The Sheikh's Bride Bargain (You Can't Turn Down a Sheikh Book 4) by Holly Rayner & Ana Sparks

Author:Holly Rayner & Ana Sparks [Rayner, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

The Lees didn’t speak to each other at all in the car on the way home. Dylan split off from the group before even reaching the front door, and Dakota felt sure he was going somewhere private to call Rachel, who was still staying in a hotel nearby. Dakota knew that Dylan and Rachel had planned to make a life for themselves here, too. They would also have to change their plans. But at least, Dakota thought bitterly, Dylan wouldn’t be leaving the person he loved behind when they were forced out of Baraq.

Once inside the house, Anne Lee went straight to the kitchen. She liked to clean during times of stress, and Dakota anticipated that the floors would be fit to eat off of within an hour. It would have been a perfect personality trait, she thought, if only the Lees were going to have time to sell the house. Anne would have done a great job making it ready to show to potential buyers.

Instead, the house would probably be reclaimed by the crown, and the Emir would sell it. It wasn’t the worst thing Dakota could think of, not by far—she was sure that money would go into building schools and roads—but there was something special about seeing the people who would make a home in your house after you’d left it, about passing it along to them. It would have made this easier, she thought.

Ben went down into the basement. He kept cigars down there, in a humidor adjoined by a ventilated smoking room. Dakota knew she probably wouldn’t see him again for several hours either. Ben saved his cigars for landmark moments in life. Today he was losing the bulk of his business and being forced to leave the country he called home. That might call for a couple of cigars.

Dakota went up to her room, wondering as she did if she was the only one who was going to start packing tonight. If they only had three days, there wasn’t a minute to waste, but none of her family seemed to prioritize it. She understood how they felt if she was honest with herself. Dakota didn’t want to pack either.

She stood in her room, looking around at all the things that made it uniquely hers—the photos from the trip she had taken to the Grand Canyon in college, the blanket her grandmother had knit for her lying across the foot of the bed, the row of rubber ducks, her collection, across the vanity. The idea of putting those things in boxes was agonizing, especially not knowing where they would next be unpacked. If only they’d had time to find homes in the States first. If only she knew exactly where she would be going.

Dakota sighed and pulled a duffel bag from under her bed. She would need to ship most of her possessions—the furniture, of course, and her rug, and her books and most of her clothes. But some things would travel with her.

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