Page 39 of I Never Forget a Duke

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“Does this… make you happy.”

“Immensely,” he said. “You are still sure about this?”

“Even more than I was before. But I do not know what to do.”

“Let me show you.”

He slid his hands over her body, a leisurely exploration of her curves and planes. She was somewhat surprised when he planted kisses all over her chest and then took one of her nipples into his mouth. She’d never expected a grown man to do something like that, but it felt so good she didn’t care. She pushed her fingers into his hair and was surprised by how soft it was. She was reminded that he’d given her permission to touch him wherever she wanted, so she did, feeling whatever skin she could reach. His body was a little slick with sweat, but she was surprised again by how soft his skin felt against his hard muscle.

“How did you achieve the body of an athlete?” she asked.

He lifted his head and smiled at her. “I’m afraid I do not remember. Through any number of gentlemanly pursuits, I expect. Riding. Boxing.” He shrugged.

“I like it,” she said. “You are so strong. I feel safe with you.”

“I am very glad of that. You will always be safe with me.”

Adele put her arms around him and hugged him close to her. She did trust him. She knew he’d never do anything to deliberately hurt her; that just wasn’t in his nature. But she did not trust that her heart was safe with him. He would leave tomorrow and take her heart with him.

But that was why this moment was so important. She kissed him and was not shy about it. She touched him where she wanted to touch him. She took what she could while he was here, while he was hers.

He slid his fingers between her legs and groaned. “You are already wet.”

“Is that bad?”

“No, my dear, it is very, very good. It shows that you want me. And it will… ease the way. Here, touch me.”

He took her hand and brought it to his… member. She wrapped her hand around it and felt his warm skin there. “It is so hard,” she said.

“That is how much I want you.”

They kissed and she stroked him, tentatively at first and then with more pressure, and the tingle of her skin, the warmth in her chest, and the arousal between her legs that was so intense it bordered on pain all continued to grow.

“I cannot bear this much longer,” she said.

“Me either. Let me show you what happens next.”

She parted her thighs almost by instinct and he settled between them. They kissed and she pressed her chest against his, and then she felt the blunt head of his cock at the entrance to her body.

“Please tell me you are still certain,” he said. “Because once I push forward I cannot take it back.”

“If you do not push forward, I think I shall die.”

He laughed softly. “Yes, I know a little about that. But if you should find yourself with child…”

“There are ways to prevent that, are they not?”

“There… yes. There are.”

“I trust you.”

He began to slide inside her. He groaned as he did it. There was a brief moment of searing pain and she cried out, but her body quickly adjusted.

“Are you all right?” he asked.

Her heart cracked a little whenever he asked her if she was certain or all right. She was and she wanted this, but it touched her that he was leaving so much up to her. She felt powerful, like she was in charge, and this was on her terms. She could never regret anything they did for that reason.

“I am very all right. It feels strange but good.”