"Nick, hey c'mon, we'll sort it," Gabriel stroked Nick's hair as he rested it his chest. "Do you think this is true?" Gabriel was not going to beat about the bush in this situation; he needed to know. They both needed to know, especially as Nick was always one to brush things aside if it was going to cause him trouble."Do you think she's your daughter?"He felt Nick screw his eyes up, wrinkle his nose as if he didn't know what to say. Gabriel pushed Nick's head away from his chest so that he could look in his eyes."Is she yours?" Gabriel cocked his head in question as Nick slowly raised his eyes to look at him."If the letter her mother wrote is true then," he shrugged. "Probably...yes." Nick's voice cracked, and he closed his eyes in resignation."What letter?"Nick shuffled the papers on the table and pulled the letter from his ex-girlfriend. Gabriel scanned it. Hmm, that sounded promising. Why write to your ex to tell him you were pregn

Amelia washed her tears away and turned the TV off. Her stomach was rumbling, and it seemed a really long time ago since she had been in the cafe that morning. Perhaps a walk along the front, and find a place to eat. She slipped her shoes back on and grabbing her bag and her coat she picked up the key to her room and went out into the hallway.She was locking the door when she heard a noise behind her. "Good evening." Amelia looked up and up. "Oh," this man was huge, his dark chocolate coloured skin gleamed in the in lights. "Good evening." The man smiled his teeth blindingly white, "Walter Bear, but you can call me Smokey" he said, holding his hand out for her to shake. "I'm in the next room to you, so I must apologise for any noise that I make. I wouldn't want to disturb you." "Amelia Ashton pleased to meet you" She shook his enormous hand. He was so gentle in shaking it. "Please don't worry

From where Amelia was sitting, she could see Gabriel's hands on the steering wheel. His fingers were long, and his palms were huge. Amelia couldn't stop staring at them. His forearms were bare; his shirt sleeves rolled up. Those arms had held her tonight; he was gentle with her, but she got the impression of an underlying force that was the real Gabriel. Nick was a forceful man, dominant, and he made his feelings known immediately., Gabriel was more gentle on the outside, but she knew he had meant it when he whispered in her ear. It sent tingles up her spine, and she got goosebumps.   Turning her attention to where they were going, she noticed lights far away on the horizon, that must be a ship, meaning the sea was on one side of the car and fields on the other side. She closed her eyes and listened to the classical piano music rolling through the car. It wasn't long before Gabriel turned into a village, he drove straight down the high street, and then

Rubbing her eyes with the heels of her hands, she finally opened them. It was light now, and the first thing she saw was the light fitting hanging from the ceiling. She blinked, why had she never noticed that before? It was different, that wasn't the same light fitting she saw when Eric showed her to her room, that was a pretty little chandelier, this one was brass coloured, a large ring with two other rings wrapped around it with little LED lights embedded into the metal.Amelia turned her head towards the window, or where the window was supposed to be. She never managed to look more than a foot above the pillow. Sparkling blue eyes and a sweet smile considered her confusion. Gasping in shock and horror, Amelia shot her head to the right to see Nick resting his head on his crooked elbow and showing a broad smile. Amelia turned scarlet, she looked again from one man to the other, and if she were standing up, her jaw would have hit the floor.

"Amelia?""Yes, I'm in the bath.""Are you alright?" Nick asked."Yes, thanks, I'll be out in a few minutes.""Okay," there was silence for a few seconds. "Have you got lots of bubbles, darling?"What? Darling? Was he waiting for her? What did he want? "Er yes, lots of bubbles.""Oh, that's good," he said as he stuck his head around the door, wearing an irrepressible grin. Amelia gasped and covered her breasts with her hands, crossing her legs and crouching lower in the water. "Out! she yelled. "Don't be silly love I can't see anything," more's the pity, he thought. You're all covered in bubbles. Shall I wash your hair?" Nick smiled at her and reached for the showerhead. "I, I, I can do it," she stuttered. "Much nicer if someone else does it though, don't you think?' he sat on the edge of the bath and turned the water on, "Tell me if it's too hot."&nb