A Cinderella To Secure His Heir (Cinderella Seductions Book 1) by Michelle Smart

Author:Michelle Smart [Smart, Michelle]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Mother-To-Be, Sensual Story Theme, Hearts Desire, Lifetime Love, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Small Town & Rural Area, Cinderella Seductions Series, Family & Domestic Life, Young Child-Nephew, Legal Guardian, Marriage of Convenience
Publisher: Harlequin Presents; Original edition
Published: 2019-05-01T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

ALESSIO WAS SLUMPED on top of her, breathing heavily into her neck, his skin damp with perspiration.

She kissed his ear.

He mumbled something and raised his head.

Beth read the question in his eyes and, with a smile, palmed his cheek.

He kissed her gently then rolled off her onto his back.

The sudden chill on her skin at the removal of his heat made her shiver but before she could feel the cold too much he tugged at the sheets and brought them up to cover them both. She turned on her side to face him.

Alessio reached out to turn the light off.

The instant darkness was welcome.

He felt exposed in a way he’d never experienced before.

He’d been so intent on making sure it was good for Beth that it wasn’t until now, that it was over, that he could appreciate how mind-blowing it had been for him.

He could still feel the thrills of his release in his loins, on his skin and in the thuds of his heart. There was a weight in his limbs but for once there was no immediate lethargy in his brain.

What he had felt in her arms...it had been more than physical. It had been something else. It was this unidentifiable something else that must account for the feeling of exposure.

But, however out of kilter and exposed he felt, he could not feel as exposed as Beth must.

He shifted onto his side to face her. His vision had adjusted enough to the darkness to see her eyes were open and on him.

He captured a lock of her silky hair. ‘Did I hurt you?’

The tip of her nose rubbed against his. ‘No.’

‘Any regrets?’

‘None. If anything, I feel relief.’

‘Relief?’

Beth thought of what she should say to explain what she was feeling without making herself sound weak.

She’d seen enough of the world to know men thought of sex differently from women.

Making love to Alessio...

It had been wonderful. Better than she could have dreamed. Better than she had dreamed. But he had enough power in their marriage without him knowing how deeply moved the whole experience had left her.

She settled on, ‘I think I built it up in my mind to be this big, terrifying thing and now I don’t have to be scared any more. It’s done.’

There was a long pause before he asked, ‘Why did you wait so long?’

‘It wasn’t intentional.’

When he didn’t fill the silence, she felt compelled to explain, although she knew even as she started to speak that this was only a partial truth. ‘I was an eighteen-year-old virgin when I moved to London and started working at White’s Events, and pretty sheltered about the more debauched ways of the world. My eyes were opened quickly. We hosted parties and events of all shapes and sizes where the one constant was that alcohol was always on tap. Lots of the guests assumed event staff were up for it...many were up for it.’

‘But not you.’

‘No way.’ She made sure to inject brightness as she spoke, not wanting Alessio to think there was anything more than the tale she was narrating.

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