The Duke Redemption by Callaway Grace

Author:Callaway, Grace
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
ISBN: 978-1-939537-41-6
Publisher: Grace Callaway Books
Published: 2019-12-25T16:00:00+00:00

21

I care for you.

His words and touch penetrated her like warm rain, seeping through years of disappointment and pain, landing on the parched surface of her heart. He didn’t profess his undying love, and she was glad because she didn’t know if she would have believed him. But the wonder in his voice, the way he turned her scar into something beautiful and whole caused hope to bloom within her.

“Beatrice?” He dropped his hand, his brows edging together. “How do you feel…about me?”

Now that she knew about his past, she understood his uncertainties. Wick’s problem, as she saw it, wasn’t a lack of honor but an excess of it. He’d made mistakes in his youth, and his noble nature made it difficult for him to forgive himself, even when he’d clearly spent years making amends and turning a new leaf.

He’s such a good man, she thought achingly.

“I care about you,” she whispered. “So very much, Wick.”

He let out a breath, one that she hadn’t realized he’d been holding. “You do?”

She nodded, her eyes dampening.

“Enough to marry me, lass?” He didn’t miss a beat in pressing his advantage, but then she liked that about him. Liked that his will and determination were a match for her own. “You know my faults, the mistakes I’ve made. But know this too: if you take me on, I will do my best to be a man who is worthy of you.”

He was offering more than she’d hoped to have, the promise of something lasting and true. Even though she recognized the risk—the danger of trusting in happiness—how could she resist this magnificent male?

“Yes, I will,” she said. “I will marry you.”

No sooner had she said the words then he was kissing her. She kissed him back, joy and desire combusting inside her. Then he was carrying her to the bed, her arms looping around his neck as he claimed her mouth with masterful thoroughness.

He tossed her onto the mattress, the primal light in his eyes making her giggle. He reached for the belt of his robe: apparently now that they’d laid themselves bare, it was time to bare other parts of themselves as well. In a flash of insight, she understood that it hadn’t been easy for Wick to expose his emotions to her—and now he meant to re-assert his manhood in other ways.

She was gleaning that beneath her husband-to-be’s civilized exterior lay the dominant instincts of his ancient Scottish ancestors. As Wick stripped, bearing all those hard, lean edges and sleek muscular bulges, she could well imagine him as a Highland warrior and she a product of his midnight raid. The fantasy shivered through her as he stood before her, proud and strong, so fiercely virile.

He clasped his huge erection, and watching the casual motion of his fist made her pussy clench with need. His mouth took on a feral, hungry slant.

“You’re getting an eyeful of what you’ll be getting soon,” he said in a deep voice. “Now give me the same. Undress for me, angel.

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