To Have and to Hold by Nalini Singh

Author:Nalini Singh [Singh, Nalini]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460393550
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“So I did,” he murmured, reclaiming her lips even as his hand pushed aside the gusset of her panties to thrust two fingers deep into a body more than primed by the slow seduction. Pleasure erupted inside her almost instantaneously. Pulling away from the ravaging fury of his mouth, she threw back her head and rode his fingers, feeling herself clench and unclench with vicious strength. She was on the verge of an explosive climax when he withdrew them.

Dazed, she swayed on her feet as he switched position to stand behind her. Instinct made her brace her hands on the vanity, her hair a tumbling mess around her face. When she raised her hand to push it back, she caught sight of the primal intensity driving Gabe—her husband was not in control tonight. That was all the warning she got before he shoved up her dress and slid inside her.

Crying out, she tried to move with him, but his rhythm was too fast for her to follow. “Please, please, please.” The whimpers were so needy she couldn’t believe they were her own.

Gabe’s arm came around her waist and his teeth scraped lightly over the sensitive skin of her neck. “Now, Jess. Now!”

She fractured under the command, everything female in her glorying in the wildness of that harsh masculine voice. At the last second, their eyes met in the mirror and Jess knew they’d crossed a line. The question was, what lay on the other side?

* * *

They were forty minutes late to the party. Jess’s dress had been wrinkled beyond repair, so after a quick shower shared with a surprisingly playful Gabe, she’d put on a fitting pencil skirt and thin V-neck cardigan, both in black. The pendant glowed against her flushed skin. Gabe had insisted she put her stockings back on and she’d acquiesced—she liked the idea of him thinking her sexy, especially since Sylvie was going to be around.

Gabe’s shirt, on the other hand, had emerged magically unscathed and he’d pulled it back on. It was only as they were walking through Sylvie’s door that Jess realized the color almost perfectly matched his eyes. She scowled. Gabe might be wealthy and powerful, but he was also a man’s man—fashion was not in his repertoire. The fact that he’d chosen something with that much care for Sylvie’s party, stuck in her craw, dispelling what remained of the sensual afterglow.

The birthday girl beamed at Gabe, giving him a kiss on the cheek in return for his gift of a bottle of premier wine. “That green does wonderful things for your eyes, darling.”

Jess wondered if it would be catty to ask why she didn’t deserve a welcome kiss, too. Amused by the thought, she leaned into Gabe’s hold. Sylvie’s eyes went straight to the emerald. She covered it well but Jess glimpsed a definite spark of anger. And no matter how petty it was, that reaction made her very happy.

“I can’t take any of the credit. Jess is the one responsible.

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