Falling for the Sheikh by Barbara McMahon

Author:Barbara McMahon [McMahon, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Ultimate Billionaires, Book Two
Publisher: Barbara McMahon
Published: 2022-05-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Ma Mere, Aminna told me you were here. I wasn’t expecting you.” Kharun glanced at Sara as he crossed the terrace to kiss his mother on both cheeks.

“I didn’t mean to interrupt you, chéri. Aminna told me you were hard at work. I thought Sara might have enticed you away from your duties for a little longer. First you take no honeymoon, now you neglect her. For shame.” The twinkle in her eyes belied her words.

“Things needed to be done. Sara understands,” he replied, pulling out a chair and sitting at the small table.

“Always things need to be done. Your new wife's a saint if she allows it. Such virtue deserves a reward. I’m taking Sara to lunch with me and Jasmine. Unless you have plans yourself.”

“Piers is here. We'll be busy a little longer.”

“Times have changed from when I was young,” she said mockingly, with a conspiratorial look at Sara.

“How so?”

“Your father and I made sure our priorities included a long honeymoon.”

“It never ended.”

Her face saddened. “Not until his death. Cherish the moments you have, chéri, they seem so fleeting in retrospect.”

She rose and patted him on the cheek. “I will speak with Aminna for a moment, then Sara and I will leave. We’re going shopping after lunch. Bring your camera, Sara, you can start with Jasmine and me.”

He waited until she was out of hearing, then turned to Sara, apparently noticing the camera for the first time.

“Aminna brought me the camera. She found it in the kitchen,” Sara said, holding it in front of her, almost like a shield. “Your mother suggested the photographs.”

“Take all the pictures she wants, then. But I’ll have final say on how you use the pictures,” he said with a warning in his tone. “And none are to go to your newspaper!”

Sara stiffened. She knew he didn’t trust her, totally due to her own actions, but it still rankled. “I have no intention of sending any to the paper!”

“Jasmine knows the true story about our marriage, but my mother doesn’t. Keep it that way,” he admonished.

“Did you come out here to tell me that? I can remember that order from one day to the next. No one is to know. If I can’t tell my mother, I surely won’t be telling yours!”

She rose and hurried into the house to change from the modest white pants she’d donned that morning into something more suitable to lunch with her new in-laws.

When she entered the large foyer several minutes later, Piers and Angelique were talking. Kharun leaned casually against the priceless Louis XV table watching them. He looked at Sara when she joined them. She wondered for a moment if the gleam in his eyes meant more than he still didn’t trust her.

“Have a good afternoon,” he said, deliberately crossing over to her. He stood so close she could almost share his breath—if she hadn’t been holding hers.

“I wish I were going with you,” he whispered. Only she understood the full truth of the comment. He was wary about letting her out of his sight.

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