Viscounts Addiction by Scottie Barrett

Author:Scottie Barrett [Barrett, Scottie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2007-10-17T23:59:22+00:00

Chapter Nine

Before venturing out, Jessie ran to the main house to remove her riding clothes and put on a lightweight morning dress. She shoved the bag and its tempting contents behind her undergarments in the wardrobe drawer.

The path to the small lake on the south end of the estate snaked through an unruly mass of trees. It was a strange, out-of-place wilderness that seemed to have popped up unheeded while the rest of the grounds were trim and tame. The water, which was more an oversized pond than a lake, jutted from the back of the forested land clear of the screen of trees except for one spot which was shadowed by pines and seemed to absorb the cool green of their leaves. But for that shaded patch, rays of unimpeded sunlight kept the rather shallow pool warm enough for a swim even on an early spring day.

They had not uttered a word on the path. As they reached the gritty shore, Lord Blackwood stopped at the edge and let the clear water lap over the toes of his boots. He sat and looked up at Jessie. “You first.”

“Me first?”

“I will undress, but after I watch you remove your clothing.” His gaze was drawn to her breasts. “Surely, you don’t intend on swimming in your garments.”

Jessie surveyed the area around the lake. “We are rather exposed out here. I usually swim in my dress. If someone were to ride down the road there…”

“There was one reason and one reason only that I went along with this plan, Jessie. I wanted to see that beautiful arse of yours floating in the water. Now strip off all those unnecessary garments. But take your time. I want to savor the whole event.”

Suddenly the idea of undressing for him out in the open with his eyes watching every move thrilled Jessie. She felt warm moisture between her thighs as she slipped off her shoes. Flirtatiously she lifted the hem of her dress, skimming it slowly up her calves.

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The Viscount’s Addiction

“Stop,” he nearly shouted. “I thought I could do it but I simply can’t. If you were any other woman, ’twouldn’t matter. A wife should not look or act as you do.”

Insulted, she dropped the dress and the thin muslin slid back down past her ankles.

“Well, you aren’t exactly how I pictured my husband,” she said, the hurt a solid lump in her throat.

He frowned. “I meant a wife should not be so sensual. I want you there where only I can see you.” He pointed to the secluded bend in the pond.

“As you wish.” Forgetting her slippers she circled the pond, doing damage to her stockings.

One of the trees in the grove was charred and split, as though cleaved by lightning.

Half the dying tree sagged, creating a rough bench. Gingerly Jessie brushed off an insect then sat atop the fallen tree. With flirtatious deliberation, she smoothed the stockings down, baring her legs to the cool air. She draped the stockings over a branch. Lord

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