She did feel sore. It didn’t hurt that much when they… But now she was getting the aftermath.
“I’ll ask for a bath to be drawn,” he said.
He got up, and she had one moment to gawk at his magnificent body before he hid it with a robe. He got out and then came back a few moments later.
“It will take a while,” he said and crawled back to bed. “How shall we fill the time?”
“Leo!”
Her voice was strict, but her eyes were eating the little patch of flesh peaking from the dark robe while she looked wistfully at the rest of the robe.
“I got the message, Miss P.J.,” he teased and took off his robe.
“That was not the message!” Prim hid her eyes.
“I should put the robe back on then,” he said, smirking.
“No!” She blurted out.
She covered her mouth, ashamed of her wanton request. His chuckle was brighter than the rays bathing them.
“Lady Mildenhall,” he draws near and kisses her shoulder, “nothing to be ashamed of. Am I not your lawfully wedded husband?”
“Oh, realization finally dawned on you? From besotted suitor to enthralled husband. I hope this will be the end of the fake roles you take on in our relationship.”
He stilled for a moment, but then kept kissing her softly on her neck.
“I’d say that both as a suitor and as a husband, I had fulfilled some of my duties,” he said, and he lightly licked that sensitive spot behind her ear. “Admirably, if I may say so myself.”
“The only consistency is that in both roles you are insufferably smug.”
“You mean confident.”
“Case in point.”
“Admit it,” he laughed, “you like my confidence.”
“I tolerate it. It’s part of my marital obligations.”
His lips trailed down to the curve where her neck met her shoulder. She arched into his touch no matter how she tried to stop herself.
“So,” his voice dropped to a murmur, “that’s what you were doing last night. Such a sense of duty. How very noble of you.”His teeth grazed her skin, making her gasp. “Your sacrifice is noted.”
Prim was sure he was ready to make hertoleratehim more when the maid behind the closed door announced the bath was ready. Leo didn’t hesitate. He scooped her in his arms and opened the door to his bathroom.
“Leo!”
“What seems to be the problem? I need a bath too. Last night was rigorous.”
“You can’t just say that.”
“Is it a lie?”
“That is irrelevant!”
The hot water had filled the place with steam. His bathroom was bigger than hers with dark green, elaborate tiles, and a big copper bathtub, obviously custom-made to fit his enormous body. The air was filled with the scent of lemon verbena.
“How?”
