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Her voice was as lifeless as her gaze “I’ yours toyou lovewith you at all”
Unable to look her rejection in the eyes anye anywhere but where she was
Before he exited the room, he turned to her, announced his sub you want”
What Laylah wanted amounted to hell on earth
The next weeks set the pattern She wouldn’t let hiht, she drew him back into the vortex of need Even with her emotional coldness, their physical passion blazed out of control, scorching his body in satisfaction, and his soul in sorrow
He’d reached the point where he knew Though he’d take anything he could have of her at the price of his own destruction, he couldn’t
He’d soon be forced to end this
“I’m now forced to make a decision”
Aled his eyebrows at Laylah, Haidar and Jalal where they sat side by side in his office He’d suo and had refused to say anything until they were all there and sitting before him like an audience
Amjad went on, “But then I’ion”
Haidar, who sat beside Laylah with Jalal on her other side, huffed “Spare us, Amjad”
“How can I? You can’t live without my harass made my decision It’s in your court now, Laylah”
He wanted her to pass her verdict On Rashid
Though he’d made his, if she let her personal turmoil dictate an unfair one, he’d obey it
It was up to her to deprive Rashid of beco
But she’d never been vindictive this way, not even toward her worst enemy And Rashid wasn’t even Was—was Whatever he was, it had been heartache talking when she’d threatened that Even at the height of her agony, even now as she felt her ti away, her belief in Rashid as the best king never wavered
“Sorry, guys” She winced at Haidar and Jalal “But I do believe he’s the best man for the job”
“Our Aal Shalaan treasure has spoken” A “Sois this your revenge? Pushing hiet, when you know you’re only shoving him into a pit of thorns?”
Her lips trembled “You seem to be quite comfy on yours”
“Only because I have Maras remained between her and Rashid Everyone probably did A on that throne without you will be agony without the ecstasy”
Her heart twisted “Rashid is nothing like you He doesn’t need anyone”
Amjad huffed “Did I ever look like I needed anyone? Turns out I do need one person Maram Like Rashid needs you”
How she wished that were true