Ideal Marriage (3 page)

It leafed through the magazines.

There was one reviews on a gurú that spoke of the superficiality of a society in which never it was possible to be sure that a friend outside truth and not by interest.

Madame of high society later read an article on one that tried prostitutas to rich and famous by an astronomical price.

It followed another one on cellulitis, that seemed to him too prosaic.

It happened to the section of trips.

Paris, a city without equal, as much by the elegance of its women, like by its food.

It agreed.

It remembered the moments lived in Paris.

A young student who almost had taken it to the bed.

He ed ***reflx mng himself on the inside.

" an interesting article? Gabbi raised the glance when hearing that deep voice, and it was with Benedict shown to the hall leisure.

It wore the jacket to the shoulder and the necktie and undone some bellboys of the shirt of blue cotton had become loose.

" it did not know outside that so late " it said Gabbi while it saw it approach.

" They are little more than the ten " it remained of foot next to her ".

pleasant Memories? Gabbi watched it.

" Yes.

He was long ago, and I was very young.

" But the sufficiently greater thing as to accept the attentions of a young person " he deduced Benedict with cynicism and sense of the humor ".

How was called? " Jacques " she without doubting it said ".

very romantic Era and its kisses were wonderful.

We visited together the art galleries and took coffee in numerous bars.

The week ends were going to visit the vineyards of their family.

He was graceful " it remembered that numerous family, the meals shared with all that people.

" What you mean with "graceful"? " a very strict mother Had, whom she loved to marry it with the daughter of a vinicultor neighbor.

An English like I, although outside rich girl of speech, could it have convinced to go away to live to the other end of the world.

" one married with the daughter of the vinicultor? " Benedict, entertained and amused with history asked.

" Yes.

" you loved It? " We were good friends.

Evidently it had not felt what felt by Benedict, thought she.

" and you separated with sadness when you had marcharte? She smiled before answering.

" We promised not to forget the one to us the other.

During a time we were written very poetic letters.

" and the letters went away making shorter, less and more spaced? " You are terribly cynical.

" Realistic " it corrected it.

Gabbi closed the magazine and it left it upon the table.

With an elegant economy of movements the Albornoz rose, reached, was put it and adjusted it to the waist.

" You want coffee? " Yes, please.

Gabbi was towards the kitchen.

Benedict followed it.

He put coffee in the coffee and he ignited it.

The kitchen was equipped with all conceivable modernities.

Gabbi removed two cups from coffee of the closet.

" What so the supper? " it really interests to You? Or it beams to speak of something? She asked herself if Benedict would realize effect that she caused in her.

In the bed, surely she noticed it.

But probably outside there, no.

Surely Benedict more was interested in creating an economic empire that in analyzing the relations with people.

" real Interest " she answered.

" We ate Asian food in one of the best restaurants of the city.

The associate received a good impression, and the agent will gain a good commission.

" you will have offered Him your particular jet, which will as opposed to fill you associate of prestige to the Taiwanese, that in counterpart will recommend you to its well-known ones " she said dryly.

Benedict smiled with picardía.

" That is called to worry about the businesses.

" and the businesses are most important.

" It is a that one affirmation or a complaint? She watched it and said: " one knows that the benefits have exceeded the estimations in the last years.

The continuous successes of Stanton-Nicols are attributed to your untiring efforts.

" you have not answered me the question.

" and why it was going to complain to me? " she asked to him.

" It is certain.

You have interests in the company of the family.

" In more of a sense.

" What you mean? " the delay in giving a heir to James seems to be subject for familiar conjectures.

To Gabbi it seemed to see a brightness to him of rage in the glance of Benedict, but immediately it disappeared under an impenetrable mask.

" It is a subject that Annaliese has wanted recordarte? " Benedict caressed the cheek to him.

" Yes.

Benedict slid the hand downwards and she caressed a chest to him, played with the edge of his bikini, soon with the hard nipple.

