The Promise in a Kiss
“Considered the unexpected tack Sebastian had taken.
Remembered her dreams.
Wondered again what it would have felt like to spread her hands over his chest, beneath the silk and satin of his coat, to feel the width and weight of his muscles . . .
“Non, non, non, et non!”
Furious, she whirled, kicking her skirts before her. “That is why he did it!”
To make her dream, yearn, desire . . . want. To make her come to him, surrender like some witless lovelorn maid.
A sneaky, underhanded conquest.
Safe and alone in her bedchamber, she could admit it might have worked.
“But not now.” Not now that she’d realized his true goal. She was twenty-three—no starry-eyed innocent when it came to the games men played. A seduction could be achieved by more than one route; monsieur le duc assuredly knew every road.
“Every twist in every road. Hah!”
He would not catch her.
There was only just over a week to go before the ton left London; she could assuredly hold him at bay until then.
“Mignonne, it is cus...tomary to pay some attention to the gentleman who partners you in the dance.”MoreLess
Remembered her dreams.
Wondered again what it would have felt like to spread her hands over his chest, beneath the silk and satin of his coat, to feel the width and weight of his muscles . . .
“Non, non, non, et non!”
Furious, she whirled, kicking her skirts before her. “That is why he did it!”
To make her dream, yearn, desire . . . want. To make her come to him, surrender like some witless lovelorn maid.
A sneaky, underhanded conquest.
Safe and alone in her bedchamber, she could admit it might have worked.
“But not now.” Not now that she’d realized his true goal. She was twenty-three—no starry-eyed innocent when it came to the games men played. A seduction could be achieved by more than one route; monsieur le duc assuredly knew every road.
“Every twist in every road. Hah!”
He would not catch her.
There was only just over a week to go before the ton left London; she could assuredly hold him at bay until then.
“Mignonne, it is cus...tomary to pay some attention to the gentleman who partners you in the dance.”MoreLess
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