The waistcoat was also free and he shrugged both it and his jacket down and away from his body. “I would assist you, my Lady. Turn around.”
She felt the strength in his hands as he grasped her shoulders and spun her to face the fire. Deft fingers found her laces and untied them, sending her hands instinctively to her breasts as her gown began to slide down her arms and she shivered.
“Are you cold?” His breath caressed her skin.
She shook her head. “No. On the contrary. I feel…aroused. Excited. Eager for what will be next.”
“Agreed.” His arms surrounded her and she could smell the lavender scent of his shirt mixed with leather and him. “Are you sure you want this, Prudence? It’s not too late to say no.”
“If I wanted to say no, I would have said it the first time.”
“But you’ve had time to think.”
“Yes. And I’m still not saying no.” She paused, her gaze on the fire. “Have you changed your mind, Reid?”
His hands rose, tugging at hers and allowing her gown to fall. Then he reached upward and cupped her breasts through her thin undergarments, gently rubbing her nipples with his thumbs. It sent sharp darts of pleasure through her body and she shuddered, whimpering a little and leaning back against him.
“Does that answer your question?”
She raised her hands and pressed them over his, holding them tightly to her flesh. “I cannot remember what I asked.”
“Prudence…” It was a whispered caress and he turned her, stripping away the rest of her clothing.
She closed the little gap between them as she pulled his shirt from his breeches and ripped the buttons free. Then, desperate for the feel of him, she pressed close, letting the warmth of his bare chest tease the aroused nubs as her breasts flattened against his muscles.
“Oh, God, Reid. So good. So very good.” She closed her eyes and let her head fall back, her hair brushing her bare spine as he leaned to her neck and gently nibbled on it. His tongue followed the path and he kissed and licked and nipped his way around her exposed skin until he reached her chin and then…she was lost.
His mouth was hot and hard and demanding, and she breathed in his groan as he forced her lips apart and thrust his tongue past her teeth, learning, teasing, tasting her.
She tasted back, answering him thrust with thrust, tangling their tongues, and sensing the rise of such passion it nearly choked her.
He tore his mouth from hers, his cheeks flushed with the heat of his passion and the warmth from the fire. “Undress me, Prudence.” He let his hands fall away from her and watched her. “Take the rest of my clothes off. Show me you want me as much as I want you.”
A ripple of excitement shimmered over her and she kicked her own clothing aside, shedding the last of it and relishing the air on her bare body. Then she put her hands on his chest and removed the remains of his shirt, tossing that aside as well.
Slowly, with teasing gentleness, she let her fingertips drift over his chest and down, down toward the waist of his breeches. Then she delved even further, finding the buttons that secured them and undoing them with ease.
They fell, catching at his knees where more buttons secured them.
“I’m still dressed,” he said.
She looked at him, noting the heat, knowing that his cock was hard, bare and pointing right at her.
It was a challenge, she knew, and one that she would answer to both their satisfaction.
So she slowly lowered herself, shaking her hair forward, and letting it drift over his skin, and that special piece of sensitive masculine flesh. She smiled at the sound of his breathing, a hitch that told her she’d made an impression.
Deliberately taking her time she dipped down to unfasten the buttons, three on one side and three on the other, making sure to brush her hair over his arousal as she did so.
“There. I believe that will suffice?”
His breeches dropped to the floor, leaving him in full display, and with stockings and boots.
“One more thing.” He stared pointedly downward
She sighed. “You’d better sit down.”
This would be the ultimate test. And if he thought she would give in, he was in for a big surprise.
