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With sweet hesitation she slid down and kissed his smooth-shaven jaw Then she ht he would surely die in her arms if his passion re one small but, in his opinion, perfectly shaped breast

He bent his head to her and took the nipple in hisbetween his lips She wasout his nae thrilled hiroaned "Can you do that?"

"I assure you I can," he said with a low chuckle

She gasped as he sucked a touch harder "No, but is it allowed?"

His chuckle turned into a throaty laugh "Anything is allowed, rinned with a very ness as her words lost their coherence "And now," he said with a wicked leer, "I can do it to the other one"

His hands went to work pushing her dress off her other shoulder, but just before he revealed his prize, he heard the most awful sound

Perriwick

"Sir? Sir? Sir!!!" This, acco

"Blake!" Caroline gasped

"Shhh" He clao away"

"Mr Ravenscroft! It's o away," she whispered, her words getting muffled under his palm

"Perriwick!" Blake bellowed "I'ht as h the door "It's what I most feared"

"He knows I'm here," Caroline hissed Then, quite suddenly, she turned red as a raspberry "Oh, dear Lord, he knows I'm here What have I done?"

Blake cursed under his breath Caroline had clearly just regained her senses and res she'd been doing And, damn it, that made hie of her while his conscience was in full working order

"I can't let Perriwick see me," she said frantically

"He's just the butler," Blake replied, knowing that wasn't the point but a little too frustrated to care

"He's my friend And his opinion of meto right her appearance with such haste that her fingers kept slipping over the buttons of her dress

"Here," Blake said, giving her a shove "Into the washing room"

Caroline dashed into the s her slippers at the very last minute As soon as the door clicked behind her, she heard Blake yank open the door to his room and say, rather nastily, "What do you want, Perriwick?"