thank you. I have never felt such passion in my life…”
Rodriguez looked at Louisa with wonder.
“Did this really just happen? Did I just make love to a goddess?”
Louisa laughed. “Just a mortal, my darling, just a mortal. It was so wonderful. It was heaven.”
She stretched languidly, like a cat.
He reached for her again. His hands parted her thighs again, and he teased her, stroking that magic spot, thrusting his long finger in and out until she was at fever pitch again. In a moment, he was inside her again, this time on top of her, hard, long, just for her. He took his time and drove her crazy. The passion built until finally, they climaxed again.
They lay on their backs, side by side, holding hands, looking at the ceiling.
“William could never come again that quickly,” Louisa purred. “You’re five times the lover he was, ‘Riguez.”
She could she Rodriguez smirk in the soft bedroom light.
“I think we’ll be good together, Louisa. You excite me far more than Maria Isabella ever did.”
“You excite me as well, darling,” she said.
“Now do you think I like men?” he asked her.
“Now I think you like me...” she replied.
He kissed her passionately.
“That was wonderful. Thank you. You made me feel sexy again.”
“Thank you, little one. You are incredibly sexy and satisfying.”
“So are you, ‘Riguez. I think you are the best lover I have ever had.”
“How many lovers have you had, Louisa?”
“Three, counting you. My first was Miles, who was my boyfriend for three years. We broke up and I met William and married him on the rebound, and now you...”
“Is Miles apt to pop into our lives?”
“No, he dumped me because he hated the time I spent riding. He’s a school teacher in Scotland now, with a wife and twins.”
“Well, get used to me, Louisa, because I’m your only lover now. I demand absolute fidelity for the rest of your life. We will not dissolve our marriage for anything or anyone.”
“We hardly know each other.”
“We know enough. We share the same passions, riding and sex...”
“True.”
“I will be a good father to our son, Louisa, and a good husband to you. My mother likes and accepts you.”
“I will be a good wife to you, Rodriguez. I’ll even learn to speak Espagnolian!”
“We speak Spanish, little one. Mama will arrange a tutor for you. Our wedding ceremony will be in Spanish.
“In the morning, after your solicitor and Cartier, we will meet your father and his wife and tell them our story. We will not tell them we invented it tonight, and we will see their reactions...”
“Yes, ‘Riguez...”
“I like it when you say that, princessa.”
“My father calls me princess.”
“You will be a princess in Espagnolia. I am sixth in line for the throne. After my cousin’s child with Maria Isabella is born, I move down to seventh. Far enough down the list to never have to worry about actually ruling, close enough to the top for all the benefits. That is why we will stay married.”
“Are you a Grandee?”
“I am...I am also a prince both in my home country and in Spain. My father was a Spanish prince.”
“Oh...”
“Enough talking. I want you again.” Rodriguez’s hands parted Louisa’s legs, and his head was between her thighs.
FIVE
At nine o’clock the next morning, Rodriguez ushered Louisa into Geraldine Grey’s office. Introductions were made. Coffee was served.
Geraldine looked at the couple across the desk from her. “Your father’s Legal Department have briefed me very thoroughly Mrs. Spenser. Your husband’s infidelity gives us grounds for divorce.”
“I’m afraid that there is something they didn’t brief you on, Ms. Grey,” said Rodriguez smoothly.
“Oh?”
“We have a confession to make to you. Louisa and I have known each other for several years, on the equestrian circuit and of course her father and I attended University together and were
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