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Digging her fingernails into his buttocks, she spurred hi and hard until beads of sweat trickled down his spine, until theeet music to his ears

“Don’t stop” Her breath breezed over hi me”

His heart swelled to gargantuan proportion, the rush of blood filling his cock until he was about ready to burst “I … I need to withdraw,” he gasped though he was reluctant to leave her warm, wet body

“Must you?”

Good Lord He would love nothing more than to spill his seed inside her — to claim her, to ether for all eternity

But he was not a selfish man

Suppressing a groan of disappointh she continued to stroke and caress him until he shuddered with the power of his release

Struggling to catch his breath, he collapsed on top of her She wrapped her arht As his mind cleared, he took a ratitude for the force of fate that had worked to bring theether

They re room for another hour, y to climb the stairs They ate in her cha, whilst carnal, conveyed a depth of tenderness and emotion that touched his soul

“Happiness feels so much more profound when you have experienced sadness,” she mused

He trailed his fingers over the curve of her hip as they lay naked on the bed “I never thought to feel this way again,” he said, acknowledging the truth to her words “It has always been you I knoill never feel this ith another”

She smiled, caressed his cheek as she stared into his eyes “Then ill let nothing keep us apart”

Chapter 15

The line of carriages stretched all the way along the length of Wigardens in the centre of Cavendish Square Abetter to do could have counted their number which was sure to reach fifty or more

Tristan was grateful he had chosen to walk There was little point scanning the row of conveyances looking for Isabella A greythe lines, so one had to squint to see anything clearly The drivers’ cries cut through the s the queue Carriage doors opened and slaentlemen decided to abandon their vehicles and walk