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"Well…" Eleanor said

"And by bla you for every rule the two of you broke, he could walk away from you and marry someone else Because you made hi more than a dry husk after all"

"Youabout esture "And then I ca, and we’re like tinder and spark, the two of us But youyou with being the courtesan ofherself turn even pinker

"I said that it was the best sex I ever had I didn’t say you were the best lover I ever had"

She scowled at hi his hands slowly over her breasts She looked down at his hands They were large, and darker than her skin They shaped her breasts, played with theth

"What should I have done?" she asked

"Are you genuinely curious, or are you going to fall into a pit of despair and decide that you are the worst courtesan in all of England?"

"I’m not a courtesan," she pointed out

"No You’re an utterly delectable woeous breasts in Christendom"

His voice was darker, lower "What should I have done?" she persisted

"Touch me," he said "You kept your hands on my shoulders, more or less"

"Oh" She colored "I didn’t think…"

"You didn’t think I’d like to be touched, because that fool Astley had a poker up his arse about it But I don’t I want you to touch me everywhere" Suddenly his hands were around her waist, picking her up, easing her back down

She squeaked, but it was so much easier this tiroan that sent a bird flying from the bushes beside them

Neither of them moved for a moment Their breath was harsh

"Would you likehis nipple with one finger

"Hreat either," he said "What else ain, so she pinched hiht--and she learned sohter, whispering, "Any more of that and this will be a very short encounter, princess" She didn’t want that, and neither did he So he gave her one of the kisses thaton fire, all at once

"I want you to lick me all over," he said, hoarse in her ear And he started toto sink into her ined herself on her knees before hiroan and cry out, as he had to her

"I’d like that," she whispered

His fingers were gripping her hips, but she could feel the fire cla down so soon, too soon "Oh, Leopold," she said helplessly, running her fingers through his hair "I can’t touch you now, I can’t because…" But whatever she was going to say was lost in a wave of pure, violent pleasure

She came back to herself slowly to find that he was still there, still…with her

"A courtesan would never come before her client," Leopold said in her ear "And if she did, she’d have to cohed but she was too tired