River POV
I wake up and I look around trying to figure out where I am and I see Gabe sleeping with his arm across my stomach. Slowly I love his arm and I sit on the bed. God. He is so beautiful and he looks like an angel sleeping. Maybe that’s why his name is Gabriel. As in Angel Gabriel.
I pass my hand lightly through his hair and I get up grabbing the t-shirt he had given me yesterday and I put my shoes on.
I call a Uber and I walk out of his apartment. When I look back I smile remembering last night. But I know he just wanted to have sex with me. I didn’t want to be in the position of him telling me to leave. I would be too embarrassed.
I get in the Uber and the drive home takes around forty minutes and when I get home I sit in my living room huggi
River POVToday is my first-day having classes again. It’s six a.m when my alarm wakes me up. I turn it off and then open my eyes. I stretch in the bed and I sit on the bed. I grab my phone and I have a text message from Jonah. 04:03 received From JonahHey River, call me when you see this message.I scrunch my nose and I put my hair up into a messy bun and I go have a quick shower. When I come out I get dressed in jeans a t-shirt. I look in the mirror and I let out a giggle.“It can’t get any better” - I say to myself as I grab my stuff to go to class. I am treati
Gabriel POV I open my eyes and blink a few times trying to figure out where I am. I look around and I see River asleep next to me. It is the first time I actually fell asleep next to a woman. With my fingers, I move a strand of her hair behind her ear that fell on her face. I smile looking at her. Her cheeks are rosy and she is sleeping with parted lips. All of a sudden her body starts shaking and I open my eyes wide. Shit. What the hell is happening. I get out of bed and I start calling for River but she’s not responding and only having seizures. I grab my phone from my pocket and dial 911. I call the ambulance and I run to open the door. They told me what to do to stabilise River. When they arrived they examined her but she wasn’t responsive and my mind was going foggy. She has a high tempe
River POVI woke up and the bright light made me close my eyes again. What the hell? Where am I? I open my eyes slowly fighting the headache and I notice that I am not in my bedroom. I look around and I can’t see Gabriel. I see all the machines and the beeping sound is going to drive me insane. I move my head slightly and I am hit my nauseous. Oh god. What the hell is happening? My entire body aches. Everything is sore. I feel like I was run over by a bus. I move my hand and I feel a button near my fingers. I press it twice and soon after a nurse walks in.“River, hello, good to see you awake. Please don’t try and move too much. I will get the doctor” - she says and I nod my head slightly giving me another feeling like I’m gonna
River POVI woke up a little later today. I have been doing all my university assignments at home and sending them by email to the professors. Gabe spoke to the university and explained what happened and how sick I was and they agreed to let me work from home. At least I have some distraction. Today Pedro and Jonah are coming over to spend the afternoon with me. It is Saturday after all and all we want to do is watch movies and eat junk food. I am careful with what I eat because having someone around that can cook for me all the time will make me put weight on or become diabetic.I hear the door ringing and as I was getting up to open it I felt extremely dizzy. I don’t know why. This always happens after I eat. I feel dizzy and nauseous.
Gabriel POVI get up once River told me she didn’t know how to say it. I couldn’t face her. It’s the first time ever that I’ve actually fallen for a girl. But apparently, she doesn’t like me the same way. She is not one of those girls that just use people for their money. I know that for a fact. But hell.“Gabe, please, stop” - River says standing up in front of me.“I get it” - I say forcing myself to stay calm. “No, Gabe, please look at me” - River says cradling my face between her hands and her lips meet mine.I wrap my arms around her waist and I pull her closer to me. R
Gabriel POVIt’s been two weeks. The doctor has been around and taken another round of blood tests and River keeps getting worse. There are days that she is okay and she feels like new but the last three days she’s been really bad and that made her lose a lot of weight as she can’t keep any food in her. I am getting extremely worried. She has been complaining of headaches again. She has gastrointestinal exams this week so they can check how she’s doing. River looks like a skeleton. Her eyes are dark and she’s got horrible black bags under her eyes. She keeps throwing up constantly. Even if she doesn’t eat anything. Her body is weak and she’s constantly cold and shivering. If she’s not throwing up she’s asleep but her body is not taking it. She hasn’t had any food the last twenty-four hours but she’s still feeling sick and she’s struggling to wake up. S
Gabriel POVRiver has been home for two months now and she went back to her own house. She said that she likes to be around me a lot but we should take things slow and actually date as normal people do. So that's what we are doing. I’m picking her up from work tonight and take her for dinner and then a movie. She likes the idea of us being a normal couple although I have security around us both.She was upset when I told her she would have a couple of m guys looking after her. She thinks it is unnecessary but I know it isn’t. I’m still at war with the Mexican cartel and I can’t let her unsafe.I call her as soon as I stop the car in front of her building and she walks out wearing an amazing black dress that hugs her curves that came back after being medicated. She’s had another
River POVI close my eyes and I start to breathe slowly trying to keep myself calm. Sometimes my anxiety and stress can trigger an episode of CVS. Gabriel keeps stroking my back and planting soft kisses on the top of my head. I don’t know how long we’ve been in the car but it stops and Gabriel looks around. “Do you trust me?” - He asks me and I nod my head. Of course, o trust him. He opens the door and leaves the SUV closing the door keeping me inside. I look out of the window and he is holding his gun while he walks. Not long after two black SUV stop next to ours and I lie down again. I know they can’t see me as the windows are tinted but I don’t want to risk it. I grab my phone and I start calling Gabe. No answer. And then I
Gabriel POVI leave River with mom and I walk to stand next to dad, Michael gets drinks for them and keeps an eye out for my woman. I don’t want her anywhere near the shit show that is about to happen. “How are we playing this?” - I ask grabbing a glass of whiskey from the waitress that passes in front of me.I drink the entire content and Amelia walks to us with Ethan.“All ready” - she saysI look at them and Ethan nods his head.“He brought the bitch” - Dad says“Good, I’ll end them both” - I say and Mel smiles“Just don’t forget she was her friend” - Mel says“The im
River POV“Where are we going?” - I ask once I see the dress on the bed.It’s a beautiful long red dress with a thigh split. I know it will hug all of my curves and show all my attributes. I look at Gabe and he smiles. “It’s a surprise” - Gabe tells me“You know I don’t like surprises” - I tell him crossing my arms“You just have to trust me. You will like this one” - He tells me. I take a deep breath and I walk into the bathroom and I turn the shower on.I am brushing my teeth when Gabe walks in and wraps his arms around my waist from behind me.He presses his body against mine and I feel his bulge against my ass.
