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His arms enclosed her crushingly, and they kissed again and again, desperately, yearningly.
At last he pulled himself away, his breathing ragged. He said, ‘Darling, we’ve got to stop. You need to rest…’
‘I need you.’ Her hands tugged at the buttons of his shirt.
Malory groaned. ‘So much for all my virtuous intentions’ he muttered. He lifted her gently, and set her back against the pillows, before starting to take off his clothes. She watched him, savouring the urgent race of her breathing, the clamour of her blood.
He lay beside her and kissed her mouth, then swiftly removed her nightgown, dropping it on the floor beside the bed. ‘No more barriers of any kind,’ he whispered. His brows drew together as he looked at her. ‘My poor, bruised love. I hardly dare touch you.’
She arched against him, loving the naked brush of his skin against her own, drawing his hands to her breasts. ‘I’m not that fragile.’
He caressed her with skilful tenderness, his body infinitely gentle as it penetrated hers. The pleasure, when it came, was gentle, too—like a breeze rippling across a field of corn—and so beautiful that it stirred Amanda to her very soul.
He said remorsefully, ‘Darling, you’re crying. I hurt you.. ’
‘No, oh, no!’ She pressed small kisses to his face and throat. ‘I—I thought that would never happen to me again.’
‘No chance.’ Malory wrapped her in his arms, kissing the remaining tears away. ‘I would never have let you go. If you’d left me, I’d have followed you to the end of the world.’
‘You are my world.’ She looked at him, her heart in her eyes, and saw her love reflected in his own gaze.
‘And now, my pregnant angel, it’s time you got some of the sleep the doctor ordered,’ he told her firmly.
‘On one condition.’ She snuggled her cheek against his bare shoulder. ‘When I wake in the morning, I want to be in your arms.'’
‘You will be,’ he said. ‘In my arms, and in my heart, all the days of our lives.’
And, with a sigh of total contentment, Amanda closed her eyes.
