Gabby nuzzles her nose with Ricardo as she bites on his upper lip and pulls it a bit before she giggles when he groans. Ricardo smiles closing his eyes with a sigh when Gabby touches his cheek and caress it.
"I love you" she whispers kissing his forehead.
"Not as much as me" he groans as he wraps his legs around her and rubs his nose on her neck.
"So, did we level up from friends to in relationship category?" she asks running her fingers through his hair.
"I don't care which level we reach as long as we are together, and I get to kiss you" he grins nipping at her neck.
"Stop that" she laughs wiggling underneath him.
Ricardo tickles her side to make her laugh loudly and she gasps for air pleading him to stop before he finally does and they both breaths heavily staring at each other.
"You are the best thing in my life" Ricardo states as he kisses on the tip of her nose.
"And you are the greatest human I have in my life" she smiles as she wraps her arms and legs around him.
"I can watch you all day long" he smiles as he caresses her hair.
"I want you to stay with me all day long for the rest of our lives" she nods her head in agreement.
"You say all the right things" he grins as he drops a kiss on her lip.
*******
Ricardo runs his hand up and down of Gabby's thigh which were currently wrapped around his waist while they stay attached to each other.
"Your mom must have been shocked to hear your break up with Mel, she loved her" Gabby speaks as she massages Ricardo's hair.
"Not as shocked as the fact that I want to be with you" he mumbles with his face buried on her belly.
"Did she shout at you?" she asks a bit worried.
"She is cool, she loves you in her own way"
"I highly doubt it"
"Every mother is scared of the girl that makes her son happy because she also has the power to make him sad" he states as he glances her way.
"I hope that is the case else, I am not so confident to see your mother. She is not good for my self-esteem"
"She knows there is much more to you than just you" he smiles.
"Okay, if you say so, anyways, now that you have broken things with Melissa what will you do?" she asks.
"It's not easy to bring my sister back home but we will get through it. I do have a bit progress on with the Lucero's"
"Cole said you cannot be our friends and with Lucero's at the same time, is that why you refused on the treaty part?" she asks.
"There was a different reason I did not want to sign the treaty" he sighs as he kiss on her belly and moves up.
"What reason?" she asks with a frown.
"And the reason is you" Ricardo sings as he flicks on her nose.
"Instead of treaty, we have offered for a relation"
"A what?" she asks not trying to think over on about it.
"My dad has given a marriage proposal to your family. Yours and mine"
"Get out of here" Gabby gasps.
"But your father and uncles are not so sure"
"Why?"
"They just think I am trying to double cross you all because I just broke things off with Melissa and the timing is a bit odd"
"See this is what happens when you try to be all secretive" she pouts.
"Learnt my lesson, Precious" he smiles as he lies down on his side on his back and Gabby crawls towards him.
"Are you really going to sale everything on our land?" she asks putting her head on his chest as he wraps his arm around her shoulder.
"Nick is not giving me other choice, I have tried to hold it off as much as I could but"
"I can kick him on his balls and make him sick for few days" she offers making him laugh.
"Don't fight with your brothers for me, I am not that worthy" he smiles pinching her nose.
"You are" she pouts touching his jaw.
"Still, never fight with them for me"
"So, now what? You will be going back home, and I will have to stay sad in here" she sighs.
"I won't let you be sad" he promises as he drops a kiss on her forehead.
*******
Richard steps out of his car as he makes his way to the warehouse where he had locked Melissa, he frowns looking around as he finds the place too quiet. He checks the area to find none of his men around, so he hurries inside of the house only to curse.
Few of his men were laying cold on the ground while the guy he had tasked on to take care of Melissa was tied on the chair where he had left Melissa.
"What the..."
"We did not know"
"Who did this?" he growls as he kicks one of the men awake before he marches to untie the man from the chair.
"We did not know Boss, she came out of nowhere and before we all know, she took away Melissa"
"She?" he asks with a frown.
"Yes, we thought she was some helpless girl lost her way but" the man looks down in shame about the fact that the three of them were beaten by a girl.
"This is bad" Richard groans as he barks order to go track them down while pulling out his phone to inform his brothers that Melissa has ran away.
*******
Ricardo opens his eyes as he hears the ring of his phone, he tries to shift but stops as Gabby was wrapped around him, so he slowly pushes her hand away from his waist before her grabs her legs and moves away from her.
Grabbing his phone, he walks out of the room to talk so one he does not wake Gabby up and two the call seemed urgent and important, if his brother was calling him at this late hour.
Before he could even say hello his brother fills him in, in a hurry making him curse as he rubs his eyes.
"Okay, try to track down the woman who took her, it was a risk to take her hostage and now that she s out it's even more...
I will take the first flight tomorrow" he informs.
"Of course, I know the seriousness of the situation" Ricardo groans as his brother asks him to fly back right now.
"Rich, drop it before I drop you off. Precious, will never be the subject of our discussion and that's it. I will try to see what I can do from here" he warns before the phone is cut off.
"Trouble in paradise?" Nicholson's voice makes Ricardo stiffen before he turns to face the man.
"Why are you here?" he questions Nicholson who looks at the door of his room before he stands with his back to the wall.
"I saw you carrying Gabby to your room" he makes the comment.
"You of all people should know I could not just let her be alone at the state I saw me. You were there, few remarks were made and she was upset" he replies as he turns his back to Nicholson who sighs before pushing away from the wall and standing beside Ricardo.
