Page 51 of Hired by Pirates

Straightening up, I attempted to look stern. “As your Captain, I command you to take the medical exams.”

I loved that she burst into laughter, not taking me seriously for an instant.

Astor was so beautiful, the lamplight picking up the copper strands in her hair, and making her light blue eyes a bit darker. In that moment, I realized that I would never really command her as a Captain would.

She pouted as I got out of bed, then raised an eyebrow as I awkwardly got down on one knee, taking her hands in mine.

“Astor Green, my beauty, the love of my life. Will you do me the incredible honor of becoming my wife?”

She blinked in surprise, releasing several tears that rolled down her porcelain cheeks. She nodded several times, swallowing and gasping before managing to murmur, “Yes.”

“I know a goldsmith we can visit as soon as we pick up the rest of your things.”

“I don’t need–”

“My woman is going to wear my ring,” I growled softly as I climbed back into bed.

“Yes, Captain,” she said in a sing-song lilt.

“Oh – now you’re going to tease me? Do you know what happens to a crew member when they sass their superior officer?”

Astor laughed merrily, even when I flipped her on her front and gave her the tiniest gentle spank. Then I simply grabbed her curvy bottom and held her body to mine.

As we kissed, our energy shifted, immediately becoming warm and sultry, like the humidity in the summer at Tegarren Point.

I loved that my shy girl was far more forthright with her wishes now. Her hands skimmed along my bare chest, then down my stomach. Toying with the edge of my pants, she asked, “Would I be too forward if I asked you to remove these?”

> I tried to pretend to be shocked, but burst out laughing instead. “We’ll be the scandal of the Five Winds ,” I gasped. “What will Barnaby think?”

Slipping off my trousers, she helped me remove her night dress until we were both stretched out naked under the blanket.

As our mouths blended together into one, her soft little moan made me harder than I’d ever been before.

I’d never felt this sort of hunger before. It was wondrous and all consuming.

My body was ravenous for hers, as I moved on top of her, caging her sweet little body with mine.

My wife. My woman. My love.

I kissed her so hard she whimpered, as I tried to slow my racing heart.

Then I felt her tender hand wrap around my manhood. Gripping me. Stroking me. Playing with my body as if she was determined to figure it out.

Reaching down, I swiped my fingers through her soft folds, feeling how wet and ready she already was for me.

Knowing that I aroused her so much made me feel more like a man than anything else had in my entire life. More than protecting the ship. More than providing for my crew. Making this beautiful woman whimper my name across her perfect lips sent me spiralling into a place of deep satisfaction, knowing that I would be her only man forever.

“Nick,” she whisper-cried as I slipped my finger inside her to open her narrow passage.

“Do you like the way I touch you, my angel?”

“Yes,” she breathed. “Touch me more.”

One hand molded to her breast as the other stroked lightly, barely inside her sex.

I adored how I could see her arousal through her entire body. She couldn’t hold anything back. So expressive, it made it easier to see how every touch affected her.

Slipping my finger in deeper, I brought my thumb to her sensitive spot, rubbing firmly as her back arched in bliss.

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