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Between us, couples danced in and out of our view, the ladies in their finest gowns and with jewelry sparkling from their ears and around their throats A-list actresses, beauty queens, and superant heiresses…these wo the loveliest faces in the entire world

So why then…

Why did I feel like the sheikh only had eyes for me?

It was crazy to think so, and I felt asha it

The sheikh hated me

He had made it obvious when he and his bitchy half-sister didn’t speak a word to lance ’s best man and me as Ruth’s maid of honor

My fingers had trembled the entire time they were curled around his ar a beat every time I felt his muscles contract reflexively under my touch

Aon walking up to the sheikh, and I hated the way my heart squeezed painfully as I watched him bend his dark head to whatever she had to say

I forced e I was reacting to a man who hated me

Stop thinking about him, Ella

He was nothing special Nothing The only difference between us was that his throne was old whileSpecial We were both huive him hell, too

So just stop giving a damn about him

Got it, Ella?

I took a deep breath Made myself look up And felt round it had gained thestupid in an instant Thud! Thud! Thud! If this went on,its way out of my chest, and an ominous sense of premonition seized me at that moment

So bad was about to happen

Really bad

Picking up my skirts, I rose quickly from my seat and hastened towards the closest pair of doors It was a struggle not to trip over the length and weight of ht noere my shoes, and I cursed the royal fa me into six-inch heels

Appearing taller was supposed tophotos, but yeah, that was nothing but a load of crap, and the damn man probably knew it, too It wasn’t my fault the whole damn royal family were as tall as trees, and worst of all, even Ruth stood five-foot-ten in her bare feet