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“Which means you chose to marry me.”Her smile had turned rather brilliant.“Not the coin.”

“Yes… I… yes, I did.”That was what that meant.He’d seen her on that stage, and his first thought had not been to purchase her to rescue her, but to marry her.Which was exactly what he’d done because he’d wanted to… It was not so long ago that his coin would have had its sides.

How very odd to discover thatnow.

Stepping into him, Johanna went up on her tiptoes, pressing her lips to his.Their arms bent, hands still together between their bodies, the coin trapped in his fist.Matthew moved his other arm to hold her, keeping her from stepping away as he kissed her back, his tongue sliding into her mouth to deepen the kiss.

When he lifted his head again, she was smiling up at him, her eyes sparkling like the amethyst jewels she’d worn tonight.

“Are there any other important decisions you would like to make this evening?”she asked, teasingly.

“Actually… yes.”Matthew glanced over to her vanity, where the jewels were sitting.“There is something I have fantasized ever since I brought you home.”

“Oh?”

Johanna

Bedecked in a tiara, necklace, earrings, and bracelet, but nothing else, Johanna could not help but blush as Matthew stared at her.She was now standing in front of his bed, entirely naked to his gaze, other than the jewelry, and the way he was looking at her made her feel utterly wicked.The metal was cool against her skin, but the heat of desire coiling inside her kept her warm.

“You are so beautiful,” he murmured, smoothing his hand over his dressing gown.

Johanna did not entirely know how to respond to that.

“Thank you, Your Grace,” she said, blushing furiously and trying to tease him rather than give in to the embarrassment.His eyes flashed.

“Oh.I do like hearing you call me that, kitten,” he said, walking toward her.Johanna’s head tilted back as he came closer, her gaze holding his.His dressing gown was soft against her skin as he trapped her between his body and the bed, making her nipples pucker against the soft velvet.Her insides throbbed in response.

Bending down, his lips brushed over hers, and she hummed low in her throat as an anticipatory shiver went down her spine.

“Are the jewels the only part of your fantasy?”she asked.

“Oh, no.”He grinned wickedly, pressing his lips more firmly against hers for a kiss.“They are just the beginning.”

Johanna squeaked as he stepped back while keeping his hold on her, just enough so he could bodily lift her and settle her onto the bed with her back against the pillows.His gaze was hot with desire as he stripped off his dressing gown, leaving himself bare.Crawling onto the bed, he lowered his upper body between her legs, his shoulders pushing her thighs wider as she watched him.

Their gazes caught and held as he lowered his mouth to her pussy, watching her as his tongue slid between her nether lips.Johanna moaned, her eyelashes fluttering at the touch of his tongue on her heated flesh.His hands slid under her thighs and up to caress her sides, then moved up to cup her breasts as he began to feast.

Gasping at the sensations as his hands cradled her breasts, squeezing and kneading the soft flesh, his tongue going to work on her sensitive folds and pearl, Johanna clutched at the bedsheet beneath her.Her heels pressed into his upper back as she whimpered from the sensations now coursing through her.

Matthew’s head lifted for just a moment, his eyes flashing.

“Hands up, kitten.Hold on to the headboard.I want you completely open to me.”

The order made her insides clench, and she lifted her arms above her head, reaching for the headboard.With the pillows behind her, she had to stretch to grasp the spindles, pushing her breasts up into his hands.He pinched her taut nipples, and her grip tightened on the hard wood as she jolted in reaction.It hurt, but it felt so good.

His tongue delved between her folds, teasing her, tasting her.

Johanna moaned, moving her hips up and down, pressing her pussy against his mouth as pleasure ignited through her body.

One hand left her breasts, and he shifted, suckling on her clit for a moment before letting it go.She cried out at the sensation, her body pulsing in reaction.

“I want you to do something for me, kitten,” he murmured.

Johanna moaned as she felt his fingers press against the opening of her pussy.

“Yes, Your Grace?”Again, she tried to be teasing, especially after his previous reaction, but she sounded more breathless than mischievous.

Matthew chuckled and began to slide his long fingers into her wet heat, stroking her insides and making her gasp and arch again.