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For a moment she thought he was growling, but as her ears became accustomed to the strange noise, it actually sounded as if the Leopard were purring. A shock ran down the entire length of her back and she arched up beneath him. He arched his body over hers, going up on his hands and knees. He knew she would do the same. The moment she did, every part of her was vulnerable to him. His long, thick man-root unerringly sought the hot, dark cave, where he entered boldly. She closed her sheath over the swollen head, far too tight for him to gain full penetration from this angle. Then his palms cupped her breasts and his calloused thumbs stroked their hardening peaks until her sheath produced a pearl of moisture.
His lips began to nibble her ear and his love words became blatantly erotic, telling her just exactly how her sugared sheath felt upon the marble head and thickly ridged shaft as he inched inside her. The pearl drops were forming rapidly now, making her slippery enough to anchor deeply.
When she was love slick, his firm hands grasped her slim waist so that when he thrust forward he could pull her backward at the same time. The impact as he thudded into her was indescribable. His strong hands thrust her forward each time he withdrew and she was so tightly sheathed about him, his foreskin was drawn up the ridged shaft in hot friction.
Her cries mingled with his low, raw moans as he drove hard into her fully aroused body. Their passion was hot, wild, and swift. She clawed and tore the bedcover to shreds as they climaxed together hard and strong. He collapsed on top of her as their liquid tremors went on and on and on. When the last faint, delicious spasm was spent, he rolled with her until they were on their sides. His large body curved tenderly around hers.
“God, Tony, I love you so much, how could you even think I’d look at another? You are my woman.”
Was he telling her the truth, or telling her what she wanted to hear? He made her feel so divine, at this moment she didn’t care.
He stroked her hair. “What we have is rare.” He drew in a harsh, shuddering breath as her long, silky legs touched his. Compared with other women she was like a fine crystal goblet among thick glass jars.
She stirred against him languorously, not wanting to move from the lovely cocoon for the rest of the day and night. His hands caressed her belly where his children would grow. His brows drew together. If he kept at her like this, his seed would take root before it should.
“I told you to stay in Ireland until week’s end, then meet me at Edenwood. Why did you come to Half-Moon Street alone?”
She suddenly remembered her stupendous news. She turned in his arms to face him. “I came to tell you something fantastic.”
His mouth covered hers and she gave herself up to the lingering, melting kisses they’d had no time for in their hot passion. He finally allowed her to draw a breath. “My brother Anthony is alive!”
He sat up. “Is this a joke?”
“No, no. He’s alive. He didn’t drown. We have his letter, isn’t it wonderful?”
“Wonderful indeed. But what the hell has he been playing at all this time? Taking his place put your life in jeopardy.”
“Oh, Adam, don’t be angry. We don’t need to worry about Bernard Lamb any longer. I’m safe, Lamb Hall is safe, and Anthony is safe from him. Tony’s in Ceylon with Mother!”
“Jesus Christ, I don’t believe it.” Savage swore. “The reason I left you in Ireland to attend to pressing business was Bernard Lamb. I’ve taken great pains to spirit him out of the country. My self-esteem is a little bruised that you don’t need my protection any longer.”
She went on her knees to him and lifted her arms about the thick column of his neck. “Adam, I shall always need your protection.”
He grimaced. “It will be a full-time job protecting you from yourself.”
“What the devil do you mean?” she demanded.
“I mean that you shouldn’t be here. You are courting scandal, have been for months. Your reputation is important to me.”
“If my reputation is so important, why did you bed me as soon as I walked through the door?”
“If you come here alone, that’s inevitable.”
She was hurt and annoyed. She decided to hurt him back. She shrugged a shapely shoulder and swept aside the filmy emerald curtains that floated about the bed. “If you don’t wish to be my lover any longer, I shall have to find another.”
He was suddenly beside her, grabbing her with rough hands. She looked up into icy cold eyes. The scar on his mouth made his dark face threatening. “I’ll drown him in his own blood. I was first and I shall be last! You belong to me, Tony. What is mine, I keep.” His hard mouth crushed down on hers, branding her as his woman. “We can only be together on weekends at Edenwood. My servants keep my secrets. No one in London will know. In fact, I’d much prefer it if you went home to Lamb Hall. London is no fit place for a young lady.”
She looked at him in disbelief. “What the devil is wrong with London?”
“It’s a cesspool!”
Her eyes narrowed. “And who knows better than you? You’re up to your bloody neck in it, while I’m to be packed off home to be a good girl all week, then as a reward you’ll let me be a naughty girl on the weekend. You’re nothing but a bloody hypocrite!” she shouted. “I have no intention of leaving London until I put my cargo aboard theRed Dragon.”
“TheRed Dragonsailed for Ceylon yesterday with your precious cargo aboard.”
“You bastard!” she cursed, raising her hand to slap him full in the face.
He caught her wrist and squeezed it painfully. His eyes fastened on her mouth, then moved lower. “You are angry again. Are you doing it on purpose to arouse me?”
