A Question for the Ages by Angeline Fortin

Author:Angeline Fortin
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2019-07-23T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

The Season will soon begin. London will be bursting with balls and frivolity. What I wouldn’t give for a chance to know what might have been. To meet a handsome lord and fall in love. I fear I will never know now.

~ from the diary of Piper Brudenall, January 1893

“Ye dinnae ken what ye’re saying, lass. What it entails.” His brogue was harsh, husky. Filled with the same desire that suffused her more and more with each passing second. She loved the sound of it.

The words, not as much.

“I’m not that naïve. I know, and I want it. With you.”

She set a hand on his solid chest. He didn’t run, didn’t move an inch beyond the tiniest flinch. The beat of his heart pulsed against her palm, hard and fast. Stepping closer, she silently dared him to retreat. When he didn’t, she retrieved his hand and settled it on her breast. His fingers flexed then stiffened. She arched her back to increase the pressure. His fingers curled again, then curved under her breast. Piper’s breath caught as his thumb grazed her nipple.

A low curse passed his lips and he yanked his hand away. “Lass, I beg ye to have the good sense I cannae summon.”

“Me? You started this.” She stretched up until their lips were inches apart. “You gave me the hint of a kiss, made me want more. You introduced me to desire. Made me want more.”

“Piper, lass,” he implored, each word a soft caress on her lips.

“What makes you think I have any greater will when it comes to this than you? All I want is more. I want you.”

Slipping her hands inside his jacket, she smoothed her palms across his ribs, delighting in the heat of his body through his linen shirt. Wishing it were his bare flesh. He jumped and twitched beneath her hands.

“You challenged me to stop hiding from life and live it.” She drew back far enough to stare into his eyes. “This is how I want to begin. Are you going to deny your own advice and start hiding now?”

With a groan of surrender, Connor caught her up in his arms. He crushed her to him and brought his mouth down on hers, capturing her lips. Nipping, sucking. His tongue advanced and retreated as he plundered her mouth with an urgency that left Piper reeling. Jubilant.

Lowering her to the settee, he released her without breaking their kiss. His fingers conquered the buttons on her blouse in short order, spreading it wide. Trailing kisses along her cheek, he found her earlobe and nibbled on her tender flesh.

“Ye vixen. I was a fool to step foot through that door. Ye bewitched me from the beginning. How ye make my blood burn.”

The rough words thrilled her, though not as much as the shivers that followed as he raked his teeth down the side of her neck. Over her collarbone to the rise of her breast. With a tug, he drew down her corset and caught her nipple between his lips.

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