Wanton by Cheryl Holt

Author:Cheryl Holt
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2014-09-18T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER ELEVEN

As Lucas landed on the mattress and rolled on top of Amelia, his mind reeled as he tried to figure out his plan.

He was courting disaster in a thousand ways. If he was discovered with her, there would be loud demands that they marry, and with his current low mood, he was in no condition to weather a storm of outrage from her brother and friends.

It had happened to him in the past when he’d dabbled with the wrong girl, but he never made amends. When he engaged in a flirtation, he was very firm up front that—should he be caught—he wouldn’t wed as a punishment for his misbehavior. His partners were eager to proceed, despite the danger, so when disaster struck, he never felt sorry or guilty. Why would he?

He never refused what was freely offered.

Amelia seemed perfectly willing to get herself into trouble, but he liked her more than he should. If he quarreled with her brother, her name would be muddied and her reputation shredded, so she’d be harmed when it was over.

For several weeks, he’d worried that she would imperil herself with an unreliable cad. Yet he was the most dangerous one of all, and while he didn’t want any other man to trifle with her, he was perfectly delighted to race down the road to perdition until he crashed at the end.

“We’re becoming awfully friendly all of a sudden,” Amelia said.

“Yes, we are.”

“Why do you suppose that is?”

“I have no explanation.”

“We hate each other, don’t we?”

Lucas considered, then mused, “Hate is a bit strong to describe how I feel about you.”

“So we’re lingering somewhere between hate and...what? That’s quite a big range of emotion.”

“We’re not suffering any emotion. We’re simple enjoying ourselves.”

“Are we?”

She arched a brow, giving him that schoolteacher look she was so adept at displaying. He wondered what her students had thought of her. Had they loved her? Had they been as exasperated as he always was in her presence?

His relationship with her was a mystery to him. Though he’d denied it, there was sentiment flaring, and they shared a blatant physical attraction. But when he had no good intentions toward her, and she was much too innocent to dabble, where could it lead?

There was no viable conclusion, and if he could have located his common sense, he would have leapt up and dashed out before he got himself in any deeper. Yet his common sense had fled, and he hadn’t a clue where it had gone.

During his prior visit, he’d learned that she had a very sexual nature. No doubt he could coerce her into even more perilous conduct. No doubt he could deflower her if he wished. Did he wish it? He couldn’t decide.

He started kissing her, and she heartily joined in. They were touching from lips to toes, so he could feel every inch of her delicious torso, and he was fairly certain that he wouldn’t stop until he’d seen her naked.

He liked the chase more than the ending.

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