Rakes and Rogues 3 - As Rich as a Rogue by Lee Jade

Author:Lee, Jade [Lee, Jade]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Historical, Regency
ISBN: 9781492605058
Google: LTsKjwEACAAJ
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Incorporated
Published: 2016-04-15T04:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

Mari watched Peter slip out of the room. She hadn’t been given leave to use his Christian name, but in her thoughts he would forever be Peter.

Peter the handsome.

Peter the strong.

Peter the man who showed her why every woman worked so feverishly to get married.

It was for that feeling. For that explosion of pleasure. For that amazing experience of joy that sang through her heart and mind long after he’d left.

“Greenie,” she whispered, “I didn’t know. Heavens, why didn’t I know?”

“Happy sodding day!” the bird chirped, and Mari was so happy she didn’t even remonstrate with the creature. But she didn’t feed the bird either.

“Happy day,” she said firmly as she held up the bit of apple. “Oh, Greenie, it is such a happy day.” Then she fed it to him.

She remained in that state of bliss for a minute more. Maybe as many as two, but before long, doubts began to creep in. Had it truly felt as wonderful as she remembered?

Her belly still quivered when she thought of it. Her breasts were heavy, and the memory of his face as he whispered that she was safe—well, that set her to wetting her lips and wondering when she could be wayward with him again.

“Happy day,” she said as she fed Greenie a bit of apple. “Happy day.”

Then her gaze happened to land on her reticule. Inside it was her neat list of requirements in a husband. She certainly had an item to add now, didn’t she? Though God only knew how she’d phrase it.

Waywardness in bed?

Waywardness in the afternoon?

Waywardness often.

She giggled and fed Greenie another bit of apple without remembering to speak the phrase. It was some moments later when she thought of something else. Something that horrified her down to her toes.

What if waywardness wasn’t always this much fun? What if it only occurred with certain gentlemen?

How horrible to be trapped for the rest of your life doing that with a man who didn’t make it wonderful. She now knew how amazing it could be, but what if Mr. Camden, for example, made it dull? She might be an unmarried virgin, but she’d overheard enough to know that men weren’t always good in bed.

She shuddered in horror. Worse, the more she thought of it, the more frightened she became. Mr. Camden didn’t like her being wayward. He’d remonstrated with her on that very thing any number of times. What if he made this thing as restricted and sedate as he liked everything else?

But that made no sense. The very nature of what they’d done was to be unrestrained. She couldn’t imagine doing it while still being tied into a corset and with her hair gripped into a fist-like bun. That would be horrible.

She had to know. She couldn’t possibly marry a man who didn’t enjoy this.

The mantel clock chimed the hour, but instead of looking at it, her gaze went to the table and the place where her fingers had gripped the wood. Her face heated, and her legs shifted with a secret thrill.

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