A Heart so Wicked by Chasity Bowlin

Author:Chasity Bowlin [Bowlin, Chasity]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-02-27T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

FINDING her in his chamber hadn’t angered him. Finding her rifling through his possessions he’d easily attributed to natural curiosity. But he was honest enough to admit that it stung his pride to have her continually suggest that their postponed marriage would be a mistake. Tugging her back against him, he felt her curves settle against him, felt the soft press of her flesh. If it was a mistake, it was one that he would make eagerly.

From their first encounter in the woods, he’d wanted her. Every second in her presence only increased his desire for her. Perhaps it was her fighting spirit, the way she held onto her dignity in the face of everything else, or her willingness to sacrifice everything for her brother. She was a woman worth fighting for, and in his experience, that kind of woman always required fighting with.

“I know you’re afraid, Katherine. Let’s lay some of those fears to rest.”

He didn’t give her time to protest. Instead, Malcolm spun her around in his arms and pressed her against the doorframe. The kiss they’d shared the night before had been chaste. He did not intend for this one to be so. When she let out a startled gasp, he seized the opportunity. She brought her hands up, placing them flat against his chest as if in protest, but it was a weak protest. He knew from experience just how strong she was and just how wickedly she could fight.

“A kiss, Katherine, a real one… it’s a small price to pay for your trespassing.”

“Just as marriage is a small price to pay for breaking a window?” Her tone was angry, her words clipped and sharp, but the fire in her gaze was not about anger. It was something else entirely.

Malcolm didn’t hesitate. He kissed her the way he’d wanted to the night before, with all the hunger, with the need to possess and dominate that consumed him. With her lips beneath his, parted softly, he slid his tongue into the sweet recesses, finally tasting her fully. Her lips were sweet, but it was the soft sigh that escaped her that fueled his desire.

Taking both of her hands in one of his, he pinned them to the door, leaving his other hand to roam freely over her body. Cupping her hip, caressing the generous curve and moving up to her waist, he felt the shudder that rippled through her and savored it. Malcolm moved closer still, pressing against her fully, the softness of her breasts crushed against his chest.

Plundering her mouth, claiming it, every sound that emanated from her—a series of soft sighs and sweet, little gasps—only stoked the fire that had sprung to life in his blood. He needed her, craved her, but more than that, he needed to stoke that same fire in her. As long as Katherine was capable of thought, she’d be capable of doubt. Robbing her of that ability, even temporarily, was the only way to insure that she would go through with things and see their arrangement through to the end.

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