Page 54 of The Secret of the Dashing Detective
“You are the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen,” he said. “And you are mine.”
He saw the flash of triumph in her eyes, and he had to add, for the benefit of them both, “for now.”
“You are right,” she said, lifting him up to her, whipping off his cravat and fisting his shirt in her hands. “I am yours. And I want you to make me yours. In truth, every way possible.”
CHAPTER19
“We cannot.”
She knew what he was going to say before the words were even out of his mouth, and she was already doing her utmost to change his mind.
“We can.”
“Juliana—”
“Matthew, you were right when you said that I am yours. And you are mine. Whatever happens in the future will happen, but one thing I know for certain is that I will never feel for another the way I feel for you. No one else will ever do for me what you just did, and I know that no one will ever love as you will.”
“Your brother would murder me.”
“Do we really need to speak about my brother at a time like this?”
He couldn’t help but chuckle at that as he stared at her, shaking his head.
“Do you know how orderly my life was before I met you?”
“I think I have an idea.”
She stood on her knees then and lifted the chemise over her head, depositing it on the floor beside her. When she saw his eyes roam over her, the obvious swallow of his throat, she knew that she had him.
She leaned over him, taking his lips, and knowing that he wanted this as much as she did. She pulled him back with her on the bed, wrapping her legs around his waist as she reached down and began to search for the fall of his breeches, even though she had no idea what to do to release him.
He was now with her, however, as he made quick work of them, soon down to his linen shirt between them. She lifted it up and with one strong arm he was rid of it, until they were bare, skin on skin, and it was the most glorious thing she had ever felt in her life.
She wasn’t sure what to do here, either, but one thing she knew – his prominent erection jutting toward her was what she needed to make them one, to allow her to feel everything she had been waiting for. She reached out and ran her fingers lightly over it and when he groaned, she figured she was doing something right.
As he kissed her again, he reached his hand down and flicked at the bud of pleasure she’d had no idea existed until a few minutes ago, and she knew what he was doing – getting her ready to go to that place again, the one where she felt every bit of elation that was possible in a matter of seconds. Would she get there again? She had no idea, but she would do anything to make it so.
“Please,” she muttered, and he leaned in and nipped at her neck.
“Are you asking for something?”
She reached out and slapped him lightly, which surprised him enough that he paused the kiss for a second and she felt his smile against her lips.
“Are you sure?”
“Never more.”
He lowered himself to her entrance and began sliding into her.
Juliana wasn’t sure what to prepare for, but he murmured, “relax, love,” in her ear, and she tried to do so as he went slowly, filling her inch by inch. She wasn’t sure it was possible that they would fit together, but she felt the moment her body seemed to accept him, when it actually did relax enough for the two of them to meld together as one. There had been a moment of sharp pain, but it passed quickly enough as he stilled within her, obviously giving her time to get used to what was happening.
She didn’t need long.
“More,” she said, and he responded by slowly sliding out, and then back in.
“Does that feel all right?”
“Yes,” she said, and he did the same thing again, until she became impatient, wondering if they could go any faster – and decided that there was only one thing to do, which was to take control of the speed herself.
