Page 51 of Sir Hugo Seeks a Wife
“Oh, yes.”It was a sibilant expression of joy.She felt stretched.She felt complete.She felt as if this union nourished soul as much as flesh.
“You’re hugging me from inside,” Hugo murmured, rocking to go deeper.
Athene was so overwhelmed, she hadn’t realized that she clenched and released around him.“Do you like it?”
“I damn well do.”
“Good.”She loved that she gave him pleasure.This time, she did it deliberately, contracting her internal muscles in welcome.
He closed his eyes with visible enjoyment, and she basked in his transported expression.“Shall I move?”
She pitched her hips up.“Yes, please.”
The humor that she’d always found so attractive tugged at his lips.“Such lovely manners, my love.”
He shouldn’t call her his love.But lying beneath him like this, she couldn’t summon a shred of protest.Nor could she deny the warmth that softened her lonely heart now they were joined.
So slowly that she felt every potent inch, he withdrew then shifted forward.That satisfying sensation of being crammed to the brim returned.She raised her hips in eager welcome.Since he’d touched her cleft, she’d been on the verge of climax.Now ecstasy bloomed inside her, became invincible.
She moaned as he thrust.He adopted a pounding rhythm that echoed the beat of her blood.Every muscle strove toward the ultimate peak.She flung her legs over his, changing the angle yet again.
“Come for me, Athene.”His command was gruff as he scraped his teeth over the sensitive curve of her neck and went deeper yet.
She was powerless against the blazing pleasure.Shuddering response tossed her high into a new universe.With a cry, she broke free from reality and tumbled over the edge to soar through dazzling fire.
“Hugo!”she gasped, as the wild ride flung her amongst the stars.Heat blasted her from all directions and jolted her with bursts of extraordinary pleasure.She was so transported, she barely noticed when he struggled free with a muttered oath.
On a hoarse groan, he spilled his hot seed onto her bare stomach.
Her body still spasmed when Hugo collapsed on his back beside her.His rough, effortful breathing sounded shockingly loud in the quiet room.
Sensual satisfaction flowed through Athene like a river winding toward the sea, even as she tried to ignore a faint clang of disquiet.She’d wanted everything, but that would be criminally reckless.However, knowing that didn’t stifle the regret that he hadn’t spilled inside her.
“Devil take it, you took me so high, I nearly forgot to keep you safe.”He sounded as if his throat was lined with gravel.His chest heaved so violently that the mattress moved beneath her.
Still panting, he rolled onto his side.He studied her face in the flickering candlelight.“Are you all right?”
Athene touched his lean cheek with a trembling hand.He’d shaved before dinner, but now she felt the prickle of whiskers.That intimate detail stirred her, as if she claimed part of him that the world outside didn’t share.
Her impetuous rush of blood gradually ebbed to lazy swirls of pleasure.“Never better.”
When his lips twitched, she felt the muscles of his cheek move.Another intimate detail.“Did I hurt you?You were very tight.”
George hadn’t been a talker after intercourse.But then, George, she’d quickly realized, had been far more interested in his own pleasure than hers.It seemed that wasn’t true about Hugo.
“The result of ten years of chastity, I expect.”
He tilted his head to kiss her caressing fingers.“Not uncomfortable?”
“A little at first.Not for long.”While she’d climaxed before, the experience had never been this profound.
Hugo caught her hand and carried it to his lips.“I want you to be happy.”
The kiss, as much as what he said, melted her heart all over again.After the furious animal passion, this tenderness carried such power.“I’m happy.”
“So you like what we did?”
With a huff of laughter, she took her hand back.“Hugo, if you couldn’t tell that you transported me to the stars, you’re not the man I believe you are.”
