Her Lovely Lies by Kelleigh Clare

Author:Kelleigh Clare [Clare, Kelleigh]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: White Rose Press

Twenty-Two

Once we were announced and Margaret permitted us to circulate casually among the guests, the nervousness plaguing Elle subsided, and she was able to fully experience the gala. She was absolute perfection as she greeted our guests and networked with the other artists in attendance.

Our gala had turned into something much larger than we had expected after the first invitations were issued. Requests for invitations by community socialites and business owners then flooded Margaret’s office. Because so many would be in attendance, Thomas had arranged for Ben and my entire security team to supplant the event security staff for the evening. Joe Turner and Andrew Evans were armed with their police-issued Glock pistols.

They were backup. No one would ever make it past me to get to Elle.

“I want to freshen up in the ladies’ room before we go down to our seats in the round, Will. Margaret’s calling for us. After you deliver your address, the auction will immediately begin.”

“You’re sure you don’t want to give the speech, baby?” I winked.

“Not a chance.” She kissed my cheek and dragged her fingers down the front of my trousers as she dropped her arm. It was a discreet maneuver, a reflexive act to acknowledge the fire that always burned between us. “No one can command an audience better than my handsome, charismatic husband.”

“Careful with your hands, baby, or I’ll have to take you to the back room, lift that gown, and fuck the hell out of you first.”

I hadn’t touched my wife since the quickie when we showered together the day before. She had slept most of the evening while I took calls from clients, and then she’d had another one of those fucking nightmares. There were more nights like that one than I cared to recall. When her nightmares occurred, I would stay awake for hours, holding her tightly in my arms, watching her sleep, inhaling the breath she released.

I’d ached to be inside her then, and I burned for her now.

My blood constantly thrummed with the need to own her body.

Elle sucked in a sharp breath through her open mouth, and I stared, waiting for her to exhale and say something.

“You’ve never said it that way before,” she whispered. Desire filled her eyes.

“Are you offended?”

She was not, and we both knew it. I smirked.

She had asked me to stop treating her as if she were fragile, and I wanted to give that to her but without going to the same places I’d visited with other women. Everything was different with Elle.

It was difficult for me to inflict pain or oppression on this woman, even for her own pleasure.

I hadn’t hit her hard, but I was still unsettled about spanking her a few weeks back. With every recollection, my chest split. I had to show her that I didn’t want or need rough foreplay. I suspected she was offering it for my sake.

“Offended? Not at all.” She flashed a smile. It was the smile. “And I love the idea about the back room—”

There was no help for me, as hard as I sometimes tried.

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