The Ornaments of Love by Dazio G. A. & Stone Joseph

Author:Dazio, G. A. & Stone, Joseph
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Silver Lion Publishing
Published: 2017-06-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

“Did your eyes reveal anything to your liking?” she asked slyly, the dessert wine falling deliciously down her throat, all but burning through her limbs.

The library was colossal, as most of the rooms in this house were prone to be. The dark, coffered ceiling and richly paneled walls brought about a delightful resonance to the Marquesa’s words, her voice sounding splendidly rich to her ears. Joaquim found that he liked this woman’s company even more in his private office, regardless of the dispute about its territorial claims.

Books and papers lay mismatched all around the huge desk near the center of the room, though they appeared to have benefited from some sort of personal order, which Dídac had not yet managed to sufficiently explain to his father.

Joaquim had shown the Marquesa to the sitting area between the desk and the huge marble fireplace, which rose to the ceiling like an Egyptian needle pointing to Ra. Candles were lit in an assortment of heavy iron candelabra scattered about the room in convenient places, and the fire hissed quietly, casting comforting shadows on the walls that competed for her attention with the steady glow of the bright little flames.

“I don’t know what I saw this evening, my lady,” he lied. “I know only that I was fed an interesting idea I wish to explore further and, perhaps, understand. You say the absorbed look upon my son’s face should infer some manner of feeling I should take into greater acknowledgement?”

She laughed outright this time. “But it is always wonderful to hear your voice when you speak of your son as if he were one of the livestock on a neighboring field. It’s too sensational! But no, don’t look to me with that defeated look, I will appreciate you all the more for it. No, Joaquim, please don’t look at me with that frustration. Oh, it’s too rich!” She laughed on, pulling her hand up to her chest to stop herself from being thrown too far into exaltation.

“You mock me?” Joaquim smiled now. Joaquim was made uneasy by her display, though he was not particularly conscious of it. He felt he appreciated her all the more for being so affectionate in her demeanor. He was feeling all the time that he had a great capacity to love this woman. Her perfect, wideset eyes of crystal blue always seemed to bring him home from his daydream, enlivening him again and again.

“No, no dear, I do not. And yes, there is much you should read into that feverish look that your son wears so handsomely on his face. It seems there is much that is good about it; good for your purposes, as well as mine.”

“But how is this so, Marquesa? How is it that you are so sure of the nature of the boy’s gaze when my wife has not even mentioned the slightest change in him?”

“The answer lies in a natural need your son hides in plain sight, not to mention that Francesca cannot understand how such a need would ever come to find its solution so easily.

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