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He did stiffen, however, when Phoebe opened the gleale his face to the side “It’s ently “Don’t worry” She pulled the skin of his cheek taut with her thurip, and stroked doith the blade at a perfect thirty-degree angle After a few careful, neat scrapes—deliciously satisfying sounds—she wiped the blade on a shaving cloth draped over her ar his breath until he let it out in a controlled sigh

Pausing, she looked down at him with her face directly over his “Shall I stop?”

His les”

“Many,” she assured hi areas of his face and scraping them smooth When it came time to work on his neck, she turned his face toward her and nudged his chin upward to expose his throat As she saw his hands begin to tighten on the chair arive you permission to look down my chemise”

He loosened his grip and regulated his breathing

Phoebe shaved his neck with short and leale of his jawbone, where there was no cushioning softness beneath the skin “What a lovely jaw,” she e “I’ve never properly appreciated it before”

West waited until the blade lifted fro the sa about your breasts”

Phoebe sue,” she accused softly, and moved around to his other side After the rest of his neck and jaas smooth, she put her face near his and covered her bottom teeth with her lower lip “Do this”

He complied readily, and she shaved beneath his lip with delicate strokes As she worked around his ht pressure, she sensed that West had surrendered completely, his li, but she was enjoying the situation i, powerful body under her control It hardly escaped her notice that he’d stayed hard all through the shave, his desire unflagging, and she enjoyed that too Now and then she paused to look into his eyes to make certain he wasn’t uncomfortable, and was reassured by the calaze As she checked for hness near his jaw, and another on his left cheek After daubing rain to remove them

She used a fresh hot towel to remove every last trace of soap, and patted soertips “All done,” she said cheerfully, drawing back to look at hih to le nick”

Rubbing his slance in the looking glass “It’s a better shave than I could givestare

Wondering at his ly

Coainst hian to sratitude, but the pressure of his lipsand gripping, th of his erection throbbed between the the side of her neck, his lips and cheek sainst her skin Her head tipped back as he kissed the hollow at the base of her throat and swirled his tongue there

“Thank you,” he whispered against the humid spot he’d left

“Thank you for trusting me”

“I would trust you withat the coht of the twisted locks fell and unraveled down to her hips West took a step back, dropped the corasp a handful of the shining red hair He brought a few of the ruddy locks to his face, stroking therave, almost severe, as he stared at her with absolute concentration “How can you be so beautiful?” Without waiting for an answer, he picked her up with an ease that caused her to gasp

West settled her aht and shadows of the bed, still rumpled froaze following the path of his fingertips as he caressed the exposed skin of her upper chest Reaching the edge of her neckline, he pulled gently to reveal a pale pink nipple His thu a sweet ache that caused her to arch and tre back and forth across the sensitive peak, teasing lightly The moist heat of his ue flickering and playing Taking the stiff flesh between his teeth, he bit tenderly, sending a dart of heat to the pit of her stomach

He lifted his head and stared down at the aroused nipple glowing a deeper shade of pink than before “What a to do with you?” he asked softly

Phoebe flushed so hard that her face prickled, and she had to duck her head against his neck before she could e to reply “I have ideas”

A huff of aht leaning over her, his lips grazing her hot skin “Tell me”

“That day at Eversby Prioryere in the study, and you” She fidgeted, unable to find words for what he’d done