Lustful Intrigue: Forbidden Love Amidst Duty's Chains

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he half-circle bay of floor-to-ceiling windows. Wispy tendrils of fog connected her to the open

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ss black cloak and had her back to him. But he wouldn't know her if she w

countess and an Arab sheikh. She was the wife of the Chancellor o

act except behind closed d

he had danced nude among the other prostitutes. She had used him to fuel her desire for sexual titillation, and for a few hours, he had transformed into the animal she thought

, if she hadn't purposefully pushed her wa

ahogany and padded over the Persian carpet that covered the library floor. "What d

ity, bounced off the three sash windows and chased the curving

anxiety, practically smel

ted her to

e was, alone in the Bastard Sheikh's den, with

undamental way imaginable that his body was his to g

ndelier, waiting for her to turn and f

and bubbled throug

hat she desired, daring her to say the forbidden words, familiar ones, I want to diddle an Ara

framed by glittering yellow silk draperies. The dark veil

ips twisted

inking. What every Englishwoma

ot have sun-kissed

wear fitted attire l

o is part

each me how to gi

muffled by the veil, bu

the words he

d. Erotic pictures rushed before his eyes... of a lady... naked... taking

owing and hardening, recalling pictures that would never exist, exiled as he was in thi

s twitched

for selfish reasons under the premi

she had to offer, although knowing it was a lie: Englishwomen

ced the gap between himself and the woman

she did not fl

as fine with simply

of the sheer black cloth that obscured her view. His compl

d learnt to be a man in a nation where women are valued half as much as men-a woman

e should be

ain what you want

ench of whiskey, perfume, perspi

an pleasure," she said gently, leaning h

five feet three inches, and

timated her to be in her early forties. Faint creases extended from the corners of delicate hazel eyes. The face pulled up to his was rounder than oval, the

. Why didn't