Disguised Affection Chapter 25
Troy sat at the desk in his room, scanning over the information on the sheet of paper one last time. A few days had passed since he last met up with Chad and he had just received a list of the names of the guys that would be on his team, along with information on where and when Troy would meet up with them that day to go over details.
Satisfied that everything appeared legitimate, Troy stood up and grabbed the paper before heading downstairs to talk with Gregorio. He knew he needed to keep Gregorio informed on the developments, making sure that everything appeared to be normal so no one caught on to what was really going on.
Troy knocked on the door that was cracked open and upon hearing Gregorio tell him to come in, Troy pushed open the door before stepping through and lightly shutting it behind him.
"Hello sir," Troy greeted Gregorio, who was seated behind his desk, papers strewed across it as he talked with Juan who was seated across from him.
"Ah. Tomas, what can I do for you?" Gregorio asked as Troy shook hands with the two men before taking a seat.
"I just got off the phone with my boys from Jersey and they are on their way to meet up with me to discuss Miami. Here's some information on them." Troy slid the piece of paper across the desk, his eyes on Gregorio while he reviewed the paper.
"This looks good. We'll need to run some background checks on these guys, but right now things appear legitimate. What time are you expecting them?"
"In about an hour."
Gregorio's mouth thinned, "Everyone will be making runs and I have some business to attend to. So, I insist on Raul being with you since I don't want him here alone because of the present situation."
Troy couldn't believe it. This could definitely screw up his plans. His mouth went dry, but he knew that he couldn't draw any unwanted attention to himself by refusing Gregorio's request. "Yes sir," he choked out.
Gregorio nodded his head and dismissed him with a wave before returning to his conversation with Juan while Troy opened the door. As Troy walked out into the hallway, he felt like screaming. This wasn't something he had anticipated to happen. Everything was going so smoothly but now he had to deal with the one person that he knew would find a way to put him in a predicament.
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Troy rushed into him bedroom slamming his hand down on the desk in frustration. His mind reeling as he tried to figure out how he was supposed to make this work.
"Tomas?" Troy turned to see Gabriella standing in the doorway with a contemplative look on her face. Gabriella stepped inside Troy's room, softly shutting the door behind her. "What's wrong?"
"Aside from the fact that your dad just screwed everything up for me? Everything's perfect," Troy muttered in a sarcastic tone.
"What happened?" Gabriella asked in a concerned voice, ignoring his sarcasm.
"What do you think happened? What always happens? You're not that oblivious to figure out who could cause me to get this pissed off, are you?" Troy retorted back, his eyebrows raised in annoyance.
"Don't you dare get all pissed off at me, Tomas. I came in here to make sure you are okay, and if you're gonna treat me like shit then I'll just leave you to it," Gabriella responded, her brown eyes turning darker as she stared back at him before spinning around and reaching for the door knob.
Realizing what a stupid mistake he'd made, Troy quickly made his way across the room, lightly grabbing the hand that was reaching for the door knob, while placing his other hand on her shoulder.
"Hey," he said softly, spinning her around to face him. "I didn't mean to take this out on you. I'm sorry. Please don't take off."
Seeing the sincerity in his eyes, Gabriella nodded her head, her eyes softening while she looked up at him.
"So are you going to tell me what happened with my dad?"
Troy sighed, running his hands through his hair. "I went to talk to your dad about my meeting today with the guys who we're bringing on for our new Southeast branch, and your dad insisted that I take Cruz with me to that meeting."
"Aside from you being annoyed about having to spend time around Raul, I don't see why you would be so pissed off about this. You have been around Raul everyday pretty much for the past couple of weeks. What's the issue?"
"The issue!? The issue is that the guys I'm meeting with today work with me."
A look of understanding filled Gabriella's eyes as things began to make sense for her. "And you guys were going to discuss the takedown today?"
"Yes, this is one of our only chances for us all to meet up and go over what's gonna go down. And now, not only do I have to spend a few hours with Cruz, we can't discuss things like we were going to." Troy said in a raised voice causing Gabriella to nervously glance back at the door, afraid someone would overhear.
"Tomas, you need to keep it down." She warned him prompting him to groan in frustration, beginning to pace back and forth once again.
"Can't you meet up with them again some other time?" Gabriella asked softly, trying to keep him from blowing up.
"No. This was pretty much our only shot. I mean, we have a few weeks before this all goes down. I can't be meeting up with these guys too much because that'll draw suspicion." Troy ran his hands through his hair before groaning in frustration once more. "I had it all planned out, and now it's all screwed up because I have to spend the afternoon babysitting Cruz."
