Ruin Me Please (54 page)

Poppy gasped covering her mouth as
more
tears formed
in her blue eyes
.

His chest tightened and with shaking fingers, he placed the ring
on the third finger of her left hand. 
Lift
ing her hand, he
k
issed
it
joyfully
staring into
her radiant blue eyes brimming with happy tears.  “I sent
to Allingham Park
for
this
right after we rode to your secret hide-away.  I knew then that you were my missing piece.”  He looked into her face and grinned.  “
Holly
gave me one of your rarely used rings for sizing purposes.  I hope you do not mind.” 
He smiled
sheepis
h
ly.

She shook her head unable to speak.

“This ring belonged to my mother.  My father gave it to her for their betrothal.  I knew it would be perfect for you.
”
  He grinned
.  His
voice
was
rough with emotion
, “
I know she would have l
oved you, just like I do.  Your
tenacious spirit
along with t
he abundant joy that follows you like a shadow
.
”

Tears ran
unheeded down Poppy’s face after his impassioned speech.

“I need your
heart.”  He swallowed thickly. 
“You already have mine.  Say you will be my bride?”  Uncertainty clouded his features.  “Tell me that I will never have to wake up alone again.”

She could not drag her eyes from his even if she tried.  Her voice
was
thick with sudden tears.  Breathless with joy she said, “
You will never be alone again.
”
  Her lip quivered
.  As she threw her arms around him, he lifted her into his arms so they were eye to eye.

Declan’s heart soared, smiling mistily.  He abruptly sobered.  “So that there can be no misunderstanding on my part, is th
at
a
yes
?”

Poppy kissed him
softly on the lips
as she placed
her hand gently over his heart.  S
he could feel the fast
beating against her palm.  “Yes,” she shouted
as a burst of joyous laughter e
s
caped her lips. 
Her dimple
deepened as she laughed exuberantly.

Drunk with desire and happiness, he feasted on
her lips like a starving man.
He crushed her to him as he thrust
his tongue into her mouth
seeking
all of her sweetness.

She matched
him thrust for thrust.  T
heir tongues tangl
ed
with voracious need for one another
and she
cr
ied out with desire, his mouth
driving
her
wild.  A raging fire burned low in her be
l
ly
, her heart pounding fiercely in her chest
.

He lowered her
to her
feet,
leaving
a trail of fire until his hands found their mark, fil
l
ing
his
palms
with the softness of her breast. 

“I need you
,
” Poppy whispered.
She kissed him with a wanton lack of restraint. 
She plundered
his mouth with her nimble tongue
m
aking up for her innocence with passion.  Frantic with an unknown need, she pulled his shirt out of his breeches aching to feel his naked flesh
, sighing into his mouth when
her hands met his heated skin.

At the same time, he quickly released the buttons that r
an down the front of her gown.

H
e
let go of
her long enough to shrug off his coat and lay it on the ground as an i
m
promptu blanket for their tryst. 
Removing
his
cravat, he tossed
it in the air allowing it to flutter
u
n
heeded
to the damp ground.  He then pulled his shirt over his head with one swoop letting it fall unnoticed to the ground revealing a swatch of curly black hair that arrowed down a flat stomach ridged in muscles.  Reaching down he pulled his
off his boots
not caring if they were scuffed beyond recogn
i
tion.

Poppy pushed
her gown to her waist
and
wiggled until i
t fell to the ground in a puddle at her feet
. 
Raising her
arms,
she
slowly
pull
ed
the pins
one by one
from her hair
, shaking
her head allowing the golden locks to fall to her waist in soft curls. 

S
he stood
in her thin chemise
, indecent in its length;
bare
ly reaching
mid-thigh leaving little to a man
’
s imagination.
 
And he had a hearty imagination, his
mouth watering
at t
he
shadow of one dusky nipple
teasing
him
through the thin silk
and he groaned
. 

Poppy slid her hands
deliberately
down her legs until crossing her arms she grasped the bottom edge of her ch
e
mise
and pulled it over her head
tossing it to the rocky earth
. 

Never losing eye contact
, after kicking off her slippers,
she stood in onl
y her
white silk
stockings and
lacy
garters grinning
una
bashed
ly
,
a rosy flush cov
ering
her cheeks
refusing to fight her desire, choosing to surrender completely
.

