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Collapsing against him with a gasp, she trembledwith the force of sensation coursing through her.
Roderick took in a slow breath and exhaled for aneternity before gently setting her away from him.
Evelyn was unable to name the emotions surgingthrough her. Awe, incredulity, power, emptiness, need, and uncertaintyclamored for attention inside her desire muddled brain.
Unable to stand it any longer, she spun to facehim.
Roderick stared at her with such intensity, suchnaked desire. He seemed larger now that she could plainly see the dramatictaper into lean hips, the ropes of his stomach muscles spilled all the way downto…
Oh my.She felt her throat work over anaudible swallow.
Even that wasn’t dwarfed by the size of his cordedthighs. Could it possibly fit?
Judging from the fierce look on his savagelyhandsome face, he intended to try. Roderick bent toward her, a dark intent inhis gaze.
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The bed caught her when Evelyn’s knees refused tohold any longer.
Eyes glowing and jaw clenched, Roderick seemed tobe waging an intense battle with his lungs. Dragging his gaze from her, hereached for her bootlaces.
Funny, she’d forgotten she still wore them. Consideringhow much they’d pained her over the course of the long night, it spoke to hispowers of seduction.
He tugged one boot off, then the other, droppingthem haphazardly onto the floor with athunk. Rough hands slid upeither side of her coarse woolen stockings until they reached the twine cordedtightly around her upper knee. Immense relief washed over her when he releasedthe knots and the sensation turned to bliss when he tucked tender fingersinside and stripped them slowly off. His mouth returned to kiss each irritatedindentation left by a long day of wearing them. She’d given just aboutanything to afford a proper ribbon to hold them in place.
His unexpected tenderness touched her as a directdichotomy of his brutal visage and reputation. She’d half expected him to tossher skirt over her head and have a quick go at her. He couldn’t know how muchhis gentle seduction pleased her. She reached a tentative hand and captured adamp ebony lock as it trailed across the flesh of her thigh.
Silk.
He tracked her movement, hunger sharpening theharsh lines of his face. Joining her on the bed, his muscles bunched androlled as he crawled up her legs bringing their faces flush.
Would he kiss her?
Evelyn warmed with anticipation and moistened herlips, drawing his notice. Instead of accepting her unspoken invitation, hebrought a hand to the curve of her neck and plunged it into her hair until he lightlysupported the back of her head. Easing himself farther forward, he pressed herdown until she stared up at him, prone and completely covered by his sleekbody.
Such a large hand tenderly cradling her headseemed a contradiction the possessive heat threatening to singe her from hisregard.
Air hissed between his clenched teeth as herfingertips explored his ribs. She could feel the flex of his cock against herthigh. Emboldened, she drew her fingers up, discovering the hardness of hissmooth chest and then his shoulders and arms. Beneath her questing hands,every taut muscle jumped and flexed.
His eyes demanded that she continue.
Tracing a more direct path, she traveled down hischest, past trembling stomach muscles, to the narrow curve of his hipbones. Shehesitated, blushing to her hairline.
“Is this all right?” she whispered, feeling thewarmth of her own breath with his face so close to hers.
Of course, Roderick didn’t answer her, but heparted his lips and hot, rapid bursts of air hit her skin in wordless demand.To punctuate, he arched his back slightly giving her hands more room toexplore.
She didn’t expect the pure heat of his throbbingsex when she delicately wrapped it in her fingers. The outer skin was a silkglove around pure molten steel. She gently tested its mobility, squeezing asshe slid one way and then the other.
His hand fisted, pulling lightly on her hair as heground his jaws together. Again his hips surged, pushing his need farther intoher hand as a harsh gasp tore from him.
A heady sensation washed over her as she realizedthat for all this dominant man’s dangerous command,shewielded thepower. Desire spiked as a world of possibility unfurled before her. What elsecould she do to his body that would render him defenseless?
Catching her lower lip in her teeth, she exploredthe rimmed tip of his cock with her fingers. Finding a curious bead ofmoisture, she spread it around what skin it would cover.
His low growl warned her milliseconds before shefound both of her wrists bound by an iron grip above her head. If his musclescorded any tighter, they would surely rip through his straining skin.
Would he kiss her now? She tilted her head to runher burning lips against his neck. His pulse jumped beneath her mouth, itsrhythm strong and hard. She rubbed shy, lingering kisses across his jaw line.The stubble of his shadow beard abraded her sensitive skin.
