IN THE PRINCE'S BED by Lonely Lady

Author:Lonely Lady [Lady, Lonely]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-01-24T02:25:30+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

The rake should never let duty come in the

way of pleasure—unless he wants lectures

on crop planting to be his only

entertainment.

—Anonymous, A Rake’s Rhetorick

As the carriage trundled back to the town house, Alec ignored Mrs. Merivale’s nonstop gushing about his “feats of daring.” All he thought of was Katherine, all he saw was Katherine, sitting across from him in her demure gown.

Which now hid nothing from him. Because he knew what her pert breasts looked like under the layers of fabric, how fine her skin was to the touch… how reckless the nature that lay coiled beneath her controlled demeanor.

His wife-to-be might possess the practical instincts of a woman used to taking care of everybody and everything… but they were tempered with a healthy dose of pure animal lust.

And when do I get to taste and touch you? He broke out in a sweat just thinking of her lips pressed to his chest, her teeth tugging on his nipple, her tongue licking over his—

By God, how would he make it until their wedding night? Especially with her no longer resisting his physical advances. Just to see what she’d do, he stroked his boot up the side of her leg farthest from her mother, using the darkness and her skirts to cover his actions.

Her eyes widened, then grew sultry. Casting a furtive glance at her mother, she echoed his caress with her slipper.

Every muscle in his body went instantly hard. Which wasn’t wise when he wore glove-tight breeches and sat across from his future mother-in-law.

Ruthlessly he wrestled his lust into submission. Had he ever desired a woman this intensely? If so, he didn’t remember it. But Katherine was no ordinary woman. Who else could take in stride his impulsive inclusion of her in an equestrian performance?

Not to mention his revelation of secrets any other woman of rank would have found appalling. But not Katherine; oh no. She merely found them intriguing.

Thank God she didn’t know the worst of them. He must go to any length to keep her from finding out until after the wedding.

But what then? After they were married and back at his estate, she would have to learn how poor he was. Given her clever little mind, she would probably realize that her fortune had provoked his initial interest.

She wouldn’t like that one bit. And when he revealed that he was really the by-blow of a debauchee whom she regarded with contempt…

He shook off his niggling unease. It didn’t matter what she thought. By the time she discovered all his secrets, it would be too late for her to do anything but resign herself to the marriage.

The thought of a resigned Katherine going through the motions as his wife chilled his blood, but he refused to let it bother him. She wouldn’t sulk for long—he’d make sure of that. He’d simply use Katherine’s wanton nature against her, pleasure her so often and so well in bed that she’d eventually forgive his deception.

A smile touched his lips. That certainly gave him something to look forward to.

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