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She waved her hand dismissively. “My father won’t notice I’m gone till the morning. ”
What she said couldn’t possibly be true. He tried to think of another excuse, daring not to hope. “Then the scandal will come tomorrow morning. ”
She rolled onto her belly, nestling deeper under the covers, as though putting the issue to rest. “We’ll simply have to come up with a plan by then. ”
Her appeal was undeniable. She was adorable, lying there with her chin cradled in her hands.
“What sort of plan?” he asked, beginning to waver.
“We need something worthy of the greatest of plots. ” She kicked her feet up in thought, not appearing to notice that the movement yanked the covers down, exposing her back. “Something more clever than the Trojan horse. Something more dastardly than Iago with Desdemona’s handkerchief. ”
She was so precious and lovely and full of life, she sparkled with it. How nobody else noticed, he couldn’t figure. Damned Fraser saw it, but Aidan had already decided he’d simply have to blind the man.
The tip of her tongue peeked out from the corner of her mouth as she looked at him, great intent furrowing her brow. “Surely we can think of something original. ”
Plotting was suddenly the furthest thing from his mind. “I have nothing original in me, excepting original sin,” he said with a wink.
“Aidan!” She nudged him with her elbow. “But we need a plan. ”
“I have a plan. ” He ran his hand down her elegant back, pushing the blanket down as he went, revealing her pale and perfect bottom.
Might she really stay the night? Would he really get to hold her as she slept in his arms? Would he wake, and she’d still be by his side? All the women he’d been with, and he’d never slept—actually slept—with a one of them. The notion was oddly exhilarating.
“But don’t we need to figure out what to tell everyone?”
The vision of her shoulders and back spread before him like supper on the table was more than he could bear. “I have other needs right about now. ”
They had all night to figure out plots and explanations. He wanted to take her again. And once or twice more after that. Wrapping an arm around her slender waist, he kissed the back of her neck. “And I find you’re thinking too much for my tastes. ”
“I have much on my mind,” she said playfully.
But he could see by the growing heat in her eyes that she’d be easy to convince. “Then I’ll kiss every last thought from your head. ” He sidled her into him, kissing and rubbing her shoulders and the back of her neck. When she nestled a hip nearer, he knew she was coming around.
He caressed a hand along that beautiful back, then down farther to slide his fingers home between her legs. He inched his body closer still, leaning down to nip a shoulder blade. He was hard and ready, and pressed his cock into her, but it was no relief.
“Beth,” he whispered. He wanted her under him, over him, wanted her every which way. “I want you again. ”
She began to roll over, but he clutched her bottom, stopping her. “Not yet. I’m not done looking at your back. ”
“At my back?” She turned all the way onto her belly, cradling her head in her arms, the pose languorous and sultry. She hitched her hip toward him in question. “What do you propose to do with my back?”
“I could do many things. ” He shifted, settling closer over her, and wrapped his hand around her hip, his fingers nestled in the soft flesh of her belly. He imagined how easy it’d be to pull her to him, to drive himself into her, and how deep.
“I could do this. ” He tilted her, reaching around to knead her breast, then slid his hand lower, finding the source of her pleasure in the damp tangle between her legs. “Or this. ”
She gasped and lifted her hips to him. Catching his cock on her ass, she shifted, and he slipped between her legs. “What else could you do?”
He rolled on top of her, bracing himself on elbows planted on either side of her. “I could take you on your stomach. ”
“Oh yes,” she purred, grinding against him. “That sounds lovely. ”
Though the lust that clouded his brain was dark, he laughed. Who was this strange and glorious woman beneath him? He should’ve guessed she’d be eager to try it all. “What did I do to deserve you?”
“The question is”—she took his hand from her breast to suck his finger into her mouth—“what will you do to keep me?”
“I’ll show you,” he growled, and they were the last words spoken before he took her, claiming her as he told her he would.
And then they slept, and Aidan held Elspeth the whole night through.
