The Baby The Desert King Must Claim (Mills & Boon Modern) by Lynne Graham

Author:Lynne Graham [Graham, Lynne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2023-02-28T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

‘I NEED YOUR help to get out of this dress,’ Claire mumbled against the allure of his mouth.

With effort, Raif took a step back from her, one hand already engaged in wrenching loose his cravat and cummerbund. ‘We’re both wearing far too many clothes.’

‘Like you on the beach,’ she reminded him with a smile, no lingering hurt now in the memory of him walking away the next morning. She understood him better even if she wished things weren’t the way they were with him being in love with another woman. Only the conception of their child had given Raif the framework to fit her into his life as well and just at that moment she didn’t resent that prosaic truth, even though she suspected that there might come a time in the future when she would be more sensitive and might well long for more.

As he doffed his jacket, she turned round to present him with the hooks and ties at the back of her gown.

‘I like the subtle little opening...here,’ he confided huskily as he traced the keyhole shape with a fingertip. ‘In fact, I love the dress. It’s sexy without showing anything much.’

He unhooked the bodice, unlaced the ties and she began to pull her arms out of the sleeves. ‘The lingerie isn’t quite so subtle,’ she warned him carefully.

‘What only I see can be as daring as you like,’ Raif told her with a slashing grin. ‘I may have chosen not to engage in casual flings, but I am not a prude.’

Face colouring and fully aware of his intense interest, Claire let the gown drop to her ankles to expose her thigh-high stockings and garter, matched to a white filmy silk bra and knickers adorned with blue ribbons.

‘That word you use...wow, just about covers my appreciation,’ Raif confided, colour flaring along his high cheekbones as he looked his fill at his bride, her luscious curves cupped in fine silk and lace. He embarked on his shirt buttons with alacrity.

‘No, I open those,’ Claire announced, stepping forward, empowered by his appreciation and still wearing her heels, to undo those buttons for him because she wasn’t about to mention it again, but she loved the look and shape of him as well. The shirt parted on a sliver of bronzed chest and his taut, indented abdomen. He was on gym equipment every day and it showed.

As Claire tipped his shirt off his shoulders and let her hands drop to slide up over his muscular torso, Raif was mesmerised by her touch and the hunger for him in her bright blue eyes. Being desired to that extent struck him as a blessing to be savoured. The shirt dropped, he toed off his shoes and peeled off his socks without removing his attention from her for even a second.

Claire reached round to unclip her bra and his hands came up to hold hers. ‘I want to do that,’ he admitted. ‘I want to strip you naked and live out every fantasy I’ve had about you over the past two months.

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