t wait,’ I sighed as I drank him in. Damn he was so sexy, he was making me all hot again, I could feel my breasts swelling and a throbbing between my thighs.

  ‘That’s a serious lust face, Mia.’

  ‘You look seriously lust worthy Gabriel Austin, as if you don’t look good enough normally, this look is off the Richter scale.’

  ‘Come,’ he ordered letting go of me and holding out his hand. ‘It’s time to go.’

  ‘Thank God, how long until we get back and I can ravage you?’ I asked as I took it, feeling the surge of chemistry flow between us.

  ‘About twenty minutes.’

  ‘Damn it,’ I muttered. I was so turned on my nipples were painful. Gabe undid his jacket, shrugged it off, and put it around my shoulders, trying to cover me up. I glanced down and saw his erection trying to force its way through his trousers and looked up at him questioningly.