Page 76 of A Rake's Revenge
Caroline felt a giggle start to emerge. “Thank goodness since I am obviously not a great seductress.”
“You have no idea just how a great a seductress you are.” Stephan ran a hand through his hair. “But there is something you should know as well.” He hesitated. “I am a—”
“Pirate?” Caroline finished.
Stephan stared at her. “You knew?”
“Yes,” she answered, “although I do not understandwhy.”
“I can explain.”
“Fine,” Caroline said, “but not now.”
“Not now?”
“No. The explanation can wait.” Caroline reached for the fastener on his breeches. “This cannot.”
Stephan grinned. “I can do this more quickly myself, love.”
“And have me forego the opportunity to touch you?”
“Believe me, you will have every opportunity to touch me everywhere,” Stephan answered, tossing off his already opened shirt and divesting himself of breeches and socks so quickly that Caroline could only smile. He was magnificent. The hard plateau of his chest was dusted with a sprinkling of hair that melded into a narrow, downward trail. Broad shoulders sloped to well-defined biceps that bulged with his every move. Flat stomach muscles rippled as his small clothes came off. Her smile turned into an O-shape as she took in his large, thick member jutting from a nestle of black curls. Heat pooled between her legs at the thought ofthatfilling her.
In another few seconds, her shirt was off, too. Stephan carried her the few steps to the forward V-berth and laid her down on the pile of blankets as carefully as though she were fine china. “Finally, I have you naked,” he murmured as he climbed into the cozy enclosure with her. “I intend to taste every square inch of you.”
Stephan nuzzled Caroline’s neck, nipping at her earlobe before trailing his tongue down the side of her throat and along her collarbone. Then he slowly began circling her nipple, while his hand cupped her other breast, kneading it, flicking his thumb lightly across the hardened peak, teasing it until she arched her back high.
“Please. More…”
He obliged, drawing the tip between his fingers and pinching while his mouth covered the first one. Caroline mewled softly when he began to suckle, the sound turning into a moan when he drew her nipple deep and tugged hard on the other one at the same time. A delicious tingle shot from her breasts directly to her core.
Stephan turned his ministrations to the nipple that still throbbed pleasurably from being pulled. Cool air swept across the breast that he had just left while heat encompassed the other, causing another delightful jolt to course through her.
His hand traced along her rib cage and across her stomach. Muscles clenched deep in her belly as he palmed her mound and his fingers parted her already slick folds to find her sensitive little nub. Caroline whimpered as his thumb encircled it, pressing and flicking until her body started to quiver. She cried out in earnest as he inserted three fingers suddenly into her sheath while he continued to rub the pulsing bud with the flat of his hand. The friction nearly lifted her off the bed.
“You are so wet,” Stephan whispered. “I want to taste you next.” He started to trail kisses down her stomach when she caught his shoulders. He paused, looking up. “What?”
“As much as I would love having you do that,” Caroline said, finding it hard to talk at all, “I do not think I can wait.”
A corner of Stephan’s mouth lifted. “Is that not supposed to be my thought?”
“Probably.” Caroline reached for his shaft and trailed her fingers slowly along its side, smiling as she felt it jerk. “But right now, I want this inside of me. Hard and fast.”
She heard his sharp intake of breath and then he shifted position, spreading her thighs wide as he settled himself between them. “You do know this is every man’s fantasy? A willing woman wanting—”
“Fantasy or not, I am a woman withneeds—” Her words broke off in a gasp as Stephan plunged into her, stretching and filling her completely. “Oh…” Caroline gasped again as he withdrew and then rammed himself in to the hilt. Her hips lifted and he pulled her legs up around his. The angle of penetration took her breath away even as her body responded, quickly matching his rhythm as he ground into her. “Yes!” Her body began to undulate with each deep thrust. She writhed beneath him, her body aflame as he continued his plunder. The point of their connection burned with the heat of a blazing inferno, the tension building until thousands of fiery pricks of light sparkled in front of her eyes. Sensations crashed through her like a volcano erupting and her body shuddered in spasm after spasm.
Stephan leaned forward, wrapping his arms around her shoulders, lifting her toward him as he gave one last, strong thrust. Caroline felt the hot spurt of his seed deep within her.
For a moment, he clung to her and then laid her gently back on the berth. Her body felt as limp and weightless as feathers. “I love you,” he whispered.
“I love you, too.” Caroline sighed contentedly and nuzzled his shoulder. “How soon can we do this again?”
Stephan chuckled. “Insatiable minx.”
“Is that not part of the male fantasy, too?”
“It is,” Stephan agreed, “but I have not even kissed you properly.”