Soon, he retired it.

" We have been in agreement in which the birth control was a prerogative yours " Benedict said.

It swallowed saliva, lamenting itself of the way in which its body reacted to the tact of those hands.

" Your hermanastra is too pending of itself like losing the opportunity to begin a verbal game.

Who won? " Both we retired with superficial wounds " Gabbi said solemnly.

" I can know when will continue the game? " Who knows! " and the weapon? She smiled.

" It is Annaliese.

And you the prize.

The legal adoption on the part of James would turn it a Stanton.

Our divorce would be a mere formality so that Nicols happened to be called.

Benedict raised a hand and she caressed the cheek to him.

" I must deduce that it does not cheer that to you? It remained in silence, but she had shouted that no.

" You think that I chose to you like wife with that intention, with the future of Stanton-Nicols in mind? " the marriages are manipulated by the rich ones for numerous reasons.

The love is not a necessary requirement.

Benedict remained impassible and said: " and what we shared in the bed? How you would define it? It felt a knot in the throat.

" the masters of the experience.

He watched with hardness a moment.

Soon, their eyes were smoothed.

" You mean that you relegate me to the position of stallion? It closed the eyes "God santo", she thought.

" No.

Not " she said.

" I am glad of which you are so merciful.

It was gotten upset, was evident.

Anyway, what had hoped? That it said to him that it was too important like so that another one she occupied its place? " the coffee has been made already.

She delivered an attack to concentrate itself in the task of serving the coffee and of adding sugar.

Benedict took one from the cups.

" I will take the coffee to the office.

It observed it while she moved away of the kitchen: their wide shoulders…

"Damn are, Annaliese", Gabbi thought.

It threw the coffee in the sink and left the cup in the dishwasher.

Soon, it extinguished the coffee, the lights of the kitchen and one went away above.

It raised the room, took off the bikini, it opened the shower, and one put inside.

One lay down after the shower and it read awhile.

It did not know to what hour Benedict had lain down, nor she felt it to leave the bed early in the morning.

When one awoke, the only sign of its presence that discovered was its pillow and the track of its body in the sheet.

GABBI watched the clock and gruñó.

They were seven and the average one.

Hour to rise, to shower, to take the breakfast and to go into in the traffic of the city.

Luckily it was Friday and it had the weekend ahead.

Benedict had accepted an invitation to go to play tennis that night to house of Chris Evington, accounting director.

On the following day they would go to the opening of a representation to the Center of Sydney Leisure.

The possibility that Annaliese discovered its plans for the night of that day was remote, thought Gabbi while it seated to the steering wheel.

And it was not very probable that Monique obtained an entrance for the opening with so little advance.

It was a beautiful day and the air not yet had filled of contamination to that hour in the morning.

Gabbi left the car in the parking, where the security guards saluted.

Soon, they gave the welcome him in Reception when happening towards its office.

When arriving, her secretary greeted it sincerely, with a coffee in a hand and a notebook of notes in the other.

As she was spending the Gabbi morning tried not to think at night previous, but she did not obtain it.

When finishing the day was glad to return to house.

The car of Benedict was parked in the garage when it arrived.

It was put nervous when entering.

It went to see Marie to the kitchen.

Soon, it raised to change.

Benedict was taking off the necktie when she arrived at the room.

" You arrive early at house " he greeted it.

She watched it.

" the supper will be ready to six.

" That said Marie to me " Benedict began to undo the shirt.

Gabbi followed its movements.

Soon it returned to watch his factions.

There was nothing expressed his mood.

" I have pedirte excuses " Gabbi said.

He smiled weakly.

" one is good education, Gabbi? " Benedict took off the shirt and a pole of dark color was put.

" Simply of sincere remorse " she said.

" Accepted the excuse.

It breathed, after to have maintained the breathing during a good short while.

" Thanks.

Gabbi was towards the extensive locker that formed a small room, gathered the equipment of tennis and linen trousers and a blouse.

