Josette by Kathleen Bittner Roth

Author:Kathleen Bittner Roth [Bittner Roth, Kathleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kensington
Published: 2015-08-11T16:00:00+00:00

Sometime after their third round of lovemaking, she’d fallen asleep still wrapped in his arms. As much as he hated to, he nudged her until she gave a little moan. “I see a hint of morning, Josette. I had better take my leave.”

She tightened her arm around his chest and snuggled closer. “Stay,” she mumbled. “I don’t care what the neighbors think.”

He chuckled. “It’s not your neighbors who concern me. I suspect at least one of your brothers lies in wait for me. If my hunch is right, it’s best we clash before dawn lest the entire town bear witness to a bloodbath.”

Her eyes fluttered open and her hand began to rove. Her fingers traced the scar on his shoulder. “Is this where Trevor shot you?”

He moved her hand from his shoulder. “Good God, is no one in this town ignorant of that foolish duel? Leave that piece of cheese to the mice, if you will.”

Her hand slid to his thigh. “And what of this scar? What happened here?”

He gave her a hard kiss on the mouth and scooted from the bed. “Ask your brother.” He shot her a wicked grin. “That is, if you dare.”

Her eyes widened. “Oh!”

Laughing, he strode to the balcony to retrieve their clothing. He wheeled around to head back to the bed. His sleepy-looking lover sat in the middle of a tangle of bedding, her legs curled under her. He’d done things to her throughout the night—sinful things that made her beg him not to stop. Want rolled through his belly again.

“I wish I didn’t have to go, but I must.”

He slipped her night rail over her head and eased her into it, leaving a trail of kisses as he went. Then he helped himself into his own clothes, not minding that she watched his every move. If the day weren’t threatening to show its face, he’d climb back in bed without so much as a blink of the eye.

She started to slide out of bed.

“Don’t get up.” He plumped the pillows and eased her against them. Then he leaned over and planted a kiss on her swollen lips. “I want you lying right where you are so I can hold the image in my mind for the rest of my days.”

A sultry grin lit her face. “As you wish.”

He moved toward the door. “Did I tell you how good you look in red? But then, you’re also well-suited to wearing nothing. I’ll see you soon.”

He slipped from the room and moved silently along the darkened corridor. Reaching the stairs, he trotted down them on the balls of his feet. So much seemed to have changed since he climbed these steps mere hours ago. But what, exactly, he couldn’t fathom.

Stepping onto the veranda, he shut the door behind him with a solid click. He paused to glance around in a silence so thick he could hear the blood surge in his ears and his lungs at work. Soon, shafts of morning sunlight would spear through

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