Gabriel’s POV

Chapter 65: Hung Over

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I woke up with a splitting headache, the kind that felt like someone was driving nails into my skull. My eyes shot open, and for a moment, I stared at the dark ceiling, trying to piece together where I was. The room was dim, the blinds still closed,

My eyes shut again as the pain intensified. The memory of how much I had to drink last night hit me like a moving train.

Groaning, I rubbed my temples, trying to will the ache away. Slowly, I pushed myself up on the bed, but every part of my body ached. With a frustrated sigh, I slumped back down onto the bed.

Then it hit me.

Flashes of the night before came rushing back, vivid and unapologetic.

Clairessa.

I saw her lips on mine, the way they molded to me so perfectly, her soft moans echoing in my ears. My hands on her body, tracing every curve, her skin soft and warm under my touch.

I clenched my jaw as the memories kept coming. I’d kissed her like a man possessed, poured all my ernotions into every stroke of my tongue, every desperate movement of my hands. I could still feel her body pressed against mine, the way her scent surrounded me, intoxicating and drawing me in.

Heat surged through me and my cock hardened almost instantly as the images became too vivid–her

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soft whimpers, the way her hips shifted toward mine, her hands clutching at me as if she needed me just as badly as I needed her.

I,squeezed my eyes shut, willing the thoughts away, but it was no use. The throbbing arousal between my legs was relentless, and I cursed under my breath. I ached to bury myself inside her, to claim her, to hear her scream my name again and again.

But I shoved the thoughts away, forcing myself to focus. What the hell was I doing? I ran a hand through my hair, frustrated with myself. This wasn’t helping. None of it was helping.

Then, more memories came flooding in.

I had confessed everything. Every damn thing. I told her I couldn’t be with anyone else, that I was made for her, that she consumed my every thought.

it,” I muttered. What the hell had

in search of her but she wasn’t here. Of course, she wasn’t. Why would

into someone I didn’t even recognize. I’d broken my own rules–rules that

myself up. The pounding in my head made me wince, but I forced myself to move. I needed to clear my head, to figure out how to fix this–if

and realized I was in nothing but my briefs. My clothes were folded

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remembered her hands on me,

passed out on her

time, dragging my hand down my face.

mess.

think I’m pathetic. A grown man who comes back drunk,

walls around myself, walls no one was allowed to climb. And yet, I had let Clairessa see me like this–a drunken, emotional wreck. She had seen the side of me

lost in my thoughts, the regret eating at me, when a loud knock on the

barked, more out

and my arousal from earlier straining against my briefs. The memories had left me hard and aching, my body still craving her even as my mind screamed at me to

more insistent. I hurried as much as I could, hoping it wasn’t her.

this.

for me. She was younger than me. I’d told myself nothing could happen between us. I’d ended

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now I’d completely

I opened the door, I was thankful it wasn’t Clairessa- rather it

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like his usual put–together self, with a confident grin plastered on his

look like hell. What the fuck happened to you?” he scolded, stepping into the room without

voice, clutching my head. “Sergio, morning to you too,”

looking at me up and down. “Gabriel Storm, just getting out of bed by past eleven? Looking like he was hit by a bus? That’s a sight I

the bed. Every step felt like a struggle, my body heavy

over to the windows and

“What the hell, Sergio? I was about

chided, his tone clearly irritated. “You’ve been through worse nights than the one you had. Now get up, take a shower, and get dressed. We’re going

I muttered, waving him off and burying my face in the pillow. “Just leave me

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