Page 67 of A Lady's Lesson in Scandal
He watched Millie for any clues about her thoughts. Her eyes widened, and her mouth opened on a silent inhalation. But she wasn’t focused on his leg. She was staring at his erection. His cock grew impossibly harder as Millie took a step closer.
‘You’re so large.’ She reached out her hand but paused.
He might die if she didn’t touch him. Now.
‘Please, touch me.’ Major General Drake Beaufort never begged. But he would get on his knees and plead if it meant her fingers wrapped around his aching cock. ‘I mean, if you’d like.’
Just the thought of her soft hand curling around his length caused a bead of liquid to form.
Millie bit her lip, her gaze never leaving his cock. She took another tentative step forward. Her hand was pale in the dim light. She shone like a fairy as she reached for him.
Drake bit his cheek until he tasted the metallic tang of blood. He would not lose control. Not in front of Millie. He would stand still and let her learn him, even if he died from frustrated desire.
She glanced up, her pupils huge. ‘Are you sure?’
He’d never been more sure. Not trusting himself to speak, he gave a shaky nod.
She wrapped her hand around him and squeezed.
‘Jesus!’ he hissed.
When she would have pulled back, he caught her wrist.
‘Don’t. It feels so good.’ He gentled his grip without letting her go.
‘Did I hurt you?’ Millie was so close, he could bend down and press his mouth against hers. But then he wouldn’t beable to take things slow. It was important he gave her time. As paramount as control was to Drake, he was loathe to take hers away.
‘No.’
She smiled and crinkled her nose. ‘A man of few words this evening. I never saw Franklin’s, er… Well, it all happened in such a rush. I can’t imagine his was nearly so… prodigious. But even then, there was pain. I’m not sure how…’
Drake already hated Franklin St George. Now, he promised to end the arrogant prick. ‘The first time for a woman is often painful. Especially if your partner is an arse who doesn’t take his time. I’m not an arse. And tonight, we have nothing but time. Trust me.’
She blinked, opening her mouth as though she might say something, but instead, she licked her lips and puffed out a sigh. ‘Trust isn’t an easy thing.’
‘It’s not,’ he agreed.
‘But I trusted you before, and it was…’ Her heavy lids closed for a moment as a flush crept up her chest and covered her cheeks.
Goddammit, she is a wonder.
Millie opened her dark eyes, a world of secrets unravelling. ‘It was magical.’
‘This will be even better. I swear it.’ He tensed his stomach, loving how her gaze caught the movement of his ridged muscles hardening.
Nodding a silent assent, Millie tightened her grip again. She dragged her fisted hand toward the root until her knuckles brushed his hair.
‘Fuuuuck.’ He might die tonight, but what a glorious way to perish.
He couldn’t help himself from leaning down and pressing his lips against her soft cheek. She leaned into him, her handgrowing bolder as she stroked back to his tip. Her thumb circled his flared head, rubbing the moisture gathered there.
‘Dammit, woman. You’ll end this before we’ve even begun,’ he growled in her ear before taking the lobe between his teeth and nibbling.
‘We wouldn’t want that,’ she murmured, letting go of his very disappointed cock and gently pushing him back. She tilted her head, her gaze shifting from his proudly straining erection to the ruined thigh he wished were invisible. She ran soft fingers over the desecrated skin. ‘Does this hurt?’
Drake couldn’t look at her face, so instead he watched her hand run down his thigh and then back up again. The skin was numb in areas, but he could feel the gentle pressure of her fingers. His throat tightened. ‘Yes. But not because you’re touching me. It always hurts. Sometimes more, sometimes less.’
She ran her hand up his thigh, along his hip bone, her thumb tracing the line of muscle leading from his hip to his stomach muscles. She bumped along each ridge and hollow, over his ribs to his shoulder, where she gripped him tight, pulling him closer. Before Drake could react, she enfolded him in her embrace.
