The Sheikh's Secret Son by Maggie Cox

Author:Maggie Cox [Cox, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarlequinUKLtd
Published: 2017-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

OF COURSE DARCY had experienced the sensation of having butterflies in the tummy before, but never butterflies that felt as if they were drunk. But that was just what it felt like as she travelled up to the topmost floor in the elevator with Zafir and his bodyguard.

Their meeting was going to take place in his private suite, he told her. It was a facility he used when he worked late at the bank or needed a private meeting. It would be the first time they’d been properly alone together since contact had been renewed. Naturally she was concerned about how things would go. As far as his desire for marriage went, would he insist on a wedding? Or would he be more reasonable and agree to some kind of compromise? Whilst she didn’t doubt that he would be a good father, she was far from certain that he would make an equally good husband...

‘Here we are.’

Her striking companion’s enigmatic gaze surveyed her thoughtfully as, in keeping with royal protocol, he waited for Rashid to open the door to the suite. He gave her no clue as to what he might be thinking.

The bodyguard went in first to make a quick and efficient reconnaissance. It was another reminder of Zafir’s importance that his security was paramount. But when the inspection was over he clearly didn’t expect his guard to linger. Instead Zafir instructed him to go and get some lunch and said that he would contact him when they were ready to leave.

‘Thank you, Your Highness.’ Rashid included Darcy in a respectful, yet cordial little bow and once again she sensed herself warming to the man.

‘Darcy?’

With a flourish, Zafir indicated that she should go in before him, and he waited patiently as she complied. The wildly fluttering butterflies in her belly didn’t grow any calmer as they entered the suite’s sumptuous high-ceilinged sitting room. There were three other doors leading off the area, she saw, and she assumed these must lead to the bedroom and bathroom and perhaps a study? And, if this first room was any indication, presumably they would all reflect the same high level of comfort and good taste.

Furnished with gold-coloured sofas, matching armchairs, stunning framed art that had to be the real thing, and a beautiful Murano glass chandelier, the sitting room was exquisite. On the polished cedarwood surface of an elegant chiffonier was positioned an elegant crystal vase filled with an abundance of scented cream roses. Their perfume all but drenched the air.

Silently acknowledging the congeniality of her surroundings, Darcy consciously steadied her breath to take it all in. Yet what dominated her thoughts above everything else was the fact that she was here alone with Zafir.

Owning to feeling nervous, she distracted herself by glancing at the view outside the windows. The soundproof glass rendered the noise of the busy traffic muted and agreeable, and through it she glimpsed the endless green lawns of Hyde Park and the waters of the Serpentine, glinting in the afternoon sunshine.

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