Pregnant by the Desert King by Susan Stephens

Author:Susan Stephens
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-09-05T15:50:43+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

HE WAS ECSTATIC at the thought of becoming a father, but there remained a lot for them to set in place to protect those he cared about. Lucy’s expression was wounded. She didn’t know what to expect of him. Perhaps that was for the best. He still had many facts and consequences to absorb and consider. The days of keeping royal lives private were long past, which was a good thing, in his opinion, and an idea was already starting to take shape in his mind.

‘It’s a long flight,’ he said factually, ‘and I think you should take advantage of the bedrooms on board.’

Was that an order, or an invitation? Lucy wondered as she rose to her feet.

‘You mentioned we’d be staying in a palace in Qalala? I wasn’t sure which one,’ she admitted. ‘I didn’t realise you owned so many. I really should tell Miss Francine which one I’m staying in to reassure her...’

Tadj shrugged. ‘We’ll be visiting my fort in the desert. It isn’t a prison,’ he added when Lucy pulled a face, ‘but a building of historic importance that has been completely renovated and refurbished, and I now consider it to be one of my most luxurious and well-equipped homes. Architects and historians worldwide seem to agree with me, as Wolf Fort has recently been designated one of the wonders of both the modern and the ancient world. I always find a stay there refreshing, and I’m sure you will too. It will give you chance to rest as you absorb another part of your baby’s heritage.’

‘Our baby,’ Lucy said. ‘Sounds great, but now, if you don’t mind, I’d like to lie down...if someone would be good enough to show me to my bedroom.’

She was mentally exhausted and emotionally drained, Lucy concluded as Tadj picked up the phone, but at least everything was out in the open.

‘One of the flight attendants will show you the way,’ Tadj said coolly. ‘I’ll make sure you’re woken up before we land.’

A moment of pure panic hit, when she realised that the Emir of Qalala could arrange for her to be hustled off the plane and locked away until she had her baby. She’d taken so much on trust, Lucy thought as she snatched a look over her shoulder to see if anything of the guy in the café remained.

‘Go,’ he said, glancing up from the documents he’d been studying. ‘You look exhausted.’

Had she lost his trust along the way? She could only hope not. If this was it, and they could never be close again, there would be a big black hole in her life that nothing could fill.

The bedroom on board Tadj’s jet was quite small but well equipped with the most comfortable bed, Lucy thought with a relieved sigh as she settled down on the crisp white sheets. But sleep didn’t come easily, and she tossed and turned as she tried to work out what Tadj was thinking. When she finally drifted off to sleep there

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