Chapter Nine
There was something about Gabriel. When they were together, it felt so right, the way he touched her, kissed her, and allowed his gaze to linger over her n***d body, taking her in and letting her know with that one look that she was his. She could feel his strength all around her as he slid inside her and loved her. In that moment together, all the lingering disillusionment that had taken over her husband disappeared in the darkness, instead becoming the closeness she needed and wanted with the man she loved more than she thought was possible.
She fell asleep with him wrapped around her, holding her to him, but when she woke alone in bed, she feared he’d walked out without a goodbye and left her again—that was, until she heard a clatter from the kitchen, then footsteps in th
