was somehow getting into my mind and soul and changing me. Now it was time I showed her how desperately I missed being deep inside her. The day was young, and it was time to christen the room and move along to teas, cakes, and tours of Thornbury Castle.
Chapter Eleven
Avery
I still couldn’t fathom the fact that Jim had pulled off this trip, and I couldn’t grasp why he would do this for me. I knew it wasn’t right for him, but the smile on his face during the tour, the look of being the smartest kid in the group, had me wondering if he was enjoying this as much as I was.
Then came dinner. I felt like I was a queen in my own way. We had a lavish table, set for a king and her queen—I was so caught up with the Henry and Anne theme in all of this. Jim succeeded in having the entire menu served; at least, it was enough food in my mind for a whole menu’s worth. Jim stuck to eating scallops and vegetables while I had to sample it all. I should have scared the guy off by now with this constant appetite, but I hadn’t.
That evening, Jim and I snuck into the downstairs library. We held hands, only doing it as a joke after Jim announced we were husband and wife to everyone in our tour group, but damn it, it felt real. It felt so real that it started to fucking scare me to wonder what it was all going to be like when this week was over and we went separate ways.
My mind was stolen from those thoughts after Jim walked me away from the doorway and pulled me against him for a kiss that I devoured like dessert. His groans were beyond sexy, and my body ached to ditch our library tour and head up to our room. His hands were cupping my ass—a sensation I couldn’t get enough of while we had sex.
“Can we just head back to the room?” Jim asked, pulling away.
I smiled, breathless, with the tall man leaning over and kissing along my neck. I ran my hands through his hair. “It was your idea to tour the library,” I said as his hand grazed over my breast.
He rose. God, he was so fucking gorgeous. His emerald eyes, this new smile, his lively expression. Everything. “I only determined the library to be a good idea because you wanted to see a ghost.”
“That’s what you get for determining things,” I said, both eyebrows raising to challenge him.
“So,” he took my hand in his, “we can get the fuck out of here?”
“Only if we play by my rules,” I said.
He tucked his bottom lip between his teeth. “And those rules are?”
“I decide how the sex goes down the entire time.”
“You want full control?” he asked, eyes dark, the Jim is going to tear my ass up with his perfect fucking techniques look.
“Full control.”
“With limits, of course.”
“Limits?” I questioned.
“You know what I’m not fond of,” he said with an eyebrow arch.
“Oh, the oral stuff,” I said with a laugh. “Fine. I’m down.” I thought I’d tease this to see his expression. Poor guy had a fun day, fielding calls, and still managing to play the part of my newlywed husband. “Okay,” I said softer, Jim’s expression so hot I should just end the games and get our asses to the room. “Anal instead.”
I pinched my lips together and did everything in my power to hold back the laugh after seeing Jim’s eyes go as wide as silver dollars.
“Anal?” he choked out. “You’re serious.”
“Am I?”
“I have no fucking idea,” he said. “Listen,” he tried to level me with that voice I heard him use on the phone when he answered his calls today. “Perhaps that might be something we think about.”
“Jim,” I brought my hands around his waist and looked up at his concerned expression, “are you afraid of it?”
“Are you not?”
“You seriously sound like we’re both virgins, and we’re deciding whether or not to have normal sex.”
“Well, this is one situation I might think—or hope, shit, I don’t fucking know. Are you into that?”
I started laughing. “I’m into having your sexy ass in any way I want it.”
“Well, gorgeous,” he ran his knuckles along my jaw, “I think I will fight you on this.”
“Don’t say that,” I said, walking away from him. “Or I’ll suddenly have a headache and not want anything but rest all night.”
“You’re a goddamn