He whispered to the older man,‘Let her stay with my Marianne, she’s a strong girl, she won’t be a victim, I promise she just needs a little time.’He gave her the space to recover but the nightmares did not stop they got worse and everyone's sleep was broken when her screaming started. It was exhausting for all his staff, the servants were tired before they started work and his Capos could barely concentrate, the only ones who slept through it were the children. Thankfully, all the children slept through peacefully undisturbed and carried on their days without a care playing nosily in the park he had created for them to enjoy in safety. Christmas was a subdued affair, they all put on a front for the children and the house looked like Santa’s workshop they had so many gifts but the adults were tired and their tempers frayed a little at times. It wasn’t what any of them had wanted and it was Kelly who approached him on the second of January, they were all beyond tired with huge gray

Romero was on his feet,‘Nothing, nothing is more important than her, she knows that she knows she is my life, I love her so much.’‘Do you?’John-Joe countered,‘Then why have you ignored her for six months? Why have you kept her away from her children, again? That’s not how you treat someone you love Romero especially someone as fragile as Natasha, after all she has been through for you.’Romero, Franco, and Luca stared at the old man before he could tell them more one of the Capos came running into the office dragging the Nanny with him, Danilo and Reuben had taken the children, and she was dumped a couple of miles away.’He indicated the Nanny was crying,‘What the fuck?’Romero grabbed her and shook her,‘Tell me exactly what happened,‘She started to cry harder and Franco peeled his hands off the terrified girl,‘It’s okay, Louisa, we know it’s not your fault, please take a breath and try to explain.’She looked at the second and then at Romero,‘We were at the park, we go most

Slipping into the cubicle she hitched up her dress and removed her sodden panties, leaning against the door she gave herself the relief she craved coming hard against her fingers. Half an hour later she opened the door and rejoined the royal party cool and composed with not a hair out of place she made her way to the Royal Couple and made her excuses relieved when they gave her their permission to leave early. She allowed the footman to show her out to her car just as Havard came back into the room and spotted her. Getting into the chauffeur-driven Rolls Royce she told him to leave immediately and there was nothing Harvard could do as the car slid silently away into the night.‘You can run little English Rose but tomorrow I will take what is mine.’This is what Romero saw as the handsome Norwegian Prince helped the beautiful English Duchess into the royal carriage and then climbed in to sit beside her. The British crowds cheered as the carriages passed them and Romero flipped open his

Lifting his head he locked his eyes onto hers, ‘No, Tash, no, you are wrong, you are the most important thing in my life, you are the very air I breathe. Baby girl you are my everything. I love you with every cell in my body.’ He kissed her again more savagely pressing her to him determined to break the ice she had built around her heart and she could feel his arousal. She wanted to give in to him, her body screamed for him to ravish her right there in front of his Capos she did not care but she pushed him away, ‘How many times have you said that to me Romero and how many times have you broken my heart?’ He growled then did what her body had been craving he picked her up and slung her over his shoulder taking the stairs two at a time he demanded, ‘Your bedroom’ With a squeak of alarm, she pointed and he pushed open the door and tossed her onto the huge four-poster bed then slammed and locked her door. Leaning against it he growled again, ‘Take off your clothes’ He ordered and s