“The sweeping staircase, suspended over the entry in a veritable miracle of design was, his lordship decided, the perfect foil for his wife’s stunning beauty as she descended the stairs that evening, garbed in full regalia for the opera. Her high-waisted half-dress of white gauze, embroidered in silver and studded with brilliants, opened over a gown of soft peach. Her hair was dressed high and entwined with silver cord, one softly unwinding curl falling in front each ear. As she caught his eyes ...upon her, she deliberately—or so he hoped—allowed her silver mesh shawl to droop, revealing a swell of softly mounded flesh considerably greater than she had displayed at sixteen. Though not a whit more enticing, Jason admitted, as heated thoughts of that long-ago bridal night engulfed his mind. Devil a bit! He’d invited Brawley and Dinsmore to join them at the opera when all he wanted to do was rush his wife back upstairs and— Enticing feathers do not a willing woman make. He was unsure who had said that, but the words popped into his mind like a canker.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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