Once Upon an Accident 02 - Lessons in Seduction by Melissa Schroeder

Author:Melissa Schroeder [Schroeder, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Historical Romantic Suspense
Published: 2007-08-06T19:56:20+00:00

Chapter Nine

In which a duke loses more than his head.

Douglas felt Cicely concede and open her mouth for him. He stole inside, reveling in the sweet, tangy taste. It flowed through his body, warmed his blood. She pressed closer, those magnificent breasts flattened against his chest.

She moaned his name. The delicious sound hurtled him back into the memories of that night they had accidentally kissed. The touches, the tastes, having her on his lap, feeling the feminine heat of her through his trousers.

Knowing that it would go too far, that he could not risk her reputation because he couldn’t control his baser urges, with much regret he broke the kiss. Both of them were breathing heavily, their hearts beating against each other.

“Oh, my.”

The deepening of her voice had him leaning in to steal another quick kiss, but he found himself lingering. While he cupped the back of her head with one hand, he moved the other to her breast. The delicate fabric gave way easily to his questing fingers. He brushed his thumb over her nipple, thrilling him as it hardened into a tight nub. Wanting a sample, Douglas kissed a path down the soft skin of her neck to her exposed breast.

In the dim light, he could not see well enough. He wanted, no needed to see. He slipped an arm to her waist and spun them around so he could lay her on the sofa. With a shaft of moonlight spilling across her bare breasts, his breath caught in his throat. Full, rounded and with the sweetest pink nipples he had ever seen. Heat seared a path to his groin, and his cock twitched at the sight.

“Douglas.” The worry in her voice had him snatching his gaze from her bosom and moving to her face. Apprehension shone in her eyes. The sight melted his heart. Such an innocent. She had no idea just how close the barbarian in him was to tearing off her clothes and taking her right there.

“Yes, love?”

She sighed, which in turn had his gaze moving to her breasts. “I know you may be old hat with this sort of thing, but I am not.” She paused and sighed again, as if trying to gather courage. “It is a tiny bit disconcerting to lay here with my bosom bared and you staring at it.”

Little did she know that he would be happy to strip off every bit of his clothing and allow her to look her fill. Unfortunately that would not do since even now her reputation was at stake. But also because he knew, no matter how brave she portrayed herself, there was a good chance she would go running in the opposite direction.

Beneath her humor he detected something else, an emotion he could not ignore. The vulnerability he witnessed in her soft brown eyes struck him to the core. He had never pegged her as being particularly defenseless, but in this she was. One wrong word from him would crush her.

The need to soothe her worries engulfed him.

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