Sheikh's Secret Child by Lynn Sophia

Author:Lynn, Sophia [Lynn, Sophia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sheikh romance
Publisher: Sophia Lynn
Published: 2017-01-18T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

The next few weeks passed in a blissful blur for Penny. There were a few bumps here and there as she and Ziyad found their way together. She had never thought that fitting someone else into her routine would be so challenging, but whenever he wasn't performing his duties to his emirate, he was learning more about Sola, asking Penny why she did things one way rather than another, trying to figure out his place in all of it.

One of their first real conflicts came about when he collapsed on the couch next to her one night after Sola had had a particularly fussy day. Their daughter was generally a happy baby, but the flipside seemed to be that when she got agitated, it could take a great deal of time and effort to calm her down again.

“Tomorrow, we should look into hiring a nanny,” he said, shaking his head. “Having someone else take her on when she's fussing would be fantastic.”

Penny had laughed until she realized how very serious Ziyad was. Then she had stared at him blankly, not really understanding what he meant.

“Like...you want someone to come in and look after our daughter?”

“Of course,” Ziyad said as if it were a foregone conclusion. “I know some families who have nannies starting from the time the little ones are brought home from the hospital. I had assumed that we would give it a few weeks until you were more comfortable in Najma, but that it was something that we would be doing eventually.”

Penny stared at him, shocked.

“I take very good care of Sola,” she said, her voice rising a little. “Are you telling me that I can't handle her?”

Ziyad looked shocked, and he straightened up to look into her eyes.

“Not at all,” he said in surprise. “It is just that we are wealthy enough to do as we like, and at the end of the day, there are some tasks that can be handed over to people who will perform them just as well as we would.”

Penny felt as if something in her was burning. All she knew was that she could not let this happen. She shook her head hard and got up from the couch. When Ziyad tried to take her hand, she shook him away.

“I'm fine,” she said, aware that her voice was more than a little waspish. “I just...I just need to walk for a moment, and then I'll come back and talk rationally.”

She went to her own room for a few minutes of peace. She had her own room just as he had his, and they had slept separately ever since she’d come to Najma. She knew it was for the best, but for the last few weeks, she had been longing for him. The small taste she’d had of what they could be like together back in DC wasn't enough, not anymore, and she outright craved him. Right now, however, she was grateful for the space apart, because it gave her time to think.

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