Total pages in book: 26
Estimated words: 24103 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 121(@200wpm)___ 96(@250wpm)___ 80(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 24103 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 121(@200wpm)___ 96(@250wpm)___ 80(@300wpm)
That makes me see red, and like a crude bastard, I reach for my wallet before throwing dozens of hundred dollar bills at her feet.
“Here,” I rasp. “This should make it worth your while.”
But Matilda shakes her head.
“No,” she grinds out through clenched teeth, watching the money flutter to the floor. “Like I’m said, I’m not on the clock right now, and being a whore isn’t even my real job. For your information, I work at the palace most days. I bet you didn’t expect that.”
I reel back, amazed. No wonder Matilda looked familiar.
“As what?” I ask. “Doing what?”
“As a lady in waiting!” she flings back in my face.
I scrunch my expression in disbelief.
“Really? For my mom? My cousin, Annabelle? Which lady do you serve?”
Matilda rolls her eyes again, and to be honest, I’m getting sick of her insouciance.
“I’m not that kind of lady in waiting,” she huffs. “I’m the kind of lady in waiting who’s more of a maid slash secretary slash Girl Friday. ‘Lady in waiting’ is just a euphemism because they have me doing all sorts of drudgery. Hell, I’ve even been asked to scrub the privy floors before, in addition to serving at the royal table.”
I blink, surprised.
“So we have met,” I say in a low tone.
“We have,” Matilda confirms with a furious look at me. “Many times, in fact. You just don’t remember me because I wasn’t ‘fuckable’ enough with my long dresses and bonnets.”
I stare at her curvaceous figure.
“Really?”
“Really,” she spits. “If I’m not in a mini-skirt and revealing top, then you don’t notice, Haakon! Because that’s all you ever notice: women’s assets. Their bodies. Tits and ass. What goes on in their brains is totally uninteresting to you.”
I have to say that there’s truth to her words because I’ve never been in it for a woman’s personality. I’ve always been a very visual man, and the female form is especially pleasing to me. But this isn’t the time to get into an argument because I’m discovering new tidbits about Matilda that are very intriguing.
“So you work at the palace every day,” I rasp. “Serving my family, and our retainers.”
“That’s right,” she snaps back, her brown curls practically zinging from her head with frustration. “But now, if you’ll forgive me, I need to get back to my date. Albert’s waiting, and I’m not going to embarrass him by disappearing into thin air.”
That does it. I’m not listening to any more from this woman’s sassy mouth. So what if Matilda’s berating me with the truth? Yes, I’m a shameless womanizer, and she’s about to learn what that means because rinsing her dirty mouth with some of my sperm sounds about right at the moment. I advance on her curvy form, blue eyes glinting.
“So you’re on a date,” I say in a sibilant voice. “Do you like the young man?”
“More than I like you!” Matilda throws back. “At least Albert has manners, and doesn’t try to pay me off like some cheap whore.”
“But you are a whore,” I intone in a deceptively calm voice. “And I paid generously for your innocence last night.”
Matilda flushes then, her cheeks going a fetching pink.
“Just some more information: nobody knows that I moonlight as a working girl,” she says in a stilted voice. “And I don’t want anyone to know, if it’s at all possible, so I’d appreciate you keeping your lip buttoned.”
I prowl towards her, my body already hard.
“Sure, I’ll consider it, but I want something from you in exchange for my discretion.”
Matilda’s trembling now, and from the way those big breasts heave up and down, I know she wants it. In fact, my tongue can already detect the scent of aroused female in the air, and it forks on its own, desperate to taste her.
“What, Haakon?” she asks in a breathy tone, her pupils dilating. “What do you want?”
I pull her towards me so that those big breasts are now flush against my chest, the nipples so hard I can feel the points through our tops.
“Well, we haven’t really gotten to know each other, Matilda,” I say in a sibilant voice. “In fact, I didn’t even know your real name until five minutes ago, and you certainly don’t know everything about me.”
“That’s for a reason, Highness,” she manages in a breathy voice, trying to keep some distance between us, but of course, it’s impossible. I can feel how heated her curvy form is, and how much she desires me. “You paid for my innocence, not for conversation.”
I nod, pretending to think.
“But now, I want to know more. Of course, I’ll make it worth your while. You have nothing to fear in that respect, Matilda. My family is very wealthy, and has been for generations. Whatever you ask, will be yours. Within reason, of course.”
She jolts, staring at me. But then Matilda nods.