The Cowboy's All-Business Bride (Billionaire Cowboys Book 5) by Rayner Holly

Author:Rayner, Holly [Rayner, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2020-04-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Kane

“You’ll stay for dinner?” Maryum loosened her hold on Leyla for just long enough to ask the question.

“We would love to,” Kane answered right away.

His eyes burned, and it was only then that he realized he fought back tears. Seeing Leyla with her lost family had an effect on him that he hadn’t expected.

Though they’d both lost a parent in the last year, it was different for him. He still had his mom, as well as a horde of cousins, aunts, and uncles, even if he wasn’t particularly close with most of them. Leyla didn’t have any family.

Until now.

“Yes,” Leyla said. “Thank you. I have no other plans, and nowhere else I’d rather be.”

Her eyes shone with tears. Instead of wiping them away, she let them fall. Kane’s heart warmed. He liked seeing she wasn’t afraid to show her feelings.

Maryum drew Leyla over to the other couch, to sit between her and Mabrouk. With her cousins on either side of her, the resemblance really was striking. Leyla looked like she could be Maryum’s daughter, and Mabrouk shared their nose and expressive eyes.

“Now, about that oil deal.” Mabrouk poured himself some tea.

Maryum reached around Leyla to slap his shoulder. “Mabrouk. Leyla has just returned to us after nearly thirty years, and you are talking business!”

“What I was going to say, was that we will get to it some other time.” He dropped a cube of sugar into his tea. “Right now, we have too much catching up to do with Leyla and her soon-to-be husband.”

Husband. That’s right.

In the joy of seeing a family reunited, Kane had momentarily forgotten about the lie that had gotten him and Leyla through the palace doors in the first place. It seemed almost intrusive to be sharing a private moment with the people he was deceiving.

With a stare at the polished wood floor, he pushed down the bubbling guilt. This was all for a good reason. One that Leyla had agreed to.

“Tell us everything.” Mabrouk pierced Kane with a firm look. “Where did you meet?”

They launched into their “story,” though Kane noticed Leyla dragging and dropping words here and there. There was a lot going on for her, so he didn’t mind picking up the slack and sharing the details of their coffee shop run-in that had never really happened.

“Dinner is in an hour,” Maryum said, once the story had finished. “If you can’t wait until then, we can have the kitchen prepare something early.”

“Oh, no,” Leyla answered. “We can wait.”

“How about a rest? Do you need to lay down? Shower? I know that you came on the plane today, yes? We have everything you need here. Where are your bags?”

“At the hotel,” Kane said.

Maryum nodded firmly. “We will send for them. You must stay here, in the palace.”

Leyla’s lips parted. She looked at Kane, waiting for his answer. He could tell from the look in her eyes that she really wanted to take Maryum up on the offer. The older woman clung to Leyla like the slightest breeze would carry her away, and Leyla didn’t seem to mind at all.

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