Background: This is part two of a series, however, each chapter functions as a standalone one-shot too. Sarah Chancy has infiltrated an upper-class home with the hopes of conning the family out of their riches. Here, she finds herself alone with the Lord Jeremiah Cain, who is more than she bargained for.
Jeremiah's long dark hair fell across his face, sticking to his brow as he leaned closer to Sarah. Kissing her mouth, then tilting her face up with a jerk of his chin he nuzzled underneath her jawline. She could feel the gentle pricking of his facial hair against her throat, such a rarity in her circles to have a man with a full beard.
Unwittingly, her mind flashed to what it might feel like for him to brush that stubble against her inner thighs. Involuntarily she jerked away, eyes wide, "We shouldn't be doing this, what if someone were to see?" Remembering her training just in time.
"Lord Cain, I am flattered but I must protest..." Her voice caught in her throat. The way he was looking at her, his eyes dark, almost predatory. They dropped to her mouth as she swallowed and attempted to regain composure.
"I will leave you then," he moved incrementally away from her, "I could not hold myself down a moment longer in your presence and I would not want to force you to do anything you were not comfortable with."
"I did not say I was not comfortable." Sarah blushed as the words rushed from her without thought. "I said what if we were caught?" Jeremiah started at this, her meaning clear. "I am very influential, Sarah, we will not be seen if you do not wish it."