Gabriel POVIt’s been three weeks since River is back in my life and I couldn’t be happier. River went back to work in Michael’s hotel. She missed having a life. As she put it out. She said working did good things to her and I’m not stopping her from doing whatever makes her happy. She resumed her training with my guys and she’s shootings a lot better. Not to mention she wants to fight me now. So here we are at the gym. I take my t-shirt off. I know she gets distracted by my muscled torso. I can see river going red and I smile walking to her while I adjusting my sweat pants lowering them so she can imagine the rest. She gulps and I place a kiss on her head.
River POV Gabe assaults my mouth with his tongue and I am happy with it. I start untucking his shirt from his jeans and he lifts his chest from mine just so we can take his shirt off. Gabe leans down again kissing my neck as my hands touch his soft skin on his back. I feel his erection growing under his jeans. I struggle to get his belt opened and Gabe lifts himself up from the bed stripping the rest of his clothes. “Your turn” - he says I stand up and push him to the bed. He sits stroking his dock while I bend down turning my ass to him stripping my jeans seductively. I run my hands through my legs and up to my stomach lifting my t-shirt and throwing it to the corner of the room.
Gabriel POVRiver caresses my hair as I sob holding her. I thought I was going to lose her completely. But here she is. In my arms. Holding me as I let myself get vulnerable. I decided that I will never let her go again. I will never let a woman look my way ever again. I can’t lose her. I can’t lose this.“Boss” - I hear and I lift my head as River plants a kiss on my forehead. “Yes” - I say“Ambulance is here” - I stand up and see them coming in. it is complicated to explain what happened. So Jason starts talking to them while they assist Mike. We can’t afford to have the cops sniffing before we handle the situation. We can make it go away anyway. I just didn’t want to be handling cops wh
Michael POVI drive there carefully. I know that Gabe will have someone following me from far. Just to keep it safe. He doesn’t trust his own shadow. I take a deep breath and I stop the car in front of two massive golden gates. Talk about showing off money. I don’t know how the cops haven’t gotten all over his ass. He probably does what dad did. Hides behind some corporate bullshit. As I stop the car two men with guns approach me.“I’m here, they’ve seen me” - I say so that Gabe knows what’s happening. I honestly hope this crap works. I really don’t want to get killed today. The two vultures knock on my window and I smile at them showing off my white smile.
River POVWhen we arrive at Elliot’s house he opens the car door for me and I get out. I open my eyes widely not really believing what I am seeing. This is a huge mansion and it’s absolutely stunning. Too bad it belongs to this dickhead. “Welcome home” - Elliot says wrapping an arm around my waist.I slap his hand and I take one step away from him.Elliot grabs me by my neck and makes me look at him.“You will respect me, you will behave” - he says letting go of me and I fall on my knees gasping for air.I’m on my hand and knees and when I get up I see two guys looking at me smirking.“Fuck you” - I say looking at Elliot while I get up and he slaps me
Gabriel POVI don’t know how long it’s been since they arrived but we are really drunk. Mel is babbling something about Ethan and how he only cares about work and the kids and barely pays attention to her. “I need to tell you something” - Mike says sitting up and resting his back against the couch. “What is it?” - Mel asks looking at him. My phone starts to ring and I look to see River’s name.I answer the phone making them a signal to shut up.They both look at me as if they were about to burst into a fit of laughter when I put it on speaker and we could hear River talking to someone else. “She butt dialled me” - I say“Shush” - Mel says and that’s
River POVHe looks down at me and his face softens. “I’m sorry River. I got jealous, please forgive me” - he says offering me one hand to get up.Tears are streaming down my face and I shake my head. Elliot starts pacing and I manage to sit on the floor with my back against the wall. “What does he have that I don’t?” - he shouts at me and I close my eyes tightly.I start to remember all my training and everything that Ally thought me. If I could get my hands on a phone. I look around and Elliot stops in front of me.He grabs me by my hair lifting me up from the floor and I wrap both my hands on his wrist while he lifts me up so he doesn’t pull my ha