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She didn't mind him giving her pleasure as he had but she felt guilty as she would not be able to give him an heir in that manner.

She needed to convince him that she was truly sorry for her deception as he had claimed that was his reason for leaving and also show him she was dedicated to at least fulfilling her other promises. Perhaps in time, he would come to forgive her and trust her.

She rolled to face the other side and sighed.

He had been beautiful though.

She had spared a look even while he wreaked havoc on her senses with his tongue between her legs and he had had his eyes closed in determination and she couldn't help but bite her lip now. Her woman hood responded to the thought and throbbed with need.

She sighed and wondered if he would truly keep from her bed. Would she even survive it now she knew what pleasure felt like?

She already made a mental list of the seasons events as well as guests she would introduce him to that would help with his goal of re-entering society but even though she would not admit it out loud, she would have much preferred working on producing heirs instead.

She tossed and turned hoping sleep would claim her before the flame of desire consumed her but there was no such thing.

Her body throbbed as she was flooded with memories of the night.

"I want to show you something new." He smiled, sniffing her deeply. "Your desire smells divine. I cannot wait to drink of your nectar."

She had reddened because nothing in her inexperience could have prepared her for the combined sensation of his gravelly voice and lips and hands on her body or the heat that came off him in waves warming her deeply.

"I don't know what..."

"Lay back and trust me.".

He groaned against her, applying suction to the throbbing nub at a pace that winded her. It was altogether too much that no sounds could come out of her.

"You taste better than anything I could have imagined." He groaned against her as he licked her again in one long stroke. "Damn."

She bit her lip as he groaned again. He made her feel like he was actually enjoying the attention he was paying to her.

Soon her body began to buck as she felt her entire body light up.

"Your grace." She begged not knowing what she begged for but knowing it was only he who could give it to her. "Please."

He didn't speak but moved a finger to her entrance, sliding it in slowly and then increasing the pace.

The world grew in color and fell apart in a colorful stream that she wasn't sure she could survive and when it was over, she lay back trying to remember her name and where she was.

She was glad she had married him for she wondered if any man would have taken out the to teach her such things.

Novels were very insufficient in the knowledge they had given her. She wondered what other tricks he knew that he would teach her and she wondered if he too would show her how to bring him pleasure.

She would be extremely grateful if she learnt how to. Perhaps she could punish him for leaving her tonight just as he had.

She turned to the side and wondered whether it was truly improper of her to be having such thoughts of her new husband and giggled.

She would learn so well she would leave him begging too but until then, she'll play the well bred gentlewoman and introduce to everyone he needed to know but once she has him in her hands, he would rue the day he chose to walk out on her.

With that thought, she fell asleep with a broad smile on her face.

Indeed, he would pay for slighting her as he had.

ChapterFourteen

"Iwas wondering when you would grace us with your presence."

Victoria was greeted by the chilly tone of Dowager Duchess voice the moment she set foot in the dining room the morning after her wedding day.

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