Chapter 25: Chapter Twenty Five

*Gabriela*

I quickly get up and follow him, leaving the others behind. Ignoring my name being called out I couldn’t help but watch Enzo swing the door open and then slam it shut before I was even able to get to it. I don’t hesitate to rush outside to see him walking so fast it was clear to anyone who would pass by that he was angry.

I wasn’t so sure on exactly what happened back there in that dining room. But it was obvious the two cousins didn’t like each other. I mean who blamed him? I didn’t like Benny either, but that was because of his sexual innuendo towards me. What I wanted to know was why Enzo was more affected by the man’s behavior than the others.

Was it too much to hope that he did it because he was jealous? Or maybe there was something far deeper than that?

I try to keep pace with him, but it was difficult with those long strides of his. We were just about to hit the front gate of the property when his voice suddenly rings out.

“Go back Gabby.”

I jolt a little from the unexpected command. Swallowing the nervousness away, I call back, “I just wanted to make sure you’re alright.”

I couldn’t help staring at the back of him as he doesn’t slow down. Today he decided on just a plain white shirt with black jeans that fit a little too well, along with black boots. His muscles could be seen quite wonderfully, and I wanted to put my hands all over them. A tingle goes straight down my body just thinking about it.

Closing my eyes, I clear my mind of all thoughts of doing dirty things to his physique. This was not the time nor place to be thinking of assaulting him out in the open on the countryside road for goodness sakes!

“I don’t need you to come comfort me, Gabby. I’m sure you would rather go comfort Benny.” He practically sneers, barely looking back at me as he says it.

I didn’t miss the scowl that was on his face nor the fact what his words implied. “What the hell is that supposed to mean?” I snap, getting a bit irked.

He continues to keep walking as he says, “What? Did we forget about this morning? Dressed up a little more than usual for breakfast didn’t we?”

Okay, I may have done that on purpose, but it was to get a reaction out of him, but not this kind of reaction. I wasn’t sure if he was jealous or angry for what had happened and decided to take it out on me since I was dumb enough to go after his ass.

“Maybe I just wanted to look nice for once. I am allowed to do that, aren’t I?” I don’t stop following him, but maybe I should have as he stops and swings around to face me.

“Since when do you play dress up Gabby? You’ve been here for over a week and not once have you ever dressed this nice just for the hell of it.”

He comes dangerously close, making my heart skip a couple beats. “I know you’re a virgin Gabby, I’ve felt it myself. But just because you didn’t fuck someone doesn’t mean you’re a virgin in other ways and he sure as hell seemed to know that quite well.”

Pure rage and hurt slams into me and I don’t think twice doing what I do. I slap him hard across the face, the sound carrying across the wind, his head snapping to the side as his eyes widen at my sudden physical altercation.

“You’re nothing like the Enzo I knew. You’re no better than he is, asshole.” My voice shook as I whipped around and started heading back to the ranch.

Tears sprang to my eyes to think he would ever believe I would do something like that with that horrible cousin of his. I don’t take five steps before I hear crunching of boots that reached me within seconds. I’m whipped right back around, crying out in shock as I’m suddenly thrown over his shoulder.

“W-What the hell do you think you’re doing?! Put me down Enzo!” I scream my head off, my breath stuttering with each stomping step he took, his shoulder digging into my stomach.

I start pounding on his back for extra emphasis to let me go, but he completely ignores me as he continues to go on his merry way. I thought we were heading back to the ranch, but I soon realize we were heading away from it instead.

“Where are you taking me?! Let me go right now!” I pound on his back even further, kicking my legs to get a grip on the situation.

A sudden sting hits my ass cheeks causing more shock to go through me and getting me to shut up momentarily. Did he just spank my ass?!

“You keep that up and I’ll just drop you to the ground.” He growls.

That didn’t sound pleasant at all. But it just made me even angrier to be manhandled in such a way. Then again, it was also sending a tremendous amount of thrill through my body as well. What the hell did he plan on doing to me now that he had me in this position? It wasn’t long before I found out.

He makes a sharp left off the road and straight down a row of apple trees that still weren’t ripe for the picking. And it wasn’t long before we came up on a barn that I knew all too well while growing up. It was a storage for feeding the animals that roamed on the ranch next to Pappi Gio’s. He was nice enough to allow them to use it since he had no use for it himself.

The big wooden doors were wide open as they always are, and it looked like the stalls were filled with hay this time of year. While I still struggled he suddenly throws me down on a pile of loose hay that created an umph right out of me. I scramble to get up, my anger starting to rise to it’s peak until I look up at him.

I froze, staring at him with hay all in my hair and dress. He stood there staring down at me with such heat in his gaze that could burn my very soul. And before I knew it he was on top of me ravishing my lips with his own, completely dominating my thoughts and sensations to an absolute mess until the only thing I could think of was allowing him to do whatever the hell he wanted with my body, my soul, and…

My heart.