Chapter Thirty Two

She told him meekly lowering her eyes and his eyes darkened at her easy acquiescence,

‘Non spingermi Juliette, se mi disobbedisci di nuovo non ti siederai per una settimana"  [Don’t push me Juliette, if you disobey me again you won’t sit down for a week]

She looked up through her lashes her eye glittering and a spark of definance returning she was far from meek and obedient,

‘Dovrai prendermi prima." [You’ll have to catch me first.]

He caught her chin and lifted her head,

‘Ti prenderò sempre, Juliette, sempre.'  [I will always catch you Juliette, always.]

She believed him, her eyes met his and she saw the steely determination in their blue depths and she wanted it, she had always belonged to him and had done since her birth biting her lip she hid the shiver of desire that ran down her spine.

At his villa she found herself locked in the same room but the tree outside her window had gone, she gazed at the spot where it had stood frowning,

‘Pensavi che non avrebbe fatto tutto ciò che era in suo potere per impedirti di farlo di nuovo?’ [Did you think he would not do everything in his power to stop you from doing it again?]

She jumped at the sound of the Guards voice and turned to face him, Juan was one of his older men and he was regarding her sardonically,

‘No, me lo aspettavo, è come tutti gli altri che pensano che, essendo maschio, sia migliore di me. Beh, mi piacciono le sfide’  [No, I expected it, he’s like all the rest thinking because he is male he is better than me. Well, I like a challenge.]

She smirked at Juan who shook his head at her attitude she had a lot to learn this sassy little English girl.,

‘Non pensarci nemmeno, signorina, sopporterà solo così tanto da te, non è noto per la sua pazienza. Perché vorresti lasciarlo comunque, è pazzo di te e ti darebbe il mondo se glielo chiedessi?" Ora era il suo turno di scuotere la testa,’  [Don’t even think about it young lady he will only put up with so much from you, he is not known for his patience. Why would you want to leave him anyway, he is crazy about you and would give you the world if you asked?]

Now it was her turn to shake her head and frown at him,

‘Non mi piace essere "posseduta", non sono un possesso e sono stufa degli uomini che pensano di potermi dettare legge. Non ho bisogno di 'accudire' o 'proteggere', sono perfettamente in grado di badare a me stesso e lo dimostrerò a tutti voi.’  [I do not like being ‘owned’ I am not a possession and I am fed up of men thinking they can dictate to me. I do not need ‘looking after’ or ‘protecting’, I am perfectly capable of looking after myself and I will prove it to all of you.]

She sat on the bed and turned away from him with a soft sigh,

‘Mi ha detto di dirti che sarà impegnato per qualche ora ma si aspetta che tu lo raggiunga per cena più tardi, di solito verso le sette. Ti fornirà i vestiti che devi indossare e qualsiasi altra cosa di cui hai bisogno. Puoi per favore stare fuori dai guai fino ad allora?.’   [He told me to tell you he will be busy for a few hours but he expects you to join him for dinner later, it usually around seven.. He will provide you with clothes you must wear and anything else you need. Can you please stay out of trouble until then?]

She looked up at him and grinned cheekily giving him a sassy wink she said,

‘Non farò promesse che non posso mantenere' [ I will not make promises I cannot keep]

Juan grunted in exasperation and locked the door behind him, he had left a tray of fruit and tiny pastries with a carafe of wine and another of water. She kicked off her shoes and lay back on the bed nibbling one of the sweet pastries, they were delicious so she poured a glass of the rose wine, [He had remembered she hated red wine] and leaning against the headboard she enjoyed herself. It was hardly surprising after a couple of glasses of the wine that she fell asleep curled on top of the sheet.

She was woken by his maids who entered he room without knocking carryiing the clothes he had sent for her, they hung them up chattering amongst themselves thre gist of which she caught. As one of them went to run her aa bath for she heard the other call her ‘a lucky bitch’ it seemed these two maids were totally infatuated with the handsome Don. They could not understand her reluctance to be with him and she raised an eyebrow as the more forward of the two went into great detail about what she would not mind doing to Romero given half a chance. Her cheeks turned pink at the crude words but she quickly passed it off as sleep rubbing them with her hands to add to their bright pink colour. They smiled at her leading her into the bathroom and hekping her to undress and sink into the warm scented bubbles he would go along with things for now because she wanted to see what he was up to. If she disobeyed him he would keep her locked in her room and there was no way she was going to allow that to happen she would play his game and use her time to plot her escape. After she had bathed the maids did her hair and make up and then handed her the dress, it was stunning Zandra Rhodes original made from shimmering gold very short and strappy. When they zipped it up she pulled on the matching designer heels and looked at her reflection in the full length mirror. She raised an eyebrow, the dress was simply incredible as she moved it caught the light and changed from gold to green just like her eyes. It fitted like a glove moving with her body and emphasising her curves she wore nothing underneath it because he hadn’t sent anything.