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She s powerful, and so, so womanly

She curved her fingers so that her nails would scrape his skin, lightly, softly, just enough to tickle and tease His belly was flat, with a light dusting of hair that formed a line and disappeared below his breeches

“Do you like this?” she whispered, taking her index finger anda circle around his navel

“Mm growing ragged

“What about this?” Her finger found the line of hair and slid slowly down

He didn’t say anything, but his eyes said yes

“What about—”

“Undo the buttons,” he grunted

Her hand stilled “Me?” Soht aid in their disrobing It seemed the job of the seducer

His hand took hers and led it to the buttons

With treers, Hyacinth slid each disc free, but she did not pull back the fabric That was so she was not quite ready to do

Gareth seemed to understand her reluctance, and he hopped froh to pull off the rest of his clothing Hyacinth averted her eyes…at first

“Dear G—”

“Don’t worry,” he said, resue of her dress and tugged it the rest of the way down “Never”—he kissed her belly—“ever”—he kissed her hip—“worry”

Hyacinth wanted to say that she wouldn’t, that she trusted his, and it was all she could do simply to breathe