Society's Most Disreputable Gentleman (2011)
“He tried, he really did try, not to think wicked thoughts…but he just couldn’t help it.
Images of fevered kisses and stolen caresses seemed to shimmer in the dimly lit air around him. Desire rose in a fierce wave, swamping him.
Not at all sure he could control it, he was halfway to the point of leaving when the door opened softly and, bearing a single candle, Miss Neville crept in.
She jumped when his figure materialised out of gloom. ‘Whisper the secret code,’ he joked, trying to set her at ea...se and rein in the desire that pounded in his ears and pulsed through his body with every rapid heartbeat.
He yearned to draw closer, but he couldn’t risk that now, not with the strong sensual connection sizzling between them. Not when the shadows and the teasing scent of her perfume and her lovely face, gazing up at him, would make leaning down to claim her lips so very easy.
He took a step back from temptation, his hands shaking with the effort to resist touching her. Forcing himself to focus on the reason for this meeting, he said, ‘What has transpired that is so dire you must sneak about in the dark to discuss it?’ Without preamble, she related the troubling news her maid had confided.MoreLess
Images of fevered kisses and stolen caresses seemed to shimmer in the dimly lit air around him. Desire rose in a fierce wave, swamping him.
Not at all sure he could control it, he was halfway to the point of leaving when the door opened softly and, bearing a single candle, Miss Neville crept in.
She jumped when his figure materialised out of gloom. ‘Whisper the secret code,’ he joked, trying to set her at ea...se and rein in the desire that pounded in his ears and pulsed through his body with every rapid heartbeat.
He yearned to draw closer, but he couldn’t risk that now, not with the strong sensual connection sizzling between them. Not when the shadows and the teasing scent of her perfume and her lovely face, gazing up at him, would make leaning down to claim her lips so very easy.
He took a step back from temptation, his hands shaking with the effort to resist touching her. Forcing himself to focus on the reason for this meeting, he said, ‘What has transpired that is so dire you must sneak about in the dark to discuss it?’ Without preamble, she related the troubling news her maid had confided.MoreLess
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