The Maid the Greek Married by Jackie Ashenden

Author:Jackie Ashenden
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2022-08-31T18:47:41+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

ARES LAY THERE for a full minute, completely and utterly stunned. He hadn’t expected this to happen, not any of it. He’d thought she’d be upset when he’d told her about Athena, not that she’d touch his face and kiss him. And he certainly hadn’t expected her to then turn so soft and hot in his hands that he hadn’t been able to resist her.

He hadn’t expected to pull her down onto the rug in front of the fire, to be so lost that he hadn’t even bothered to undress her properly, his only thought to get inside her as quickly as possible.

What he’d expected was another six months of her getting to know him and mastering his own desire until—if!—she decided she wanted to remain married to him.

What happened to your control? You didn’t even bother to use protection.

He gritted his teeth, trying not to be furious with himself as well as ignoring the odd possessiveness at the thought of her being pregnant with his child.

He’d promised Naya children and he’d meant to provide them, and he’d honestly thought he’d be more detached about the idea of having children with someone else and yet... He wasn’t quite as detached as he’d thought he’d be.

You weren’t supposed to touch her. You were supposed to wait.

The fury at himself twisted tighter, but he shoved it away. It was too late to get wound up about it now. She’d touched him and it was he who’d gone up in flames. He’d let himself go too long without a woman, let himself be overcome by desire and by the look in her eyes when he’d told her about Athena, as if he’d handed her the moon and the stars on a plate, and every single one of his controls had vanished.

He had no one but himself to blame for it. He had to do better.

He lifted his head and looked down at her.

Rose’s face was flushed, small tendrils of hair that had escaped her ponytail clustered around her damp forehead in tiny threads of gold. Her eyes were very wide, staring at him, the firelight gilding the tips of her lashes.

She looked just as shocked as he felt.

‘Are you all right?’ His voice sounded even rougher than it normally was. ‘I hurt you.’ It wasn’t a question. He’d felt her tense as he’d pushed inside her. And he’d tried to stop then, but...

It had been years. Years. The feel of her, the heat of her, the scent of her body and the sounds she’d made, everything so soft and silky and smooth...

He’d forgotten how incredible it felt to sink into a woman’s body, to feel her clench around him, to hear her sighs in his ears as he gave her pleasure. To feel her welcome him and enclose him...ah, Theos, how could he have forgotten all of that?

Perhaps he’d denied himself too long and that was why it had been so good. He just missed sex. Nothing to do with Rose in particular.

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