"It was not the remark that made her upset but the reason those remarks rose. Don't give her false hope" he sighs and Ricardo snaps his head towards Nicholson.
"I never gave her any false hopes" he grits through his teeth.
"So, come tomorrow morning you will not leave her all alone disappearing for weeks and showing up again as if you never left her?" he questions and Ricardo takes a deep breath.
"I won't let you play games with my sister's heart, Ricardo"
"If there is one thing that is real and true, they are my feelings regarding her. I don't think I have to explain myself with anyone of you except her...
But I want to for the very first and last time. The only game I want to play with your sister is to attach my surname with hers" he replies as he stares straight at Nicholson's eyes who stares right back before he nods once as if they came to an unspoken understanding.
*******
'Cause I've been struck by lightning, lightning
And it's frightening, frightening
I don't ever think I'll be the same again
You're my princess, my girl
You're my interest, my world
You mean everything, everything to me'
Gabby grins waking up at the singing voice of Ricardo who was walking around in the room humming and singing the song. She sighs happily hearing his voice noticing his happy mood.
"Good morning" she gets up stretching her arms above her head before smiling at him as he stops his song and turns to face her.
"Good morning, did I wake you up?" he asks making his way towards her and he drops a kiss on top of her head.
"I would to wake up like this" she grins wrapping her arms around his waist.
"If that's the case, hurry and get dressed. Your brothers have been either knocking on the door or calling me" he chuckles, and she groans burying her face on his stomach.
"I don't want to leave you" she groans.
"But we need to leave this room" he sighs as he pulls her away from him and stares at her face.
"Come on, we will miss the breakfast" he smiles tugging her out of the bed and she protests yet get out before making her way towards the bathroom.
"Are you going to join me?" she asks fluttering her lashes his way.
"I am dressed, Precious" he smiles as he stands few feet away from the door.
"Hmm, are you sure I cannot change your mind?" she asks as she stands on the door and smiles his way.
"I do not have enough clothes to change into"
"We can stay naked"
"Hold that thought until we take our vows" he states before he turns to see who was knocking on his door while Gabby stands shocked at his words.
*******
Ricardo opens his door to find Damon and Throne standing out of the room as the sense of Deja vu gets to him.
"Uh, hey" He greets them, and both the men stare at each other before at him.
"How do we do this, this time?" Damon asks as he fists his hands.
"Precious is taking a shower, so let's step outside and deal this like real men?" Ricardo smiles as he steps out of the room and closes the door along.
"You took my sister in your bed twice on my watch" Damon speaks.
"Are we seriously going to talk about that?" Ricardo asks amused.
"What else do you think we are going to say?" Throne asks and Ricardo frowns as he stares at him, next.
"How my hands are itching ever since I brought her back last night" he states as he stands in front of Throne taking his personal space.
"I was upset..."
"And no man has the right to upset Precious because of that"
"And you think you have the right to?" Throne raises his brow.
"Would you like it if I return the favor with Lily?"
"Don't" Throne growls as he steps and stand head to head with Ricardo.
"Okay that's enough" Damon tries to push them apart.
"You talk shit to her and watch what I do" Throne states pushing Damon away.
"And you think you talked about stars to mine?" Ricardo asks as he grabs Throne's collar.
"I came here to apologize for how I behaved"
"I will make sure you don't repeat the same mistake twice then" Ricardo growls.
"Just punch each other and be done with, more action and less words boys" Gabby's voice makes Ricardo stiffen before he turns to stare at her head that was poking out of the door.
*******
"What's up?" Gabby asks as she walks out of the door to join the three of them.
"I came to apologize" Throne sighs as he meets Gabby's eyes and she nods before walking towards him with her arm wide open.
"Did Lily send you?" she asks, and he shakes his head no.
"She does not know, and I hope it stays that way" he smiles walking towards her.
"Aww, I just love the way to look after her" Gabby pouts as she touches his arms pulling him closer to her.
"She is all...oof" Throne gasps as Gabby knees him.
"But I hate the way to take me for granted and apology not accepted, asshole" she spats on his shoulder before turning to face Damon.
"I don't need anyone of you to fight my battles for me, my dad did not grow up a coward" she states before she walks back to the room while Ricardo smirks and follows.
*******
"Will you get in trouble for that with Lily?" Ricardo asks as soon as the door is shut.
"She is already pregnant, so guess not" she shrugs her shoulder making him smile as he shakes his head.
"I wonder why you never kicked me when I did not treat you well" his comment makes her stop and turn around.
"Maybe because I did not want my knees to touch you there but my mouth to suck it" her replies makes him choke on air and cough.
Ricardo opens his mouth to speak but shakes his head and keeps quiet while she laughs at his expression.
"But that aside, the only reason I have refrained from kicking you is, that you are everything but an asshole...
I too have grown up with you by side and you are not the only one to see me, I see you too. And in all the years we have been friends not once have you ever put me aside...I see you too and I love seeing you...
I love going to a sale because you would always be there to mend my wounds and remember I once told I wanted to feel like a woman...
Your touch has always made me feel one" she takes a deep breath with that confession and Ricardo closes his eyes taking a deep breath before he slowly breaths out and open his eyes to watch her.
"I really do not have enough clothes or patience Precious, so go take a shower" he pleads, and she giggles.
"Enough clothes well we can go buy it you know, you do own an unlimited access to a certain credit card" she points out.
"Precious, don't make me beg" he replies as he grabs a towel for her.
"Oh, you will beg and one your damn knees" she grins before rushing inside of the bathroom.