A Summer for Scandal by Lydia San Andres

Author:Lydia San Andres [Andres, Lydia San]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-311-33938-6
Publisher: Lydia San Andres

Sitting eliminated the disparity in their heights so Ruben could look directly into her eyes, should he feel so inclined. Though that was an option he would have liked to explore at his leisure, at the moment he was content to keep his own eyes closed as he swept the tip of his tongue over her lower lip. Her mouth tasted tart and faintly sugary—she’d been drinking lime juice.

He had been teasing her earlier when he’d implied she was exchanging kisses for his silence. But as she offered her lips up to him as readily she had offered her trust, he realized after this, there was no way he’d be able to find it in him to betray her.

Whatever had been her reason for kissing him, he had his own for returning it. He had several reasons, in fact, and though her intelligence and her sense of humor and her short temper and her fantastic breasts rated very highly on the list, heading it was her forthrightness. She may have had her secrets, but there was no duplicity in her.

“I ought to go home,” Emilia said, and he was pleased to hear her voice had gone slightly breathy. Her lips were parted and red, and plumper than they’d been a minute before. So plump that he couldn’t resist briefly brushing his own against them again. “Susana will be wondering where I’ve gone.”

“Not just yet.” His hand grazed hers and he slid his fingertips over her soft skin as he turned her palm around and clasped it, using it to draw her to his chest. “You’ve had your turn. Now it’s time for mine.”

The sensible thing would have been to move out of sight of the gaping doors, but there was little room for prudence in Ruben’s mind as he turned his attention to recapturing her swollen lower lip.

Eventually, the sound of voices filtered through the open door and Ruben slowly grew aware of the fact that there were people in the other room—and that one of them was Mrs. Herrera, who would surely not appreciate him using her best parlor to seduce a young—but not, he was beginning to find out, terribly innocent—woman.

Though the thought of seduction brought a level of urgency to their kiss, he managed, reluctantly, to pull away from Emilia.

“Never let it be said I don’t play fair,” she gasped.

“Of all the things that could be said about you, I think that would be at the very bottom of the list,” he assured her.

“I won’t ask you what the other things are,” she said, getting to her feet, “as I suspect none of them are very flattering. Now, I really do have to get home. Susana will worry if I’m not home before dark.”

“Shall I escort you?” Ruben asked, following her to the door.

“Heavens, no. I can’t imagine what Susana would say if she saw I’d gone to see you after—well, never mind that. I’ll see myself home, thank you.”

“All right. But before you go…”

This time, someone did walk in.

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