The Sheikh's ASAP Baby by Holly Rayner & Lara Hunter

Author:Holly Rayner & Lara Hunter [Rayner, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Kathy told Tessa she'd be staying until the baby was born, and Tehar set her up with an incredible doctor. March tumbled into April seemingly overnight.

Kathy was restless, not used to spending so much time not working on anything. She set herself to learning Arabic for something to do. Shadaf and Khalila were eager teachers, though even they could not quite keep up with her need to not just study, but throw herself into things bodily and not stop until she'd mastered it.

With Tehar, things were a stranger and more delicate situation. Neither of them really knew what they wanted their relationship to be yet, but they both knew they didn't want to stay away from each other.

It led to a peculiar semi-avoidance where they took any chance, when others were present, to sit near each other, to exchange thoughtful, warm glances. But as soon as they were alone, they scrambled to separate, to maintain that crucial distance. They danced around one another, trying to have their cake and eat it too, and instead having neither.

Neither wanted to commit to a romantic relationship, or more specifically to the idea of family that seemed to be implicit in it, but neither could they give up and disengage entirely.

The tipping point finally came in late April. Khalila and Shadaf invited them both into the city to a historical theater where an internationally renowned ballet troupe was performing. Kathy didn’t know much about ballet, but she hadn’t been out of the palace since she’d arrived and she wanted to see more of Abu Sadah.

Khalila loaned her a beautiful abaya made of light, draping fabric with panels of embroidered flowers and beading. It was surprisingly lovely, which Kathy hadn’t really thought such a modest garment could be. Khalila’s was edged in gold lace which came together over her chest in a breastplate like delicate armor. In comparison, it was the men for once who seemed plain.

They piled into the town car together and Kathy tried not think about how close she was pressed against Tehar in the back seat.

“I got us reservations at the most fantastic restaurant in town,” Shadaf said while the driver loaded his wheelchair into the trunk. “Some of the most beautiful French fine dining I’ve ever experienced.”

“You still haven’t let me take you to that place in Miami,” Tehar replied. “Kathy and I went for our first…the first time we talked.”

Kathy heard the brief hesitation in his voice. He’d almost called it a date. Had it been a date? Was tonight a date as well? Once again, the ambiguity of what they were to each other left Kathy in frustrated confusion.

The restaurant Shadaf had chosen really was amazing. They ate themselves silly on fine French haute cuisine and talked casually about whatever came to mind, surrounded by the restaurant’s shimmering air of luxurious fantasy.

Kathy tried not to think of anything but enjoying herself, but she couldn’t be in Tehar’s presence without thinking about their situation. As they drove from

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