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She couldn’t break free of his hold Although she kneas unwise to allow their association to develop further, her heart screa If her life continued as it was, this one night may very well be the only opportunity she had to experience true fulfil what it was to love, and lie, with another

Decision entle hand on the back of Sebastian’s head, drawing his head down to hers until their lips ht the brief look of shock on his face before she captured his lips with hers, and was rewarded when his moistened lips immediately returned her kiss

Despite his compliance, Amelia could sense his hesitation Clearly, he was reluctant to do anything that would cause her distress Desperate to convey with her lips ords could not express, she pressed her lips persistently against his, copying his earlier actions She was rewarded when, after several roaned low in his throat and deepened the kiss

Carefully, Sebastian eased on to his good side, pulling her around until she was facing hi her chin upwards, he leant over her and probed the ue

Not that Aized for his forwardness, she ht there and then Instead she was tugged flush against hi half over her as he deepened the kiss She ently between hers

The next few moments passed in a blur of wondrously new sensations as desire built Sebastian so, beforeher closer

He shivered at the delicious sensations of her naked flesh against his and he felt his manhood throb painfully beneath the sheets

Despite her reservations, Amelia knew that back in the world Sebastian habitually frequented, he would have ran his eyes over so on to one of the beautifully powdered, elegantly gowned ladies who paraded themselves for the delectation of men like Sebastian Woround She had no doubt that had they been anywhere other than her little cottage, he wouldn’t have looked twice at her, much less made to kiss her, or lie with her

But would that ht if she made love with him? Would she be no more than a common whore? Or would she be simply a woiven an opportunity to learn what it was like to be loved and cared for?

Could she take the risk that he would not take her heart with him when he left? Already Amelia knew the answer to that one He already had her heart There was little she could do about it

Decision ave herself over to the delightful sensations Sebastian was creating

Sebastian kneas lost Despite her willingness to accept his kisses, he sensed she spent the last fewwith indecision He knehen she had vanquished her dean to actively engage his advances

Stunned by the sheer barrage of eh him, Sebastian kneas lost In all of his four and thirty years, with all of the mistresses he had bedded over the years, he had never made love to any woman who had had such an immediately profound effect upon him Amelia, with all of her innocence, had to be the most sensual woman he had ever encountered

His eyes wandered over her as she lay within the comfort of his embrace and he felt the blood pound in his veins

Head tossed back, her hair had long since lost its pins and fallen in a riotous wave of curls on the pillow, beckoning hiht in the silken bonds Her naked body lay flushed and teht