Kidnapping the Duke by Killarney Sheffield

Author:Killarney Sheffield
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, cats, historical, london, chef, books we love, accident prone, killarney sheffiled
Publisher: Books We Love Ltd.

Chapter Thirteen

Felicity checked the mother and remaining kitten before bed that night. The warm bundle of orange and white fluff was tucked securely up against Pumpkin’s belly under her leg. “What a pretty baby you have,” she crooned, stroking the mother cat’s head. Pumpkin purred and rubbed against her hand.

“She is a good mother,” William remarked stripping off his shirt.

She flipped back the covers and climbed in bed making a conscience effort not to notice the duke’s well-muscled chest. “You had better stay on your side of the bed this night.”

“I believe your derriere was on my side this morn, Felicity.”

Letting his comment slide, she wrapped the blanket tight around her and squirmed to the edge of the bed. She yawned, sleepy-eyed and tired from lack of a good night’s sleep the night before. The duke extinguished the candle and she closed her eyes. The bed dipped and then he tugged at the covers until comfortable. It was strange to lie next to a man and hear his breathing mingling with her own. If truth be told, she had enjoyed his warmth pressed against her that morning. It was somehow both uncomfortable and comforting to be held in his arms. She wondered idly what it would be like to do more than sleep in the same bed. There was no denying his bronzed chest made her blood run quick. Even the touch of his strong hands as he cared for her burn made her heart beat faster. Did every woman feel that way when a man touched her? Or was it only this man who stirred in her feelings of need?

“William?”

“Yes?”

Gathering her courage she ventured, “Have you…well, slept with a woman before? I mean, I suppose you have, for men are rakes after all….”

The bedding shifted. “Why do you ask?”

She shrugged and the blanket slipped down to her elbow. “I…never mind, it is wrong of me to ask.”

He was silent for a moment, only his soft breathing mingling with hers and the cat’s purring.

“Yes, I have made love to a woman a time or two.”

She grimaced at the amusement in his tone. “Oh.” Turning her head, she tried to discern his expression in the dim, but only the rough outline of his features were visible.

“Is there something on your mind?”

With a sigh, she settled back against her pillow. “No.”

The bed dipped again and the tension left the blanket as if he rolled in her direction. “Are you wondering what it would be like to be made love to, Felicity?”

Gasping, she jerked the covers up around her neck. How dare he suggest such a thing…even though it was exactly what she had been thinking. How did he know? Had he read her mind?

“There is no shame in being curious about what goes on between and man and a woman in the marriage bed.”

“As if I would even entertain such a notion as wanting to know what goes on,” she grumbled, trying to hide the truth. Her heart beat a rapid tattoo beneath her breast and her fingers curled on the edge of the blanket.

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