Forever & an Engine (40 page)

‘Mia, you
look
stunning
.’ He spoke with a hoarseness to his voice.

‘Thank you.
I don’t know what to say, you look … you’re so …
wow
.’

‘I decided
to Harvey up for you,’ he smiled, but even Gabriel Macht didn’t look this good
in a suit and this was
me
talking, or rather thinking.

‘You out
Harvey’d Harvey Gabe. Do we have to go out? I just want to rip your clothes off
right now,’ I groaned. He bit his lip and closed his eyes for a second then
walked over to me, pulling me aggressively by the waist against his stomach. I
gasped as I felt one hand on my bare back and the other slid through the slit
in my dress to touch my thigh. As his fingers grazed the garter he let out a
low animalistic growl that make me quiver against him.

‘You’ve no
idea how tempting that is. You look so damn sexy baby.’ Suddenly his mouth was
on mine and I was clutching at his shoulders as he kissed me hard, his lips
crushing mine. I felt his hand move to grip my bottom tightly and groaned again
when the doorbell rudely interrupted us. He pulled away and stepped back wiping
his mouth. ‘We need to go for our meal. I need to make sure you’re really ready
for me before we try anything Mia. I don’t want to hurt you.’

‘Gabe trust
me I’m ready, I’m
more
than ready,’ I sighed, my knees trembling.

‘I’ll be
the judge of that Mia. You’ve already proved I can’t trust you. You’ve put your
need to fuck me above your own health more than once. Come,’ he held out his
hand to me. ‘The driver’s waiting.’

‘Driver?’

‘Yes, I
thought I might enjoy a few drinks with you tonight. You need to relax after
the week you’ve had.’

I stepped
forward and took his hand and we looked at each other as we both felt the
energy crackle as we touched, just like on our first handshake the first time
we officially met. He opened the front door and I stepped out to find a
Mercedes waiting with smoked out windows and the car was gleaming. A driver in
a peak cap and a suit opened the rear door for me.

‘Good evening
Mr Austin, Miss Page.’

I looked
startled to hear my name and Gabe smiled. ‘This is Riley, dad’s regular driver
when he’s home, I asked if I could borrow him for the night. He’s good at
remembering names, as well as directions.’

‘Hello
Riley,’ I smiled and he nodded back politely. Gabe helped me into the rear
passenger seat, Riley closed the door and the two of them chatted as they
walked around the front of the car, both unbuttoning their jackets, before
Riley opened the back door for Gabe to slide in besides me. Riley buckled up
and pulled out of the drive as Gabe took my hand and ran his thumb over my
knuckles while he and Riley made small talk. I looked out of the privacy glass
window my head spinning. I’d been brought up in a reasonably well off home, but
this was just so far beyond that.

‘Baby are
you ok?’ Gabe lifted my hand and kissed it and I turned to look at him and fell
in love with him all over again. He was just breath taking. Why wasn’t he a
famous male super model with that face and his body? If there were a privacy partition
in the vehicle I’d have mounted him right there.

‘Yes, it’s
just when you said a date, I thought we were going to a simple restaurant or
something. This is so … it’s just so …’

‘Mia I
wanted tonight to be special, you’ve had a really tough week.’

‘O Gabe it
is. You’ve spoilt me so much, I mean my dress, shoes, pashmina and bag. I love
them all, thank you so much, they’re just amazing.’

‘You look
amazing,’ he smiled as he kissed my hand again.

‘It’s just
a lot you know. I’m used to being taken on dates to the cinema or to a Frankie
& Benny’s or Wetherspoons pub or something, in jeans or a dress from a
non-designer store.’

‘You’d have
preferred that?’ He looked hurt and I mentally kicked myself, I hadn’t meant to
offend him, not after he’d gone to so much trouble and expense.

‘Gabe, as
long as I’m with you I’d be happy on a date at McDonalds in my running gear.
You don’t have to spoil me and spend lots of money to impress me, you already have
me, I love you,’ I whispered, acutely aware of Riley sitting a few feet in
front of us.

