preparation

I had just entered my room and I was euphoric I was going to spend a couple of days as a guest at Fabrizio's I couldn't wait as soon as Agnese appeared to help me undress I just told him to unfasten my corset and then go and pack my bags for a couple of days

"take the most beautiful clothes and also the toilet for make-up"" the young lady is leaving?" he asked me "no" I answered dreamily "I'll be Count Lively's guest for a couple of days"

she looks at me very seriously

"does your father know?" she asks doubtfully

"no...I don't think so..." I answered, almost stammering, as all the euphoria had vanished just hearing my father.

"It would be better to ask him" I looked at her without answering, I didn't want to talk to my father, whatever I told him, he would answer with a categorical no and if I insisted he would forbid me to attend any kind of reception.

"You know what will happen if he sees that I'm only carrying your luggage and not your brother's, right?

uuuufff I huffed I was at a loss for words I knew he was right last time his threat had been just that I could hear his voice again

"the next time you disobey me or hide something from me I will have you locked up in a monastery so you will learn what sacrifice means".

"alright" I said reluctantly "I'm going to Fabian's" so he rushed out I couldn't wait to lie down for a while and instead I had to run to see where my brother was but I had to solve this story.I found him in his room with the waiter who is a pile of clothes measuring with a bored air "Fabian things this story Fabrizio told me to bring me some changes?"

"yes we are his guests until new year's eve" he said with a bored air

"what...." I said "does dad know?". "I couldn't believe my ears "and did he approve?" I asked, more and more surprised.

"of course sis"

"are you sure" I asked again to confirm unsure of what I had heard

"yes...." he looks at me for the first time since we've been talking and I notice he was losing his patience "exactly what is it that you don't understand"

"no nothing.... then it's all right" she said

"yes how should I tell you!" hearing these words I ran to my room where Agnes was still waiting for me "it's alright" I told him "my father knows and he approved" "ok then I'm going to pack my things" and giving me a kiss on the cheek he continued "sorry about before but you know I'm doing it for your own good" "yes I know" I answered and finally I could lie down. I had just closed my eyes, or so it seemed to me, when he called me again, "Miss, you have to get up now, you have to get ready" "already", I said sleepily, "all right, run me a bath".

" what dress shall I bring you tonight?"

"Which one?" I asked, "the gold one, the green and gold velvet one and the blue satin and mother-of-pearl one."

"He only nodded in reply and left. After I got ready, I went downstairs to the bottom of the stairs and there was Fabian waiting for me.

"The journey seemed endless but when I saw his residence in the distance my heart beat so fast that I felt as if my parents could hear it.the carriage was entering the gate and we drove through a fairy-tale garden with bushes shaped like swans or round, there were snow-covered rose bushes and ornamental fountains in almost every corner. I didn't remember it being so beautiful and neither did my father, so much so that he exclaimed "Count Lively has altered the garden".

"No father,' Fabian replied, 'I come often and it is always the same.

he looks at him doubtfully

"It will be!"

In the meantime we had arrived at the front door, my father and mother came down first, then Fabian and me last. I greeted his parents first and then he looked at me with his blue eyes full of desire, almost yearning, I couldn't bear that look so I left quickly, a lot of people had arrived and accompanied by my brother we greeted everyone we knew until we got to our friends and we started talking about this and that. While I was talking I noticed that every time my brother liked Valentina she looked at me and was green with envy, not that her dress wasn't beautiful it was just simple even if she had embellished it with fantastic jewellery.My dress, on the other hand, was a new model straight from Paris, so it was also a bit daring: the bodice at the back and the sleeves were made only of transparent voile embroidered with gold and emerald green thread. all the way down to the hips with gold thread the skirt went down wide and when I turned around at the back the lace continued all the way down the skirt to the floor to form a small train I had no necklace on but only earrings a ring and green stones in my hair as I was talking quietly I felt a I felt a caress as light as a feather but intense enough to make me stiffen and whisper in my ear "come with me" I looked around Fabian was talking quietly and my parents were not there

"OK" I said, I said goodbye to my friends and went with him, I didn't even know where he was taking me, I had never been to that side of the house before.

"at the end of a long corridor he opened a door that looked like yet another living room in the house even though it seemed more .... intimate?... I looked closer and realised it was his room .....Once he had locked the door he started kissing me starting from my eyes, nose, behind my ears, mouth and down to my neck and shoulders then he wanted to undo my corset but he couldn't "don't ruin it" I said agitatedly "devil of a woman" he cursed through clenched teeth "first you provoke me and then I can't touch you" I burst out laughing "I desire you and you laugh in my face?You did it on purpose, didn't you?" he said very annoyed at the inconvenience and I answered with an innocent air not to upset him any more "What?"

"to put this thing here" "...." "Of course I did it for you, my love, I knew your reaction and I didn't want you to neglect your guests for me".

"a yes!" he said in a piqued tone, "you know you won't get away with it tonight we'll settle the score" I looked at him in amazement "and without you looking at me like that because I won't say anything more especially about the surprise" "but excuse me the surprise wasn't that I'll be spending a few days here" "it's 5 days and 6 nights and no this isn't the surprise" "you don't want to tell me" I said mischievously knowing how much it cost him every time I did that "not if I tell you what the surprise is"

" all right then we can go" I said going towards the door but he stretched out an arm saying

" and no so fast" he took me by the waist and made me sit on his legs with the obvious intention of caressing them but with all those petticoats it wasn't easy..... sometimes he was a bit clumsy ..... and almost laughing in his face I said "wait"

"What's wrong with you today? Have I become a clown?" as he spoke I lifted my skirts and sat astride him, my knees touching his thighs.

"What do you say now? Isn't that better?"

Without speaking he went back to kissing me his hands ran up and down my legs and reached my buttocks I melted under his hands when he touched my buttocks I was all wet he noticed and didn't waste any time he put his member inside me I was all so beautiful I was almost reaching orgasm when there was a knock at the door and I froze "don't mind them now they're leaving" he said in my ear realizing that I was no longer focused on him but just as he finished speaking there was a second knock.and a third time "Fabri it's Fabian" we heard a call from the door "open".

"oh fuck" he gets up quickly and tries to fix his clothes while he looks around quickly he touches a book and to my surprise a hidden wall opens he takes my hand and says "go there".

"To do what?" I asked, not understanding.

"in there is what you need to fix yourself" in the meantime my brother knocked on the door

"Open up"

"yes just a moment I'm coming" he answered then again turning to me "to your right there is a ladder follow it it will take you to the lounge I'll hold it back a little so that you get there first" he gave me a quick kiss and closed the door I looked around it was a small room in a corner there was a grooming room with everything I might need for make up I quickly get settled while I hear their voices muffled through the door but I can't understand what they are saying and I go downstairs.I panic, I don't see anyone I know, it's possible, where have they all gone while I was in that dark corner where the staircase ended I was looking to see where everyone had gone I saw servants coming up laden with candles, sheets and ...flowers .... fresh flowers at Christmas and where did they find them? the oldest servant says to the other "hurry up, the preparations are not finished" preparations for what? I wonder