Endless Summer Nights by Delansy Diamond Grace Octavia Donna Hill

spray and turned toward him. “Is that right? What if I have other plans?” she said in a teasing voice.
    “Cancel them.”
    Her eyes widened for an instant when she witnessed the resolve in his.
    The water slid over and between them. He reached around her and took the shower gel from the shelf, poured some into his palms and began to lather every inch of her body and then rinsed her with tender loving care.
    “Turn around,” he ordered, his voice suddenly thick and raw. She did as she was told. Gabriel pressed his large hand against the back of her neck, bending her forward. He looped his arm beneath her belly and pulled her rear end toward his bulging erection. “Spread your legs.”
    Before she had a chance to utter a response he plunged inside her with such force that it lifted her up onto her toes. “Aggggg!”
    Air hissed from between his teeth. His eyes slammed shut from the intensity of pleasure that ripped through him. For a moment he couldn’t move. All he could do was allow the moment to wash over him, try to memorize this instant. But then she ground against him and white lights flashed.
    He growled deep in his throat and pushed up into her again. She returned the move with the same fervent drive, bracing her hands against the tiles to support them both as they dueled each other, attacking and retreating and coming back for more until the inevitable began to build, coursing through their veins like hot lava waiting to erupt. And it did, in spectacular fashion, leaving them too weak to stand, and they sank together to the shower floor letting the now cool waters temper their heat.
    * * *
    Gabriel was good at his word. Much to his brother’s annoyance he’d canceled and rescheduled all of his meetings.
    “You’ve really fallen for her, haven’t you?” Max asked while Gabriel made arrangements to have his helicopter readied.
    Gabriel gave his brother a cursory glance. “What if I have?”
    “The Santiago men have never had lasting relationships with women. We aren’t built that way.”
    “Maybe it’s time for a change, brother.”
    “Don’t be a fool. In a matter of days this woman will be gone and back to her life and probably to a man in the States and you will be left with your cock swinging in the wind. And for what?”
    He threw a glance at his brother. “You don’t know what you’re talking about and you don’t know Sydni,” he said from between clenched teeth.
    Max tossed his gorgeous head back and laughed. “The fateful words of a man who has been whipped. You act as if you have never been between a pair of wonderful thighs before.”
    Gabriel slammed his palm down on the table. “Enough! I’ve lived by this archaic, macho Santiago code all my life. No more!” He stormed past Max, who maintained an amused expression on his face.
    “Good luck, brother,” he murmured. “You are going to need it.”
    * * *
    “A helicopter ride?” Sydni said when Gabriel came to meet her at her hotel.
    “Yes. I want you to see some of our sights from the air. And pack some of your things.”
    She frowned in confusion. “Pack? For what, a helicopter ride?”
    “No. You’ll be staying at my home until...”
    She planted her hand on her hip. “What if I don’t want to do that?”
    He stepped up to her, wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her hard against him. There was no missing the tight knot in his pants. “Tell me you don’t want to spend the nights with me and share breakfast in the mornings, and I will forget the request.”
    She swallowed over the lump in her throat. It was just so damned hard to think clearly when he was staring at her like that, when he smelled so good and felt so good and he made her remember what those nights and mornings were like. She wiggled out of his arms and stepped back to gain some perspective. It wasn’t much better.
    “I’ll bring a toothbrush...and a pair of panties,” she said with as much defiance as she could summon.
    He grinned wickedly.