Three Desperate Choices by Evie North

Author:Evie North
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: regency romance, rake, venice, hero redemption, virgin heroine
Publisher: Evie North
Published: 2021-04-03T00:00:00+00:00

MADDOX

When he’d made the suggestion, Maddox had been thinking of her overcoming her fear of him. He had not realised how erotic such a moment would be. Honestly, when he met her in the narrow corridor he’d expected her to turn and run as fast as she could, especially when she seemed so uneasy around him before. Instead, Gabriella was doing exactly what he’d asked of her. Touching his bare skin.

Maddox had made love with many women, and yet the simple touch of this one was driving him wild. Couldn’t she see the bulge in his breeches? Yes, he’d noticed her gaze lingering there before she looked again to his naked chest. His heart was pounding. He’d guessed she was sensual, her physical needs only just awakening, but he hadn’t realised she was ashamed of her feelings. Most of the women he knew were far from ashamed when it came to being bedded by him. Gabriella Jones seemed to be the perfect combination of ingénue and temptress, and that was extremely attractive to a man like him.

Take her now. Press her up against the wall and take what you want.

The voice in his head was demanding he act, that he put an end to this torture, and he knew he could do just that. Take her now. Haul up her skirts and push his cock deep inside her. She’d be just another female, just another notch in his belt, and wasn’t that what he did?

But no. The very fact that she was a virgin meant he must resist, even though he knew she might be hurt in the process. She wouldn’t understand he wasn’t rejecting her. She wouldn’t comprehend that Maddox couldn’t take her innocence without slipping back into his old ways, returning to the man he had been before the duel. And Maddox had already decided he didn’t want to do that. He wanted to be better.

She was breathing quickly. He was aware of her breasts rising and falling, and her nipples were hard little buds under the thin cloth of her gown. He hadn’t forgotten what she had felt like in his hands, beneath his mouth, and now he wanted so badly to undo every one of her buttons and once more look upon her. He wanted to kiss her, suck on her skin, and lick her until she was limp and willing in his arms.

Denying himself that was almost impossible, but it also gave him enormous pride, because it meant that he could.

Her hand glided down to rest on his hip, her thumb stroking his skin. He sensed she was trying to find the courage to do more and despite his discomfort and the suspicion that he was insane, he said in a deep, hoarse voice, “Go ahead. I won’t stop you.”

Her eyes jerked back up to his but whatever she saw in them seemed to reassure her. She slid her fingertip along the top of his breeches, hesitating as she came to the arrow of dark hair that vanished beneath.

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