“Oh?” she breathed. “Then please,” she murmured in a voice barely audible. Breathless. “Let me see you at your weakest.”
He stared transfixed into the soft crystals of her eyes. He didn’t require any further encouragement. His control had been hanging by a thread, and she snapped it with that last request. He caught her lips again, and this time, he plundered instead of cajoled. He no longer held back.
He wanted to claim her.
Possess her.
Become truly hers.
His hand resumed its previous mission, tracking over the skin of her leg. “Christ, Harriet,” he growled. “If I can’t have you now, you might as well slit my wrists.”
“So impatient.”
Will cursed, and his hand paused. “But this is the library.” Had he lost his damn mind? Yes.Yeshe had. And he didn’t want to reclaim it.
“Is that a problem? Oh, right,” she murmured with a glance to the door. “What if someone walks in?”
“If they enter it means they didn’t knock.” He lowered his voice. “This is still madness.”
“Itisquite scandalous...” She sounded so delighted that Will felt his whole body thrum with lust.
“You started it, love.”
“Yes, and I always finish what I start.” She wet her lips, and Will followed the action hungrily.
Christ.
She was killing him. With every kiss. Every small touch. Every little word.His tempest.His salvation. His hope.
A blush stole over her cheeks. “Why are you just staring at me, Will?”
“You are beautiful.”
“Why thank you, but shouldn’t you be doing somethingelse? Like kissing me. Touching me. Anythingbutstaring at me, Will.”
Will didn’t need to be told twice. He crushed his mouth down against hers again, giving his wife what she wanted. He didn’t know when or why she had decided that he had earned the right to become a real husband in every sense of the word. But now that he had, he wasn’t going to let any moment tobereal slip him by.
Will dropped his head into the hollow of her neck and inhaled deeply before he trailed his tongue down the smooth, delicate arch of her neck to her collarbone.
“It’s your first time. We should do it in a bed.”
“This is perfect,” came her quiet reply. “Don’t make me wait any longer.”
Will groaned. She had no idea what those words did to him. He couldn’t wait any longer either. His entire body ached with the need to be inside her.
“As my wife wishes.”
His hand dragged from her leg to her center while the other hooked below her buttocks and lifted her, anchoring her to the shelf at her back. He guided her leg to wrap around his waist.
“Oh,” she whispered as he cupped her core with his hand.
“So soft,” Will whispered in her ear, his finger pressing deep into her. “So warm. How does this feel?”
“Strange.” Her eyes met his, and he trailed his lips over her bright pink cheeks.
“Just strange?”
“Good too. Intriguing.”
