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A Lick Of Frost :: Гамильтон Лорел
Страница: 18 из 184Five days is a long time when you've been denied for centuries. Couldn't your three guards have tried to find something to occupy their time in between waiting?"
"A five-day wait implies that I'm only sleeping with one man at a time, Mr. Veducci, and most of the time I'm not."
Veducci smiled at me. It was a nice smile. It went all the way to his eyes, and folded the bags into smile lines that said, here was a man who knew how to enjoy life, or had once. It was like a glimpse into a younger, less tired version.
I smiled back at him, responding to that joy.
"You are totally comfortable with this line of questioning, aren't you, Princess Meredith?" he asked.
"I am not ashamed of anything I've done, Mr. Veducci. The fey, outside of some of the Seelie Court, see no shame in sex, as long as it is consensual."
"All right," he said. "I'll ask the next one. How many men at a time do you routinely sleep with?" He shook his head when he asked as if he couldn't believe he was asking it.
"I don't think that's appropriate," Biggs said.
"I'll answer it," I said.
"Are you sure…?"
"It's sex. There's nothing wrong with sex." I held Biggs's gaze until he looked away. I turned back to Veducci. "Average is probably two at a time. I think the max that I've ever done at once is four." I looked at Doyle and Frost. "Four?" I made it a question.
"I believe so," Doyle said.
Frost nodded. "Yes."
I turned back to the lawyers. "Four, but two is average."
Biggs recovered a little. "So, you see, gentlemen, ladies, a two-day wait between sex, or less. There are married men who have to wait longer than that for their needs to be met."
"Princess Meredith," Cortez said.
"Yes, Mr. Cortez." I looked into his dark brown eyes.
He cleared his throat and said, "Are you telling us the truth? You have sex three times a day with an average of two men at a time, and sometimes up to four. Is this what you want in the record?"
"It is sealed," Farmer said.
"But if this does go to court, then it may not be. Is this really what the princess wants the public to know about her."?
I frowned at him. "It's the truth, Mr. Cortez. Why should the truth bother me?"
"Do you honestly not understand what this information could do to your reputation in the media?"
"I don't understand the question."
He looked at Biggs and Farmer. "I don't say this often, but is your client aware of what this record, even sealed, can be used for?"
"I did discuss it with her, but… Mr.
"A five-day wait implies that I'm only sleeping with one man at a time, Mr. Veducci, and most of the time I'm not."
Veducci smiled at me. It was a nice smile. It went all the way to his eyes, and folded the bags into smile lines that said, here was a man who knew how to enjoy life, or had once. It was like a glimpse into a younger, less tired version.
I smiled back at him, responding to that joy.
"You are totally comfortable with this line of questioning, aren't you, Princess Meredith?" he asked.
"I am not ashamed of anything I've done, Mr. Veducci. The fey, outside of some of the Seelie Court, see no shame in sex, as long as it is consensual."
"All right," he said. "I'll ask the next one. How many men at a time do you routinely sleep with?" He shook his head when he asked as if he couldn't believe he was asking it.
"I don't think that's appropriate," Biggs said.
"I'll answer it," I said.
"Are you sure…?"
"It's sex. There's nothing wrong with sex." I held Biggs's gaze until he looked away. I turned back to Veducci. "Average is probably two at a time. I think the max that I've ever done at once is four." I looked at Doyle and Frost. "Four?" I made it a question.
"I believe so," Doyle said.
Frost nodded. "Yes."
I turned back to the lawyers. "Four, but two is average."
Biggs recovered a little. "So, you see, gentlemen, ladies, a two-day wait between sex, or less. There are married men who have to wait longer than that for their needs to be met."
"Princess Meredith," Cortez said.
"Yes, Mr. Cortez." I looked into his dark brown eyes.
He cleared his throat and said, "Are you telling us the truth? You have sex three times a day with an average of two men at a time, and sometimes up to four. Is this what you want in the record?"
"It is sealed," Farmer said.
"But if this does go to court, then it may not be. Is this really what the princess wants the public to know about her."?
I frowned at him. "It's the truth, Mr. Cortez. Why should the truth bother me?"
"Do you honestly not understand what this information could do to your reputation in the media?"
"I don't understand the question."
He looked at Biggs and Farmer. "I don't say this often, but is your client aware of what this record, even sealed, can be used for?"
"I did discuss it with her, but… Mr.