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."Fighting the urge to scream from the rooftops that she wanted so much more, shesimply nodded, lest he detect the lie on her tongue.Prentice bit the inside of his cheek to keep from speaking the words he so desperately wished to say.He loved Desiree more than he thought possible.He'd heard her declaration of love for him, and it had torn through his black soul, making him understand how empty his life had become.He'd also heard her tell Serenity about his deplorable behavior.If he were to behonest, the scene she described had been repeated innumerable times over the years.Most times, he'd not even asked the young women's names before he flattered them,turned their heads with implied promises he had no intention of keeping and thenseduced them.Before the young women knew what was what, he'd invade their mostprivate parts and steal their most precious gift.It was a pattern repeated more times than he could count.Shame burned like fire, to think how he'd changed the course of this beautifulyoung lady's life without as much as a backward thought.He'd make it up to her, he vowed.He owed her a debt, and if she'd allow it, he'd spend his life repaying it.Afraid to push her into something she didn't want, he waited for her to speakagain.She poured the warmed water she was carrying in the basin, and began washing her face and hands.She was still wearing the costume from the night before.It was nothing more than lengths of silk draped over what he already knew was an enticingbody.He loved that she was comfortable with varying degrees of nakedness, for if hehad his way, she would perpetually be in that state."I suppose we should talk, should we not?" he said."I suppose we should.""I have not always acted in a fashion of which I could be proud, Desiree.As a young man, I prided myself in the numbers of flirty, vacuous young women I couldtake when they offered themselves so freely."Quietly, she said, "I never offered anything.""I confess, I must take your word and apologize for any presumption I may have labored under.However, I can say without equivocation, I did not rape you.""No, I never meant to insinuate otherwise.I gave myself to you willingly.Only later did I realize what I had done, and how drastically my life was altered by that single decision.""I am sorry." He'd never meant anything more in his life."You didn't even remember me, Prentice.How empty the experience must havebeen for you.It meant something to me.You were so handsome and charming.Youflattered me, kissed me until I was breathless.I was only eighteen years old, in my first season.I wanted you to like me." Her voice cracked as a single tear streaked her perfectly structured face."I cannot defend myself.I was every bit the lout you have always thought me to be.I can only say I am not that man any longer.""I've tried to tell myself that, honestly, I have.Do you know what I endured, having to marry an old man, because the man I wanted to marry expected, wanted,deserved a virgin?""I can't imagine.I am sure it was the worst kind of degradation.""My name was ruined in society; my parents turned their backs on me.The man I married never loved me or I him.The memory of the pleasure you showed me thatnight made his rutting all the more unbearable.He drank and ignored me, then would wake me and treat me like a whore.It was terrible."She was crying in earnest now.He hoped she could release the horror of her pastand allow him to create a future for her that would make up for the despicable wrong he had perpetrated upon her."Come." He motioned to her with his hands.She shuffled toward him.When she was within reach, he pulled her onto his lap,into his embrace.He slid his hand up and down her back as she tucked her head into the crook ofhis chin.She sobbed, mumbled unintelligible words, and clung to him.He comfortedher, trying to take away the pain she'd been living with for years."I'll make it up to you, Desiree, I swear I will."Her hand came to rest upon his upper chest.He kissed her forehead, then her nose, causing her to raise her gaze to meet his own.Very quickly, these innocent acts became a conflagration.Their mouths met with ferocity, tongues battling forsupremacy.Hands refused to be stilled; there was too much to explore.She straddled his lap.With both hands on his face, she ravaged him as he gave her bottom a wicked smack.She barely blinked, though her eyes lit and he knew she was feeling what he did."Oh, yes," she murmured into his mouth.She poked her bottom out."More."As they kissed, Prentice gave her swats, her approval thrumming in her throat.Suddenly, she shifted her position, sprawling herself across his lap."What do you want, my little one?""I want you to really spank me, Prentice.I crave it as surely as the air I breathe.Please."His cock stirred.He'd missed her willingness, her total submission, her completeenjoyment.With a gentle hand, he lifted the volumes of silk that covered her.Beneath lay her heart-shaped bottom, reddened from Serenity's spanking.He rubbed, taking in the feel of her.He wanted to kiss her there, show her what true adoration was.Hewould, soon."Tell me again how you want me to spank you.""I want your hand to strike me as though I was an errant child.Show me what it is like to be under your control."He brought his hand down on her arse, not hard, for he couldn't bring himself todo so.He wanted to seduce her with this spanking.Entice her to new heights.He gave her sharp pats, making sure they stung without jolting her.But she wasn't satisfied, and indicated as much by her constant wiggles and squirms."Strike me, Prentice.Please, I wish to feel your power."He did as she asked.Through her howls he recognized her need was being met.Her body relaxed as he continued, her head rested upon the arm of the chair.Sheabsorbed the blows as she always had.She hissed and moaned but seemed to be inheaven.His cock was rampaging for a turn at satisfaction [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]