Liam felt that Amelia’s tentative touches were scorching him instead of relieving him. Indeed, he felt even more trapped in his own skin. It was like the beast within him wanted to ravage her but the civilized man within him wanted to worship her… hence his conflict.
Her beautiful gray eyes glazed over with lust, she asked him sweetly, her finger hovering above the waistline of his bottoms. “Can I?”
That might as well have been his undoing. He couldn’t resist her. Her wit and her innocence made up her charms. And he wasn’t strong enough to keep on resisting her.
He nodded, his shoulders stiff with tension.
In one swift move, she removed his clothing and left him bare for her eyes.
“Good god!” He heard her whisper-yell and he took pride in the reaction.
Although he knew he was b
