Captured by a Laird by Margaret Mallory

Author:Margaret Mallory [Mallory, Margaret]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Highland
Published: 2014-09-08T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 27

Alison was astonished by how quickly and unexpectedly her life had changed. Every meal with Blackadder had been a misery, fraught with opportunities for him to criticize her before the household. But sitting between David and her daughters at supper now, she felt giddy.

Dare she trust this happiness?

David squeezed her thigh beneath the table. When their eyes met, the heat in his made it hard to breathe. She never would have guessed a man could give her such intense physical pleasure.

“I thought this meal would never end,” he said in her ear, and brought her hand to his lap to feel his erection. “I’m dying to get ye upstairs.”

“Beatrix, Margaret, time for bed,” she said, and sprang to her feet. “Come, Flora and I will take ye upstairs.”

David caught Alison’s arm and said, “I’ll join ye shortly.”

She felt her cheeks turn pink with a mix of pleasure and embarrassment. For an astute man, David seemed oblivious to the fact that the conversation in the hall dropped to a low hum as every person in the room paused to watch their laird. She was well aware that his men were amused by their early retirement each night and frequent disappearances at odd times during the day.

As she entered the stairwell, she looked over her shoulder and caught David watching her. She smiled to herself, assured that he would follow soon.

Still, she was grateful to have a little time alone after bidding her daughters goodnight and leaving them in Flora’s care. She looked at the bed and imagined David lying on it, unselfconscious of his nakedness, his powerful body and hard features reminiscent of the ancient warriors of legend.

Sometimes when he made love to her, he was all need and passion. Other times he was so tender that she could almost believe he cared for her. But the feeling never lasted. Most of the time outside of bed, he was that other man—the hard, relentless laird.

The physical pleasure they shared was a gift. She should be satisfied with that. Instead, the strong feelings he evoked when they made love only seemed to make her long for something more.

She did not want to love her new husband.

But she feared that, whether he wanted it or not, David would steal her heart.

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