EXCERPT:
They were admiring a statute of two
lovers sitting off to one side of the lit path. It depicted what she'd heard
about the count. Two lovers in an erotic embrace. She couldn't pull her eyes
away. Never had she seen anything like it other than in a museum.
She felt his hot breath on her neck as
they stood quietly. His lips lightly feathered kisses along the back of her
neck, sending a desirous urge scorching through her body. She turned slightly
to face him, and when she did, his lips met hers. It was unlike any kiss she'd
ever encountered. It was anything but gentle, but rather the kiss was greedy
and needy.
His tongue parted her lips as he
desperately explored the depths of her mouth. She opened to him, her desire for
him unlike anything she'd felt before. She wrapped her arms around his neck,
feeling his hands pulling her bottom closer to his hardened cock. They were
lost to the outside world, caught up in their private world.
Suddenly he pulled away, breaking the
kiss. "I apologize. I don't know what got into me."
She smiled. "I think you wanted
to kiss me, just as much as I wanted you to kiss me. There's no shame in that,
Kirkcaldy."
"I had no right. You belong to
another," he rasped.
"And we both know the story
behind Carlisle and me. That's another facet to my life. One I wish to put
behind me. I thought you knew that."
"I do," he replied.
"Still, I had no right."
"You had every right. Soon, I
hope the earl will grow tired of trying to search for me and will see divorce
is the only way for us."
He rubbed his finger along her cheek.
"You're a smart, beautiful woman, Lady Caroline. The day will come when
the earl will set you free. Then you'll go back to your life, and I'll return
to mine."
"And we both know what sort of
life I will have. None. My parents have disowned me; I have nowhere else to go.
For now, my life revolves around being a friend and companion to your
mother."
"For which I'm very
grateful."
"Come, let us enjoy the rest of
the evening."
He gave her an odd look. "You're simply
going to pretend what just happened between us didn't happen?"
"What is it going to take to make
you understand, Kirkcaldy?"
"What I want is to forget the
outside world. I want you, Caro. I have since the day I met you."
This cover is lovely.
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