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"So beautiful, Ien I’m almost scared to touch you"

"Don’t be ridiculous It’s a biological imperative An ancient dance" She sed hard and pulled him forward by the waistband of his trousers He folloillingly, fitting hi back her hair with one hand "So stop stalling, and let’s dance"

"I don’t think we need a daiht steps this tiainst her Moaning, she ran her fingernails down his back, urging him closer He licked down her throat to her breasts, and she writhed against hiled to unbutton his trousers and push them down past his hips He lapped at her nipples, teased her, rubbing against her further down,her as dizzy as she had been when they danced under the starlight His clever fingers found her again, the softly slick core of her buried in petticoats, and she moaned and hooked a boot around his back When she pulled hi hiainst her to rub so deliciously that she squirotten in the frenzy of waronizing slowness that drove herall of hiainst her neck He found her nipple, suckling and licking as he worked against her in a gentle rhythm driven by her bare calf and sharp boot heel Sheskin to skin, her hands clutching his hair, his neck, his back with desperate wonder and wild abandon

Her er His loose hair flashed against the starry canopy above, and she felt as if she rapped up in the sparkling ic that seemed to spice everyagainst an aler like an ani When his finger found the crux of her, rubbing in ti hips, she set her teeth in his ear,his na she had ever known

The tightness of the corset, the press of his body, the fire of his tongue, the wet slickness where they met; the sensations possessed her until they pushed her over the edge and into utter oblivion Ien arched her back and tossed her hair and screaed into her faster and faster and harder and harder The roaned and pressed his face into her neck, shuddering against her

In the silence that followed, she heard nothing but her own desperately thudding heart and his gasping breaths

"Have you reached any conclusions?" sheit hard to form the words

"I must adladly be your ruination"

Then, without warning, he dropped her skirts and sat beside her, crossing his legs de to throw his black coat over the, startled by the da Man stood just inside the tent, blushing fiercely under his hat and hugging an enormous barbell to his chest as if it was an infant

"So sorry, hts as a joke Many times did I clear my throat, butthe caravan, it is so loud Excusesoon"

She could only shake her head nuht, sir," Henry said pleasantly As soon as Torno nodded and turned away, he adjusted hi down on the couch so that their heads were even "Are you all right? Or do you hate me now?"

"I’m fine Why wouldn’t I be? Why would you think I hate you? What did you mean about my ruination?" she asked dazedly "And where did you learn how to do that?"

"I find a good novel can be very instructive Where did you learn?"

"As with the dancing, I si up his breeches and shrug on his shirt She also sat up to put herself to rights, enjoying the sweet cal away in disgust

Handing over her jacket and hat, he watched her dreamily for a moment before a horrified look cairl I didn’t ask Have you taken precautions? Do we need toI’uely at her skirts, and she sat up straighter

"Of course I take the herbs Stop looking atto fall apart like a wet biscuit And don’t change the subject"

He sighed "I aen"