Page 31 (1/2)
"When can I talk to you?" he asked
"We’re talking right now"
"You knohat I want," cae beyond his broad shoulder Yes, she knew exactly what he intended to discuss with her, and she would have given anything to avoid it "Early in the ested "We’ll ht"
"Toan to walk around hiripped the back of her braided coiffure and tugged her head back, his h repeatedly as he explored her with his tongue, filling herneed, McKenna gripped the sides of her hps and slid his knee between her legs He urged her against hieverywhere, even as the coolness of rain drenched her skin and clothing Groping for balance, she held on to his shoulders while he pressed kisses and indistinct words against her parted lips He pulled her forward until she rode hi her in a delicious rhythht where her body had become swollen and hot…the pleasure built too quickly, and she struggled against hi raggedly They faced each other, standing in the rain like a pair of besotted half-wits Shrugging out of his coat, McKenna held it over Aline as a ed her to cohtning, standing out here" A crooked smile crossed his face as he added wryly, "Not that I would notice"
Eighteen
Just after two o’clock in the , Livia sneaked into the darkened bachelor’s house and was i a shriek of surprise, she found herself being jerked against a tall male body It was Gideon, clad in a silk robe Livia relaxed in his ar around his He kissed her as if their separation had been a ?" he de her toward the bedroo-about business isn’t easy, with the uests," Livia protested "I had to wait until I was certain that no one could seeoff to the bachelor’s house Especially as we’re already under suspicion"
"We are?" He stopped at the bedside and began to unfasten the back of her gown
"Well, naturally, after I traipsed off to London while you just happened to be there And then there’s the way you look at ether For a man who is supposedly a sophisticate, you’re terribly obvious"
"Terribly," he agreed, pulling her hand to his aroused body
Drawing aith a giggle, Livia shed her gown, beneath which she was completely naked Taken by surprise, Gideon drew his breath in sharply, his gaze riveted on her "I ca his head as if to clear it, Gideon dropped his robe and approached her His hands skimmed the curves of her hps as if she were a priceless sculpture "So did I, actually I brought so from London" His hands drifted upward to her breasts, his thuh you ued, Livia looped her arms around his neck as he picked her up and carried her to the bed He dropped her to the mattress, bent to kiss the s at the bedside table She was surprised when he gave her a little packet made of thin paper, which enclosed an unfa, covered with a thin, transparent skin Regarding the object closely, Livia felt herself blush as coed and looked vaguely sheepish "At the risk of seeht have another night together"
"Presu the sheath in the palm of her hand
"Have you ever seen one before?"
"No, although I’ve heard of thehtened "It seems like an odd idea…and not especially ronancy," Gideon said frankly, pulling back the covers as he joined her on the bed "I wouldn’t "
The thought of carrying his baby…Livia looked away fros that seeht her beneath the bed linens with hiently "Do you want to try it this way?"
"I suppose so," Livia said doubtfully, holding the rolled-up sheath up to the lah the near-transparent hter "It won’t hurt," he said "And you may appreciate the fact that when a er for him to clax"
"Does it? Why? Because you can’t feel asto eat supper through a table napkin"
Livia gave him the sheath "Don’t wear this, then, and we’ll do it the usual way"
Gideon shook his head decisively "I don’t trustimpossible to withdraw at the moment that I most want to stay inside you Here…helpat least once, I always say"
Bashfully Livia followed his th of his erection, adjusting it to forht," she said
"It’s supposed to fit this way, or it will slide off"
Letting go of him, she lay back on thehers, "I’ for five nights"
Livia’s eyes half-closed as his head lowered to her breasts, his tongue swirling in intricate patterns over her skin He took her nipple into his ently with his teeth and licked until it was engorged and darkened Then heit in a si beneath him He made love to her with tender skill, attentive to every twitch and shiver of response Pausing briefly, Gideon reached for so at the bedside She heard him fumble with the lid of a jar, and then his hand slid between her thighs to distribute a satiny filh the soft folds, then circled the entrance of her body
"Gideon," she said in agitation, "I’m ready now"
He smiled as he continued to play idly with her "You’re too impatient"
"I’m impatient because I’m ready…oh, why do you always have to take so much time?"
"Because I love to torertips co herself to endure the teasing exploration, Livia reached upward to the spindles of the headboard and gripped the hard, slender cylinders of wood Gideon knelt between her thighs and applieddeep inside her
Livia was finally reduced to begging "Gideon, please do it now, please…"
Her words were cut off as he entered her carefully, filling her until she groaned in relief "Is it all right?" Gideon asked, bracing his forearms on either side of his head "It’s not uncomfortable, is it?"