‘I know
that Mia and that’s part of what I love about you, so that’s why I love to do
it. I’m not doing it to impress you, I’m doing it because I love you, because
you deserve to be treated like this.’ I looked away and bit my lip hard to stop
the tears that were threatening to flow. ‘Mia, I don’t know who in your life
has made you feel that you’re not special and deserving, but you are and I’ll
continue to treat you that way for the rest of your life. Why aren’t you
looking at me?’

‘I’m trying
not to cry and if I look at you I will, because you’re just too nice to me,’ I
uttered as I blinked back the tears and stared out of the car window.

‘O baby.’ I
felt him release my hand and put his arm around me and pulled me over until my
head was resting on his shoulder. I slipped my hand into his jacket and fiddled
with his waistcoat buttons as he ran his lips over my hair. ‘You smell so sexy,’
he whispered.

‘So do you.
I can’t wait for you to see your presents, I hope you like them Gabe,’ I
managed to say. Being so close to him was driving
me
crazy,
his
smell, his clothes, his body, just him. He was my whole perfect package.

‘If you
chose them for me I’ll love them, because they came from you.’ He suddenly
grabbed my hand from his waistcoat and moved it down and squeezed my fingers around
his erection. ‘Seeing you looking like that’s present enough. See what you do
to me?’ he whispered. He let go of my hand and I looked at the rear view mirror
to check Riley couldn’t see before I started to rub my hand over his crotch vigorously.
I wanted to rip the zip down and take him in my mouth. ‘Hmmm. Steady now, we’ve
a long night ahead,’ he murmured in my ear before removing my hand.

He turned
my face to his and started kissing me softly and I closed my eyes and let him
take me over. I got an image of him pulling himself out of the zipped opening
of his trousers and fucking me while still wearing his suit and felt a wave of
heat and excitement rush over me.

Riley
coughed discreetly and announced that we’d arrived so we pulled apart and I
rummaged in my bag and reapplied my gloss as Riley opened Gabe’s door. I heard
them chat then Riley got back in the driver’s side and Gabe opened my door for
me. As I took his hand I carefully swivelled putting my left foot down on the
road first.  As I did, my dress parted and when I lifted my right foot, my bare
leg was exposed. I watched his eyes widen as they took in the full effect of
the shoes snaking up my calf and the black garter at the top of my thigh. I
raised myself up and let the dress fall back in place.

‘I need
some serious brownie points for not fucking you right now against this car,’ he
growled as he closed the door behind me and firmly took my hand. He led me
around towards the entrance of a very modern looking glass and chrome building
and I looked up wondering how many floors there were. ‘26 and we’re nearly going
all the way,’ he replied winking, as if he’d read my mind.

We walked
into a polished marble lobby and over to a bank of elevators and I spotted a
security desk further down and the man tipped his cap and called out ‘
Good
evening Mr Austin.’

‘Do you know
him?’ I asked Gabe as he ushered me into the lift with his hand in the small of
my back, his fingers against my skin were driving me crazy.

‘Yes, dad
started his company from this building, his firm covers the whole of the 24th
floor.’ He pressed the button for the 25th floor and smiled at me.

‘So why
doesn’t Robert work here instead of flying all over the world?’

‘He could
if he wanted, but he chooses to spend time overseeing the main city offices. I
think moving around takes his mind off how lonely he is. As they meet at Uni, I
think there’s just too many memories here for him.’ I watched as his face
changed and sadness set in, so I moved to stand in front of him and clasped his
face and kissed him.

‘I love you,’
I whispered as I lay kisses on each corner of his mouth before putting my arms
around his neck and holding him closely to me. I felt his arms close around my
back and his face nuzzle into my neck and we just stood holding each other
until the lift pinged. I let go and he gave me a soft thankful look, which instantly
changed back to a raging look of beastial lust as he looked at my pert breasts.
I felt another wave of heat start in my groin and wash up over me and shivered
with delight as he took my hand.

