In Pursuit of a Scandalous Lady by Gayle Callen

Author:Gayle Callen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, General, Historical, Fiction
ISBN: 9780061783418
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2010-04-27T01:05:16+00:00

The wagon rolled on into the early evening, and Julian bore Rebecca’s weight with satisfaction. She’d fallen asleep, head bobbing, body swaying. He’d pulled her against him, and with a sigh she’d relaxed, her body slumped beneath his shoulder, her arm draped across his hips.

The other passengers—a group of five Irish brothers on their way to Manchester to look for factory work—smiled and elbowed each other at Rebecca’s antics, but said nothing. There was nothing to say; Rebecca and Julian were supposedly married.

With every sleepy sigh she gave, he relived the sounds of her passion, her desperation for orgasm, the sensitivity of her body to every caress. And then his imagination would take him further, stripping her of her garments. She would arch like she had in the painting, then spread her thighs to welcome him in.

But no, that wasn’t part of his plan. He’d tried to leave her after the kiss, wanting to take things slowly with her. But when she’d clung to him, when she’d begged, refusal seemed impossible. He almost lost himself with her, had stopped just in time. It might have been one of the hardest things he’d ever done, and he didn’t like feeling so overwhelmed by mere foreplay.

At the inn that night, he decided to slow things down. They would be together for a few more days yet, and he enjoyed the sense of anticipation. He lay down at her side, but did not continue where they’d left off. To his surprise, it was far more difficult than he’d imagined, and that annoyed him. He was used to not sleeping—his mind was always difficult to shut down each night, and this time with Rebecca proved no different. She seemed confused, even hurt, which he regretted, but she was yet too uncertain to question him.

The following night, they stayed in a small village, where the only room to rent was above an alehouse. Their fellow passengers had been local and didn’t need lodgings, leaving the small cramped room to Julian and Rebecca. They could hear the shouts and singing from below them, and they shared a glance of understanding that they might not sleep well that night.

The room contained only a broken chest of drawers and a bed. He’d be next to her again all night.

There were no meals served to their room; he had to go down to the taproom to order food. He waited, seated in a wooden settle in the corner; it had a high back that he could lean his head on and appear to be dozing. But he never forgot that men were looking for them; his eyes constantly scanned the room.

Next to him, stew bubbled in a cauldron hung over the fire; the smell made his stomach growl. At several tables, men talked and laughed over their beer, and two others played darts at a board hung on the far wall.

With his eyes half closed, Julian watched it all. No one came near him but the barmaid who brought his beer.

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