Gabriel hugged Rosalind afterward. They lay on the bed, saying nothing as they needed to cool down their body temperature and even their breath. She was still in the haze of pleasure and passion, so her brain couldn’t process what Gabriel said. As Rosalind lay on the bed with closed eyes, savoring the bed softness and his embrace.But then, after a few minutes, she creased her forehead and removed herself away from him. “How could you say it’s our first night?” She folded her arms over her chest. He raised his eyebrow. “Because it’s indeed our first night.”Her mind flashed back to the night when she was drunk. “But then, I saw hickeys everywhere on my body that night. It was the night I was drunk after knowing Jeremy’s cheating. Wasn’t it our first time?”He shook his head. “No. I only touched and kissed you all over that night. Tonight was our first.” Gabriel held Rosalind’s hand. “I wonder something. You had been Jeremy’s girlfriend for five years, but you had never slept with him
At dawn, Gabriel made love with Rosalind again before he let her continue sleeping. When she awoke around nine, he grinned and kissed her lips. “Good morning, baby.”“Morning.” Her voice was hoarse. She stretched her arms, sighed, but winced a little as she felt a slight discomfort down there. However, when she turned her body, she smiled a little after seeing his grinning face. “Do you always wake up in such a good mood like this?”“Not always, but my mood is improving because of you.”“Oh?” Rosalind raised her eyebrow. “How?”“You made me content, darling.” She wriggled a little and curled her body forward to touch his shoulder. “Because of the sex?”“Sex is only a part of it.” He caressed her cheek. “You are here with me. That’s all that matters to me.”Rosalind let out a content sigh. But then something crossed her mind. “If I kept saying no, what would you do? Would you let me go?”He didn’t answer at first. Instead, he kissed her neck and massaged her breast. “Gabe?”“Hmm?”“
A letter came to Rosalind’s apartment when Gabriel’s maids were packing Rosalind’s items. It was inserted below her apartment’s door. A maid found it and called Gabriel right away. “Sir, there is a letter for Miss Miller. It is written as ‘URGENT’ on the envelope,” the maid said.Gabriel frowned. What could be an important matter until the sender needed to mark it as urgent? “Okay. Ask a courier to send the letter to my office right now.” “Yes, sir.” After twenty minutes, Gabriel received the letter. He flipped the envelope to see if there was anything else written there. However, it was nothing. Suddenly, his hunch urged him to open the letter. So carefully he opened the envelope with a cutter and read the letter. It was short. ‘Miss Miller, please fetch your brother right away. He is in a terrible addicted condition right now. If you don’t come right away, he may die shortly.’ Then there was an address to go to. The address was somewhere near the dock.Gabriel read the note twic
When Rosalind woke up later, she immediately went to the bathroom. After washing her face, she soaked herself in the bathtub and closed her eyes while moaning a little because she enjoyed the warm water. Her body was sore because of their vigorous sex sessions, but she smiled to recall how tender Gabriel treated her. He was so insatiable. She lost count of how many times they already made love. When she sighed again, the icy wind blew in her direction. Reluctantly, Rosalind opened her eyes to see the naked Gabriel standing before her. “Gabe! I’m trying to have a bath!” she protested. “I miss you already, baby.” Then, without waiting for her reply, he joined her in the bathtub and started rubbing his body against hers. When his hard length touched her thigh, Rosalind giggled and shook her head. “Again?”He grinned and nodded. “Yes, please?” Then he offered his hand, asking her to come to him without words.She straddled him and hugged his neck with both hands. He grabbed her slim w
It was Kathy who had just arrived at Gabriel’s apartment. She smiled when she saw Rosalind. “Nice to meet you, Miss Miller. I’m Kathy. You look amazing!” Kathy kissed Rosalind’s cheeks. Rosalind liked Kathy instantly. She kissed Kathy’s cheek too. “Please call me Rosalind.”“Oh, I can’t! Mr. Da Costa won’t allow me.” Her eyes spotted the necklace around Rosalind’s neck then she smiled. “The necklace is so beautiful. It looks good on you.”“Thank you! I heard you chose it from the Jewelry Palace. Thank you so much for choosing such a lovely jewelry set for me.”“True,” Kathy said, “but it’s Mr. Da Costa’s instruction. So you have him to thank for.” Rosalind blushed as she remembered their lovemaking after he put on the necklace around her neck. “So let’s go now?”“Yes, Miss Miller. The driver is waiting outside.”Luca Russo, the driver that Kathy mentioned, immediately opened the door for Rosalind. He bowed his head and smiled at Rosalind and Kathy. “Nice to meet you, madam. I’m Luc
