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Her shtness to her brown eyes He sed dry, as the sight of her faint smile had consequences in the area of his loins He went back to his paper, iue ended Hurriedly, she continued her work She turned to the shelves and his eye returned to her nape

His stare followed her nape as she moved about However, it a Why the hell did he order her to stay anyway? Clear thinking shut down He stood fro faltered, as if sensing his move, slowed and then she resumed normal speed

He approached her froht hand reached her te nape She halted His left hand held her upper ar away He touched her skin And dived into paradise His fingers explored the wared hi brown coloured hair, caught in the cap Her breath quickened He forgot all about oxygen Her feet moved one step backwards at the same time his moved one forward Now he could see her whole upper body reflected on the cabinet’s glass Her breasts peaked through the rough fabric

His hand explored even ulped in air as he traced her jawline As she exhaled, he felt her body go malleable She lost balance and leaned on his demanded short breaths He finally smelled her Dull soap, soman He wanted more, all! Her eyelids slid down, his head bent more His lips were one inch from her left ear He wanted to turn her to him, he wanted to…

Knock, knock, knock

Quick steps, he returned to his desk As an auto

“Come in” He ordered, his voice not so cold

Mr Talcott, the butler, entered the room, Mrs Talcott’s husband as aon you, my lord” He announced respectfully

Hugh had co they were supposed to take today Duncan, his best friend They had met in Eton and had been friends since then “Please, take hi room I’ll meet him in five minutes”

“Very well, my lord” The butler left after a bow

Hugh looked at Sarah She busied herself with the dusting and did not look at hi stuff, curtsied to the floor and left

He walked to theand leaned his forehead on the cool glass His body still bore traces of the effect she had on hiave himself a couple of minutes and went to meet Duncan

As soon as Sarah broke free from the library, she rushed to the servants’ quarters and hid herself in a re stuff and all Breathless, flushed all over, the nape of her neck seemed to burn She leaned on the wall, head bent back Never in her life had she experienced such fervent sensations On fire, she felt Moistened She did not kno she would concentrate on her duties now She had to resist this temptation She had to keep away from him How?

After the fencing session, Hugh ed to dissipate a little of his sexual frustration But the bitter taste of this strange desire lingered He felt ashamed of himself He had never resourced to servants Not even when all his teenage Eton peers did it He had always dee a coone father, Lord Christopher, did not lower hi to servants’ quarters And he, Hugh, the only boy a four sisters, did not have much opportunity or that He had been raised by household staff, wet-nurses, nannies, even governesses Therefore, the lesson that he learned: ranks did not mix and kept mutual, distant respect

He sat in his carriage, having parted fro that they had an invitation for dinner at the dowager countess’ tonight So he would have a long night of lukewarm entertainh