Gabriella stepped forward, placing her hands on Troy's shoulders in attempts to calm him down. "Tomas, listen to me, it's going to work out, okay?" Troy shook his head in disbelief, trying to shrug her hands off of him but Gabriella just tightened her grip in response.
Finally succeeding in twisting his body out of Gabriella's grip, Troy went back to pacing across the room, muttering to himself under his breath as he went.
"Sure Chief, I can handle this assignment. Just go in for a few months, take them down. It'll be simple. How wrong I was!"
"Tomas," Gabriella called out softly, trying to keep him from drawing attention from someone else who could be nearby.
Her attempts proved futile as Troy continued to pace, his hands clenched at his sides. "It was all going to work out, and now, we can't meet up and formulate our strategy together. Now, they're not going to be as prepared as they could. Now there's more pressure on Chad and I to make sure we don't screw this up."
"Tomas, stop," Gabriella tried once more unsuccessfully to stop Troy's pacing. "TOMAS!" Realizing she wasn't getting through to him with that method, Gabriella pounced, knocking her body into his, almost making him tumble over with her force.
Crashing her lips onto his Gabriella felt his body first stiffen at her lips against his own, then he relaxed against her, sweeping his arms around Gabriella's waist, pulling her body flush against his as Gabriella sucked on Troy's bottom lip.
As Gabriella released Troy's lip he slipped his tongue into her mouth, feeling Gabriella's tongue move in rhythm with his own, her hands snaking up to wrap around Troy's neck, her fingers curling around the soft hair at the nap of his neck.
Suddenly Gabriella pulled away, panting as a blush covered her cheeks.
"Tomas, we-," she tried to reason.
Troy interrupted by capturing her lips with his own again, deftly slipping his tongue into her mouth, curling around her own tongue as Gabriella's fingers knotted back in Troy's hair, pulling him closer to her.
Releasing her lips Troy took a much needed breath before attaching his lips to the smooth skin of her neck, nibbling on the exposed skin as Gabriella tilted her head to the side to allow him easier access as letting a soft moan escape as Troy found her sweet spot.
Pushing lightly on Gabriella's shoulders until she fell to the bed underneath her Troy quickly clambered after her until he was straddling her waist, feeling his body react to the situation before he even dipped his head to meet her eager lips again.
In a flurry of lips, tongues and hands the passion in the room soon spiked with Gabriella letting out a soft moan as Troy slipped his hand under the t-shirt she was wearing to caress her taut stomach. His tongue flicked teasingly against her own, not letting her capture his tongue and gain control of the kiss.
Soon air was needed and the pair broke apart, their faces so close they could feel the other's hot breath floating across their faces as they gulped in the fresh air, their minds spinning from what had just happened.
"Wow." He panted.
She nodded her head in agreement as she tried to regulate her breathing, "What no playing the blame game this time?" she joked.
Troy caressed her cheek while he looked into her eyes, "Nope. I would gladly take the blame for that kiss." Rolling her eyes she stood up smoothing her clothes down before running her fingers through her hair, "No keep the hair, I like it." He winked at her.
Pushing him away playfully she rolled her eyes, "Aren't you the charmer?"
Troy shrugged, smiling cheekily at her. Gabriella blushed before trying to wiggle out from under him, only to have him tighten his grasp on her.
"Tomas," she whined. "Let me up."
Troy shook his head, leaning down to bury his face in her neck. "Nope. I'm perfectly comfortable here, aren't you?"
Gabriella sighed, trying once more to push him off of her. "Tomas, as much as I love this, we both have stuff to do today, including you needing to figure out what to do about your meeting in forty-five minutes."
Troy groaned, reluctantly pushing himself off of her before sitting at the edge of the bed. "Don't remind me."
Erin & Corri AN: Hey everyone. Yes we know we missed last weekend and we are truly sorry. First we couldn't decide where we wanted the chapter to go, then corri had school stuff, then my internet went out, and THEN i just couldn't get into the groove for writing. So even though its a week late, here is the next chapter. Also we would like to bring two things to people attention, we both have lives outside of fanfiction. We update and write when we can, so please don't pester us about it. Second, it was brought to our attention that there is a rumor going around that the reason Erin is leaving FF is because she's pregnant. We would like to say that, that is completely false. She is very much NOT pregnant. READ.REVIEW.ENJOY!