Page 26 of The Duke's Treasure
“Please be discreet.”
“Of course.”
“Can you trust her?” Edward asked as she closed the door behind her, to which Mariana shrugged.
“I don’t overly care at the moment.”
He let out a low growl, pushing her backward, but she practically fought him as she wanted too badly to remove his clothing, to see all of him without covering, for his body to be hers to do with as she wished.
Soon enough they both got what they wanted, and they were skin against skin, slick and hard against supple and soft as Edward backed Mariana up until she was lying on the bed and he was holding himself up over top of her.
His lips fell upon hers, and he kissed her with all the passion that had been building between them since he had returned, assaulting her mouth with his tongue as she took all he had to give and returned it in equal measure.
His hand came to her hip, holding her against him as she began to rock her hips up and into him, the friction enticing and yet not quite as satisfying as she would have liked it to be.
He left her mouth, raining kisses down her neck, and she arched for him as she wrapped her leg around him, trying to draw him closer, needing him inside of her again.
“Would you like something, my lady?” he asked, and she swatted him when she heard the chuckle in his voice.
“You’re toying with me,” she accused him.
“Never.”
“Teasing me, then.”
“Perhaps.”
“How can you stand it?” she gasped as she rubbed against him in just the right way.
“Patience. Have you none?”
“Agh!” she said, before flattening her palms against his chest and pushing him backward so that he was lying beneath her on the bed.
His startled expression quickly turned dark as his pupils dilated while she climbed over him and straddled him, taking his girth between her hands.
“We will do this my way,” she said, her teeth gritted in determination. “No more teasing.”
With that she sank down on him, throwing her head back in pleasure as he filled her. She let out a low moan as she began to move, amazed at how he seemed to thrust against her in exactly the place she needed him. His hands encircled her hips as he ground her down against him while he thrust up into her, and it wasn’t long before she was spiralling close to her peak again.
“Edward,” she moaned. “Don’t stop.”
“Never,” he grunted.
“Yes… there…”
He reached up and began to roll her nipples between his thumbs and index fingers. Seconds later, she came undone. As she pulsed around him, her world blew apart, and when she sank down onto him, her lips finding his, he thrust hard into her twice more before stilling, finding his own release.
He lay his head back down on the bed, holding her body close against his. As much as he brought her to highs that she had never felt before, she couldn’t deny that he made her feel treasured, worthy.
Their limbs intertwined, Mariana kept her eyes closed, wondering how she could hold this moment forever in her mind. Edward’s fingers were stroking her hair, a heavenly feeling as she sighed into him.
“I assume your marriage was not a love match?” he said quietly, and Mariana shook her head, her hair moving across his chest.
“No. Our families thought it would be a strong match, although I was not opposed. Javier seemed a good man.”
“But?”
“After we married, he showed himself to be cruel. Always criticizing me, harsh and threatening.”
