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"I am not a sex-obsessed female, Grayson, which is what your question implies"

"You can be as sex-obsessed as you like Withaway "Eventually, you will fill the lack elsewhere"

"Why worry about ‘eventually’ now?" His gaze penetrated as he stalked her "Forget the past and the future If there is one thing I learned over the last four years, it is that this moment is the one that matters"

"How is that any different than how you lived before?" Sidestepping quickly, Isabel nearly ran to the door that led to her boudoir She gasped as Gray caught her about the waist The feel of him behind her--hard, aroused--flooded her withinLady Sinclair Sometimes that other day never comes, Pel Sometimes today is all there is"

"See how different we are? I will always think of the future and how my actions today will come back to haunt me"

With one arm banded around her waist, he used his free hand to knead her breast Against her will, she moaned

"I will haunt you" Gray surrounded her, dominated her, teased her with his seductive touch "I ae you in, Isabel, not e are already leg-shackled together" With a curse, he released her "I will remind you of that as often as is necessary"

She spun to face hiuarded like a prisoner"

"I’ve no wish to lessen your freedom"

"Then why?"

"Soon others will know you have disreaves They will sniff after you, and for theyour clai both arms behind his neck, he stretched and suddenly looked weary "I returned for the express purpose of being a husband to you, I have said that froround"

"Indulge me, vixen," he said softly "One day at a time, that is all I ask Surely you can spare that ether? Answer hened as his arry…I a"

"I know," she whispered, feeling the great distance between the with lust, her nipples hardened She grew moist for him despite her soreness "And I cannot sate you"

"I did not sate you either We spent h tiress

"We have not finished discussing your three o’clock rule, Grayson"

He stilled, but did not face her In the candlelight, his hair gleamed with the vitality that defined his, your body creaer, that is what you will get, Pel"

She hesitated, her arn of weakness before she could control it

How else can we live together?

They couldn’t Not for er

Her hand dropped "I shall be ho back

Gerard looked across his desk at Spencer and released a weary breath There was too much turmoil in his life at the moment The only time he felt remotely at peace with his return to London hen he was talking with Pel

Not arguing Talking

He wished to God he understood her Why was she so focused on the unraveling of a relationship that had yet to truly begin? To hi a fur-lined coat in eather just because it would one day rain

"This is not what I anticipated when I agreed to co his head His hair was overlong, and a thick lock fell over his forehead in a way Gerard kneould urge women to touch it He knew because it was a style he once sported for that very reason "I thought you and I would be going about town together"

"And we shall, once I a spent in Lady Grayson’s company You will enjoy yourself, I can assure you"

"Yes, but I was hoping to spendwith a woman I can fuck"

"You will escort my wife home no later than three, and after that you are free to do as you please" Gerard almost advised hiht Spencer would have in a while But he held his tongue

"Mother hates her, you know," Spencer said, pausing briefly in front of the desk "Truly detests her"

"And you?"

Spencer’s eyes widened "Do you truly wish to hear my opinion?"

"Certainly" Gerard leaned back in his very uncomfortable chair and reminded himself to toss it out when the study was overhauled "I’m curious to learn how you feel about hts, therefore, concern ed "I cannot decide if I envy you or pity you I’ve no notion how a peeress caenteel in any fashion That hair Her skin Her breasts And for God’s sake, where in hell did she get those lips? Yes, I would give up a fortune for a woman like that in my bed But to take one to wife?" He shook his head "And yet both you and Pelhae bed Can you tell hed and strolled to the array of decanters After pouring hiany table His body was lean with youth, and Gerard studied hi to see how Pel must have seen him when they’d wed Perhaps the contrast between himself and Spencer would facilitate his cause with his wife Surely she could not fail to note how different he was now

"And I’ve no wish to provoke you, Gray, but I prefer women who prefer me"

"Perhaps that would have been possible, had I been here to see to her"

"True" Tossing back his drink, Spencer set his glass down and crossed his ar her into line now?"

"She was never out of line"