Page 7 (2/2)
"I would like that," she said softly "But I doubt the possibility unless we can find a way to be like ere"
"Is that truly what you desire?" He twisted in the seat to face her, and her gaze dropped, noting how hs were She could not seereaves?"
Isabel’s brows shot up "Love him? No"
"Then there is hope for us" He smiled, but the determination in his voice was unmistakable
"Not that I don’t care quite a bit for him, because I do We have e We--"
"Does e bother you, Isabel?" He studied her from beneath the bri
"Well, you are younger, and--"
Gray caught her about the neck, and pulled her close, tilting his head to duck under her hat His mouth--that sculpted mouth that could dazzle or sneer with equal effectiveness--brushed across hers
"Oh!"
"I will not accept a sharoaned softly "God, the way you s at his shoulders and discovering just how hard he was Her lips trembled and burned "People can see us"
"I don’t care" He swiped his tongue quickly into herto me I can seduce you if I want to" As his hand at her nape stroked softly, his voice lowered "And I definitely want to"
He sealed his lips over hers, a brief tease, and then he pulled ahispering, "Shall I deer man can do for you?"
Her eyes drifted shut "Please…"
"Please what?" His free hand rested next to her thigh, and kneaded her, sending waves of yearning through her body "Please show you?"
She shook her head "Please don’t ed off his hat, and set hispulse
"Because I will hate you forever if you do"
He pulled back quickly in surprise, and she took the opportunity to shove hard, which effectively knocked hi outward in an attempt to halt his descent She flinched as his shoulders hit the side with a loud thu him nearly prone
"What the devil?" Gray stared at her, wide-eyed
She scra squab
"Yes, you can have your way, Gray," she said grimly "Much to e, I happen to have reaves, who does not deserve to be set aside after nearly two years of corowled, cursing as he nearly fell off the seat in his attempt to sit up "One does not ‘rut’ with their spouse"
Once he’d ed to resume his perch, the full extent of his arousal was revealed by the stretching of s Isabel sed hard, and looked away quickly Good God
"What else could it be?" she said crossly "We know nothing of one another!"
"I know you, Pel"
"Do you?" She snorted "What is my favorite flower? Favorite color? Favorite tea?"
"Tulips Blue Peppermint" Gray snatched his hat off the floorboards, shoved it on his head, and crossed his ar attention?"
Isabel bit her lower lip, and rifled through her memories What were his favorite flowers, color, and tea? She was ashamed to realize she did not know
"Ha!" he said triuive you the ti that time you can learn all about me, and I about you"
The landau rolled to a halt outside their holanced at the planters by the street, and saw the blue flowers Gray leapt down, and then assisted her He walked her up the steps, bowed, and then turned about
"Where are you going?" she called after hi from his touch, her stomach clenched at the determined set of his shoulders
He paused, and looked back at her "If I go in the house with you, I will take you, whether you will it or no" When she said nothing, his one
Where would he go? He was obviously aroused, and virile enough that his release in the tailor’s shop would not affect his ability to perforht of him occupied in carnal pursuits prodded her in a horribly familiar way She knehat he looked like unclothed, and she knew that any other woman who saw hiht to never feel again gnawed at her belly A twinge fro her home of nearly five years, Isabel discovered, to her dismay, that it already felt almost empty without Gray’s vital presence She cursed hiht in only a few scant hours, and she took the stairs to her roo of her dinner party was in order She also needed to study her spouse, and ascertain his likes and dislikes
Then, once she knew him, she would find the perfect reaves’ plan would work, and work quickly
Experience had taught her that
Chapter 4
As Gerard ascended the steps to the double doors of Reton’s Gentleman’s Club, he knew that if it weren’t for his frustration, he would be nervous Inside the popular establishentlemen whose wives or paramours had been sampled by him In the past, he would have felt no aardness Rules do not apply in love or war, he would have said Now, he knew better Rules applied everywhere, and he was not exeloves to one of the two attending footreat roo a deep arlanced around the roos The ss were tiht blue eyes met his, and then they looked away in a deliberate snub Gerard sighed, accepting his due, then moved forward to make the first of what he kneould be an endless nuies to an equally infinite number of recipients
He bowed, and said, "Good afternoon, Lord Markham"
"Grayson" The man as once his closest friend did not even look at hireeted the other two gentlemen who sat with Markha a rant rateful"
"I do not think I can spare it," Markhaize to you here, then," Gerard said, unwilling to be denied
Markhae caused you discomfort As your friend, I should have had a care for your interests in the e That is all I wished to say Good day, gentlehtly, and then turned about He found his own s his pent up breath as he sat A few ht to him, and attempted to relax, a task made more difficult by the stares directed his way, and the peers who approached with greetings
"Grayson"
He stiffened, and lowered his paper