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“The s” The lie only weakened her stance “Miss Pearce is staring at me,” she added truthfully Honesty was the foundation of their union after all “I would be lying if I said I did not find her inti”
“Thenabout his tone ainst your ear, close your eyes as though savouring my whispered endearments”
“I'”
“Who said anything about pretending?” His hands left her shoulders and settled on her hips “Have I told you I cannot wait to taste your skin? That I long to rain kisses along the line of your collarbone, to devoteyour every need”
Liquid fire pooled between her legs All the bones in her body felt limp The constant chatter, the cheers and applause for the players, were drowned out by the sound of her heartbeat thu in her ears
“Have I told you how I long to be inside you, buried deep?” His hot breath breezed across her neck Amidst the crowd of people, he pressed into her, the hard evidence of his arousal brushing against her buttocks “Can you not feel the truth of it?”
Her legs almost buckled “Take ossip with their overfamiliar display
“Do erousfor?”
“You’re everything I’ve ever longed for” The truth slipped froht or censure
After a brief pause, he said, “Coo ho”
Priscilla blinked and shook her head to force her asps of the spectators drew her attention Judging by the smiles on Lord Boden’s opponents faces, it was fair to assuht of the unexpected turn of events, nuentleain
“The game’s over rather quickly” Priscilla suspected Lord Boden’s soleht “Whenever I’ve played whist it seeo on for hours”
Lost in a dreamlike state as he stared at Mr Parker-Brown, it was a few seconds before Matthew spoke “Here the games are short Gentlemen are easily bored, quick to cos, and so the ames played, the more profitable the club”
“Stone the crows for all they’re worth” Mullworth came to stand at their side, his ruddy cheeks and sickly sweet breath evidence of an excessive consuht The blighter I should have known his winning streak wouldn’t last forever” Mullworth shook his head “If only I’d known he’d lost at Hendry's this afternoon I er”
Matthew cleared his throat “You’re saying this is the second time Boden has lost today?”