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"Loyalty and fidelity is always prized ast servants"

He ca the corner of her st husbands," she whispered Her breathing was growing erratic, and just the touch of it on her skin made his blood race

His hand went to the ties of her corset "I aed on the ribbon, first undoing the bow, and then slipping his finger under the knot below "I can say ‘fidelity’ in three languages"

"Really?"

Really, and he didn’t care if she knew He planned to make love to her in all three, but for the first tilish Well, mostly

"Fidelity," he whispered "Fidelité Vyernost"

He kissed her then, before she could ask , but not now Not when he was shirtless, and her corset was undone and sliding fro the two buttons of her che the straps that held it in place over her shoulders

"I love you," he said, leaning forward to place one kiss on the hollow over her collarbone

"I love you," he said again, ant line of her neck

"I love you" And this tio of the straps and allowed her last garment to fall from her body

Her arhtly, on the lips as his fingersfor her, hot and heavy with need, and he had no idea how he got his boots off so fast, but before he could even take another breath, he’d lifted her into his ar her over to the divan

"You should have a proper bed," he murmured, "with proper sheets and proper pillows…"

But she just shook her head, clasping her fingers behind his neck to pull hiht now," she said, whispering the words into his ear "I only want you"

It had been inevitable He’d known that for some time now, since the moment she’d slyly asked hi seee of restraint, transfor this from a seduction to sheer madness

He set her down on her back and immediately covered her body with his The touch was electric They were skin to skin, pressed up against each other with breathtaking intimacy And he wanted so much just to bury himself inside her, to have her, to know her, but he could not allow hi her to coin before, and he had no idea if it was even possible But by God, he would h, she would know that she had been worshipped

She would know that she was loved

"Tellher on the lips beforeto her throat

He heard her breath, raspy, excited, and perhaps a little confused "What do you mean?"