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the stairs, his arms crossed over his chest as he looked at her through narrowed eyes. Even angry, he made her heart pound in her chest.
     
    That wasn ’ t something she had expected. She ’ d known what marriage would mean and had accepted it. She hadn ’ t counted on being attracted to the man she ’ d marry. It was nice. Unexpected, but nice.
     
    “ I … I ’ m sorry, ” she stammered. “ I wasn ’ t trying to be nosy. I ’ m just tired. I want to sleep. ”
     
    He didn ’ t say anything right away. He simply watched her, as if trying to consider something.
     
    “ So you ’ re my wife? ” he said after several moments.
     
    “ That is what I ’ ve been told, ” she countered.
     
    Brandon nodded, the barest movement she wouldn ’ t have seen if she hadn ’ t seen the bob of his hat atop his head. Then he strode toward her, his gaze hot as he came closer and closer until he had her pinned against the door.
     
    “ And do you know everything that entails? ” he asked. There was heat in his gaze, but it was the gruff tone in his words that left her breathless. Her eyes moved down to his mouth and she swallowed hard.
     
    “ I think I ’ ve figured it out, ” she whispered, closing her eyes and taking a shattering breath.
     
    It was that moment he chose to capture her mouth with his. He demanded her attention, drawing her lips to his. She melted into him as he commanded she relinquish herself to him. His tongue swept across her bottom lip, seeking entrance to her mouth. With a moan, she surrendered completely, and their tongues danced with one another.
     
    His hands slid up her sides, cupping her breasts through the fabric of her gown and she moaned again. Her stomach felt tight and heat pooled between her legs. He was promising a release she didn ’ t even know she needed until that moment.
     
    “ Fuck it, ” he growled against her mouth, pulling her tight against him as he reached around her and opened the door. He shoved her inside, slamming the door shut behind him. Then he grabbed her and pushed her up against it, his hands sliding down her sides to the edge of her skirt and up under them.
     
    His mouth assaulted her mouth, her neck, her shoulders, every bare piece of flesh he could reach. All the while, his hands roamed over her heated flesh, touching her and sending spirals of heat through her. She gasped for air, desperate for something she didn ’ t understand.
     
    “ Brandon, ” she moaned. She closed her eyes and groaned. Her hands tangled into his hair as she tried to pull him back up to her mouth. He had other ideas though.
     
    He flattened himself against her, tugging at her earlobe. His breath was heavy and hot in her ear and a shiver passed through her.
     
    His hands navigated past all her garments then and she realized his intentions just before he succeeded in executing them. His fingers slide inside her warmth and her eyes widened in shock. She cried out in pure pleasure as he started moving his fingers, drawing mewling calls from her throat. He chuckled in her ear. “ Do I please you, baby? ”
     
    There was no words to describe the feeling swimming through her. Her hips bucked toward his hand, wanting, needing, more. She could only nod as she held onto him for dear life. An ache started in her belly. She needed more from him, more than he was giving her. She just wasn ’ t sure what it was she needed though.
     
    “ Come on, baby, ” he growled. “ Give me what I want. ”
     
    “ What do you want? ” she asked, breathless. Pleasure rippled throughout her body, and with two more strokes of his fingers, her body undulated at his touch and she came with a loud cry.
     
    “ That ’ s it, baby. That ’ s it. ” He chuckled. His beard scratched her neck as he pulled away and looked at her, a grin on his face. “ Turn around, ” he told her.
     
    Her body trembled with the aftermath of her orgasm, but she did as he told her, unsure of what was going to