She had imagined Lord Leith would teach her to use novel methods of seduction.
It was clear that, if she wanted to learn such things, she wouldn’t do sohere.Withhim.
Tonight, at the opera, while she had resented it, he had given her sound advice for interacting with the men of theton.But she had appeared to reach the limit of his expertise.
“All men are different.I cannot promise you the key to pleasing every one.”
“Is that how your friends bed women?What the newspapers are full of, when they gossip about their exploits?Or how they now tup their wives?You know they do not.”
“My friends aren’t usual men.They are notorious!They are—theywere—the Rank Rakes!”
“Youare supposed to be a Rank Rake, you blockhead!”
“Miss Salisbury,” he gasped.“You are becoming overset.I cannot talk to you when you are in such a state.”
“YouknewI wanted an education in the bedchamber.Why on earth would you have accepted this arrangement under the circumstances?”
“I do not know what circumstances you refer to.”He glowered.
She held up the candle.“Lord Leith, I am stillclothed, as are you.”
“What of it, woman!”
“Fine,” she said, rage filtering through her blood at an alarming rate.“Let us be practical.Surely, you must know the things most fine London gentlemen want from their mistresses.You must have experienced them yourself, even if they aren’t to your preferences.We can practice those.”
She was desperate for a solution.She could feel her plans turning to ash.
And even in the candlelight, she could see him paling.
“I am going to bed, Miss Salisbury.”
“Surely, you are familiar with other ways of making love.”
“Of course I am,” he spat out.
“We could try something in that line.Surely, you’ve had a woman…ride you astride?”
“Yes,” he snapped.
Thank God for that, she thought.
“And you’ve had your cock sucked, I am sure.”
Of all the acts a man with a predilection for courtesans would have experienced, that would be it!
“Yes, although—” He broke off.
“What?”
“I do not care for it.”
That was odd.Very odd.Especially given the admiration he had expressed for her anecdote in the carriage.But she supposed it was hardly an issue, as she knew how to do that particular act quite well.
“What of entering a woman from behind?”
“Dear Lord, Miss Salisbury, I am not answering any more questions.”
“I need to know if I am wasting my time, Lord Leith.”
