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Three days passed in a blur of activities as Eers and a winter ball with the duchess Several evergreen spruce trees had been cut, and the largest one had been placed in the parlor She and the duchess had started decorating the trees with flower garlands Ehts were filled with drea for Marcellus flowered, which petrified her There were tied the brothers, and she ith either nahts that shahts she delved into her vagina with her fingers, and her mind-fevered fantasy was filled with them both

Since their night of dancing, she had carefully avoided Marcellus The level of hunger he had roused in her startled her Guilt ate at her that she wanted Marcellus and still loved Maxwell She needed time, and she prayed she could co to his lust

She had shored her courage to dine with the faaze to indicate the way he had loved her as they laughed and conversed, or when they retired to the parlor and played chess or si ht she should eat on her plate She had blushed profusely after realizing how inappropriate it seemed Yet neither the duke nor duchess nor his uncle had seen anything wrong with his actions She’d nificant portion on her plate that was pleasing to hiht since their dance She’d been humbled at the depth of how he had taken care of her when she wanted to die frorief

She dis about tonight’s meal had been different She had felt that intensity that alwaysher skin, and kneould coht they’d danced, but he had not even kissed her Tonight, she had mumbled excuses when he invited her to play whist in the library and fled to her bedchamber Emily knew she had to turn him away What she felt was too riotous She wanted to stop thinking about Maxwell before she could even begin to be comfortable hat she felt for Marcellus

She sat with false cals folded beneath her The door eased open gently, and he stepped in, still dressed in his dinner wear The logical speech she had planned fled and words rushed from her lips “It was a ether Until then the other night was a mistake I need more time We were both lonely, and we acted on it”

She saw soaze, and his htened He closed the door with a soft snick and thuht rail tight to her body She steadfastly refused to look at his trousers Not that it helpedin and out of her brought a delicious pulse between her legs The wet evidence of her desire seeped from her center How could she ache for hinore the traitorous reaction of her body to his presence and could not

“E his eyes, and she treaze

His gaze glea body, her swollen breasts, and her hard nipples, which yearned to be touched

“Say the words and I will leave,” he ordered

E shifted in the depth of his eyes, and her heart sla, but she had seen it It shook her to realize he dreaded rejection fro she wanted to do was hurt Marcellus “Stay”

Relief and hunger flared in his eyes, and he walked farther into her chamber She bit her lips hard as he removed his jacket, shirt, trousers, and assorted unmentionables until he stood naked before her She remained rooted to the spot, held by the fiery chains of desire

All her earlier affirotten a chance to observe him before He had loved her until the fireplace died, and neither of them had moved to switch on the lamps They had feasted by touch, taste, and scent Now she stared His body was hard but graceful and intensely masculine His chest was broad and muscled He was fully aroused, and his penis jutted out, thick and long

He strode to her and without speaking drew her night rail over her head He placed a hand underneath her buttocks and lifted her high, hisdown on her breast Sheher He sucked her nipple hard while using his other hand to shift her foot around his waist She instinctively wrapped both legs around his hips, and his strong arripped her buttocks, and positioned her over his erection She cried out, burying her face in the crook of his neck as he breached her soft opening with his rigid thickness

He twined her hair in his hand and tugged, lifting her face to ry “Do not ever think to turn ain, Emmeline You want me as nore the fire between us This is a passion we do not deny”

He placed a hard kiss on her lips, then plunged his hips in a short, powerful thrust that seated hiainst her lips “So wet for me, Emmeline”