Ben had always thought it was sexy as hell when women took the initiative to undress themselves, so he let her reach back for the fastenings without protest. He took a step back and let his eyes flow over her as she moved.

“I’m a lucky man,” he commented with a chuckle. He could have been remarking on her beauty, but it went beyond that — he’d known she was beautiful before he’d agreed to run away with her, so it wasn’t like he’d been gambling anything there. To have a wife who was interested in sex, though, and who had some idea of how to actually be alluring — from his understanding, having talked with married men, was that this was something of a rarity. Melody hadn’t exactly given him any indication that she would be like this, given how proper and pure she’d been when he’d first met her.