Knight and Stay by Kitty French

Author:Kitty French
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2013-05-02T05:00:00+00:00

A couple of hours later, Sophie stood in front of the Mona Lisa and wondered what must have passed through the sitter’s mind. Her perfectly rendered ambiguous expression and enigmatic smile certainly suggested that she knew something the rest of world didn't. Maybe Leonardo Da Vinci had been naked when he painted her.

Sophie caught herself and wondered at the path her mind had just taken. If she'd come here with anyone but Lucien she'd no doubt have admired the painting in a more scholarly fashion. Being around him seemed to pare away her layers of respectability and leave her five steps closer to her cavewoman ancestors.

Was it a better way to live? It was certainly more fun in the short term. But this wasn't short term for Lucien, it was his life. Sophie wasn't sure who had a better outlook on the world. Then she lost her train of thought completely when Lucien placed his hand on her hip and kissed her neck.

"Seen enough?"

She sighed happily and turned around. "I think so. Thank you for bringing me here. I didn't seriously expect you to show me the sights."

She’d thought Lucien was making small talk with the Carmichaels when he'd asked for their opinions on the best landmarks, but she’d been wrong. Their clothing straightened and features relatively composed after their steamy clinch in the limo, they’d been dropped off at Notre Dame. After a leisurely inspection, they’d sat down for strong French coffees at a pavement cafe, then spent the last couple of hours strolling around the Louvre.

Lucien had proved himself a remarkably knowledgeable guide in ways Sophie hadn't anticipated, offering snippets and anecdotes as they made their way around. She very much doubted whether many other Parisian tour guides would have informed her that the traditional champagne coupe glass had reportedly been modelled on the shape of Marie Antoinette’s breasts.

"I like playing hooky with you," he said now, guiding her out of the museum and past the huge, sharp-edged glass pyramid, so fabulously, incongruously different to the grand palace wrapped around it.

If their chauffeur had any idea of what had taken place in the seclusion behind his privacy screen after they’d left the restaurant, he didn't allow it to show on his face as he held Sophie's door open for her to climb in. Lucien slid in beside her, and as the car moved away into the heavy traffic Sophie leaned wearily against him. He stretched his arm along her shoulders and stroked her hair.

"Tired, princess?"

His fingers settled on the curve of her neck, a slow, firm, massaging pressure that made her tip her head back onto his arm in pleasure.

"Bushed."

"No clubbing tonight for you then?"

Sophie's feet ached from sight-seeing and her body ached – admittedly pleasurably - from the sexual marathon of the last twenty-four hours.

"Can we maybe just stay in?"

Lucien frowned. "With Paris on our doorstep?"

Sophie rolled her head sideways to look at him. "We can look at it from the balcony."

His eyebrows were still lowered.

"What's wrong?" Sophie lifted her head and scrutinised him.

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