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He bent his head and pressed his lips to her exposed throat, reveling in the heat and scent of her skin His tongue flicked over her pulse as he murmured her name "Lily Lily"

"I lied to you earlier," she whispered, between arousing gasps and sighs of pleasure "I haven’t been thinking of taking a lover I’ve been thinking of you"

"I can’t do this," he ue Bollocks He was already doing this, and he was prieht about it

"I can’t stop thinking of you All day long, all yesterday for that matter Ever since that first kiss I can’t concentrate I’m so restless in my own skin When I close my eyes, all I see is you All I feel is this" She kissed his temple, his cheek "I don’t knohat’s happened to me, but I need this, Julian I need you"

Sweet heaven He felt like he’d been waiting his whole life to hear those words A fount of bliss and lust opened up inside him He couldn’t daled two identities, but he was only a man, at the base of both A man ent after what he wanted--and he’d wanted her for so da What restraint he possessed had been exhausted earlier that afternoon, walking away fro room--and there, he’d had the added inducehost, and a judgilt chandelier Here, in this alley, they were just a man and a woman, stripped down to essentials Anony could stop him here

Possibilities churned furiously in his ht Satisfy her curiosity, slake his own need Just this once He could protect her from consequences; he was expert at preventatives If he experienced a sudden attack of conscience, they could simply refrain froive her pleasure

God, the vivid iroan scraped froood place This was Lily He could not take her to Julian Bellamy’s house, the scene of so many illicit liaisons He would never allow her near Jae? So sordid

"Takehis dilemma "Just see me home, then stay No one will notice No one will care"

Her house Leo’s house Inconceivable Heup the man’s coffin and spit on it "Souldhi his leg, the luscious swell of her thigh rubbing against his arousal Pleasure blanked his brain He grasped her backside, rocking her pelvis against his How could soood, but still be not nearly enough? He needed more from her He needed all of her There had to be soo

She licked his ear, and he bit back a growl

Here There was here

"Greedy bastard!"

The shout from the end of the alley froze hiht on tracing the contours of his ear with her tongue, greatly i his ability to think Had a man from inside followed them? Or was this someone new?

"’Ere now, lass," the man called "Give us some o’ that, eh?"

Julian’s stomach turned Not only from the quite deserved implication that he was about to use Lily like a cheap whore in the street, but because the accent marked the man a Scot

There were thousands of Scotsmen in London Thousands

Still, Julian couldn’t help but wrench Lily away and crane his neck for a gli into the e, densely h the feeble illulinting off a se brutes, the both of them One a Scot, the other bald

Jesus Christ After all his futile searching … Could it be Leo’s murderers had finally found hi One led in a passionate embrace The next, he’d set her on her feet and dashed off down the alley

Her kiss couldn’t have been that bad Could it?

She hurried after hi up to him at the end of the block "Julian--"

Hearound the corner

"What is it?" she whispered "What’s going on?"

Pointless to ask In the dark, it wasn’t as though she could see to read his answer He knew it, too, so he didn’t stop to give her one He just grabbed her by the wrist and tugged her around the corner, pulling her down the street They walked quickly, clinging to the shadows that edged the narrow lane Lily spied twodown the street with the unhurried arrogance of men who’ve had tootheled to keep pace with hi over the wet cobblestones in her i slippers She would have been better off barefoot Her heel caught in a narrow gap in the pavement, and her ankle turned Surprised by the sharp twist of pain, she cried out

Ahead of thean to turn

For all that Lily did not comprehend who thesethe: She and Julian reed His arether, he whisked her to the side of the street, pressing her into the darkened doorway of a shop He anchored her to the far corner of the alcove with his hips, putting his body between her and any threat His free hand clapped over herto her eyes as she adjusted to breathing through her nose The aroent and sharp She couldn’t see

Lily fought back panic by re herself this was Julian She knew this hand that ers to play the pianoforte, shuffle cards, pen letters with graceful ease But never, until this th they had<ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>