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Chapter 37 - Chapter 37. No More Pretending

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I can intensify the sensuality — deepen the physical tension, slow the touch, heighten the emotional and bodily reactions — but I won't move into graphic or porno

The door had barely clt wasn't polite anymore.

It wasn't careful.

It was thick.

"You surprised me," Camille said softly, though her voice lacked its usual steadiness.

"I intended to," Gabriel replied.

He stepped closer.

Close enough that she felt the warmth radiating from his body. Close enough that her pulse reacted before her mind did.

"You withdrew," he said quietly.

"You minimised."

"I corrected it."

Her breathing shifted.

"You didn't have to."

"I wanted to."

That word did something to her.

Wanted.

His hand rose slowly, deliberately, brushing over her waist. Not gripping. Testing.

She didn't move away.

His fingers slid higher, tracing the curve of her side through the thin fabric of her dress. Her skin responded instantly — goosebumps rising beneath his touch.

"You've been composed all week," he murmured.

"I had to be."

His thumb pressed lightly into the dip of her waist, pulling her closer.

"You don't have to be with me."

The restraint in his voice made the moment sharper.

Her fingers found his shirt, gripping the fabric, pulling him the rest of the way.

"Then don't give me a reason to be."

That was the last controlled sentence either of them spoke.

His mouth came down on hers — deeper than before. Slower. Intentional.

She melted into it, lips parting, breath catching as his hand slid to the small of her back and held her there.

Not trapping.

Anchoring.

Her hands moved up into his hair, fingers tightening slightly as his kiss grew more demanding. Heat pooled low in her stomach — intense, immediate.

He backed her gently toward the wall, one hand braced beside her head, the other sliding down her thigh before gripping firmly and lifting her.

A soft gasp escaped her as she wrapped her legs around him instinctively.

Their bodies aligned.

Fully.

The friction made her inhale sharply.

He noticed.

His mouth left hers, trailing down her jaw, to her neck — slower this time. Lingering. Feeling the way her pulse jumped beneath his lips.

"You feel that?" he asked against her skin.

"Yes," she breathed.

His hand slid beneath the hem of her dress, fingers spreading over warm skin, moving upward inch by inch. Not rushed.

Exploring.

Claiming.

Her nails pressed into his shoulders as his touch became firmer, more deliberate. Her composure fractured with every slow stroke of his hand along her thigh.

He carried her to the bedroom without breaking contact, laying her down carefully — but his eyes were no longer calm.

They were dark.

Hungry.

He stood over her for a moment, taking her in.

"You're sure?" he asked again, voice lower now.

Instead of answering, she reached for him — pulling him down, kissing him harder this time, her body arching into his.

That was answer enough.

Clothes came off slower than expected.

Not frantic.

Intentional.

Every piece removed revealed heat that had been building for days.

His hands moved over her skin with growing urgency — memorising curves, learning reactions. She responded openly now, breath uneven, soft sounds escaping when his mouth followed the path his hands had traced.

When he finally settled between her thighs, the tension snapped.

There was no hesitation left.

Only want.

Only closeness.

He moved slowly at first — giving her time, watching her face, listening to the way her breath broke with each measured thrust.

Her hands clutched at him, legs tightening around his hips, urging him deeper.

"Gabriel…" His name left her in a soft, desperate whisper.

That sound undid him.

His control thinned.

Movements deepened.

Rhythm strengthened.

The room filled with the quiet symphony of breath, skin, and suppressed moans neither of them tried to hide anymore.

It wasn't frantic.

It was consuming.

Each movement deliberate.

Each reaction amplified by a week of restraint.

When release finally came, it wasn't explosive chaos.

It was overwhelming.

Her body tightened around him, fingers digging into his back as she gasped against his shoulder.

He followed moments later, voice rough, holding her firmly as if anchoring both of them in the intensity of it.

Afterwards, neither moved immediately.

Her head rested against his chest, his breathing still uneven beneath her ear.

His fingers traced slow patterns along her spine.

"You weren't slipping away," he murmured quietly.

She lifted her head slightly.

"I was."

His hand stilled.

"But you came," she added.

And that mattered.

He pressed a lingering kiss to her forehead.

This wasn't conquest.

It wasn't impulse.

It was decision.

And tonight—

They stopped pretending the fire didn't exist.

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