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“Yourstrokes as his hips jerked violently “Stop now, love”

But she ignored hi him until his seed burst into her mouth, wet and warasped for breath as the tremors subsided

Daphne sat up and moistened her lips For a woman who lacked experience when it came to passionate encounters, she was quite pleased with herself

“You did not have to do that,” he said, still struggling for breath

“Did you not enjoy the experience?”

“Enjoy it? I’ve never felt anything so daood”

“Excellent” She drank in the look of contentnore the faint battle scars on his shoulder and chest Nothing would spoil thisfor me”

He raised an arrogant brow “I thought I just did”

Daphne gazed at hi in her chest must surely be apparent “Lie with et about the rest of the world for a while”

“By now youher hand and lying down next to her on the bed

She turned to face hi arms wrapped around her she closed her eyes, drew comfort from the smell of his unique scent

Daniel Thorpe was her match in every way Why had she not seen it before?

Chapter 20

It was one o’clock in thewhen Daniel’s conveyance rumbled to a halt outside the modiste shop on New Bond Street After yet another passionate interlude in his carriage, they’d spent more than half the journey asleep Daniel turned to the wo on his shoulder The soft, rhyth confirmed Daphne slept so deeply she had not realised the vehicle had stopped

He watched her for a moment, marvelled at the rise and fall of her chest, in the wared the depth of his feelings