Page 71 of The Rogue’s Countess

Sinking down onto the mattress, he tugged gently on her hand and forced her to sit in his lap. With his free hand, he trailed his fingers down between her breasts then over the round swell of the one closest to his mouth. His thumb rubbed across her nipple as he bent his head to kiss his way across her skin until he could take the stiff peak into his mouth.

The scent of roses mixed with the musky scent of desire. His teeth abraded the hard tip of her, and he was rewarded with a muted cry of pleasure. The soft sound was followed by her hand sliding between them to touch him. He drew in a harsh breath, and he quickly released his mouth from her lush breast.

“Not yet, sweetheart.” Gently guiding her to stretch out on the bed, he lifted one exquisite foot and kissed the top of it. Taking his time, he nibbled his way up along her calf to her knee and then her inner thigh as he continued upward. The scent of her need was heady, and as his mouth reached the apex of her thigh, she drew in a sharp breath.

“Oh, you mustn’t.”

“I told you I wanted to explore every inch of you, and I meant it,” he murmured as he parted her velvety smooth folds and dipped his tongue into the hot, spicy slickness of her core.

Over the top of his head, she released a cry of pleasure. When his mouth found the small bud between her succulent folds, he swirled his tongue around the nub then bit down gently at the fleshy heart of her. Instantly she jerked against his mouth, and the moment he sucked hard on the bud of flesh, a keening cry escaped her. The sound tightened his cock as his tongue swirled and stroked the delicate heat of her. Christ Jesus, he wanted to bury himself inside her.

Instead of listening to his body’s demands, he focused his mind on pleasing her. A second later, she bucked against his mouth. It encouraged him to nip harder at the small bud. The action elicited another passionate cry from her as he continued exploring her sweet, tangy heat. Fingers spiked through his hair as her moans of pleasure echoed above his head.

The shouts of need inside his head were growing, but he suppressed his need as he continued to pleasure her with his mouth. His reward was a small rush of buttery heat flowing across his tongue. The soft moans escaping her became sharp pants as she writhed beneath him. The sounds encouraged him to increase the speed of his tongue as it flicked and swirled around the heart of her.

A moment later, she called out his name, and another strong gush of tangy cream swept across his tongue. Pleasure rolled through him at her reaction to his attentions, and taking his time, he kissed his way upward over her stomach to her breasts, where he sucked on first one hard nipple and then the other.

His mouth continued to explore her fragrant scented skin across the base of her throat to her cheek and then her ear, which he nipped before capturing her mouth with his. The passion with which she welcomed his kiss made his body cry out sharply with need for her. As if she understood his craving, she shifted her body beneath him until his cock was poised on the edge of her sex. Her hands slid down his back to cup his buttocks, and she urged him to take her.

“Oh, God, please. I need…I need you now.”

The soft plea made him lift his head to study her face. Eyes closed, she was the most beautiful creature he’d ever seen. Her eyes fluttered open to meet his gaze, and she arched upward into his body.

“I like the way you look and sound when you plead with me,” he whispered as he buried himself inside her with one hard thrust.

In the next breath, he closed his eyes with pleasure and didn’t move. Hot velvet. She was hot velvet wrapped around his cock. Each and every one of his senses was being hammered by the beautiful essence of her. It was as if her body had been made for him. A small shudder rippled through her, and her body tightened around him. Instantly, every muscle in his entire body was pulled taut with anticipation.

It was a sensation he’d only ever experienced with her. As her body contracted around him again, he slowly retreated, and a groan escaped him at the pleasure it gave him. Tight and hot, her body clutched at his in a way that came close to undoing him. One silky leg wrapped around his as she tried to keep him locked inside her.

Her strength was no match for his, and when he stopped his retreat at the edge of her sex, she protested with the whisper of a sob. Lowering his head, he nibbled at her lips, loving the sweet, hot taste of her. In response, she arched her body up into his.

“Don’t stop,” she gasped as her fingers dug into his flesh and tried to pull his body deeper into hers.

Her soft plea excited him, and with a hard, fast thrust, he pressed his body deeper into hers. Another keening cry of pleasure filled the air, and he was lost. It was as if a dam inside him broke, and he began to move at an increasingly rapid pace as he claimed her as his. With each stroke of his body against hers, the world fell away until there was only her and this moment.

Chapter 19

Every inch of her was on fire, and she reveled in the sensation. Moments ago, when Gideon had used his mouth to send her careening into a state of bliss, the ecstasy had blinded her to everything. Even after she’d shattered into a million pieces, he’d continued to tease her body with his. Never had she dreamed a man’s mouth could take her to the brink over and over again.

Now, as the tip of him hovered at the heart of her, a moan of need whispered past her lips as her body cried out for him to complete her and drive her over the edge into a glorious state of mind-numbing bliss. A white-hot heat spiraled through her veins as she writhed beneath him in a silent plea for fulfillment. Her eyes fluttered open to see desire blazing in his gray eyes, and her heart slammed into her chest at the passion darkening his features.

In the next breath, he filled her with a speed that sent her arching upward into his hard, muscular body, and her cry of intense pleasure filled the air around them. The heady scent of bergamot and pine swept across her senses as he lowered his head to kiss the length of her shoulder up to her mouth. The faint essence of her lingered on his lips and tongue as he captured her mouth in a hard kiss of possession.

Eagerly, she met fire with fire as her tongue tangled with his in an imitation of the carnal act he was already tempting and teasing her with. As he slowly retreated from her, she whimpered her protest. Desperate for the intense pleasure and satisfaction she knew only he could give her, her body tightened in a futile effort to hold him in place. A second later, he filled her completely in a blinding flash of movement, and she cried out his name as fire streaked through her veins and spread its way across her skin.

Wild and turbulent emotions coursed through her blood as her heart raced out of control. Blind to everything but his touch, she willingly gave herself up to his possession. A familiar sensation began to build inside her as she wantonly met his thrusts with unrestrained fervor. Harsh breaths rolled out of him, matching her own frantic gasps of pleasure.

With a suddenness that stole her breath away, her body jerked hard against his. Teetering on the edge of a place she knew only he could carry her, the sound of her cry of release mixed with the dark, primal growl rolling out of him at the same time. As their bodies shuddered violently against each other, she fell over a precipice with him and into a climax that left her quivering against him.

Slowly, he sank down into her, and she welcomed the warm weight of him as he covered her body with his. A joy she’d never known intensified the slowly receding pleasure she’d just experienced. The rapid beating of his heart reverberated against her breast, while his heavy breathing tingled her skin as he buried his face in her neck. A wave of happiness washed over her as she closed her eyes and sighed softly with contentment.

Gideon’s mouth brushed across the curve where her neck met her shoulder, then lifted his head. Phoebe could sense him studying her face, but she didn’t open her eyes. She wanted to pretend, if only for a brief moment, that what they’d just shared had been a mutual exchange of passion born of love. Although she hadn’t admitted it until two days ago, she’d given her heart to him that night in a dark garden.

Tonight she’d opened up her heart completely to him, but her body as well. With every breath she’d taken, she’d offered up herself in a silent declaration of love. In the process, he’d claimed her soul as well. The gentle caress of his fingers brushing across Phoebe’s cheek made her open her eyes.

A strange expression darkened Gideon’s face as he studied her. For a moment, she thought it might be the beginning awareness of affection, even love, but she quickly dismissed the thought. Life had taught her to be a realist. Reaching up, she cupped the side of his cheek, and he turned his head to kiss her palm.

“That was infinitely more comfortable and pleasurable than against a tree,” Gideon murmured as he kissed her gently.