It heard the noise of the machine shave while one got dressed.

" At what time you want to go out? " To seven and quarter.

They lowered together the stairs.

They ate the chicken salad that had prepared Marie, drank mineral water and soon they took fresh fruit.

A light food that the Seine completed with a supper after I complete tennis match.

They talked on businesses and the agenda of the next meeting.

Chris and Leanne Evington resided in Woollahra, in a recovered old house.

It had beautiful gardens and a well-taken care of park with shrubs and fences.

The tennis courts did not do more than to add perfection to the landscape.

There were few cars near the tracks.

Gabbi left the Bentley while Benedict removed their bags from sport of the maletero.

To play tennis as social act had its own rules, in agreement with the tastes of the host and with the number of participants.

The game companions were chosen by the participants, and he assumed that two returns of double compounds would precede to two returns of feminine doubles and would finish with two returns of masculine doubles.

Gabbi and the Benedicts were named in the first place to play with a pair that Gabbi did not know.

The four were good players, but Benedict had the height, the force and the ability like doing what wanted with the ball, and left victorious at the end of the game, with a score from five to two.

The son of Chris and Leanne, Todd, did of I arbitrate.

He studied Right and he was very attractive.

He had all the girls whom she loved.

The rare thing was that that late there was not any to his around.

Until it appeared Annaliese, with a sensational aspect, with clothes of design tennis, dazzling to all the presents.

" I feel to arrive late " it smiled.

" the compounds finish finishing " Leanne informed to him ".

Now it touches to the girls.

Annaliese occurred the return towards Gabbi.

" You want to be my companion of game? It will be like in the old times.

Gabbi did not know well to what it talked about.

Perhaps it was speaking of some party that had played during the vacations of the school.

Leanne put meetings in the second return.

Gabbi accepted a cold drink.

The guests became to reunite while Todd continued doing of I arbitrate.

The men formed two groups, and almost immediately Annaliese obtained the attention of Gabbi.

" I have passed a late wonderful one calling through telephone to friends and putting me to the current of all news.

" and one of them was the tennis match in house of the Evington, is not truth? " Yes, why? " and who was going to know the list guests better than Todd? " He is a very sweet boy.

" and it is flattered to him easily.

Annaliese smiled feline and asked: " they are not thus most of the men? " We go with the others? It happened half an hour until they took position in the track.

Their opponents had a level similar to his, but in the end they won.

They served seafood at the end of the game, followed of coffee.

Gabbi supposed that Annaliese was going to try to call the attention of Benedict.

What one did not imagine went that it was going to hit its arm and it was going to him to throw the coffee.

" I am well " Gabbi said when Benedict was towards her.

One had only stained the shoes.

" You could haberte burned " Annaliese commented, apparently worried.

" Luckily it has not been thus.

" You are sure that well you are? " Leanne asked to him ".

You want more coffee? Or something more fort? " it added with a smile.

Gabbi felt attemped, but not for the reasons that her host imagined.

Gabbi denied with the head and said: " Thanks, anyway.

They were almost the twelve at night when one seated in the car of Benedict.

" What happened in house of the Evington? Gabbi hoped that the car reached speed before answering.

" To what you talk about? " You usually are not clumsy.

" Ah! " It was because of Annaliese? " I do not know it.

" It was standing to your side.

" She would prefer not to speak of it.

Gabbi entered first the house.

Benedict remained putting the car in the garage.

It raised the room and she undressed.

Soon, one put in the shower.

To the few minutes, Benedict was united to her.

Both they finished at the same time, they left together and they took a towel.

To Gabbi it was to him almost impossible to ignore the presence of Benedict, mainly of naked Benedict.

And it could not avoid the acceleration of the beat of its heart, nor feel the heat that was seized of her when initiating its nocturnal ritual.

When a hand was turned towards the door settled in its arm and it forced it to watch it.

