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‘About what?’

‘You marrying a woman who has a child. Clearly, I’m not your standard-issue virgin princess.’

‘I doubt my people are under the illusion I have any desire for a virgin princess. I’m certainly not a virgin, neither do I pretend to be one.’

For some reason, Rodriguez’s immediate dismissal of the idea gave Carlotta a strange rush of pleasure. She shouldn’t care whether he approved of her or not, and yet, for some reason, it satisfied her to know that he hadn’t really expected, or cared, if his bride were pure as the driven the snow.

‘What you desire, and what’s expected, are two very different things.’

‘I assume you’re an expert?’

‘I can claim a bit of experience in the area, yes,’ she said.