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She stared for a moment and then looked up at him "Take the, for he half smiled at her, but she didn’t care at the moment She wanted hiht of his and the rest of his clothes, and she stood to push hi in next to hi only her chemise He lay on his back and ith, out of his reach

"Emeline--"

"Shhh"

She was at the level of his ertip traced his length, bu over his veins She knew that there oly and rude, but she had never been one of theer, had she been a more experienced wife, eventually she would’ve explored him, but they’d never had that time Now she was determined not to lose this opportunity with Sauiled by the way his foreskin pulled back to accoht curve upward She flicked her eyes to hi her intently as she exaht occurred to her that, at any other time, she never would’ve voiced They didn’t have years to overcome shyness and the strictures of polite society They had only tonight and she would not waste this little time

So she asked, "What do you do when you’re alone?"

He raised his eyebrows, and for a moment she was disappointed He would pretend not to understand her vulgar question But, still holding her gaze, he th Her eyes dropped from his then so that she could watch He held his penis much more firmly than she would’ve dared and moved his hand up and down On the up stroke, the head of his cock nearly disappeared into his fist

"Doesn’t that hurt?" she asked

She heard hiht of what he did to look at his face "Far fro truly beyond the pale She leaned forward and licked around the head of his penis

He paused in his moveain"

She braced herself on her hands and hovered over hi the head of his cock while he continued to move his fist up and down It wasn’t a sophisticated act; her tongue so free inelegantly under her shift, but she didn’t care She loved the taste of hi sounds he ly wet just fro to him Why such an act should be so erotic, she had no idea, but there it was His hand ulf the entire tip of his cock in her mouth His hips arched involuntarily off the bed

"Easped, and the extreh her "Emeline"

She looked up just as she sucked strongly on hiainst the underside of his penis His eyes narrowed, his head arced back, his teeth gritted, and she tasted sweet salt in her mouth

"E tears behind her lids and sucked again, and again tasted a gush of salt Finally, his hips fell, pulling his manhood from her mouth She wiped her lips on the bed linens Stupid, stupid tears were running fro him do this made her want to sob, and she wasn’t even sure why

She felt more than saw hiain, choking this time

There was no way to explain her emotions How could she tell him that she already mourned his loss? That she wished she were a different, more adaptable person? She couldn’t, so she didn’t She crawled up his body instead, until she settled herself, straddling his groin

His hands grasped her hips, coht?"

"Of course," she whispered, although the tears she could not control gave lie to her reply

She closed her eyes so she couldn’t see the worry and love in his gaze and lifted her shift over her head She was nude now, just as he was She didn’t wear so much as a hairpin They were as God had s that designated rank, relative wealth, and means They could’ve been Adaradations that would come to divide their children

She opened her eyes and leaned forward to place her palht now"