Regency Romance: The Rake's Fake Marriage (Historical Arranged Marriage Romance) (19th Century Victorian Romance) (11 page)

''People think I'm a junkie. I like a few drinks. But I eat a healthy diet and work out. How else do you think I got this?'' He pointed to his six pack stomach. ''I'm sweaty, I'm going for a shower. Wanna join me?''

So that was her chance. The chance she and Trish had discussed so often in their bedrooms. They'd often speculated about what it would be like to go to bed with Josh. Now here she was, standing in front of him and he'd just asked her to get naked with him in the shower.

''Josh, I'm not on the pill,'' she said.

''Who cares about that. I've got enough condoms to last me a lifetime. Strange really, a condom manufacturer sponsoring a bloke like me. But who's complaining?''

The bathroom was luxurious. Josh shut the door and pulled Poppy to him. ''You've got a great body.'' He kissed
her,
and she almost passed out with desire. He took off his shirt and threw it into the corner. Then his jeans came off. When she looked, she realized what she'd said to Trish, when they were in front of the stage, was true. She could see
now that
he was big.

''Now it's your turn. I wanna see some
flesh,
babe
,'' he said.

Poppy blushed and began to take off her blouse. When her bra came
into view,
he sighed. ''You're perfect.'' Josh Bloodstone had just told her she was perfect. Now she was wetter than she had ever been.

''Now the rest,'' he said.

She pulled her skirt down and stepped towards him. ''You take the rest off, Josh.''

He unhooked her bra and let it fall to the floor, then he bent down, and pulled her panties down. ''These are soaking,'' he said reaching for her buttocks and pulling her onto his mouth.

Poppy cried out and came after just a minute. It wasn't the fact that a man was licking her womanhood, it was the fact that Josh Bloodstone was.

In the shower, he took her from behind. She stood with her hands against the shower
wall,
and her buttocks pressed backwards. When he slid inside her, she came again. But this time, he wasn't so gentle with her. He held her hips and pounded into her. Nobody had ever screwed her that hard and she loved it. When she looked
back,
she saw water dripping over his slim, muscular body. When he reached forward to squeeze her
breasts,
she came again so hard her knees gave way. Still he showed her no
mercy; he
remained inside her as they both went to the floor together. She knelt on the hard
tiles,
and he continued to thrust. Now hard thrusts, filling her, making her gasp.
His grunts became more pronounced.
Her cries too. His grip on her thighs
tightened,
and she felt his penis twitch and begin to spasm. As soon as he cried out, Poppy had her third orgasm, her womanhood milking him dry.

Afterwards, they lay on the huge round bed in the suite and ate. They were both dressed in white robes.

''You're a hell of a screw,'' he said.

''You are too. You know, you will be famous forever. I can imagine sitting in front of the TV and watching you playing to a small audience when you're about seventy. I'll be
old then
too. And I'll remember this night. A story I could tell my grandchildren. The evening I had sex with Josh Bloodstone.''

''You're a lot of fun, Poppy. What the hell do you do in life?''

''Nothing.''

''What do you mean?''

''I'm afraid I'm from a very
rich
family and at the
moment,
I don't do anything.''

''You're not Royalty are you?'' he asked.

''No.''

''Thank fuck for that. I imagined a spell in the Tower of London.''

''You're wild, Josh. Wild. I love that in a man. I want you to fuck me again after we've finished eating. I know it'll only be one night, so I want my
money’s
worth.''

They
made
love four times before Josh decided he
was beaten
. ''Fuck me, lady, you're insatiable,'' he complained at three in the morning. ''I wanna sleep now.''

They slept, their bodies spent and intertwined. At six, Polly needed the bathroom. When she came back, instead of getting
into bed
she decided to look out of the window. When she pulled the curtains back, she jumped as flash after flash illumined her naked body.

''What the hell?''Josh said. ''Did you just open the curtain in the nude?''

Poppy nodded.

''Then your
tits
and little blonde curls will be in all the tabloids tomorrow.'' Poppy began to sob. ''Why do you care. It could be the making of you. Modeling contracts, fashion deals, the whole works.''

''It's a bit more complicated than that Josh. My Dad's the Attorney General.''

''What?''

''My Dad's the Attorney General. The top legal man in the country.

''Fuck me rotten. That's my career down the pan,'' he complained.

*****

''Josh, we're talking about the Attorney General. Can you please take something in your life seriously.''

''How was I to know she was his daughter. She
ain't got
a fucking sign on her head, has she?''

''Will you stop swearing. He wants you prosecuted Josh. It's serious. Do you know how old she was?''

''Please don't say sixteen,'' Josh said. He hadn't thought to ask her age. She'd looked twenty-five.

''Eighteen. But only just.''

''So what's he complaining about then. I can tell him she wasn't a virgin either.''

''He's saying you took advantage of her. She's young and impressionable.''

''Listen, Tubby, I'll tell you this once and once only. You
tell
that jumped up
lawyer
that his daughter was of legal age and gave her consent. She was also a fucking
amazing
shag.''

Harry looked down at the desk in his office in despair. Josh was out of control. He might be a number one selling artist in sixteen countries, but he was beginning to bring the record label into disrepute. ''I can't do this Josh. You're out of control. If you carry on like this, you will break the law or at the very least offend someone enough to have yourself killed.''