She cursed the fragility that as opposed to felt its glance and that could not hide it.

But she wished the heat of his arms, the satisfaction of his mouth.

Gabbi raised a hand and it caressed the cheek to him, soon drew the contour of his lips with his finger.

It took the fingers from her in his mouth, and he bit them smoothly.

That gesture caused that it felt a fire in her interior.

Gabbi attracted it towards himself, and enjoyed the heat of its masculine body against the one of her, her fragrance, the enthusiastic kiss that to him all thought erased.

Ronroneó of pleasing when it took it to the room and threw it in the bed.

If the commitments of the businesses did not prevent it, Benedict used to spend Saturdays in the track of golf while she dedicated herself to make the things that had not been able to make during the week.

Some times he went to the cinema in the evening or he had lunch with friends.

That day something of clothes decided to buy itself and to go to the hairdressing salon and the beauty parlor.

It returned to house to six from afternoon.

Benedict was entering with their car also and she followed it.

It remained waiting for it.

" you have had good day? " she asked while she left the car.

" Yes.

And you? " I have gone of purchases " she indicated the bags to him that were in the seat of back.

Benedict seemed relaxed.

Its strong masculinidad woke up in her a deep answer when happening through its side to gather the bags.

Perhaps someday it let feel that, thought she.

They were more than the seven when they left to the Center of Leisure.

To Gabbi it enchanted the show to him.

The fact that Annaliese was not in favor of any site added to please to the spectacle, a pleasure that was repeated on the following day when Gabbi and the Benedicts were with friends to sail.

Monday promised to be a day of much activity, thought Gabbi when arriving at the office and meeting with their secretary.

The morning passed quickly putting data in its computer.

It needed concentration, and not even it made a rest to take coffee.

It finished after noon.

Only it had left to review the work after eating.

But it would not leave it go to have lunch, decided.

James had requested him the data for the following day to the one.

But he wanted dárselos that same afternoon.

One rose of his writing-desk to take sándwich from chicken salad that her secretary had left him in the small refrigerator.

He took a bottle from apple juice and returned to his seat.

After having lunch, one felt again with sufficient energy.

He sounded the telephone.

One cleaned the hands in a paper napkin and he took care of it.

" It is Francesca Angeletti " her secretary said to him.

Gabbi was surprised and it was glad simultaneously.

" Pásamela.

Two seconds later, it exclaimed: " Francesca, where you are? " In house.

I have arrived yesterday in the morning from Rome.

" When we were? Doubtlessly they would be seen.

They had shared the same boarding school, the same classes and both had one madrastra.

He was something that had always united them.

Francesca was ed ***reflx mng.

" Tonight, if Benedict and you go to the exhibition of Leon.

" the exhibitions of Leon have a special place in our agenda " Gabbi laughed.

" Iran James and Monique? " and Annaliese " Gabbi added.

She arched an eyebrow before the robust answer of Francesca ".

the good children do not curse.

" This one yes.

How long takes molestándote your beloved hermanastra? " One week.

" It likes to go of diva " Francesca commented ".

I have had the misfortune to have to share a few footbridges with her in Italy.

" Graceful.

" Not much.

It is not at least the grace that makes you laugh.

I must give haste now me.

We will see ourselves tonight, in agreement? " I hope anxious that the moment arrives " it assured Gabbi to him and it hung.

It remained thinking about the memories shared with Francesca, the times lived with her in vacations abroad, invited of honor in the commitments of both, and ladies of honor in the weddings of each one of them.

It returned to the computer and it delivered an attack to concentrate itself in the numbers.

One hour later, imprimió the work and asked its secretary who made copies for James and Benedict and that gave them.

Enough it was satisfied with the result.

It had obtained the reduction of a point of percentage in the negotiations with the company of leasing of cars of Stanton-Nicols, saving that would be used for incentives to the personnel without an additional cost for Stanton-Nicols and losing the advantages in the taxes.