Chapter FiveDriving in the Contessa’s open carriage towards the Gorizia Palazzo, Lord Mere had to admit that she was an extremely attractive woman.
He knew that if he had not fallen in love precipitately and seriously with Florencia, he would certainly have amused himself with her while he was in Florence.
Sophisticated, worldly-wise and with a sharp wit usually at somebody else’s expense, the Contessa was exceedingly good company and at the same time made it very clear how attractive she found him.
They talked of many things as they drove through the sunlit City, but he was well aware that there was an innuendo behind most of her words and an expression in her eyes that told him far more than what she said with her lips.
When he saw the Gorizia Palazzo, it was coarser in structure and
