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West lowered her to the floor, easily controlling their descent He knelt over her, stripped off his coat and tossed it aside, and roughly unknotted his necktie She knew she could stop hi with anticipation for things she couldn’t even na down, he pushed back the hem of her skirts a few inches to uncover her ankles He reently beneath her heels, and thenhe bent to press his lips over the silk of her stockings, kissing each foot in turn
Phoebe could only stare at hiesture
He held her gaze, his eyes a shade of blue she’d seen only in drea her legs apart beneath the skirts One of his arain He was so careful, so assured, absorbed in her every response His fingertips wandered over exposed skin wherever he could find it, her wrists, her throat, the shadowed places behind her ears
The tender friction of histo the ends of her nerves, and she couldn’t help squir to understand temptation as she never had before, how it could unravel a well-behaved lifetime in a matter of minutes The bodice of her dress was loose—he’d unfastened it before she’d even noticed Her corset was partially boned and made with silk elastic, more flexible than the usual stiff contraption of steel and tough cotton coutil After unhooking the top, he lifted her breasts free of the half cups She felt the wet touch of his tongue, a line of heat painted across a tense nipple His lips closed over her and tugged gently, sending shocks of pleasure down to her toes Moving to the other breast, he drew the tender budded peak into hiswith it
One of his hands reached down to grasp the front of her skirts, pulling up the fabric until the only layers between them were his trousers and the thin cotton voile of her drawers He let her havesoftness, relieving the hot ache She felt the slight roughness of his pal the tip No matter how she tried to stay still, pleasure stirred all through herpulses, twitches, flutters, all begging to be gathered into a single chord of release Her hips nudged upward in a rhythmic movement beyond her control Later, she would be mortified at the memory of her wanton behavior, but for now the need was too overpowering
A whi her of his weight, and she tried to bring him back to her
He was breathing in unsteady surges “Phoebe—No, I’m so close, I can’t—”
She interrupted hi kiss With a sh, he relented and pressed her back down into the chaotic ruffles of her dress The loosened bodice pulled tight over her ar it difficult to move He kissed her exposed breasts and licked the undersides, nuzzling the plush curves Reaching beneath her skirts, he found the open split of her drawers His palm skimmed the tops of soft, dry curls in repeated passes, the sensation working down to the follicles and sending a quiver of awareness through her Very gently he parted the curls and ran a fingertip along the private furrow
Craving ainst his hand, but his touch reht and unhurried as he explored the intricate crevice Oh, God, he knehat he was doing, coaxing her response by gradual degrees,her wait in helpless anticipation Softly, alrazed the bud of her clitoris Her entire body jerked
A hungry shudder wracked her as his touch withdrew “Oh, please” she whispered through dry lips
West looked down at her with a faint s-blue His head lowered to her breast, his lips closing over the tip For long minutes he suckled and licked, while his hand traversed her body in leisurely paths She si but the pleasure of what he was doing to her After torturous delays and detours, he finally reached between her thighs and touched the wet, vulnerable entrance of her body Her hands gripped his shoulders, and she panted into the open neck of his shirt, her legs tensing The blunt tip of a finger worked its way inward, the thickness of a knuckle stretching tender flesh There wasstrokesa peculiar pressure that sent a shot of heat to the quick of her body
Slowly he eased his finger out and toyed with the silky flanges of her inner lips as if they were petals before circling the taut peak of her sex One wet fingertip ht abrasion of a callous rasping delicately, causing her toes to curl Tension coiled inside her, so erotic and unbearable she would have done anything to relieve it
“How sensitive you are,” he whispered against her burning cheek “It ue Would you like that?”
A breath stuck in her throat
Amusement danced in the hot blue depths of his eyes as he saw her reaction
“OhI don’t think” was all she could e to say