The Sheikh's Pregnant Teacher (Khalid Sheikhs Series Book 3) by Leslie North

Author:Leslie North [North, Leslie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-02T16:00:00+00:00

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Rose knew she wasn't at her best during the lesson, but Jamila and Hasan didn't seem to notice, banging away as happily as ever on the small hand drums she had found for them. They were more enthusiastic than skilled, but that called to mind plenty of successful drummers she knew. They would learn in time, and right now, their enthusiasm drowned out her own fears, and that was just fine.

She was distracted when Maryam came to look in on them, and she startled when Maryam called her name.

“Oh! Maryam, I am so sorry…”

“No, dear, not to worry. I assume these two have been running you ragged.”

“Oh no, they're always a delight,” Rose protested, but Maryam only smiled her mischievous smile, the one that made it hard to believe she was a widowed grandmother.

“Oh, darling, I have raised three children—I know what a fib that is,” she said. “Anyway, I was going to ask if you cared for lunch and spot of retail therapy. I was planning to take Jamila out, and oh, I thought maybe it would be nice to give you an afternoon out as well.”

“An afternoon out with you and Jamila?” Rose said hesitantly. “I don't want to get in the way…”

“You wouldn't be in the way, silly, you would be going with us,” Jamila said happily. “Nana will take us out and buy whatever we want to eat.”

“It's true,” said Maryam with a twinkle in her eye, “I will, given the least excuse. I was thinking of taking you to one of my favorite teahouses. They do the loveliest fusion of French and Yeni cuisine…”

In the end, despite Rose's persistent fear that she was interrupting, she gave in, and after that, there was no time or space to feel as if she were intruding because Maryam was there, talking a mile a minute, always with a clever observation or suggestion or joke. Jamila adored her grandmother, and it was easy to see why. Maryam's relentless energy and wit took Rose right out of her doubts and straight into a world of tea cakes and silk scarves.

Lunch was as delightful as Maryam had promised, with boxes of pastries set aside to bring back for everyone else, and then set out for Maryam's favorite boutiques. Rose hung back at first, afraid of the publicity, but Maryam only smiled a little sharply.

“My dear, I have been shopping at these boutiques since I was first married, and it caters to women just like me. You cannot imagine that paparazzi would be tolerated here.”

Rose swallowed against the strange feeling of being protected, of being calmly cared for as if she were just as much Maryam's family as Laura or Sarah were. She found a smile for Maryam, and then Jamila was curious about the rings and pendants so she had to be shown those, and Maryam told them both a story about the sapphire that her husband had gotten her for their first anniversary.

These are Fahim's parents, Rose thought with a deep warmth growing inside her.

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