Scandalous Love by Brenda Joyce

Author:Brenda Joyce [Joyce, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Historical, General, Erotica
ISBN: 9780062209672
Google: 3R5PtXiux9UC
Amazon: B007HC3QRS
Publisher: Avon
Published: 2012-04-09T16:00:00+00:00

Hadrian awoke in darkness. For a moment he was completely disoriented. He turned his head, wincing at the stab of pain behind his temples, and saw the dying coals of the hearth. The burgundy drapes on the tall windows on that wall were open, revealing a heavy darkness outside. It was very late in the night. Total recall hit him. He was on the library floor, where he had fallen asleep. After making love to Nicole Shelton.

Another fierce stabbing lanced through his skull at the thought.

It all came back to him as he slowly, tentatively, rose to a sitting position, pushing the blanket to his hips. She had come there with sympathy in her eyes and on her lips, and he had been overpowered by a need he had never before felt for any human being.

For an instant, he was frightened by the memory. Just as quickly, he regained control and the unruly feeling vanished.

He remembered her warmth as he embraced her, just holding her; then he remembered how furiously and crudely he had driven her to the floor and penetrated her. He could feel a dull, hot blush of shame covering his cheeks, shame that competed fiercely with his anger. He had not only been as callow as a vigin schoolboy, he had been as precipitous.

How could it have happened?

Very grim and very shaken, Hadrian got to his feet, adjusting his clothes. He had long ago added electric lighting to his homes, and finding a switch, he flooded the library with light. He moved behind his desk and sat down hard.

What the hell had he done?

Head in his hands, he was swept up with sensations as if he were experiencing them anew. Too many sensations, too many feelings. He shook them off with a tremendous effort. It was easier—safer—to concentrate on the facts.

No matter that she had come here, and she shouldn't have, he should have refused to see her. Instead, he had lost a battle he had been waging since he had first laid eyes on Nicole Shelton, one against himself and his own desires. He had lost, it was done. A fait accompli. There was no point in dwelling upon what could not be changed. And now, of course, there was only one course of action open to him. He would marry her.

With Elizabeth barely cold in her grave. At this rude thought, he moaned, his head throbbing steadily now. Yet the festering guilt was gone. He did not know why, and did not bother to speculate upon the answer. It was enough that that particular source of torment had dissipated.

His gaze lifted and he became aware of the two pillows on the floor with the blanket. Had he woken up, he would not have continued to sleep on the floor, much less fetch those items for himself. Woodward would never dare. It had to have been Nicole. He tensed as he imagined her covering him with the throw and placing pillows beneath his head. Damn it! He did not want to feel tenderly toward her!

Yet she was going to be his wife.

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