“You need to hush, darling, remember? You don’t want anyone to hear you.”
Without waiting for a reply, he resumed his sensual ministrations to her other breast, teasing the erect nipple with the caress of his lips, laving the swollen tip with his silk-rough tongue, drawing out her sounds of pleasure.…
Meanwhile his thigh continued to press against the vee between her legs. When his hand moved lower to cup her woman’s mound through her nightdress, Sophie drew another sharp breath and threaded her fingers in his thick hair to hold him off.
“Jack … what … are you doing now?”
“What I have wanted since the moment I met you.” His voice was husky. “I’m showing you the kind of passion you deserve.”
His fingers splayed over her cleft and began stroking her slowly through the cambric. Sophie clenched her thighs together at first, but the hot streak of sensation that rippled through her was too pleasurable to ignore.
A pleasure that only increased when he explored the folds of her sex hidden by the fabric.
“You’re very responsive, love.…”
How could she not respond when the delicious friction was setting her on fire? Of their own accord, her hips surged off the bed, seeking even greater pressure.
Jack left off suckling her breast and returned his mouth to hers. He kissed her deeply, all the while stroking, rubbing, arousing between her thighs. Helplessly, Sophie curled her fingers in his rampant black locks and gave herself over to his magical caresses.
It was not long before she lost all sense of herself. Caught up in the whirlwind, Sophie whimpered plaintively and gripped him more tightly. Blood rushed hot in her veins while incredible sensations sparked inside her.
As the heat built to a burning crescendo at her core, she helplessly thrust against Jack’s hand, until a stunning explosion shattered her. Spasms shook her body that left her gasping.
When she collapsed back against the pillows, he gathered her limp body in his arms.
“Dear heaven, what … just happened?” she rasped after a long moment.
“It’s called ‘the little death’ … your body’s response to arousal. That is only a taste of the passion I could give you, sweetheart,” he murmured, stroking the curve of her hot cheek with a soothing finger.
Passion indeed, Sophie thought dazedly. He had sent sizzling currents of pleasure surging inside her.
She lay languidly in his arms, savoring the feel of him, marveling at the wonder of his touch. Her skirts were wantonly bunched up about her thighs, the night air cool on her bare skin, yet the brazen intimacy felt amazingly natural.
Jack was affected by their intimacy also, judging by the hard bulge in his breeches that pressed against her hip. As he rested his forehead against hers, a shudder racked his frame. He was clearly fighting for control of himself.
Then suddenly he eased off her. Fierce disappointment raged through Sophie when he rolled onto his back to gaze up at the ceiling overhead.
Uncertainly, she turned onto her side, facing him. “What is wrong?”
“Nothing is wrong.”
“Then why did you draw away?”
His jaw was set in a hard line, but his voice was husky when he replied. “Because I promised I wouldn’t ravish you, and I can’t vouch for my willpower if I keep touching you.”
“I know exactly how you feel,” Sophie admitted in a low voice.
He glanced sideways at her then, his smile rueful but no less dazzling. That slow, charming smile seemed to squeeze the very breath from her. Then his gaze dipped to her bare breasts.
Reaching up, he rearranged her bodice to cover her breasts and refastened the buttons. “I would just as soon avoid temptation,” he muttered.
“I have heard it is painful for a man without release.”
His eyebrow rose. “Where did you hear such a thing?”
“Our former maid. Martha told me in general what happens between lovers, but I never understood until this moment why lovemaking is so hard to resist. It is no wonder she found herself in the family way.”
Jack’s gaze searched her face. “I can’t get you with child unless I enter your body with my cock and plant my seed inside you. And even then, there are various ways to prevent my seed from taking root.”