Teach Me by Cassandra Dean

Author:Cassandra Dean
Language: ron
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-02-19T18:05:25+00:00

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“Are you tutoring anyone else?”

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James kept his gaze trained on her hand. Tracing the lines on her palm, he

made a little pattern only he could discern. Holding her breath, Elizabeth could only hope he would answer soon and wish she didn’t care quite so much.

Dawn was approaching. It had been the most glorious night, exceeding by far

her wildest expectations, and somehow an intimacy beyond the lovemaking had

risen between them. So much so that she’d felt brave enough to ask the question that had been tormenting her for months.

Finally, he spoke. “Yes.”

She flinched. James’s grip on her fingers tightened infinitesimally, as if to stop her from jerking her hand from his.

“I see.” That had not been the answer she’d been hoping for. Which was stupid.

She knew what he was. It was why he had been chosen. Her throat closed on the

torrent of words she wanted to unleash on him and yet, she didn’t. She didn’t

want to know who, how often, where.

Forcing herself to relax, she reminded herself, again, that he had no ties to her.

All was silence between them, with not even the tick of a clock to mark the

passing moments. The night was waning, and soon there would be the cry of

market men, peddling their wares to servants as they made their daily rounds.

Soon she would have to leave. Soon, there would be no reason, no excuse for her to stay. It would be for the best. They were tutor and pupil only.

“That is, I was.” The sudden words startled her, making her jump. His tone,

though, was steady, his gaze still trained on her hand. “I found it was growing stale, and the trysts had dwindled in recent times anyway. I hadn’t attended for weeks.” He traced that pattern again. “And there were our lessons to consider.”

“Oh?” she said carefully.

Tension grew as he stared at her hand, his thumb following the same path over

and over. Tracing her knuckles, he explored every bump and groove before

pulling her hand to his mouth, placing a hot kiss in the center of her palm. She shivered as his tongue tasted her flesh, his eyes gleaming over the top of her hand. A willing thrall to his seduction, she swayed toward him and he leaned

closer, his mouth inches from hers.

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“Care to be diverted?” he asked, wickedness a husky companion to his wine-

dark voice.

She allowed him to distract her, to gloss over his revelation as if it meant

nothing. Truth to tell, she didn’t want to think on it. Besides, when he was kissing her as he was now, his lips and tongue rousing her desire so very easily, she

couldn’t think.

Tonight he was hers. Only hers. She pulled him into her, hooking her leg

around his and gave herself up to him.

That was really all that mattered.

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