“You smell of roses. The scent has tormented me for days.”
Eva felt his mouth move lower to touch the swell of one breast, and she felt it grow fuller as he placed a hot kiss on the sensitive flesh. How could anything so wicked feel so wonderful? Heat pooled in her belly and her nipple ached as he kissed the other breast. His hand moved to her back, stroking her heated flesh through the nightdress, caressing the swell of her buttocks.
Lifting the hem, he moved it up her body.
“Eva, will you let me remove your nightdress?”
“Yes.”
“Then lift your arms,” Daniel ordered softly.
In a daze, she complied and he pulled it over her head.
“Christ, you’re beautiful,” he rasped, and Eva saw in his eyes that he meant every word.
“No, don’t hide from me.”
He took her hands as she tried to cover herself, and held them at her side. She had always been slight, yet believed her breasts were almost too full for her body, his eyes told her a different story. She read the desire and need that she was sure was matched in her own. His hands moved to her hair releasing it from its restraints and then he tangled his fingers through the strands as they fell, the ends brushing her buttocks.
He kissed her again, took the lip she was worrying between her teeth and nibbled it slowly. Pulling her into his chest he ran his hands slowly over her body until Eva once again slumped against him. Only then did he lift her into his arms and carry her to the bed.
Eva lay where he left her, watching as he removed his robe. Light from the candle cast a golden glow over his muscled flesh. She should have been frightened, yet his touch had been the sweetest caress, his lips and hands creating a need that burned steadily inside her. No one had ever touched her in anything but anger, and now to have him, her husband, create such a wealth of feeling inside her, well, she wanted to weep with the joy of it.
“I won’t hurt you, Eva.”
“I know.”
She saw the surprise in his grey eyes as he lowered his body down beside hers.
His fingers traced her jaw and wandered slowly, touching and teasing every piece of skin in their path and when he kissed her again, Eva felt herself melt. Her body was not her own but his to command. She moaned and pressed into his hand as he touched her breasts, his fingers stroking her nipples. He kissed her as his hands made her writhe and then he touched her there, the place only she had ever touched and she shattered as he stroked the sensitive bud and pushed a finger deep inside her.
“I promised not to hurt you, Eva, yet in truth this first time might.”
She heard the anxiety in his words, laced heavily with need.
“Please don’t stop, Daniel.”
His lips brushed hers. “Nothing could make me.”
She felt him at her entrance and then push slowly inside. Stretching the silken tissues, he eased into her until he reached her maidenhead and then he pushed through. There was pain, sharp and swift, and then he was buried deep inside her, almost as if they were one.
“Eva, are you all right?”
She heard the desperation in his words as he held himself tense above her. “The pain eases, Daniel.” Arching off the bed, she placed a kiss on his lips. He followed her back down and deepened the kiss as he withdrew and reentered her. He did it again and Eva felt something build inside her, something that needed release.#p#分页标题#e#
“Wrap your legs around me, Eva.”
She followed the rasped command and the change in position deepened his next thrust. The pain became pleasure as pressure built until it grew almost unbearable, and then Eva knew only ecstasy as she flew to sensual heights with Daniel following, seconds later.
Eva felt him lower himself onto the bed beside her, his breathing as rapid as hers.
“Are you all right?” he asked again.
“Yes, thank you.”
She felt him look at her after her polite response.
“Should I leave you now, your Grace?”
He leaned on one elbow moving closer to look down at her. “Where would you go? This is your bed.”
“Of course. It is just that I know you have no wish to share my bed, therefore I thought-”
“What?” His tone was curt and she sensed he was angry with her.
“I had believed…I was told you would want to leave after -”
“I thought I told you to forget everything those idiots you call brothers ever said to you, Duchess.”
“It will take some time for me to do so, your Grace, they were part of my life for many years.”
“My name is Daniel, Eva, and I would ask you to try. They are fools and not worth a minute more of your time.”
A yawn surprised her.
“Sleep now, Duchess. The morning is soon enough for you to don your worries once more.”