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Leo fit hiainst her spoon fashion She quivered at the sensation of wars tucked up beneath hers, a muscular arm thrown across her All the textures and scents and pulses of hi on her neck What an extraordinary creature ato take such pleasure in this Everything Althea had said about her was probably true She had a whore’s nature, a craving for hter She had repressed and ignored that side of herself for years But noas being shown to her, as surely as a reflection in a looking glass "I don’t want to be like her," she whispered without thinking
"Like who?"
"My aveimpression that you were definitely not like her" He paused "In ay are you afraid of being si as she tried not to choke on a new surge of tears He was undoing her with this newfound tenderness She would haveLeo It seeainst this one
He pressed a kiss into the hollow behind her ear "My dear girl," he whispered, "don’t tellenjoyed sexual relations?"
It unnerved her further that he had reached an accurate conclusion so quickly "Perhaps a little," she said, her voice catching
"Good God, I’m in bed with a puritan" Leo uncoiled her stiff body and spread her out beneath hi for a wo for other woently sardonic "Why?"
"Because I’eneration of a family of prostitutes And my aunt said I had a natural proclivity for it"
"Everyone does, love It’s how the world is populated"
"No, not for that For prostitution"
He snorted derisively "There is no such thing as a natural proclivity for selling oneself Prostitution is forced on women by a society that allows them damned few options to support themselves And as for you … I’ve never led runners of her hair "I’ic It’s no sin to enjoy ato do with prostitution Anything your aunt told you was pure manipulation--for obvious reasons" Histhe taut surface "We can’t have you feeling guilty," he said "Especially when it’s so uided"
"Ah There’s the probleether" His hand went to her breast, cupping tenderly The sensation shot to the pit of her sto pleasure, and nothing wrong about wanting it" She felt hie in several long nights of uncivilized lust with uilt out of you And if that didn’t work, at least I would be happy" His hand swept down her body, his thuhtened beneath his pal?" she asked
"Helping you with your proble ainst hers, and he moved over her in the darkness "What word do you use for this, love?"
"For what?"
"For this sweet place … here"
Her body jerked at his gentle caress She could hardly speak "I don’t have a word for that"
"Then how do you refer to it?"
"I don’t!"
He laughed quietly "I know several words But the French, not surprisingly, have the nicest one Le chat"
"The cat?" she asked, bewildered
"Yes, a doublefor a feline and a woman’s softest part Puss Pussy The sweetest fur … no, don’t be shy Ask me to pet you"
The words stole her breath away "My lord," she protested faintly
"Ask and I’ll do it," he pro to play in the sensitive hollow behind her knee
She sed back awhisper
"Please"
Leo kissed her thigh, his ainst the tender skin "Please what?"
Wicked man She squirh they were in complete darkness Her voice was ers "Please pet htly she could scarcely feel it at first, fingertips stirring, teasing "Like this?"
"Yes, oh yes…" Her hps lifted, invitingdelicately, tracing the softness within The skillful caresses brought her body to tre readiness
"What else should I do?" Leo whispered,lower in the darkness She felt his breath on her, heat againstHer hps arched and strained without volition
"Make love to retful "No, you’re too sore"
"Leo," she whiertip swirled
Catherine’s eyes widened in the darkness Stunned and acutely aroused by the suggestion, she licked her dry lips "No I don’t know" She writhed as she felt hi her apart "Yes"
"Ask ers left her "Shall we go to sleep, then?"
She caught his head in her hands "No"
He was inexorable "You kno to ask"