''So what are you going to do Tubby? Sack me?''

''No. I'm going to put you into therapy.''

''You fucking what? Now you're the
mad
one.''

''Josh, if you have to screw around, make sure it's with an older woman, preferably divorced. In the meantime, I'm sending someone to you who will be able to help you with your behavior.''

''What? A shrink?'' Josh crossed his legs and wanted to light up a cigarette but thought better of it.

''A psychiatrist.''

''Fuck off. Imagine how that would look in the press if it got out. I can see the headlines now. 'Josh Bloodstone, Depressed and Suicidal.' Now way Tubby. No fucking way.''

*****

Loren Devaney looked in the mirror at her immaculate appearance. The ladies room at the London Savoy Hotel was probably the most luxurious lavatory in the world and before she met Harry Jones she wanted to freshen up.

''Loren, hi. It's great to see you again,'' Harry said, as he stood up from the table in the Savoy dining room.

''Great to see you too, Harry,'' Loren replied waiting for him to push her chair under her.

''Was the flight okay?''

''Fine. It's great to get out of New York for a while.
London looks so nice in the summer.
All the parks are wonderfully green.''

''Thanks for coming over. We've got a problem called Josh Bloodstone.''

''Ah yes. The brilliant musician, one of the
world’s
best looking men but out of control.''

''You've got it.'' Harry paused as he looked at the wine list. ''He's been
really
great for Brandy, he's
really
revived our fortunes. But it very hard to reconcile his worth in financial terms with his terrible behavior.''

''I've heard about his long-running feud with the Prime Minister and I managed to get a copy of the Telegraph
in
the airport. I read he's now in trouble with the Attorney General.''

''She was only just eighteen. He avoided a prison sentence by a couple of weeks. Now the Attorney General is threatening to prosecute him.''

''Well I don't see how he can unless his daughter is saying Josh forced her into something she didn't want to do.''

''No, she's not. She's saying how much she loves him.'' Harry noticed how beautiful Loren looked, classically beautiful. The way she presented herself, she could have been a Duchess, he thought. She was wearing a blue business skirt suit and a white blouse. Her dark hair was pinned up, giving her an appearance of authority as well as beauty. She was just the woman for this problem. A highly qualified psychologist who all the
top
Americans employed to sort out their mental problems. She was thirty-five, ten years older than Josh. Old enough to
command his
respect, young enough to engage with him. ''He isn't going to be an easy client, Loren. He won't admit his behavior is out of control. He's
really
going to test you. You've got a week to get him to see the error of his ways.''

''You should see some of the egotistical basket cases I deal with back in the states. A week is more than enough. When can I meet him?''

''I told him we'd stop by his place after lunch.''

*****

''Hi Mum, how are you,'' Josh asked on the hands-free phone he'd had installed in the sitting room at his London mansion.

''Better than you if the news is to
be believed
,'' she replied.

Josh's mum was forty-one, the mother of six children and three times married. Josh was her oldest
child
by her first husband. She was born on a Manchester council estate and lived there until Josh bought her a four bedroom detached house in the best part of town.

''Just a storm in tea cup, mum. Can't stop a man having a bit of fun.'' He threw the play station remote at the TV when the gruesome character he was fighting killed him.

''You be careful my love. She was young. You know what happens to men who have sex with young girls. They get it up the ass in prison.''

''How's the family? I miss you all you know. It's fucking murder here in London on my own.''

''How about all those girls I see you
in
the papers? Why don't you settle down with one of them.''

''Slags all of them, mum. All the women down here in London are good for is fucking.''

''Jesus, Josh. That's the way your dad used to talk. Don't let your sisters hear you saying stuff like that, or your female fans.''

''Well it's true. Northern birds are much nicer.
Down to earth.
Here they're all
upper-class
bitches.''

''Why don't your come and see us, Josh. All your old mates have been asking after you. I'll cook you your favorite
roast,
and we can go to the social club and have a few beers.''

''I can't mum. My life has changed now, forever. I can't go to the places I used to. Not without a bodyguard.''

''Why not son? Of course, you can.''

Josh lit a cigarette and blew smoke rings towards the
savage
looking Staffordshire Bull Dog. The dog got up and relocated further away. ''I can't mum. I'm too rich now. There are a lot of
bad
people around. I could get kidnapped.''

''I suppose so. But you could come home, to me, secretly.''

''Yes I
suppose
. Oh fuck mum, that fat git Tubby is here. I'll have to go. Tell everyone I
love 'em
.'' Josh pushed the stop button on the phone
consul
and walked to the door.

Loren looked at the mansion and was quite surprised to see that Josh had taste as far as houses were concerned. She closed the door to the Jaguar Harry's chauffeur had driven them
in
and wondered if the gravel on Josh's driveway would scratch her patent shoes.

''Tubby you get fatter every time I set eyes on you. Been having another fattening lunch?'' Josh asked.

Harry ignored him. ''Josh this is Loren. As I told you, she's going to spend some time with you, try to iron a few things out with you.''

''Has she got
a last
name? I'm sure she
isn't called
Loren
Loren.''