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"You wouldn’t want ed it to his cock, prodding her fingers to wrap around hi the hair on his legs to prickle "Part of you may be appalled at my primitive approach to certain matters, but part of you wouldn’t have ant"

"I take no credit for your attraction My parents are responsible for my appearance, and rateful they win your regard Contrary to your opinion, you are the perfect female forhim Her hands were so slender; she could not circle hiard?" she asked, tracing a thick vein with her fingertip

"Your honesty and good s-sense," he hissed, shuddering as she clasped the head of his cock in her palht And the way you respond to h of that You es you use to keep others at bay"

Eliza’s tongue followed the curve of her lower lip Her eyes had grown heavy-lidded, betraying hoell she enjoyed touching him so intimately Or perhaps it hat he’d said Jasper reached up and cupped her breast, his thu She made a soft noise of pleasure

"Lie atopunsure He showed her the way, steadying her with his hands on her waist as she draped her sli her nape, he pulled her lips down to his He kissed her with open-ue She kissed hi across his, her hands clutching the counterpane on either side of hi no h and yet it was tooboth erotic and sweet The feel of her slight weight stretched across hi of tiny kisses she pressed all over his lips ht

"I’ive up this intirovel to keep it "I will make mistakes I don’t kno to do this, how to be what you deserve"

Eliza kissed him quiet "We’ll show one another how to be what the other needs," she breathed "I want to be the one who gets inside you The one you cannot forget…"

Jasper thrust his fingers into her hair and took her , deep kiss He had no notion of what time it was, and he didn’t care He just knew he didn’t want it to end

Chapter 10

Eliza had never fully appreciated the restorative properties of salt baths However, Jasper insisted she take one before leaving his hoht avail herself of one in thetaken his advice, she feltsoreness in un, as she often was after strenuous activity She ate far more at breakfast than was usual and remained at the table for so sunshine slanting through theat her back, Eliza read the paper and chose not to think about all theabout Instead she chose to dissect the waltz in herupon that teachinglater for his first dance lesson She was eager for him to become proficient so she could share a dance with hiht of being in his are to be decorous at a time when she would be so physically stie and tapped her foot to a tune playing in her head After returning hoht before, she’d stayed in She was perfectly content to read the various renditions of last night’s events in the gazettes, having previously come to the conclusion that the printed tales were oftenthan the reality

"Eliza"

Glancing up, she smiled as her uncle reentered the roo wooden table with a frown Today was one of the few days when every piece of his attire was the way it should be, signaling a hard-won victory for his lordship’s valet

"The Earl of Westfield is here," he said, pausing beside her