Parisian Affair by Gould Judith

Author:Gould, Judith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, love, adventure, danger, jewels, paris, manhattan, auction, deceipt, emeralds
Publisher: Renaissance Literary & Talent

Princess Karima's dark eyes were ablaze with fury, and there was a tremor in the hand that held the cell phone against her ear. It clicked irritatingly against her pearl earring, which only increased her anger.

'What do you mean?' she asked in a quiet but threatening voice. She took a deep breath, trying to control the rage she felt, fearful that Marcus would overhear her. Although he was mixing drinks in the distant salon, she knew that he loved nothing more than spreading vicious gossip. Despite their friendship, he would gleefully get word out among their set that he had heard Karima have a tantrum after the auction, thus feeding speculation concerning her real feelings about selling her possessions.

When she had listened to the fateful words once again, she abruptly felt something snap in her mind, and forgetting Marcus for the moment, she shouted into the receiver. 'You idiot. You filthy little shit! You're incapable of doing anything right. I don't want to hear of you or see you ever again!'

She snapped the cell phone shut and flung it toward the desk, where it clattered against a vase of flowers before landing against a basket piled high with the day's mail. She tore off the turban that still encased her lush black hair and threw it to the floor, giving it a swift kick with her shoe. She lit a cigarette with shaking hands. Exhaling a stream of smoke toward the bedroom ceiling, she felt tears in her eyes. Not one to cry, Princess Karima was startled by this emotional reaction to the awful news.

She looked about the magnificent bedroom where she and Stefano had plotted the extraordinary course of their lives together. He had been the great love of her life, and the emerald ring—more than any of the many other priceless gifts he had showered upon her—had represented that bond between them as had nothing else.

Taking another long drag off her cigarette, she glanced at the clock on her desk. She had to get ready to leave for the millhouse in the country immediately, she realized. Marcus was waiting for her, and she must, to all appearances at least, carry out her plan as she had announced it. Marcus was no small part of it. She knew that he would report on her activities after the auction.

As she slowly undressed and then put on the simple black cashmere sweater and slacks that Mimi had laid out for her, she began to feel better. Perhaps the ring was not lost to her after all. She could manage to get it back from the odious American lady. The failure this afternoon certainly didn't mean that future efforts would not succeed. She would simply have to put someone more adept in charge of retrieving the ring.

She stubbed out her cigarette in an ashtray, then slipped into flat, supple leather driving shoes. Marcus would be driving, but these were more comfortable after wearing heels most of the day. After refreshing her makeup

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