He closed
his eyes
.
“You are so magnificent
,
”
h
e groaned, swallowing
convulsively.  Never could he have imagined the erotic vision of her standing before him in stockings and fri
v
olous lace garters.

He was
envious
of the golden curl that spilled over her naked bre
ast he took
a deep breath
. 
“Silk sheets be damned, I believe them to be
overrated anyway
,
” Declan mu
r
mured on a moan as he seized her wrist
and
haul
ed
her to him. 
He cradled
her head as they fell softly to the ground.  Holding her in his
arms,
he expertly protected her from the rocky, uneven earth b
e
neath them.
Then he kissed her, plundering and devouring her with his lips and tongue.

Her insatiable curiosity was getting the better of her.  Eyes wide
, she asked
timidly, “You
are
going to remove all your clothes
this time
?” 
She raised
her brows,
half-sitting
and
half lea
n
ing on her elbows
absently trac
ing
a pattern on his sun-bronzed chest with the tip of her finger.
Her bottom lip captured coyly by her teeth
.

He noticed the darkening of her eyes.  Trembling with need, he growled low in his throat.
Tearing at the fall on his breeches,
he pushed them down allowing his manhood to spring forward hard and throbbing with
need
, which only grew larger beneath her fascinated stare
.

Without warning, a smile caught the corners of her mouth and a sparkle settled in her eyes.  Hesitantly she
reached
out,
gripp
ing
him in her small fist.  Her fingers wrapped around his pulsing flesh in wonder
su
rprised by the velvety smoot
h
ness of his hard member.

Declan groaned, attempting
to control his desire
, suppressing a shudder
as her small hand caressed his throbbing staff.  A mere slip of a girl controlled the storm that was breaking inside of him.
 
He covered
her with his hard heated body
running
his hands
over her overheated flesh licking the pulse at the base of her throat. 
Trailing
his mouth over her collarbone until he drew one of her rosy nipples between is hot lips.  Pulling and tugging with his teeth causing sparks of pleasure to shoot all the way to her toes.

Her spine bow
ed
with the onslaught of his mouth and tongue. 
S
quirm
ing uncontroll
a
bly beneath him, she gripped
his waist tightly.  F
loat
ing, her senses heightened, her
cheeks
flushed
and
her lush lips parted with a beckoning need.

He trailed
one of his hands down her belly
and felt her
muscles jump beneath his palm.  Slowly
he slid
his big work-roughened hand down until he reached the thatch of
glistening golden curls
cover
ing
her mound.  Pressing the heel of his hand against her, he raised his
head to look into her eyes as he
stroked her slick flesh
.

Lowering
his
head,
he
trail
ed
his lips d
own the center of her body
plant
ing
kisses on her bel
ly
her muscles quiver
ing beneath
his lips. 
He buried
his face in her curls,
inhal
ing
her musky scent.

Shocked by what he was doing, Poppy gasped and squeezed her knees together.  Squeaking out, “What are…?”

He gently
strok
ed
her belly
, look
ing into her eyes, “
Trust me,
love
.” 
A serious look fli
t
tered across his face
for a moment
a
s he
continued to
stroke between her legs.  Slow, rhyt
h
mic strokes until Pop
py’s legs fell open.  S
pread
ing
her thighs wide he raised one of her knees.

Poppy’s back arched off the ground at the first stroke of his tongue alo
ng her sensitive folds making her cry out.

He
devoted himself to her responsive flesh.  His wicked tongue licked and suckled until she sobbed and begged for a physical release.

She
had never expected anything like this assault.  The invasion o
f his thrusting tongue deep inside
caused her to climax on a
loud
scream
that
echo
ed
loudly
in the quiet ou
t
doors. 

Deep-seated contentment took
over,
as she lay limp on the ground.  The harsh sound of her
breathing was the only sound for miles around
.

He rose
over her
the feel of his wiry hair brushing against
her sensitized flesh forced her heavy eyelids to open revealing her
dazed
blue eyes.

Poppy’s stunned gaze locked with his satisfied eme
r
ald green eyes.  He lowered his eyes to her mouth watching as her tongue peeked out strok
ing
slowly across her bottom lip.