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Chapter 3
Joseph POV
Oh Em! What a firecracker! I thought to myself as I walked away from the house. She thought that I wouldn’t officially asked her. My mum would tan my hide for that one too! No, I had plans but I needed to get a good estimate of her finger size so I can get the right ring from the mercantile. It was a great reason to hold her hand.
I whistled all the way back to the hotel. As I made my way inside, I ran into Cole. “Hey there, Cole. How are things going’?”
“Fine. Fine. Say, have you seen this advertisement?” he asked me, holding out a piece of newsprint.
I took it from him and glanced down at it, realizing it was the same advertisement that had taken me to the boarding house. I nodded and answered, “Yes. In fact, there are still two young lasses without a husband. Ye can’t have me Emily, though.”
He chuckled, “No, I wouldn’t dare. You are a formidable man. You could probably
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“That cunny’s mine,” he growled out and before I could respond, he was sucking and licking my folds as if he were a dying man enjoying his last meal. He wrapped his left arm around my thigh, and placed his hand on my stomach, holding me in place. I think he was afraid I was going to flee. But with the pleasure he was giving me, why would I run? This is what I had wanted for the last two days.With his free hand, he spread my other leg to the side, further opening me up to his attentions.“Oh, I love this cunny,” he moaned, then I felt his breath as he lightly blew air on my moistened mound. I felt him slide his finger between my folders, I was so wet that it was no trouble for him.“Oh, my god, Joseph! Yes. Do that again!” I mewled and threw my head back.I gripped the bedding as his fingers rubbed my inner walls. We had been married less than a week, but he
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