They laughed as they undressed each other, their garments ending up strewn across various pieces of furniture. Caro shoved Henry’s dressing gown down his arms and tossed it to the floor, but Henry immediately reached down and grabbed it, moving it away from the fire.
“We must be careful with that dressing gown, darling. You cannot imagine the things I’m going to do to you while you’re wearing it. It needs to last for decades to come.”
She did rather like the sound of that, even if she didn’t care for anything that slowed her progress in getting Henry out of his clothes. She yanked his shirt up over his head, then purred as she ran her hands over his beautiful chest.
When he had stripped her to her shift, Henry scooped Caro up in his arms and carried her through to his bedchamber. They b
