The Sheikh's Stolen Lover by Holly Rayner

Author:Holly Rayner [Rayner, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 37

Ellie

STANFORD CLASS OF 2012

Join us as we celebrate our

5 YEAR REUNION

You are cordially invited to join us at the Two Cedars Hotel in Palo Alto, California

Saturday, March 7th at 7 PM

RSVP

Ellie sat staring at her computer screen. There was something about seeing it in print like that. Five years. Who would be there? Lia? Claire? She had to admit she’d been lonely lately, with only Mark and Vince for company. Maybe she should go. It could be an opportunity to connect with the last true friends she’d had.

A reunion, though? she thought. Wouldn’t it be easier to just call them? The reunion was bound to be full of people one-upping each other with tales of their successes since college, and Ellie was certainly not feeling very successful these days. True, she had a good job, but her love life was a joke, she spend nights and weekends watching reality TV, and now NorMo—the one thing she was truly proud of—had gone up in smoke.

Ellie opened her online photo album and scrolled back a few years. God, she had been so carefree. The smile she wore in most of these photos looked like it belonged to a different person, someone without a care in the world.

I should go. It will be good for me.

Besides, a break in routine was likely to take her mind off Mahmoud, at least for an evening.

She clicked open her calendar. There was a meeting scheduled on Saturday night. That was typical. Tech investors seemed to love pretending they were cool. No doubt they’d be meeting at a bar and discussing Noralli’s potential over cocktails. And as soon as the second round of drinks had been poured, productive conversation would be impossible. Ellie knew her colleagues sometimes saw her as a stick in the mud. It annoyed her. What was wrong with wanting to keep business professional?

Besides, they wouldn’t think I was lame if they knew I’d had an affair with a sheikh!

She couldn’t tell them. Even though she’d confided in Mark and Vince, she knew she could never tell them who her mysterious Al Fahadi lover had actually been. For one thing, she had never discussed that with Mahmoud. He was a public figure, and it would be vastly inappropriate for her to spread gossip about his private life.

Also, no one would ever believe her.

She couldn’t tell anyone about Mahmoud, but she could tell Harris about this reunion. Maybe he’d excuse her from Saturday’s meeting if he knew. She was no longer on the fence about attending. If it got her out of an investor meeting on a Saturday night? Absolutely.

She dialed the phone extension for Liam’s desk. “It’s Ellie Mills. Can you put me through to Mr. Harris?”

“Is this about Monday’s meeting? People have been calling all day asking about it. He’s not taking questions.”

“Monday’s meeting?” She clicked back over to her calendar. Sure enough, there was a meeting scheduled for Monday in the boardroom. “First I’m hearing of that. What is this meeting?”

Liam lowered his voice.

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