Seductive Secrets by Colleen Connally

Author:Colleen Connally
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-07-09T21:00:00+00:00

Julian walked in from the connecting doorway undetected. He found her staring out the window, lost in thought. She wore a simple white nightgown with her hair flowing free down her back. He regarded her for a few moments. She had been desirable to him, but now...there were simply not words.

He stepped towards her. Turning, she looked directly at him with her expressive brown eyes reflecting in the moonlight.

"I have had a dinner sent up to my room." He nodded to the open door behind him. "Would you like to eat?"

"I'm not hungry." She turned back around to the window.

He came up behind her. Leaning down, he pushed back her hair and kissed the nape of her neck.

"I don't know, Julian, what you want from me. Is it a game to you? Will you not be happy until..."

He swung her around to him. "Can you not trust me yet, Alyce? Have I not proven myself to you?"

"Nothing makes sense, Julian." Her eyes widened, pressing her lips tightly together. Emotions welled within her. "I want to believe you. Truly, I do. This house. This room. The flowers. All makes me feel like I haven't felt in a long time, but I don't know if I can trust myself, not with you...so close."

He understood her meaning. He stood before her, prepared for bed in his night robe. No words had been spoken of his intent, only his unspoken actions.

"This house was my..."

"Brother's," she finished for him in a seemingly hopeful manner.

"Yes. It was Roland's." He watched a slight smile light her eyes. The thought pleased her; in turn himself, admitting that the house held a warmth that he, too, hadn't experienced in a long while.

"This was his home. I couldn't part with it...after," he said in a low voice. "It seemed the logical choice. A place no one would look for you. To be safe. Alyce, I want you to understand all my actions. And your inheritance. Yes, I claimed your inheritance, but with only one purpose. To keep it from your family and keep you safe. Never have I had any intention of keeping it from you. It is of little matter afterwards."

"Afterwards?"

"After I ravished you in the carriage," he said, narrowing his gaze on her. Her cheeks flushed. "After we continue what was begun."

He framed her face with his hands, running his hands through the warm silk of her hair. He leaned down and feathered kisses on her lips, cheeks, eyelids.

"This is what you want?" she whispered. She tipped back her head and gazed into his eyes.

"Alyce, I have wanted you from the first moment I saw you," he said. He reached down and touched the medallion. “If you trust nothing else, trust I would never dishonor my brother and the promise this medallion holds."

She leaned forward, pressing her body against him. "I know only that at this moment I want to be in your arms."

There was little doubt she meant it.

“Then come to bed, Alyce. Let me love you and show you that you are mine," he said, his mouth against hers.

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