He sucked in a breath as she swept it up past his smooth, broad shoulders, off his arms and over his head, leaving his chest bare.
She whipped his shirt aside, letting it land atop the water. It quickly floated, down the river and eventually out of sight. “I hope you brought more than one shirt, Bradford.”
“As if I have a need for shirts anymore.” He dug his hands into the water, fisted her chemise, pulled the wet, clinging material up over her head and tossed it. It, too, quickly floated down the river and out of sight.
He grinned, his hands skimming across the expanse of her exposed, wet breasts. “I hope you don’t mind, but I took the liberty of burning your etiquette book. I am done being a lady. With your permission, dearest, I want to go back to being a whore. Your whore, mind you. But a whore all the same.”
Justine laughed and yanked him closer against her naked body. “How about you go back to being a man instead? My man?”
“Hell, Duchess, that’s even better.”
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PRELUDE TO A SCANDAL
Copyright © 2011 by Delilah Marvelle
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