Page 36 of Adored
Of the castle?
Sure.
As they walked toward a space off to the left, Poe opened the doors with a grand flourish.
Inside, it was a library.
It was floor-to-ceiling books, and every shelf had so many that it would take a lifetime to read them all.
“Holy shit,” he said, staring up at the twenty-foot ceilings with rows upon rows of books.
This was something.
Poe explained.
“Some are as old as the castle,” he admitted. “Some were my father’s favorite books. When we redo the space, to make it moreOURSand less my parents’ space, I’d like to keep this space as it is. I love this room.”
Gamble looked around.
“Poe, Baby, I’d never touch this room and change it. I happen to love books. I can picture us on that couch, reading on a rainy day. Sign me up.”
Poe felt daring.
“Is that all you see us doing on that couch?” he asked.
Gamble grinned wickedly.
He slipped his hand into the back of Poe’s hair, and pulled him toward him. When he did, he captured his mouth, and owned that kiss.
Oh, and what a kiss it was.
Poe fell into it, and he forgot everything around him but the man masterfully driving that mating of mouths.
When he slowly broke it, he answered him.
“Absolutely not. I want to christen that couch by bending you over the arm, and having your ass, Duke of Gordon,” he admitted.
Poe was rock hard, and he wanted that in the worst way.
“Yes, please,” he whispered.
Gamble stared into his eyes.
“When we’re alone, I’ll make that happen, Doctor. We can play patient and doctor. It’s a little fantasy that I think about all the time.”
Well, yeah.
Because they’d been doctor and patient.
Now, Poe was fixated on it too.
As quickly as the seduction began, it ended with Gamble focusing on something else.
“Nice suit of armor,” he stated.
Poe laughed as he tucked his arm around Gamble’s waist, and slipped his hand into his back pocket, proprietarily.
Yeah, this man was his.
