Chapter 28
Victor
“Hey, Rockstar.” I can’t help but smile at her as she walks toward me. Gabbi was amazing to watch today. I’m in complete awe of her and her capacity to give everything she has into fighting for these kids.
She walks toward me, looking like a runway model, and she has my full attention; every part of my body hums watching her. “Wow, it’s been a long time since you called me that,” I swear, I see her blush. I guess it has been a while.
“Come on, I’ll walk you out.” I sidle up next to her and lift my elbow.
Gabbi hooks her hand through my elbow, and a warmth settles in my chest. “I guess Patti told you where I was?” She says sheepishly.
I shake my head slowly. “No, you told me about what was happening today, so I knew you’d be down here.
I knew you would rock it today, baby. Especially since you put on your warpaint.
” She frowns a bit until I raise my finger and touch her lips, after which she makes an O shape with her mouth and smiles, touching her lipstick.
“Hey, so I was going to try and come by the garage tomorrow to talk with Tony about possibly helping Jimmy out if the judge rules in his favor. What do you think?” Gabbi asks as I reach for the handle of her car door.
“I think that’s a great idea, G. I’m sure Tony would love to help.” Gabbi settles in her driver’s seat. “Drive safe.” I lean down to give her a quick peck, but Gabbi runs her fingers through my hair and pulls me in for a deeper kiss.
She sucks my bottom lip into her mouth and pulls away slowly. Holy fuck, my dick is so hard, I’m going to have a difficult time walking back to my truck.
She sits back in her seat, looking satisfied that she’s stirred the beast inside me.
Pulling back from her, I grin, “I’ll see you at home, Rockstar.
” Giving her a wink before shutting her door, I walk away, laughing at her playfulness.
Looks like my girl’s getting more comfortable, and I’m here for it.
Gabbi ended up coming by the shop yesterday and talking to Tony for a couple of hours. Looks like they’re planning to form some sort of program for juveniles. It sounds pretty amazing, and hopefully it’ll work out for Jimmy, too.
I got off work a couple of hours early to work on the Camino.
I’m trying to finish fixing it so I can surprise Gabbi with something we haven’t done since high school.
“Vic? You out here?” Gabbi shouts over the speakers blasting Our Lady Peace.
I snap up from under the hood and walk over to turn the music down.
“Hey, G. How was your day?” I lean down to kiss her when she walks over to me.
“It was fine. I wanted to see if you were going to be out here for a while.” She shifts her eyes back and forth between mine.
“Yeah, I was trying to get it running tonight. Why? You wanna come hang out in the garage with me?” I smile at her and act shy, like when we were back in high school and I was asking her to spend time with me.
She starts acting the same way, and this feels stupid but sweet.
She looks fucking adorable right now. “Yeah, um…I was going to go change out of my work clothes, then come down and read while you worked. Emma gave me these books to read, and I’m halfway through the first one.
I love it and want to read, but I kinda want to be near you, too.
Is that dumb? It feels dumb saying it.” A blush rolls up Gabbi’s face as she waits for a response. Fuck, I love this woman.
“Yeah, G, I would love that.” When she turns to leave the garage, I give her a quick smack on the ass, to which she squeals and whips her head around, then moves faster up the stairs.
Ugh, that ass. I feel like my dick’s been hard for a week, and jerking it every night in the shower just isn’t cutting it anymore. I’m gonna kill Ty for implementing a no sex rule. Of course, I guess we’ve worked ourselves around that. That thought makes me chuckle out loud.