Luca and Kathy exchanged glances again. Later, he whistled and grinned. “My, my. Miss Rosalind, you sound like falling in love with my boss.”Rosalind giggled and immediately shook her head. “No, I’m not.”“Are you sure?” Kathy stared at Rosalind. “I don’t know you well, but from your reaction after calling Mr. Da Costa, I agree with Luca.”“Yeah, we can see the difference, can’t we?” Luca winked his eye at Kathy.“Sure!” But then, Kathy smiled at Rosalind. “I’m glad he found you. He smiled more after knowing you.”“Oh?” Rosalind raised her eyebrow. “You made Gabriel sound like he wasn’t a cheerful person.”“Well, I don’t mean it, but Mr. Da Costa didn’t smile often. Only after he mentioned you recently, he smiled more frequently.”Luca snapped his finger. “After you mentioned it now, I just realized it. You are right, Miss Kathy! Our boss was a serious person.” But then he grinned. “Yet, he would smile each time he mentioned about you.” Luca stared at Rosalind through the rearview mir
Rosalind tried the silver dress, and she held her breath because the dress was so lovely. It showed her curve well as if it were made specifically for her. The dress was sleeveless, but it had tiny spaghetti straps on the shoulders. As the silk flowed to follow her body and reached her ankles, it flaunted her body shape and showed her slender neck, bosoms, tiny waist and hips, and long feet as the dress had two slits on the sides from below to her knees. She turned around to see the backside. In the mirror, she could see the dress also exposed her back to the small of her back and shaped her bottom nicely. Rosalind then picked her phone and took a few pics.Rosalind licked her lips as she didn’t know if it was a good idea to send her pictures to Gabriel. But then she finally sent her photos to him with a text. ‘What do you think about this one?’ He didn’t reply, so she finally showed the dress to Kathy, the shop manager, and the shop helper. They smiled and nodded when they saw her.
Rosalind let out a sigh because she wanted to talk more with him. But she understood Gabriel was busy. It was good he still gave his time to talk with her, despite how busy he was.As if she could read Rosalind’s mind, Kathy smiled at Rosalind. “Mr. Da Costa is quite busy today, miss. He must meet with some new representatives from other countries.”“I know he must be busy ….” Rosalind looked elsewhere and let out a sigh, but then she forced a smile. “Let’s go to the Shoes Castle.”Rosalind and Kathy spent two hours checking and seeing many pairs of shoes and also handbags. Finally, Rosalind could find the shoes and handbag she liked and matched the silver dress. Afterward, Rosalind smiled at Kathy in the car. “Thank you for accompanying me to buy these.” Her hand pointed at some shopping bags. “Do you want to have lunch first? We can go somewhere.”Kathy shook her head. “It’s my pleasure, Miss Rosalind. I’m glad to accompany you. Unfortunately, it’s time for me to go back to the off
Gabriel nodded at his mother. But then he bent his head, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath. He wiped his eyes quickly, but Anna could see a drop of tear fall from her son’s eyes. Later, Gabriel straightened his back and smiled as if he didn’t shed his tears for the woman he loved. Doctor Gianni then walked out of the VVIP room. He smiled to see the Da Costa family. First, he shook hands with Leonardo, Anna, Bianca, then he smiled at the youngsters. “Gabriel, you can go inside to see Rosalind and the baby,” the doctor said. “Both are healthy. Congratulations to your new son!”Gabriel shook hands with Doctor Gianni. “Thank you so much, Doctor. I don’t know what I have to say.”The doctor patted Gabriel’s shoulder. “Go inside. Rosalind is waiting for you.”When Gabriel entered the room, the nurse was still wiping and cleaning their baby. So, he approached Rosalind first and kissed her sweaty forehead. “Thank you, baby. You have fought so hard. I can’t imagine what you had been th
Gabriel called his mother right away while waiting for Rosalind to deliver their baby. “Mom, please come to Good Health Hospital. Rosalind’s water has been broken!”Anna was excited but also worried because it was a week faster than the doctor’s prediction. When she delivered Gabriel and Bianca, those two times were even past the due dates. Bianca delivered Jeremy and Isabella passed the due dates too, but with Antonio, the delivery was faster by only two days.Gabriel’s mother frowned as she recalled her memory about hers and Bianca’s giving birth.“Okay, I’ll come to the hospital right away. I’ll call your grandpa and Bianca too.”“Yes, Mom. I’m nervous now. Rosalind asked me to wait outside while I wanted to accompany her.”
