Cheryl Holt by Total Surrender

Author:Total Surrender [Surrender, Total]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Sarah glared at him, dismayed by his cool command. In her naïveté, she’d fantasized that they’d forged a new understanding and would now come together with kisses and professions of devotion.

One corner of her mouth twitched with a smile, and she bit it back. How imbecilic of her, assuming that a simple afternoon romp would have altered their relationship. He wasn’t the sort prone to poetic prose or flowery welcome. He was who he was. A complex man, he’d never cuddle or coo, but then, his rough edges and belligerent attitude were what attracted her so desperately.

As usual, he was being crude and demanding, but surprisingly, she realized that she could easily tolerate his high-handed manner. While she might have bristled had they been elsewhere, in this secluded situation, poised on the brink of sexual ecstasy, she was thrilled by how he ordered her about.

Regularly, he sought out women who were predisposed to decadency. By his own admission, he had strong manly drives that demanded routine alleviation. Though he’d favored her for his partner, he hadn’t ascribed any specific significance to the selection, but she wasn’t about to consider his lack of deference an indication of defeat. He’d returned—after incessantly debating as to whether he should—which she would take as a sign of progress.

She harbored no illusions about why he hadn’t been overly enthused about dallying with her, once again. No doubt, due to her inexperience, she’d failed to fully satisfy him. Yes, he’d spilled his seed, but as far as she could discern, she’d had very little to do with it. She’d simply been present and available. He’d toyed with her, and his ardor had spiked, but he might have engaged in the behavior with anyone, be it she or another. Given his wanton habits, any naked female would have sent him over that climactic precipice.

Yet despite his professed confusion, he’d come back to her. He’d kindly conceded that he’d enjoyed their interaction, but she was acutely aware that their tryst had been limited in quantity and quality—a circumstance she proposed to rectify as soon as she was able.

She was eager to please him in every fashion, for him to view their assignations as magical and enchanted, but perhaps she was expecting too much. For the time being, she needed to be glad that he’d arrived, when she’d been so worried that he wouldn’t.

After leaving his room earlier, she’d scarcely made it through the interminable evening of socializing without dissembling. When she’d pleaded fatigue and sped up the stairs, she’d burst into his room, confident that he’d be waiting, as impatient as she for what lay ahead. Initially, the fact that he hadn’t been pining away had been an incredible disappointment, but after she’d shrugged off her fit of pique, she’d stood in the middle of his bedchamber and chuckled aloud.

Of course, Michael Stevens would have better things to do! What had she been thinking! She’d calmed herself, then agonizingly paced. Each creak of the old house, every

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