Hopeful in Yellow by Sandra Sookoo

Author:Sandra Sookoo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: marriage of convenience, enemies to lovers, earl, scandal, Sandra Sookoo, Colors of Scandal, Lake District, intrigue, revenge plot, best friend's brother
Publisher: New Independence Books
Published: 2022-08-02T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

With that kiss, he didn’t wish to spook her, so Charles kept it as chaste as he could, but there was such a connection between them, he craved more of it. He pulled away merely to peer into her face, wished he’d lit a candle to see the emotions in her eyes.

“Do you want to continue?”

Evelina slid a hand up his arm to rest on his shoulder. “Kissing?”

“Yes.” And perhaps if he were fortunate, a bit of exploration.

“I do.” The warmth of her breath skated across his chin. Her fingers drifted over the skin above the placket of his shirt, and that barely there touch awakened his shaft. “I cannot help being curious.”

“Neither can I.” When he touched his lips to hers the second time, it was much like setting a match to tinder. Mutual desire passed between them with every meeting of their mouths, and as their tongues tangled, heat built steadily within his person. She was so soft against him and so warm in contrast to the chilly, rain-borne air, and when she uttered a tiny sigh, awareness pushed to the forefront.

Damn, but he wanted her as a man did a woman, and she was his wife.

Charles broke the kiss. He paused, searching out her gaze. “Evie? Shall I continue?” If she didn’t wish to do so, if she told him nay, he would beg off and then take himself in hand once he was alone in his bedchamber.

Slowly, as he held his breath the whole time, she laid a hand to his cheek. Need shuddered through him. She dropped feather-weighted kisses to his lips, his chin, the tip of his nose, and finally, she nodded. “Yes. After thinking about it for the past few days, I want to move forward in our union. Please.”

That softly spoken plea sent a burst of hot lust rushing through his shaft. Please let me not make a fool of myself. He kissed her again and when he wrapped his arms around her, he encouraged her to recline backward on the sofa. Evelina hummed her apparent approval, for she twined her arms about his shoulders and kissed him back in her innocent way that had nothing to do with carnal skill but was even more erotic than he’d known with any of the ladies of the demi-monde he’d been with.

As she wriggled beneath him, apparently into a more comfortable position, he covered her body with his and deepened the embrace. His wife was fresh and innocent and an unexpected light that had flared in the darkness he’d resided in for so long.

And he couldn’t have enough.

Leaving off with her lips, Charles dragged his down the side of her neck. The satiny glide of her skin beneath his tongue spurred him onward. As he moved, she splayed her hands over his shoulders, his back, exploring him as much as he did her. When he teased the hollow of her throat, dared to nip and nibble his way along the edge of the shift’s bodice, the sound she emitted was somewhere between a whimper and a moan.

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