Chapter 13
“Are you sleeping?” Prince Louis asked her.
“No,” Macee replied.
Prince Louis sighed. He did not even know why he had asked or what he wanted to say to her. Was there anything that could be said? Their relationship was so complicated.
“What's on your mind?” he turned to face her.
“Nothing, really.”
“If you were not married to me what would you be doing?”
“Enjoying life.”
“You are not enjoying it now?” It still did not make sense to him why she wouldn't be. She was going to be ruling Monaco at his side. She could have anything she wanted by snapping her fingers. She was even on an expensive honeymoon at a place most people could not afford to go. What more did she want? At least if she did not want the man, she could at least enjoy the perks.
Macee sighed. “I am used to living a different way. There are things I could do when I wanted. Now, everything I do or say comes with consequences.”
“That may be the case but at least now you can wear the finest jewellery-” Before he could even finish the sentence, Macee cut him off.
“Louis, it has never been about money or jewellery. All that means nothing to me.”
“So tell me what does?”
“Go to sleep, Louis.”
He rolled over to her side. “Tell me.”
“The opposite of this.” Macee turned and gasped when she realised how close she was to the prince. She had not realised how close he came to her when he rolled over. Luckily, it was dark but there was light from the moon shining into the bedroom.
“This marriage needs to be consummated.”
“And you're back to yourself.” Macee turned and faced the other direction. Even though she knew he was joking, his words made her blush. She heard him laugh softly.
“Why are you so scared of that? You have never been touched?”
Macee's eyes widened. Did he have to ask her that? “Is there a person in this world who has never been touched?” the sarcasm returned to her tone. He moved closer to her. So close that she could feel his body heat.
“You know what I mean.”
“Go to sleep.”
“You're a virgin.”
“Louis, leave me alone.”
“Ma cherie that is why you're so nervous when I am close to you.”
Macee rolled her eyes. “My body screams for you to fall back.” Even she was not convinced by that statement. She stiffened when he put his hand on her waist and started caressing her.
“We can always put that theory to the test.”
Macee turned around to tell him to stop but her lips brushed against his. She froze with her eyes wide open. Her mind was telling her to either push him away and turn around or get out of bed and run. However, her body had different ideas. Cupping the side of her face, Louis teased her lips gently deepening the kiss when she gasped. Sliding his fingers through her hair, he pushed it off her face, as they continued to kiss. He leaned closer to her and touched her forehead with his as he pressed butterfly kisses on her face.
“I...” Macee wanted to speak but words failed her. Prince Louis groaned and pulled her closer him. He pressed his lips against hers encouraging her to open up. To let go. If only for this one moment. Macee wanted to stop him but she couldn’t. In that moment, all the insensitive things he said to her were forgotten as she melted into his touch.
Prince Louis slipped his hand under her top and caressed her back. He did not expect her skin to be that soft. It invited him to touch her even more. The image of Macee in her bikini sprang to mind, as he felt his arousal grow. Pausing, he took shallow breaths, as he rolled away from her. “I will not make love to you until you ask me,” he said. Macee turned to face the other direction. She wanted to smack him in the head. How could he kiss and touch her like that and then stop? It would have been better if he did not start.
“That is never going to happen,” she said to him. There was no way she was going to ask him that; especially not now. She was sure of it. She fanned herself as she tried to calm down. She couldn’t believe what he did to her. One minute she was furious with him and the next, he was doing things to her insides that had her craving more.
“We will see about that.”
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Macee was disappointed when they arrived back in Monaco. She had expected to have some alone time. Unfortunately, they were expected to greet the king and queen who had been expecting them. The queen smiled at her and gestured for her to sit down while Prince Louis kissed his mother on the cheek before he sat down.