Simply Scandalous by Kate Pearce Read Free Book Online Page B

Christian, in polite society such matters are not discussed quite so openly as they are in the Delornay household.”
    Christian grinned. “It’s a shame. You should ask Philip about his experiences here, Richard. I’m sure you would find them most enlightening.”
    With some effort, Richard controlled his temper. “We are not here to talk about me or our father. Did your mother suggest a time when it would be convenient for her to see Jack Lennox?”
    â€œYes, she said you should bring him to Knowles House tomorrow night for dinner.” Christian stood up. “And she said you should invite his brother and mother to join us as well.”
    â€œUs?”
    â€œYou can hardly expect me to miss this, can you?”
    Richard rose too. “I suppose that would be too much to ask. I’ll take myself off to Harcourt House and relay the invitation to the Lennox family.”
    â€œThere’s no need. My mother intends to send them a note this evening.”
    â€œThen I might as well go home to my lodgings.” Richard sighed.
    â€œWhy leave? There’s plenty of fun to be had here at the pleasure house.” Christian paused at the door. “I heard that the Lennox twins are causing quite a stir on the second floor this evening.”
    â€œThey are both here?”
    â€œIndeed.”
    â€œThen this is an excellent opportunity for me to pass on your mother’s invitation in person.”
    â€œI’m sure Jack Lennox will be suitably grateful.”
    Richard narrowed his eyes. “Christian . . .”
    His half brother laughed and walked down the hallway. “I have guests to entertain and a wife to pleasure. I will leave you to the enjoyment of your own particular sins.”
    Richard couldn’t deny that the thought of Jack Lennox being in the pleasure house did give him pause. He firmly reminded himself that it was only because Jack reminded him so much of Violet. He followed Christian’s path down the hall and up to the main reception rooms on the second floor. To his surprise, the rooms were already quite crowded and there was a sense of heightened sexual awareness in the air.
    As he neared the center of the room, he understood why. A troupe of Oriental acrobats, accompanied by an unfamiliar wailing stringed instrument and a steady drumbeat, was performing a sensual dance involving males and females who were almost naked and entwined in various complicated sexual positions. He counted four men and four women, but where one began and the other ended, he wasn’t quite so sure. The sinuous grace of the participants made each movement a delight to watch and set off a low hum of sexual excitement in his loins.
    One of the women arched backward, her long black hair pooling at Richard’s feet. She met his gaze upside down, her dark eyes wide with lust or fabricated lust, and licked her lips. The man supporting her weight was fucking her hard, his thrusts making the woman’s small breasts quiver with every jolt.
    Richard started as her outstretched hand gripped on to his hip and she tried to draw him closer into the writhing mass of bodies. Across the room, Richard caught the amused gaze of Jack Lennox and found he couldn’t look away. The woman tugged at the front of his trousers. Blindly, he undid them and pushed down his underthings, gripped his shaft around the base, and fed it into her warm and waiting mouth.
    His groan wasn’t just for her skill, but for the fact that Jack Lennox was still watching. Even as he climaxed, Richard couldn’t tear his gaze away from Jack’s, or stop his cock from starting to fill out again. He remembered to thank the woman and pressed a coin into her hand before hastily buttoning up his trousers and heading across the room to where he’d last seen Lennox.
    But where had Jack gone? Richard hastily scanned the crowds and noticed a dark-haired man moving toward the more private rooms that lined the