Good Duke Gone Cold by Eliana Piers

Author:Eliana Piers [Piers, Eliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-05-25T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Gregory awoke hard the next morning. He rolled onto his stomach remembering what had happened the night before, imagining he could still smell the faint scent of cinnamon. Imagining her soft, supple body underneath him. He had never before experienced the offbeat constraints of lovemaking that Mary had imposed, yet somehow it had been one of the most arousing experiences of his life.

While she had straddled him and glided up and down his shaft with her wet cunny, he had released his essence all over her thighs. All the while the word mine pounded his mind, it had taken all of his restraint not to thrust inside of her, but he couldn’t do so without her express permission. He respected her. He had grown up with her.

This was Mary. This. Was. Mary. Each time he said the words they held a different meaning. Who was this woman who had unleashed such a force of passion upon him last night? She certainly didn’t seem to be the little girl he had taught to fish.

No, this new woman was glorious. She was driven. She was wild. All of his life, he had known that she had looked up to him.

After experiencing Mary’s tumble over the edge with him, he couldn’t help feeling pleased, yet he couldn’t help feeling like a cad.

It wasn’t right to take Mary and introduce her to such sexual encounters before marriage. And under the guise of teaching her and attempting to push her away. Who was he fooling? He was hard pressed to believe himself anymore. Where was his honor? Should he offer for her? No one had seen them, but that wasn’t what honor was about. Honor was about his own personal integrity, being able to look himself in the eyes and be proud of himself and his decisions. He knew in the marrow of his bones that Mary wouldn’t be expecting marriage from him, but still.

He told Mary he wasn’t intent on proprieties, so she couldn’t claim ignorance. She knew he was looking for a duchess in Lady Lansdowne, so she couldn’t feign surprise.

Yet he couldn’t shake an unidentifiable feeling.

Gregory’s valet interrupted his recounting of the events from last night. Godfrey was a man of few words, and Gregory and him had come to communicate more often with subtle gestures than with full sentences.

Gregory pulled the covers open and slid out of bed to have himself readied for the day.

At breakfast he couldn’t help but feel a sense of anticipation to see Mary. Would she be embarrassed? Could he cause her cheeks to blush? When he saw her, what would it take to pretend as if nothing had happened?

The answer to that question came at the late morning line readings.

It was a rare occasion that Gregory and Mary were taking a turn on the floor. The play was near its end, and it was time for the prince to state his intentions with his mistress by claiming a scandalous waltz with her.

It should have been

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