Taking Liberties by Jackie Barbosa

Author:Jackie Barbosa
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Spice Briefs
Published: 2011-10-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Nash took his time in walking back from his hiding place in the woods to the main house, wandering down several side paths in the extensive, intricate gardens rather than taking the direct route up the main walkway. He did so both to ensure that he was not present for what was bound to be Hapsborough’s awkward departure and to give his ardor—not to mention his erection—a chance to subside. If he encountered Tish in his current state, it was safe to say he would not be able to confine himself to the requisite liberties-plus-one he was permitted to take this afternoon.

But if he were honest with himself—and he did not count a propensity toward self-deception as one of his more notable character flaws, although he had a good many others—he would be forced to admit that the primary reason for his meandering was that he needed time to think. Time to come to terms with his response to seeing Tish in an intimate embrace with another man.

He had expected the entire enterprise to be torture, of course. It was simply that he hadn’t expected the torture to be of this nature, for rather than seething with rage and jealousy, as he’d imagined, he had seethed with the most intense, the most primitive desire he’d ever felt. For the life of him, he could not fathom how that was possible. How on earth could he enjoy watching the woman he loved in the arms of another man? Particularly when it had been blatantly obvious that she had not been merely tolerating that man’s kisses and caresses, but actively taking pleasure in them.

In fact, had it not been for Hapsborough’s spectacular confirmation of his reputation for having a hair-trigger, Nash was not at all certain things would not have gone a great deal further between the pair. Not as far as fucking, of course—Nash would have prevented that—but he wondered if he could continue to count on being the man to most rouse and satisfy Tish’s passions. He’d simply assumed up to now that any other man’s attentions would pale in comparison to his. But Tish was so innately sensual, so naturally uninhibited, he no longer had the same level of confidence.

As he blindly navigated the narrow paths that snaked between the sculpted hedgerows and flowering vines, Nash wasn’t sure what worried him more: the possibility that he might lose her to another man or the likelihood that he wouldn’t particularly mind…so long as he was allowed to watch.

The thought gave his waning libido another instant kick. Christ, what was wrong with him? Unbidden, the afternoon he’d spent drinking with Viscount Fitzgerald at White’s came to mind. At the time, he’d presumed Fitzgerald’s particular form of sexual perversity must be unusual, but perhaps it wasn’t so rare, after all. Perhaps Nash himself was afflicted with the same malady…

“Ah, there you are.” Tish’s melodic voice cut through his dense, untidy train of thought as effectively as a scythe through a field of tall grass.

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