Page 61 of Sir Hugo Seeks a Wife
“So many questions.”
His fond teasing eased her nervousness.“Are you going to look at me?”
He ran his hands up her calves to her closed knees.“Yes.”
“Do you intend to return the favor?”
“Later.”He rested his hands on her knees under her loose nightdress.“Lie down.”
“You could say please.”
“Please.”
The repressed laughter in his voice made her blood fizz like the fine champagne they’d opened before dinner.Every instinct told her that whatever he had in mind, she was sure to enjoy it.
Nearly mad with curiosity, she rested back to stare at the shadowy plaster garlands decorating the high ceiling.While she was bristlingly conscious of Hugo drawing her knees apart, she offered no resistance.Even without looking at him, she knew he stared at her cleft.The knowledge was deeply stirring, making her muscles clench on the hungry emptiness inside her.
His breathing became erratic, proof that what he did tested his control.Soft flannel brushed along her torso, as he hitched up her nightdress until it scrunched beneath her breasts.“You’re so beautiful, Athene.”
“Down there?”she choked out.
“Everywhere.”
The tension flowed out of her, and she relaxed against the sheets as the scent of her arousal rose to tinge the warm air.He must know that she wanted him, although he didn’t seem in a hurry to do anything about it.
He stroked up her thighs and rested one hand on her mound.She gasped as he pressed down, rubbing the heel of his hand across the soft curls.Liquid surged inside her, as her body readied for him.
Athene waited for Hugo to stand, but he didn’t.Instead, for a long moment, he kept up the soft pressure.She became wetter by the second.If he wanted to take his time looking at her, she was more than happy to allow him.She’d imagined that she’d be uncomfortable with this intimate attention, but something deep inside her blossomed at his appreciation for her as a sexual being.
His hands caught her thighs, holding them apart to allow him to take his place between them.When he placed a kiss on her stomach, her skin tingled with pleasure.She raked her fingers through his silky thatch of burnished hair and let her hand rest on his head, as he traced random paths of delight over her skin.Taking his time, setting up restless eddies in her blood.When he dipped to kiss her mound, she didn’t immediately realize that he had a goal in mind, until his tongue traced her cleft.
On an incoherent whimper of shock, she tried to close her legs.But it was impossible when fourteen stone of brawny Yorkshireman kneeled in the way.Her hands fell to her sides and plowed into the rumpled sheets.
His grip firming, he raised his head to survey her.“You’ll like this.”
She reared up on her elbows to stare at him in consternation.“Do you?It doesn’t seem a nice thing to do.”
His earlier smugness returned.It would irritate her, if she didn’t find it so adorable.“It’s definitely nice.For both of us.You taste wonderful.Better than Mrs.Treddle’s onion tarts.”
Despite all her disquiet, that made her laugh.“Those are pretty good.”
“They are indeed.”His expression sobered, and she caught genuine longing in his ultramarine eyes.“Let me do this, Athene.”
She studied him.Bizarre as this action seemed, she couldn’t doubt his sincerity.And she couldn’t deny that despite her embarrassment, she hadn’t exactly disliked having his mouth on her quim.
“Are you sure?”The question was redundant.She read the resolution in his face.
“Yes, I’m sure.”
“This is what you meant when you talked about eating me, wasn’t it?”
The smile lines deepened around his eyes.“I thought you might enjoy it.”
“I’ll have to see.”She tried to sound as if she were reconciled to what was about to happen.And failed miserably.
Hugo responded with a low chuckle.“Be brave, Athene.”
She slumped onto the mattress and went back to staring at the ceiling.She braced for his mouth on her again, but instead, he began to nibble inciting little kisses over her thighs.Thighs tight with tension.Although soon that tension seeped away under his attentions.The chafe of his whiskers on her skin was surprisingly arousing.
