Page 39 of My Gentleman Spy
Girls at society balls had told her wonderful stories of secrets shared by their older married sisters of the joy of the marital bed. Of lusty husbands and moments of heady sexualpleasure.
When Peter had come to her room the first night, she had expected it to be a magical encounter. Instead it had been painful and degrading. When she cried, Peter had ordered her to remain still and bequiet.
His repeat visits had been just as horrid. She had submitted to him, but he had still used physical force to bend her to his sexualwill.
“I know it would be different with you. You would bekind.”
Will brushed a hand on her cheek and cupped her face in his hands. He pulled Hattie to him and took her lips withhis.
Loving, tender lips touched hers. He was everything a young woman dreamed of in aman.
His cologne was a heady mix of spice and masculine woody tones. She luxuriated in its welcomingscent.
When Will speared his fingers through her hair, she felt heat race down her spine. His tongue slipped into her mouth. He teased and tempted her to respond. She returned his kiss with slow responsive strokes of hertongue.
Will rose from the bench and pulled Hattie firmly against him. She felt the hardness of his manhood against the side of her hip. Emboldened by the effect she was having on him, she reached down and rubbed the outside of the placket of histrousers.
Will groaned inappreciation.
He deepened the kiss and she was with him. This was the passion and the connection she had so longed for with a man. Two souls connecting and sharing the quiet of the nighttogether.
He pulled away from the kiss and their gazesmet.
“Are you sure you want this? I will understand if you had a moment of rashness and are now having secondthoughts.”
There was no doubt whatsoever in her mind. She knew exactly what she wanted, and it involved Will exploring every inch of her body with his hands and hislips.
“Yes. I amsure.”
She caught the sigh in his breath. It would have been a most uncomfortable night for him if she had changed hermind.
Will kissed her once more. His hands held her by the waist, while she gripped onto his strong muscular arms. In the cramped cabin their heated bodies began to warm up the smallspace.
Though they had been sleeping in their clothes, Will was not wearing his jacket or cravat and under Will’s greatcoat Hattie was dressed only in her gown with a light cotton chemise underneath. She slipped her arms out of the greatcoat and lay it on thebench.
Will made short work of the buttons on Hattie’s gown, before slipping it over her head and draping it over the nearby chair. When he reached for the ribbons on the front of her chemise, she gently slapped his eager fingersaway.
“Let me,” shesaid.
She watched his eyes grow wide as she slowly, teasingly undid the bow and let the top of her chemise fall open. Her nipples puckered as they felt the kiss of the chilled nightair.
She had never been naked in front of a man before. Her previous encounters in the dark with Peter had been conducted with her dressed in a neck to ankle nightgown. She felt wanton anddesirable.
“Take off your shirt,” shecommanded.
She intended to be as equal a partner in this sexual engagement as she could. There would be no lying quietly in the bed praying for the encounter to be over. Her time with Will was limited, so she was going to enjoy every minute shecould.
Will bowed his acquiescence. “As you wish my lover,” hesaid.
At the sight of his hair dusted chest she reached out and touched him. Shegiggled.
“What?” he asked, placing his hand overhers.
She saw mischief dancing in the deep grey of his eyes as the moon was reflected in them. Mischief and the promise of much more. Her heart soared as her fantasies tookflight.
“When I saw you for the first time after you pulled me from the harbor and you had no shirt on I was left speechless. I had never seen such a beautiful man. When you put your shirt on and your wet body caused the damp of your linen shirt to cling to you, all I wanted to do was touch you,” shereplied.
At the time she had thought the effect Will had had on her was because she had just had a near death experience. Now standing once more in front of him and his semi naked body, she knew it was somethingelse.
