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She slapped his chest. “I would not.”
Grabbing her hand, he gripped it tightly, but his thumb stroked under her wrist lovingly. “Yes, you would have, but don’t fret, sweetheart. You are catching up, and I’ll soon turn you into my own Cyprian.”
Laughing, Ana slipped from the bed to pour herself some water. He enjoyed the view. It wasn’t just her looks under mystic moonlight which were now sultry and seductive.
Petite and curvy, Gabriel trailed his gaze over her plump backside, the nipped-in waist, the smooth curve of her spine, and the tangle of her hair cascading over her back. She’d also felt soft as a kitten, and the memory of her skin under his hands sizzled through his blood.
Coming back to bed, she slipped right into his side again. “So, what do you think awaits us when we get home?”
“Well, your post as the Duchess awaits you,” he smiled while rubbing her skin. “I do not expect you to have any difficulty mastering it as you are brilliant. You might have to do some rounds with the ton and meet the wives of my colleagues which might be a bit numbing.”
After dropping a kiss on his collarbone, she replied, “I mean about other things. My cousin is married now.”
“And their scheming souls deserve each other,” Gabriel replied. “Did she believe she would get away with such trickery?”
Her face pained with sorrow. “It is hard to digest, but I still hope they can reach some middle ground.”
“Aside from that,” he said as he kissed her forehead, “I do not see anything much that would perturb us.”
Anastasia’s breath was shuddery. “I mean, would you like children, Gabriel. Your story about your past still worries me.”
Gently, Gabriel shifted her to the side and slipped to meet her eye-to-eye. Cupping her cheek, he replied, “Before you, I was never going to get married, and before you, I was never going to have children of my own. I know my past was horrible, and yes, it did scar me, but more in the way of fearing to love than anything else.”
“So, you would like children someday,” she replied.
“With you, yes,” he replied.
Holding his face, she said, “We’ll make mistakes, but one thing I am sure of is we will never be untrue to each other. Our children will not bear the burden you had to suffer.”
“You seem not to be in doubt,” he confirmed before she tilted her head to the side. He shook his head. “I’m not surprised. After all, they will be in good hands.”
“Oh, I think they will be in fine hands,” Ana replied, “but yours will be excellent ones.”
“For the past month or so, the vague idea of a dark-haired boy with my eyes and a handsome girl have skipped through my mind at odd times: a pair of happy, pink-cheeked imps,” Gabriel admitted. “I do want a family with you.”
“I know my parent will be overjoyed to have grandchildren,” Ana replied softly, stroking his chest.
“Which is why I must buy a cottage in your old village or have one made,” Gabriel replied. “I adore your parents, but I shall not live with them.”
Laughing, she replied, “God forbid we damage their sensibilities.”
“They would have me drawn and quartered,” he agreed. “But you are a passionate lady. Never hide that.”
“I know, but I know they will be scandalized knowing you had me on my knees and—”
He kissed her and pulled her onto his lap where she could feel his resurging desire. “The passion you have comes out in anything and everything you do, and I have no fear it will be so with our children.”
Ana shook her head in disbelief, her eyes sultry and lowered as her fingers brushed the bulbous head of his sex. The traitorous organ nudged back with interest. Ana took him in hand. “And we’ll send our boys to Eton and have the best governess for our girls.”
“And send them to Paris for finishing school,” Gabriel replied, his head lolling back.
“And our boys to Cambridge.”
“Oxford is better,” he said as he grew hard and throbbed in her soft hands.
She leaned forward to drop light, teasing kisses on his chest that made him burn for more. “Minx.”
Consumed by lust, he hoisted her upward and turned her around, bending her over so that her upper arms rested on the pillows. With her lush naked curves exposed to him, he palmed her behind then trailed his hands underneath her to find her wet and open for him.
