Masquerade by Hannah Fielding

Masquerade by Hannah Fielding

Author:Hannah Fielding [Hannah Fielding]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780992994372
Publisher: London Wall Publishing
Published: 2015-09-15T04:00:00+00:00


CHAPTER 8

It was only when she was back in Cádiz that Luz began to put some order into the chaos clogging her usually clear mind. For days she trotted along the beach on Zeyna’s back, lost in her own maze of conflicting emotions. Her reaction to Andrés’ lovemaking in Pamplona had shaken her to the core. She resented his desire for her as much as she was ashamed of hers for him. The man was a duplicitous snake, yet when his hands explored her so hungrily, his mouth tasting her with such heat and urgency, she could not still her body’s response; he had aroused the same passionate need as when Leandro had made love to her on the beach. The thought of it unnerved her.

Andrés was just as attractive and compelling as his gypsy counterpart, with the added polish and charisma of the well-bred gentleman. So much about the shrewd businessman remained a mystery, apart from the fact that he was distrustful, manipulative and underhand: a cluster of attributes she did not care much for. Nevertheless, there was something more to him beneath that calm exterior. She had been aware of it in his company but she could not put a finger on it. The other night as he held her in his arms, and when he’d called after her as she left him, she had sensed it more than ever: an anguish and a vulnerability that were unexpected in a man of his station.

What about her? In all this confusion, what was she waiting for? What did she really want, true love or simply an affair? It seemed she responded to Leandro and to Andrés with equal fire, as her body had proved to her the other night. Thus the conclusion she must draw is that she loved neither of them: it was pure unadulterated lust. After all, what did she know about sex? Leandro was her first lover. All the needs that had pulsed through her that afternoon on the beach were new. She had dated a lot, but very few of the young men made it beyond a kiss. ‘You don’t know what you’re missing!’ her friends had teased. Now she did. Still, she did not regret her previous ignorance; at least at twenty-four her senses were not jaded, unlike those of many young women of her generation. But, sadly, she would never have the chance to get to know Leandro. There was not the briefest connection between their universes.

As for Andrés, he might be a far more suitable proposition but he was already spoken for if she was to believe Lorenzo; and even if he were not attached, she was determined not to let her relationship with him go beyond the biography project. After all, he was a client and she knew to her cost that mixing work with pleasure was never a good idea. Her father had often told her to beware of making a mess in her own backyard.

Indeed, she had made an utter fool of herself the other night.



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