He led me
out onto a sparkling black granite floor and down some steps and I gasped. In
front of us was a magnificent view of the city twinkling below. To either side
behind us ran a dimly lit bar, with jewel coloured glasses and bottles along
the mirrored shelves. There were people crowded along the bar drinking and
laughing, all immaculately dressed and you could tell it was a classy place. In
alternate frames of the glass wall in front of us were semi-circular high back booths,
shielding their occupants. A pretty redhead in a tight elegant black sheath
dress came to greet us.

‘Hello Mr
Austin, your table’s ready please follow me.’

I laughed
internally. To watch the way woman were around him was getting amusing. Our red
headed hostess was smiling way too much at Gabe, fluttering her eye lashes and
gently touching his arm as we walked and she enquired after his dad. I decided
I was going to ignore it, I was going to have to get used woman drooling over
him, after all if he wasn’t mine and I saw him out I’d be doing the same, but
with possibly less self-control and more crust on my chin.

Instead I
chose to focus on the crowds at the bar as we passed. I noticed a few men
watching me as I walked and looked down to realise that my leg extended from
the dress and showed off my jewelled calf and a hint of my garter with each
stride. I looked up at Gabe expecting him to frown and have words with me, but he
just smiled proudly at me and rubbed my knuckles with his thumb.

As we
passed a group of guys, one of them, a good looking guy in his mid-thirties, eyed
me intently and I’d the feeling I knew him from somewhere. He smiled widely at
me and looked me up and down and I felt the grip on my hand tighten, nothing
escaped Gabe.

We were led
to the end of the room and I gasped as I saw the final booth in the corner was
surrounded by a beautiful shimmering curtain made of dangling fibre optic
lights that shielded the booth from anyone’s view. Red parted them and Gabe
indicated for me to enter. Inside was a small semi-circular table laid out with
a dazzling white cloth, reflective silverware and crystal with white lilies and
tea lights. A curved, high backed padded red leather booth wrapped around the
table. I slid in and heard the curtain fall and it rustled again and Gabe
entered from the right unbuttoning his jacket. I crossed my legs, the dress
falling down showing my garter and entire right thigh, almost all the way up to
the hip. I heard Gabe inhale quickly as he handed his jacket to Red. He sat
beside me placing his elbows on the table, steepling his fingers as he smiled
at me.

‘I’d like a
bottle of 2005 Cristal please,’ he said flashing a quick glance at Red who
nodded and disappeared through the shimmering curtain. I looked out at the view
and then around us realising we weren’t overlooked in any way. I caught him watching
me and smiled.

‘Gabe it’s so
beautiful here and the view is just … spectacular.’

‘I was
going to say the same about you. I think all the men in the bar appreciated it
too, especially your friend.’

‘What
friend?’ I tried to brush it off, I didn’t want to fight again and it wasn’t
like I knew who the guy was. Why did he have to pick up on everything?’

‘Please Mia.
I saw you exchange looks. How do you know each other?’

‘I
recognise him, but that’s all,’ I shrugged.

‘I hope so,’
he said sharply. I closed my eyes, I hated it when his jealousy reared up. I
waited a beat and then opened them.

‘I thought
you were happy for me to be appreciated, you were fine with the You Tube deal.
Besides that hostess was dribbling as she touched you, it goes both ways you
know.’

‘You’re
right, I don’t mind men looking, but there was a connection, he seems to know
you Mia.’

‘Well I
don’t recall him, so don’t let it spoil our evening.’ I reached up and brushed
his hair behind his ear, took his hand and put it under the table on my knee. I
slowly pulled it up my thigh until he reached my garter and just like that he
was back with me, just me and him.

‘You’ve the
most amazing legs,’ he whispered as he ran his hand up and down, making me arch
my back and sit up a little straighter.

‘O god Gabe
can’t we go and lock ourselves in the toilet now?’

‘Miss Page,
you’re so desperate for it aren’t you?’ His eyes were full of sparkle again, I
finally felt like we’d got some of the weeks trauma behind us.

‘I’m desperate
for
you
and you are for me too. I can see it written all over your face
Gabe. You want me.’