pulled her closer, his hand burning through the fabric of her dress. His questing tongue gently slipped past her lips and danced with hers. He was so skilled and her body responded to his touch as if she were made just for him. The coarse scrape of the stubble on his chin made her shiver as their mouths moved against each other with increasing passion.
The warmth between her legs turned into a wet heat as he kissed his way over the line of her jaw, pausing to murmur in her ear, “You have the softest skin I’ve ever felt. It’s like silk.”
The low tone of his voice stroked against her like a touch. Never had any man made her feel this wanton, this overcome by just a meeting of lips and tongue.
He rubbed his jaw against hers and she gave into temptation and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. He was magnificent. His body felt like warm steel beneath his shirt. Perfect. She never knew a man could have muscles this firm. She was greedy for more and wanted to explore the pleasures of his body.
With a rough jerk, he pulled her close and he began to place little nips on the tender skin of her neck. He was so good, enough pressure to make it sting and her squirm, but not hard enough to actually hurt her. He soothed the bites with a long lick that spiraled up to her ear. The sound of his rough groan as her nails dug into his shoulders made her pussy clench.
“Oh my,” a startled female voice said from the doorway.
Lilly bound from the couch and away from Paul’s sinful lips. The housekeeper stood in the doorway with a tray of tea and cakes. “I’m so sorry, Mr. McGregor. I will...umm—yes, well, I’ll be in the kitchen if you need me. Yes, I’ll be in the kitchen.”
He nodded and sat back against the couch like nothing was amiss. His blue eyes twinkled with laughter as Lilly shot him a ‘shut up or die’ look.
“Wonderful,” she hissed at him. “Your housekeeper is now going to gossip to the town that the new schoolmarm was kissing you on the couch like a…” her voice lowered to a scandalized whisper. “Like a soiled dove.”
He stood and placed a soothing hand on her arm. The stroke of his fingers running down her sleeve was delicious. “Mrs. Conner doesn’t gossip, especially about the family. She’s been with us since before I was born.” He fastened his eyes on her mouth. “And you are no soiled dove, Lilly. You are an enchanting creature, as beautiful as a prairie sunset.” He began to lean down again, softening his lips for hers.
He pulled away to the sound of running feet and paws bounding down the stairs, and she let out a sigh of disappointment. Before he turned his back, she saw the evidence of how enchanting he found her straining the front of his pants. He was a very impressive man all around.
“Miss Brooks!” Owen yelled as he and Delilah bound into the room. “Can you stay for dinner?”
Paul stared at her and she blushed and turned away. If she didn’t get away from him, she might end up staying for dessert, too. Despite what her body said, she didn’t know him well enough for that...yet.
“No, thank you, Owen. I have to get back to my home. There’s much to do before school next week. Like figure out a way to plug the holes in the walls.” She darted a glance at Paul, who was watching her with that hungry expression again. Yes, better she went home now. That man was just too enticing.
“Thank you for your time, Paul,” she said as she tied her bonnet beneath her chin.
“My pleasure, Lilly.”
The words themselves were innocent enough, but the tone beneath them made her ache.
***
Owen flipped through his book again for his homework. “I swear I did it, Miss Brooks!” He shook the book over his desk. The rest of the class snickered and Lilly had to resist rolling her eyes. She smoothed her hands over her butterscotch-yellow cotton skirt and avoided getting her boot heel stuck in the hole in the floorboards.
“Owen, you know the rules. If you didn’t do
The warmth between her legs turned into a wet heat as he kissed his way over the line of her jaw, pausing to murmur in her ear, “You have the softest skin I’ve ever felt. It’s like silk.”
The low tone of his voice stroked against her like a touch. Never had any man made her feel this wanton, this overcome by just a meeting of lips and tongue.
He rubbed his jaw against hers and she gave into temptation and wrapped her arms around his shoulders. He was magnificent. His body felt like warm steel beneath his shirt. Perfect. She never knew a man could have muscles this firm. She was greedy for more and wanted to explore the pleasures of his body.
With a rough jerk, he pulled her close and he began to place little nips on the tender skin of her neck. He was so good, enough pressure to make it sting and her squirm, but not hard enough to actually hurt her. He soothed the bites with a long lick that spiraled up to her ear. The sound of his rough groan as her nails dug into his shoulders made her pussy clench.
“Oh my,” a startled female voice said from the doorway.
Lilly bound from the couch and away from Paul’s sinful lips. The housekeeper stood in the doorway with a tray of tea and cakes. “I’m so sorry, Mr. McGregor. I will...umm—yes, well, I’ll be in the kitchen if you need me. Yes, I’ll be in the kitchen.”
He nodded and sat back against the couch like nothing was amiss. His blue eyes twinkled with laughter as Lilly shot him a ‘shut up or die’ look.
“Wonderful,” she hissed at him. “Your housekeeper is now going to gossip to the town that the new schoolmarm was kissing you on the couch like a…” her voice lowered to a scandalized whisper. “Like a soiled dove.”
He stood and placed a soothing hand on her arm. The stroke of his fingers running down her sleeve was delicious. “Mrs. Conner doesn’t gossip, especially about the family. She’s been with us since before I was born.” He fastened his eyes on her mouth. “And you are no soiled dove, Lilly. You are an enchanting creature, as beautiful as a prairie sunset.” He began to lean down again, softening his lips for hers.
He pulled away to the sound of running feet and paws bounding down the stairs, and she let out a sigh of disappointment. Before he turned his back, she saw the evidence of how enchanting he found her straining the front of his pants. He was a very impressive man all around.
“Miss Brooks!” Owen yelled as he and Delilah bound into the room. “Can you stay for dinner?”
Paul stared at her and she blushed and turned away. If she didn’t get away from him, she might end up staying for dessert, too. Despite what her body said, she didn’t know him well enough for that...yet.
“No, thank you, Owen. I have to get back to my home. There’s much to do before school next week. Like figure out a way to plug the holes in the walls.” She darted a glance at Paul, who was watching her with that hungry expression again. Yes, better she went home now. That man was just too enticing.
“Thank you for your time, Paul,” she said as she tied her bonnet beneath her chin.
“My pleasure, Lilly.”
The words themselves were innocent enough, but the tone beneath them made her ache.
***
Owen flipped through his book again for his homework. “I swear I did it, Miss Brooks!” He shook the book over his desk. The rest of the class snickered and Lilly had to resist rolling her eyes. She smoothed her hands over her butterscotch-yellow cotton skirt and avoided getting her boot heel stuck in the hole in the floorboards.
“Owen, you know the rules. If you didn’t do
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