Of Coppers and Cracksmen by Katherine McIntyre

Author:Katherine McIntyre [McIntyre, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Steampunk Romance Fiction
ISBN: 9781839433917
Publisher: Totally Bound Publishing
Published: 2020-08-15T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

Once he leaned in and caught the intoxicating scent of her, he was done for. Ellie Whitfield had captured his attention from the start. The sight of her nestled into his couch with her wild waves of hair unfurled around her shoulders, the humor returned to her voice and the spark in her eyes—he couldn’t resist her if he tried.

This time, he closed the distance between them.

He pressed his lips to hers, her mouth falling open, warm and wanton. He slid his hand up her neck to tangle his fingers in those silken strands while he braced himself against the couch with the other hand. Ellie craned her neck up to meet his mouth again and again as their kisses grew more fevered, more desperate.

Ellie’s moans lit him on fire.

She gripped the lapels of his shirt with a strength that strained the buttons. When she’d confessed the reason for her freeze-up back in the church, he’d felt a connection he’d never experienced with another soul before. No one else understood the way the memories crept in at the worst times—at least, no one who’d admit it. He wanted to take her from the squalor she seemed determined to cling to and show her a different future from the bleak one she imagined.

However, right now, he simply wanted her.

His length stiffened in his trousers as he tasted the sharp absinthe on her lips and swept his tongue into that willing mouth. When she brought her clever fingers down the buttons of his waistcoat and seized upon the band of his trousers, his erection pulsed in response. Ellie hadn’t stopped mesmerizing him with her mouth as he coaxed kiss after kiss from her lips, his grip tightening on the inkstain strands of her hair.

When Ellie brushed her hand across his hard length, he lost all focus.

She pulled away from his mouth. “I want to taste you,” she murmured.

His ears roared from his increased pulse. The idea of those lips wrapped around him caused precum to bead on the tip of his erection. The seams of his trousers strained against the effort. Bernard stepped back as she worked the buttons of his trousers, one by one. He rose from his crouch at the same time as Ellie sank to her knees in front of him. The fabric pooled around his ankles and his heart thudded hard, but he wove his fingers through her hair, the grip natural.

Ellie looked up at him, all raven lashes and seductive eyes. Her lips formed a pout, the glossy sheen enticing. The sight of her there on her knees sent a staggering jolt of desire through him. His legs splayed out, and her chest heaved with a rise and fall that accentuated the curve of her breasts.

His erection lay stark between them, and the breath hitched in his throat at the careful, hungry way she watched him. At once, he caught the need surfacing in her eyes, the desire.

He knew how to respond.

Bernard gave her hair a gentle tug, guiding her lips forward.

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