Secrets of the Oasis by Abby Green

Author:Abby Green [Green, Abby]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, General, Contemporary Romance
ISBN: 9780263219692
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2010-12-31T16:00:00+00:00

Jamilah lay in bed, wide awake, her stomach roiling at the thought of what Salman had gone through. Her head was whirling with all the information. So much made sense now: that terrible darkness that was like a cloak around him, his frosty relationship with Nadim and Merkazad, his fear of horses ... And yet he also seemed to be even more of an enigma. She now knew his inner demons, but she'd never felt further from knowing him.

Jamilah turned over onto her side and looked out onto the empty square that housed the iconic hotel. Moonlight lit up the monument in the middle, throwing it into stark relief. Despite everything Salman had told her, what was at the forefront of her mind was the fact that he'd lied about their bond being non-existent. That he'd said it purely to drive her away. And it had worked—admirably.

She had to concede now that if he had been nicer about rejecting her perhaps a doubt always would have lingered, torturing her even more? Perhaps she wouldn't have left and got on with her life and career?

Eventually she fell into an uneasy sleep, full of dark dreams and scary faces with no features, and when she woke in the morning, nearly late for her first meeting, she was relieved to see that Salman had already left the suite.

In the cold light of day what he'd endured seemed to be so much starker and worse. She sensed that he was waiting for her to make the next move, and in all honesty she didn't know if she had the strength to resist him any more—not with this new knowledge in her head and, worse, this desire to comfort him, heal him in some way. She was very much afraid that his cataclysmic confession had torn what remained of her defences to pieces, and now she'd have nothing to hide behind. Not even anger.

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