Highland Intrigue (Duncurra Book 3) by Giltenan Ceci

Author:Giltenan, Ceci [Giltenan, Ceci]
Language: eng
Format: azw
Publisher: Duncurra LLC
Published: 2014-10-23T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Fingal woke the next morning blanketed by Gillian. Her head rested on his chest, her silky hair spread over them both. Her long slender legs were entwined with his, one thigh nestled snuggly against his groin. He chuckled, remembering the first morning they had awoken together, when thinking he was asleep she tried unsuccessfully to extricate herself. She opened her eyes at the sound. Still half asleep, she looked so young and untroubled this morning. He needed to see her like this more often. “Good morning, my love.”

She smiled a drowsy smile. “Good morning.”

He brushed the hair from her face, cupped her cheek, and gave her a deep, languorous kiss. She stretched her long lithe body like a cat, wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed him back. When he broke the kiss, she sighed heavily and nuzzled her face against his chest, closing her eyes again. Aye she was even more beautiful when worry lines didn’t mar her face. Fingal only had a moment to admire her however, because as she woke more fully she stiffened suddenly, bumping her head into his chin. “Dear God, the day is already bright and we are still abed. What will people think?”

Fingal laughed. “Don’t worry so, love. It isn’t that late and ye have been working yerself ragged. Everyone will think ye needed a bit of extra rest.” He gently rubbed her back. When she relaxed into his embrace he winked at her. “Either that or ye decided to stay locked away for the day to do wicked things with yer husband.” He rolled her onto her back and knelt over her.

She blushed hotly and slapped playfully at his chest. “We can’t do that.”

He wiggled his eyebrows. “Aye, lass, we could if we wanted to. After all, I am the laird. Who is there to say me nay?”

She chuckled. “Fingal! Stop teasing.” He buried his face in her neck, nibbling and kissing until her laughter turned to purrs of pleasure. She smiled at him when he pulled away. “We can’t stay abed any longer. There is too much to do.”

Even as she said the words, he heard the longing in her voice. But as much as he would like to stay closeted away with her today, he knew she might be sorry later. “Aye, my precious lass, ye are right, there is work to be done. However, I promise ye, someday we will stay locked away and spend a day, maybe a week, in each other’s arms. Someday soon.” He kissed her again.

“Someday soon,” she echoed when he broke the kiss. Then she popped out of bed. “But not today.” She dressed quickly and as much as he would have liked to simply watch her, he too rose and dressed. Once dressed, she dug through the contents of a chest, clearly having trouble finding something.

“What are ye looking for?”

“I had a small packet of herbs that Rhiannon gave me the day after the wedding.”

“What do ye need them for?”

She sat back on her heel to look up at him.

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