The Sea Siren of Broadwater Bottom by Courtney McCaskill

Author:Courtney McCaskill [McCaskill, Courtney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hazel Grove Books

Chapter 19

This kiss, Elissa thought, was very different from the one they had shared on top of the castle.

Then she had been surprised and unsure, and Edward had been so gentle with her. She knew she had made a fool of herself with the way she couldn’t stop trembling, but honestly, Prince Charming himself had pulled her into his arms and kissed her, and on top of a castle to boot! Surely a girl could be forgiven for swooning.

It had truly been the perfect first kiss. This time, however, gentleness seemed to be the farthest thing from Edward’s mind.

Not that Elissa was complaining.

He swept his tongue into her mouth, and she heard herself make an animalistic groan that would have been humiliating had he not been making precisely the same sound. She couldn’t get enough of him, and it appeared that he felt the same way, because without warning he scooped her up off the bench and settled her in his lap.

This proved to be an excellent position for a number of reasons. Seated on his lap, she was only about two inches shorter than him, which made kissing quite a bit easier. She was now close enough to him that she was enveloped in the delicious smell of his bergamot shaving tonic.

But what Elissa enjoyed the most was the fact that her body was now pressed up against Edward’s chest, separated by only the fine linen of his shirt. Clearly, he didn’t spend all day holed up in the library, because he had the body of a demigod, with firm planes of muscle everywhere she touched. His shoulders were broad and his waist as flat as a board, and gracious, there were so many ridges in the muscles over his stomach…

Through the foggy haze that had descended over her brain, Elissa realized that the reason she was privy to this information about Edward Astley’s physique was because she had all but crawled inside his greatcoat with him and was running her hands absolutely everywhere over his beautifully sculpted torso. She pulled back guiltily.

When he opened his eyes, they were unfocused.

“Please don’t stop,” he said, his breath coming fast. “Touch me, Elissa.”

She was only too happy to comply. She found herself trembling again, but this time, it wasn’t mere wonder that the man of her dreams was kissing her. No, this was pure, unadulterated lust. She could feel a pulse between her legs, as strong as a heartbeat, and judging by the hard bulge in the front of Edward’s trousers that was pressing into her thigh, he felt it, too.

She had read enough Greek verse, much of which was shockingly frank, to know precisely what that bulge meant. An innocent young lady should be shocked and offended by his physical response. But she felt none of that. All she felt was wonder that she, of all people, made him feel this way.

Only half-aware of what she was doing, she found herself swinging one leg across his lap to straddle him.

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