to better reach her mouth. She was all willing submission and softness beneath his lips. He realized this was their first kiss. She opened for him at a slow swipe of his tongue on the plump curve of her lower lip, and he delved inside her mouth. He felt rather than heard her sharp intake of breath as his tongue met hers. Her hesitation and innocent response revealed her inexperience with this kind of soul kiss, a kiss Kurt had taught him.
Valentine went deeper into the kiss, applying more pressure with his lips, moving his tongue farther into her mouth, sucking as he played with her tongue. Leah moaned and moved one arm from Kurt to wrap it around Valentine’s neck, hugging him close.
Her hand dove into his hair and fisted it tightly, and Valentine felt his cock twitch in arousal again. Just as he began to entertain thoughts of another bout of lovemaking, perhaps fucking Leah himself, Kurt let out a gentle snore. Leah snorted into the kiss and pulled back with a quiet laugh, and Valentine let her, smiling.
“Our first kiss,” Leah whispered, reading his mind.
“The first of many,” Valentine assured her, leaning forward to kiss her forehead softly. “Rest for a bit, then we will see you home, my love.”
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embarrassed that he had fallen asleep while still atop Leah, and inside her. Leah hadn’t cared at all. It was wonderful—the weight of a hot, sated, naked man covering her, his cock still warm in her.
She felt like a different woman. She was a different woman thanks to these two men. She would never again settle for the kind of half-life she’d been living, now that she knew what she’d been missing. The smile was permanently attached to her face as she thought of all the wonderful years of fucking and coming ahead of her with Valentine and Kurt.
They were in the carriage with the lamps lit, and all three were squeezed onto one side, Leah in the middle. She was half draped over both of them, and Kurt was rubbing her feet while Valentine placed little kisses on her neck and nibbled on her ear.
“What are you grinning about, little cat?” Kurt asked quietly, and she opened her eyes to see him regarding her with a lazy smile, his own head resting on the back of the seat cushion.
“I’ve got the canary rubbing my feet,” she answered just as lazily, and Valentine chuckled in her ear, sending sweet chills down her back.
“Mrs. Westridge,” Valentine murmured, “you have a quick wit.”
“The better to eat you with,” she growled teasingly, and then laughed with the other two. She couldn’t remember a time she had ever engaged in such silly banter with a man. Thomas had had no sense of humor at all.
She settled more deeply into the seat, snuggling back against Valentine and rubbing one foot on Kurt’s thigh. “When will we marry, Valentine?”
“As soon as possible,” he sighed, licking her neck right below her ear. She giggled.
“I’ve got a special license already. I obtained it in London, hoping you would say yes.”
“Sight unseen?” she asked lightly.
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Valentine winced. “That seems so cold now that we know you,” he admitted, “but Stephen said you would make a good wife to us, and marriages have been based on less.”
“Oh I’m not upset,” Leah hastened to assure them. “I’m planning on thanking Stephen profusely when he gets back.” Both men smiled.
“Stephen returns from London on the fifth,” Kurt said. “We can be married soon after.” He grinned mischievously before adding, “Or we could have a longer engagement and get married on your birthday, Valentine. Very romantic.”
Leah felt Valentine tense behind her, and she turned slightly to regard him with incredulous eyes. “Don’t tell me?” she asked, laughter in her voice.
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