Rosalind kept smiling to see how happy their little family was. They had been through a lot, and now they were together in peaceful harmony and happiness. What a priceless gift! She wouldn’t trade her family for anything.“What are you thinking of, baby?” Gabriel said.“Nothing, just how happy I’m to see us together.”He squeezed her hand and nodded. “Let’s have breakfast first.”“Let’s eat!” She nodded and smiled.After eating, they went to the university with Luca as their driver. They walked to the entrance to see many students who would attend the graduation day had already gathered there.
Time went by so swiftly. It was the time for Rosalind’s graduation. To her surprise, she would have a graduation day along with all students who attended the study in the university. So, she was excited to attend the graduation event.Gabriel hired the makeup artist and hairdresser to help Rosalind on her big day. At dawn, they were already busy putting makeup on her. When the makeup artist had finished with her job, it was time for the hairdresser to arrange Rosalind’s hair in an elegant bun.“Mom, you are so pretty!” Jane said. She jumped around as she was excited to see her mother in makeup.“Oh, thank you, sweety.” Then Rosalind glanced at the makeup artist. “Can you help to put on some powder and lip gloss for my daughter?”
Gabriel kissed Rosalind’s forehead and turned her body so he could spoon her. “Baby, you won’t need to worry about,” he stopped for a while, “Richard anymore.” He decided not to tell Rosalind the truth.“What happened?”“Well, I sent him to a rehabilitation center. Then he would go to jail.”Rosalind was quiet. She blew her breath and shook her head. “Richard only brought us troubles …. I’m sorry ….”“It’s not your fault.”“But he’s my brother.” She let out a long sigh.Gabriel had no choice because without telling Rosalind the truth, his wife would keep
After some reassurances from the doctor, Gabriel brought Rosalind back to the car. He nodded and smiled at the couple whose he cut the queue. “Thank you so much for letting us go first. I truly appreciate it!”“Don’t mention it. Is your wife okay? The baby?” The pregnant woman asked.“Yes, My wife and our baby are okay. She only needs a complete rest.”The woman smiled and nodded. “Thank God! We are happy for you.”Gabriel nodded and smiled at the kind woman. “Thank you so much!”Since the doctor’s assistant then called the woman’s name, she waved her hand at Gabriel and entered the examination room with her husband.
Gabriel shook his head again. “No, you just try to get away from the consequences of what you have done, not because you are truly repentant. It’s the punishment that scares you, not the hideous effect of what you have done to Rosalind and Jane. You are a hopeless case! The jail will help you to realize what you have done.”“You will send me to jail?!” Gregory’s voice pitched higher.“Yes.”“Then, go ahead!” Gregory spat to the ground. “I’m not scared!”Gabriel smirked and looked into Gregory’s eyes. “We’ll see. Once you are inside, you’ll shout to ask them to let you die.” Then, he straightened his back. “I’m the man of my word. Since I alr
Warning: this chapter contained violence and heavy cursing. Reader discretion is advised.Again, Pietro followed what Gabriel commanded and poured the water into Richard’s head and body. The man was conscious after a while.“If you don’t want to die, there’s no better time than now to confess,” Gabriel said. “Your name!” he shouted.“I-I’m … Ric—”A punch struck Richard’s cheek. “Again, one lie will get a punch. Keep lying to me and don’t blame me if you will die with no teeth and blood left.”“I’m truly Richard—”Gabriel hit Richard again. “Go on! I
Warning: this chapter contained violence and heavy cursing. Reader discretion is advised.Pietro stared at Gabriel who stood and stared at Richard with a menacing look. As he had been working with Gabriel for twenty years, he knew his boss would do harsh things to Richard. Yet, what Richard did was too much. So he could understand Gabriel’s mood. So Pietro cleared his throat. “Boss, what will you do?”Gabriel only grinned to hear that and removed his tie and opened his button shirt one by one. He even took his time to fold the shirt and tie neatly, then put them on a table. Later, he took his phone from his trouser pocket, pressed some buttons, and put the phone on the table next to his shirt and tie. Pietro gulped again. It reminded him when Gabriel was in his late twenties or early thirties. It was the time when he dealt with someone who betrayed him. “Boss, remember Mrs. Rosalind and little Jane? You don’t want to—”But Gabriel stopped Pietro’s words. “Remove his shirt.”It was a