Celeste Bradley - [Heiress Brides 02] by The Duke Next Door

Author:The Duke Next Door
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

AFTER HER OWN late bath, Deirdre avoided the great silken-hung bed and remained by the fire, brushing out her hair, clad in her nightdress and wrapper. It had been, quite frankly, one of the worst days of her life—and that was claiming quite the contest!

She was exhausted, but far too upset to even think of sleep yet. Shame over her own actions chased doubts and regrets through her mind again and again. What was she fighting for? She could scarcely remember. Could she and Calder not simply stop this war? Hadn’t they done enough harm to each other yet?

Across the room, the firelight gleamed on the brass latch on the door she’d never opened. Her gaze slid to it again and again. It was still locked, she was sure, though he’d not tried it again.

Was he in there, wide awake as she was, too rigid in his pride to reach out yet longing for this madness to end? If she was so righteous to demand him to change, could she not relent a little as well?

Before she could talk herself out of doing the one thing she’d longed to do, she rose to her feet and strode across the room to turn the key. The door opened on a scene that took her breath away.

The room was dark but for the golden radiance from the coals. The fine dark-finished furnishings disappeared in the gloom, leaving only the great bed like a bright island, the snowy bed linens vivid in the fire glow.

Across the wide bed, arms outstretched, hands limp in sleep, Calder looked like a weary knight stripped of his armor. His big body was bare to the glow of the coals—and to her hungry gaze. Her fingers twitched with the urge to stroke her hands all the way down his great, catlike frame—to start by running them through his thick dark hair and down his tanned throat, over his powerful chest and down over the ridges of his stomach, following that narrow trail of dark hair that arrowed down, down …

Her knees struck the bed frame with a faint thunk. Oh heavens, she’d crossed the huge room without even realizing her feet moved over the carpet! For a long moment she stood frozen, waiting for the noise to wake him. He would open his eyes and see her there, looming over him, staring at his thick …

She covered her face with her hands. Now, if she just moved her index finger slightly she could keep his male organ in clear view. Much better. Now if he awoke, he wouldn’t think she was either a wicked voyeur or a lecherous trollop obsessed with his body.

He might quite like to wake up to that. You would.

Well, yes, but she wasn’t the one who was so angry, was she? He didn’t want anything to do with her, remember?

He shifted, stretching one leg slightly. Her eyes locked on the flexing muscles of his thighs. He was tanned all over … how could that

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