Cinderella's Secret Baby by Dani Collins

Author:Dani Collins
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-07-02T21:03:33+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

“THAT WAS...” AMELIA’S voice faded as though she didn’t have words.

Hunter didn’t. His brain was nothing but fried wires. He was spent and gratified, still joined with his wife, who was sprawled upon him. His wife. Why did that satisfy him as deeply as the sex?

“A long time coming,” she decided, then burst into giggles, stirring the hair on his chest and turning her smug laughter at her own pun into the hollow of his shoulder.

Tightness invaded his chest, but it wasn’t a chuckle. It was a yank of discomfort at the truth in her remark.

“I’m sorry. Was that tasteless?” She abruptly lifted her head, sobering as she realized he wasn’t as amused as she was.

“It was terrible. Worse than a dad joke. You’re stepping on my territory.” He smoothed her hair back from where the ends were tickling the edge of his jaw.

She searched his eyes, then gave him a smile as pale as his own. When she shifted away, Hunter didn’t try to stop her.

She slipped into the bathroom and he stayed where he was, throwing his arm over his head as he mentally probed at why he was so dismayed by something that was exactly the sort of dirty private joke a couple ought to share in the afterglow.

He didn’t brag about conquests and had never been embarrassed by dry spells between lovers. On the contrary, it was a point of pride for him that he could go without sex, unlike his father.

But it felt too revealing that Amelia knew he hadn’t slept with anyone since her, probably because self-discipline wasn’t the reason he had put off having sex with Eden. Eden had broached the subject a couple of times, very cautiously. There had been a necessary timeline on their marriage, but they hadn’t known each other well. He’d assured her there was no rush for intimacy.

The stark truth, however, was that he hadn’t desired Eden the way he wanted Amelia. At that point, it had only been the memory of Amelia, interfering and preventing him from rousing to desire for Eden.

And once Amelia had been back in his life, it had been all he could do to wait the three days until they were married and she had some reliable birth control in place. How long had they been here? Not even an hour, and he’d been all over her. If he’d been able to manage it, he would have made her come three more times before he let himself finish.

He almost wished it hadn’t been as good as he remembered. If he was disappointed right now, regretting this marriage, he wouldn’t feel so raw. Instead, the sex had been too good. He was already impatient for her to emerge from the bathroom. Maybe they wouldn’t have sex, but he wanted to touch her. Cover her. Kiss her.

He bit back a groan, flesh stirring with recovery. With want.

He didn’t know her well enough for this to be an emotional connection. It was pure chemistry and hormones, which made it worse.

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