page133 (1/2)

“Is that so?” She sounded intrigued by the notion, so dangerously so that Gareth felt coers found the twin ribbons at her shoulders, and he gave theerously

“More help, milady?” he murmured

She nodded

“Perhaps…” He looped his fingers around the neckline, preparing to ease it down, but she placed one hand over his He looked up She was shaking her head

“No,” she said “You”

It took hi, and then a slow smile spread across his face “But of course,his ju you say”

“Anything?”

“Right now,” he said silkily, “anything”

She smiled “The buttons”

He s on his shirt “As you wish” And in ahim naked from the waist up

He brought his sultry gaze to her face Her eyes ide, and her lips parted He could hear the raspy sound of her breath, in perfect time with the rise and fall of her chest

She was aroused Gloriously so, and it was all he could do not to drag her onto the bed then and there

“Anything else?” he murmured

Her lips moved, and her eyes flickered toward his breeches She was too shy, he realized with delight, still too much of an innocent to order him to remove them

“This?” he asked, hooking his thumb under the waist-band