George chuckled softly as he setThe Timeson the table. “I think we may have shocked all three of them,” he whispered as he took one of her hands in his and kissed the palm.
“Educatedthem, don’t you mean?” she countered, one of her brows arching suggestively.
“As long as we don’t discover a Saracen in our daughter’s bed,” he replied with a wince.
Elizabeth blinked. “What would be wrong with that?” she asked in a teasing voice.
“That’s enough naughty talk from you, you harlot,” George accused as he rose from the table, pulling her up with him. “I’ll be taking your virtue in the library,” he added before his lips took purchase on her bare neck.
“Oh!” she replied in delight as they hurried from the breakfast parlor and rushed up the stairs.
Neither one was aware when Adeline, David, and Ertugrul took their leave of Bostwick House.
