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“It must be Or they wouldn’t contact roaned at the pain of separation “Answer it, then”

With a growl, he succue was from Farooq Video conference Now

His heart clenched inside his chest What now?

“Take a shower until I co, and I intend to keep you up for , delighting “And take your ti” He took one more kiss from those succulent lips that promised heaven And they only promised more “Remember, it’s your turn to lie there and let me explore you and pleasure you to my heart’s content”

“I’ed for another clinging kiss, then withdrew

She lay back, watched hi pants and an abaya, his eyes devouring her back Then he gritted his teeth and went to see what the world that existed outside theht him with

In his study, he turned on his computer and its three connected widescreenFarooq and Ka still wasn’t up toan appearance He wondered if his uncle ever would be again If his own days as crown prince were nu nearer

Farooq’s golden eyes still had that apologetic heaviness they’d been full of since he’d thrown the succession into Shehab’s lap He wanted to tell hi hi him to find Farah, share all this with her, live in anticipation of a lifetiht have agreed to marry her He was certain he would come to feel the same way about her noher in his brother’s ar about it

Before he said any of that, Ka to his brooding brother, enius and ed eyebrow, thesoft on us, aren’t you?”

Shehab gave his younger brother a considering look even as his co nerves Kamal had always been the one to provoke friction, the one with the harshest opinions, the least compassion He not only didn’t suffer fools, he made them suffer He had followers, but no friends, and but for the presence of Shehab and Farooq in his life, was a total lone wolf As for enemies, while he had many, no one dared declare the enh and ruthless only in the past years, since his stint in the States He hadn’t talked about what had happened there, but he’d come back ready to maul anyone who stepped out of line, like a lion with a festering wound And he’d remained so, as if all the humanity in him had been extracted

Shehab finally demanded, “And your definition of soft?”

Kah the screen and take up his challenge physically “Taking six weeks to do what you could have done in six days B’haggej’Jaheem, in six hours You had her on your jet and on the way to your island within that ti Why didn’t you just-”