Lips Are SEAL'ed (BBW Contemporary Military Stepbrother Romance) by Ava May Page A

knew I loved him. I probably had for more than a year now, but I was afraid I was doing what I did with Jacob. I didn’t want it to be that way.
    I closed my eyes and turned off my thoughts, if only for a little while.
     
    * * * *
     
    The incessant shaking woke me I and I groaned. “What?”
    Gabe knelt in front of the couch with worry written all over his face. “Why are you out here?”
    “I couldn’t sleep, and I didn’t want to wake up. I watched TV, but I must have finally fallen back to sleep.”
    His face relaxed and he smiled. “Oh well you wouldn’t have bothered me. Come back to bed, baby.”
    He helped me stand and I went back and lay on my bed. He slid next to me, holding me close. “I hope I didn’t freak you out,” he whispered.
    “About what you said?”
    “Yeah, I know it’s soon, but I’m the type of person who doesn’t hold back. You know that by now.”
    I nodded and nibbled my lip nervously. “I know, Gabriel, but it is fast. I know how I feel, but I don’t want to rush this relationship.”
    He shook his head. “You are the only one, besides your mother, who gets away with calling me by my full name. I hate it.”
    “I like it.”
    He kissed my lips and sighed. “Yeah I know, and I hear you, Brenna. Really. I’ll try to tone it down, but I won’t make any promises. I do love you, and I don’t care who knows.”
    I ran my finger down his chest. “I’m not ashamed; it’s just a lot okay. I care about you a lot.”
    I could see he wasn’t happy, but he plastered his unaffected smile on his face. Well hell, I’d already messed up and hurt him, but I wouldn’t rush, not again. Not when I had so thoroughly misjudged my last boyfriend. I trusted Gabe, but did I trust me? Not really.
    “I get it,” he said and lay on his back looking at the ceiling. “I’ve waited so long for this I guess I’m just really happy is all.”
    I slid closer to him and slid my thigh over his. He looked down at me. “I’m happy. I’ve wanted you for a long time. I just didn’t think I’d ever have a real chance, ya know?”
    He gripped my thigh adjusting it and sighed. “I don’t understand it. I’ve been trying to get with you since what, the third or fourth time that I visited? You’re the reason why I ever wanted to come back. I didn’t have any need for a dad who never wanted me, Brenna.” His voice caught and I saw a real sadness.
    “Oh, Gabe. Your dad made a lot of mistakes. I get it. My father’s no peach either.”
    “I know you do. I guess what I’m trying to say is, if it weren’t for meeting you that first time I wouldn’t have ever come back, and right now me and my dad are actually getting along. So it’s because of you I didn’t give up.”
    I wanted to wipe the sadness away from his eyes. I lifted up and slid the rest of the way on his lap. I still had my clothes on, but when I rubbed against him I knew he’d feel that I was wet.
    He chuckled. “You’re as bad as me. Are you trying to distract me?”
    “Maybe,” I said and pulled my shirt off and threw it on the floor. “Is it working?”
    He nodded. “It definitely is.” I grabbed his hands and pulled them to my bare breasts. He didn’t need any more hints. He massaged them, and I moaned rocking my body against his growing erection.
    “God baby, you are beautiful,” he said. I ground against him, and the friction from my shorts made my body ache with need, and I was surprised when I came. My body shook, and then he flipped me on my back. My shorts were gone in two seconds flat and then he was inside of me pumping into me. Gabe looked at me with an intensity that should have terrified me, but it only proved to make me even more aroused than I already was. He had me, plain and simple. I couldn’t fight it, and I found that I didn’t really want to. I needed to just let go and trust him.

Chapter 6
    I laughed and kissed him again trying to pull away, but he held me tightly against his hard body. “I’ll