Julia London - Desperate Debutantes 01 by The Hazards Of Hunting A Duke

Author:The Hazards Of Hunting A Duke [Duke, The Hazards Of Hunting A]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-02-05T18:03:30+00:00

“But,” he said, reaching for the ribbon of her sash, his fingers possessively brushing her breast as he did, “

I rather imagine that should not preclude us from enjoying it.” He lifted a darkly glittering gaze to hers. “ Particularly the private privileges that come with being husband and wife,” he added quietly as he tugged lightly at the ribbon.

Ava tried to smile, but she could scarcely even swallow. “Yes,” was all she could manage.

He smiled then, his eyes creasing at the corners. “Drink,” he said, nodding to her whiskey.

She looked at the tot, lifted it to her lips, closed her eyes and drank, and waited for the inevitable burn. Beside her, Middleton chuckled.

“You might find it more to your liking if you sipped.”

“I shall never find whiskey to my liking, sir,” she said hoarsely, and opened her eyes.

He leaned forward, poured a little more into her glass. “Try to sip,” he advised, and held up his tot, clinking it against hers. “To many happy years.”

“To many happy years,” she echoed, and sipped the whiskey. It burned her lips, her tongue, and her throat. No, she decided, it was most decidedly better to swallow it whole than sip.

Middleton must have agreed, for he tossed his back.

Ava drank the contents of her tot . When she finished gasping for breath, and felt the calming effects of it begin to seep warm and thick into her limbs, she smiled a little crookedly. “Very nice.”

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