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Her sh for him

“I’d love to meet your parents,” Jacqui said

“Then we’ll stay at e a time for us to have dinner with them They’ll still be asleep, so I’ll call them tomorrow before we land”

Jacqui started to say sohed

“I promise I’ll be ahen I meet them”

Khizar stood and held out his hand to her

“It’s been a long day Why don’t we get some rest?”

Jacqui followed him into the bedrooet ready for bed, and went to check in with their pilot When he came back, Jacqui was curled up under the covers, already half asleep

Khizar prepared himself for bed and slipped under the covers next to her Jacqui murmured when he kissed her on the forehead and pulled the blanket back up over her

He watched her while she slept, and wondered as happening to hiirlfriends to his parents before There had never been anyone serious enough to warrant a parental introduction, and Khizar was unexpectedly nervous

They would like Jacqui; he was sure of it But they weren’t expecting hi anyone, and although they knew he had been in Milwaukee on business, he hadn’t shared that he had reat-niece

Khizar didn’t want to disappoint the and proposing to Jacqui

But the tides had changed since his first flight out to Milwaukee Sos for the wo Khizar wanted in a partner With her, he felt like a better man

It was so of a surprise at that moment to realize that he truly wanted to be with Jacqui; that he wanted to

He didn’t know exactly when it had happened, or how he could o back and do it again, he would have taken things more slowly

It didn’t er to Khizar that Jacqui would inherit the diamond It didn’t matter to him if they actually found it He wanted to find out ive her ould make her happy

He had fallen for his fiancée, and noas up to him to make their relationship real

Chapter 16

Jacqui