Page 93 of A Virgin for the Duke of Scars
Aaron wrapped his arms around her waist, and she put her hands on his chest.
“There is nothing between us now,” he murmured.
“I do love you, husband,” she said.
He leaned in for another kiss, but she pushed slightly at his chest. She would have giggled at the frown that flickered across his face if she hadn’t had more words to say.
“If I could choose a future, I would want nothing more than to spend forever with you.”
“And I with you,” he said, before crushing his lips to hers.
Slowly, their kiss transformed into something more. Theresa felt the heat in her core that she had come to associate with the pleasure her husband brought her. But this time, it felt more intimate, something not to be rushed.
His tongue traced the outside of her lips, and she opened to welcome him in. As his tongue slipped along her own, she thought of the other things he had done to her with his tongue. Everything he had done to undo was yet another memory of pleasure she had not known existed.
Sister Edith had never prepared her for the feeling of being loved by a man. Perhaps it was because she could not adequately prepare her for an event that Sister Edith had never had.
Theresa kissed her husband back, this time nibbling on his bottom lip as he had so often done to her. When she sucked on the soft skin, he took a sharp inhale, and then a soft exhale brushed against her skin.
“I could spend all day kissing you, but I had other things in mind,” he said, breaking away from their kiss to plant his lips on her jaw.
Aaron’s lips trailed down her neck to the swell of her breasts. Without a word, he reached behind her and undid the laces of her dress slowly. She felt the release of the fabric and immediately reached up to slide it down her shoulders. Aaron helped her shimmy it around her hips, and then the fabric was gone.
The cool air kissed her skin and tempered some of the heat that had been building in her body. But it did not remain that way for long when her husband came near to her, his fingers trailing over her stomach, between her legs.
Theresa stood in the clearing naked, just as she had once pictured doing in what felt like another lifetime. When she stumbled upon him the day she had ridden in the forest, she had no idea what pleasure he would be able to bring her.
She reached up to undo Aaron’s buttons so that they might both be naked together for the first time.
Her mind flickered back to the first time they had made love. She had not gotten to see him as he took her, but she did catch glimpses of him as he dressed in front of her. Today, she would get to explore the curves of his chest, his abdomen. She would hold on to his arms and let him caress her with the delicate touch of his hand.
She wanted to feel him pressed up against her, every inch of his skin igniting a fire within her.
As she fumbled, he helped her unskilled fingers undo the buttons on his shirt and the laces of his trousers. Theresa lingered on his chest, tracing his muscles with her fingertips. She placed her head in the center of his chest to hear his heartbeat thrumming within him.
Much to her delight, she found that his heart was racing nearly in tandem with her own. She had suspected that he was as eager for these sorts of moments as she was, but here was her proof.
She pulled back from him to appraise him with her eyes. Apart from the night in the library when she had a glimpse of him, she had never seen a man fully naked, and she was utterly enthralled by his body.
“There is something I would like to do with you, wife,” Aaron murmured, pulling her out of her reverie.
Theresa tore her gaze away from his chest and looked up at him. His lips curled into a mischievous grin.
“There are things I would not mind doing with you, husband.”
Aaron returned his lips to her neck and kissed his way lower until he found her nipple. Slowly, he slid his tongue around it and then trailed kisses down her belly to the aching flesh between her legs.
She cried out in frustration when he pulled back and rose to kiss her on the lips.
“Lie down. Right here in the grass,” he commanded.
Without a second thought, she lowered herself onto the bank and waited for him to join her. He leaned in and kissed her until she was begging for more.
“Last time, you were upset that I made love to you in the dim library at Lady Sophia’s house. Today, I will make love to you in broad daylight so that you know that it isyouI’ve wanted all along.”
He gently laid her down on the grass. She settled herself on the cool grass as Aaron leaned in to kiss her. He leaned over top of her, one hand exploring the curves of her body until she arched up to meet him. When he realized that she could scarcely take any more, he rolled on top of her.
Aaron propped himself on his forearms to allow her to breathe easily, but her breath came in ragged gasps anyway.
