Chapter Three

Thanks to RevSue for being the best beta in the world and thanks also to OSUSprinks, snippoptak, CJmynixMG, and rach8241 for your wonderful feedback, makes me want to write even at 1am as I did last night on this chp. So please enjoy and review! Thanks,

Gina

"Do you think they're ever coming out of that car?" Mia asked, casting a quick glance over her shoulder at Charlotte.

"I don't know but I'm positive that Her Majesty would not approve of being spied upon!" the aide replied gently with a soft smile.

"Oh, come on, Charlotte. Get over here! You know you are just as curious as we are. Don't make me send Shades over there to get you." Mia teased.

"All right, all right, I'm coming!" Charlotte finally gave in with a huge sigh and walked over.

"Let me just say that for the record, I am only here because I was ordered to do so." Shades cut in to defend himself.

"Well, that's why we're all here, just to make sure that they are all right." Both pairs of eyes were suddenly on the young queen as if to say yeah right. "I just wish the windows weren't so dark so we could see what was going on in there." Mia continued on, causing them to stare at her even more incredulously.

Clarisse gasped breathlessly into the heated kiss as her body responded of its own accord. She instinctively eased herself up a little so that she could more actively participate in the kiss which deepened quickly, urgently. She placed her hand at the nape of his neck and opened her mouth to his, reveling in his eagerness, his enthusiasm, and returning it in kind. The kiss went on and, as their bodies stirred, their hands moved freely and lovingly over each other.

Joseph deepened the kiss impossibly further and then he became aware of Clarisse's hands as she untucked his shirt and ran her fingertips lightly over his skin, through the soft and so masculine hair, pausing to caress his nipples as they hardened under her touch causing him to quiver against her hands. Joseph broke the kiss and took a deep breath. "God, Clarisse, do you have any idea what you do to me?"

She couldn't escape the amused smile that rapidly spread over her face. At his curious look, she quickly explained. "I was beginning to think I was the only one…that something was wrong with me."

"Wrong with you?" he gently questioned.

"Ummm hmmm. You see, this morning I couldn't concentrate on anything or even get just one thing accomplished. All I could think about was you and being with you. It seems that the more we are together, the more I need to be with you. Does that sound crazy, Joseph?"

"Not to me, my darling. I waited so long to be with you like this. I guess I just never dreamed that one day it would actually happen and you would need me as much as I need you." he responded passionately.

This time Clarisse took Joseph's mouth in a hungry kiss, her tongue eagerly exploring his mouth in a sensual, primitive rhythm, her hands moving back up to caress the sensitive skin of his neck and scalp.

She gasped into the kiss, surprised, when she suddenly realized that Joseph had already managed to unbutton her blouse. His hand moving to her breast, gently pulling at the lace covering of her bra to reveal the soft mound as he exposed it to his scrutiny. "Beautiful…so beautiful!" He murmured, breaking the kiss to take her into his mouth. The rush of cool air on her previously shielded skin raised goose bumps, or perhaps it was Joseph's adoring gaze and then his sensuous mouth and tongue which took over from his hands. Clarisse grasped his head against her breast and buried her face in the crook of his neck.

She was moaning way back in her throat and writhing against his hands when they both became aware of a loud knock on the window of the limousine door. Joseph reluctantly pulled back, his breathing uneven, his face flushed with desire as he ran the pad of his thumb across her kiss-swollen lips before hastily re-buttoning her blouse and pulling himself together. Clarisse was breathing deeply and running her hands through her hair, trying vainly to once again calm her body down.

Joseph was silently cursing whoever it was knocking on the window and interrupting them for the second time that day. "Mom? Joseph? It's Pierre." A voice spoke. "Are you in there?"

To Be Continued…………