What's a Duke Got to Do With It by Christina Britton

Author:Christina Britton [BRITTON, CHRISTINA]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 2023-07-12T00:00:00+00:00

She should have been shocked at his kiss. He was not for her, after all; he was nearly engaged to another. The last thing he should be doing was kissing her.

Yet she wasn’t shocked. Nothing had ever felt more right.

Her hands came up, twining about his neck, her fingers diving into the thick, wavy locks of hair at the nape of his neck. The strands were silk under her touch, curling around and through her fingers like a caress, and she flexed those fingers, drawing him closer. He groaned into her mouth, his arms coming around her waist, drawing her up and against the hard length of his body. She gasped as her breasts pressed against the broad expanse of his chest, as her belly met his, and he immediately tilted his head, plunging his tongue into her mouth. Her senses were overwhelmed, the taste of his tongue against hers, sweet and heady and utterly delicious, sending her mind spinning.

His hands, those strong, capable hands, trailed up her spine, bunched in her gown, massaged into her muscles. She sighed into his mouth, even as his name echoed through her mind: Sebastian. He was no longer the Duke of Ramsleigh, no longer His Grace. No, from this moment forward he was Sebastian to her, the dearest part of her heart.

Mouse’s warm body pressing into her side and his faint whine had her reluctantly pulling back. Her eyes fluttered open, and she looked up into Sebastian’s face. He was closer than he had ever been, so close she could see the faint ring of brown around his iris.

“Goodness,” she whispered.

His gaze caressed her face, as if he were memorizing her. “I have wanted to do that for four years,” he murmured.

“As have I,” she managed. And it was true. She recalled that last night in London before everything fell apart, how she had hoped beyond hope that he would begin courting her, how she had imagined him walking with her into the garden and kissing her. And before that, before she had even begun to realize her feelings for him had gone beyond mere friendship, how night after night she had dreamed of him taking her in his arms.

But never in her wildest imaginings, even after all the pamphlets and books Lady Tesh had supplied, had she imagined something so incredible, something that not only brought her body to life, but her heart as well. Something she felt down to the very bottom of her soul.

The moment of awe did not last long, however. In the blink of an eye she recalled just what had happened in those four years… as well as what was to come. Namely, Sebastian’s near engagement to Miss Bridling.

Hastily stepping back, she smoothed the front of her dress down with shaking hands and then caressed the top of Mouse’s head. Fool, fool woman. How could she have forgotten herself so completely? Perhaps she truly was as hopeless as her parents used to say she was, really was as horrible as everyone on Synne seemed to think.

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