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But the sheikh only smiled. “You are cute when you’re embarrassed.”

She immediately pulled away. “No, I’m not.”

But the sheikh was already speaking to his cousin, thanking Altair for accompanying Harper to the embassy. And then they were walking away, the sheikh holding her hand, and she bit her lip hard.Gaaah.He was just holding her hand, and it was already making her heart beat so.

How shallow could she get?

Harper was perplexed when she realized they were heading to his office. “Do we have a meeting?” These days, those were the only times that the sheikh allowed himself to be in her company.

“No.”

Harper’s confusion deepened even as she allowed the sheikh to usher her inside. As the door closed behind her, she turned around, asking, “Then why—-mmph.”

The sheikh had captured her mouth in a deep, hard kiss, and when she got over her shock she eagerly kissed him back, her arms going around him just as he swept her up in his arms. She expected the sheikh to bring her to the couch, but instead she found herself being laid on his desk, her legs dangling on the edge.

Harper immediately sat up as the sheikh reached for the hem of herabaya. “What are youdoing?” Her voice had turned into a squeak as the sheikh pushed herabaya, together with the dress underneath it, all the way up to her waist.

After, the sheikh glanced at her. “Your reward.”

“My what?”

A second later, the sheikh went down on her.

Oh. My. God.

She immediately fell back against the desk.

What. A. Reward.

She had no idea how he had known that this was what she wanted, but she wasn’t complaining. Harper felt his tongue stroke her against the wet cotton, and her entire body shuddered.Definitely not complaining.



















Chapter Ten

THE DAY OF THE WEDDINGdawned bright and clear, just one day shy from Khalil’s one-hundredth day reign as king. Everyone who had been invited came to attend the event, with a record number of foreign leaders showing up, all of them curious to see firsthand what Ramil’s new queen was like.

Even the sheikh’s sort-of ex Sapphire had accepted the invitation and came with her rockstar husband and too-cute son in tow.