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Zafina’s eyes ith a ferocity A area “I know soht not knohat it is yet, but you’d better be certain that I’ to find out”

With that, she turned and left

Aized profusely when Sadira returned She explained—in vague terument and that she didn’t think Malik’s sister liked her very much

Sadira took the news as gracefully as A her not to worry and stating that Zafina could be a very unpleasant girl if the mood struck her True to motherly fashion, Sadira assured her that, deep down, Zafina would be a good sister to her and had a good heart—just like Malik

A Malik’sthe dress That phrase she’d used, ‘a good heart’, stuck with her for the rest of the evening Did Malik really have a good heart? Did she?

Sadira certainly seemed to think so, but hoould she really feel if she knew Amie had just let her pay who kno much money for a dress that was basically the crux of a drawn-out shaht he was, or had she just been sucked in by the same charms that had seduced dozens of women before her?

Aht She usually didn’t think of herself as a jealous person, but the idea that her affections were going unreturned was driving her insane Then again, if Malik told her that he did share her feelings, that probably wouldn’t be good, either A actresses who dated their agents or producers Ick, she thought It just wouldn’t work

In the dark of night, Amie wandered frorabbing anything for supper that evening, even though she’d been starving

She fell into the overly padded theater chair and selected a black and white movie to watch She didn’t even care which one it was; if Malik had set it up for her to enjoy, there was a good chance she was going to enjoy it She snacked on the sour candies beside the chair and quickly devoured the box She told herself that she wouldn’t have done so had she eaten a proper dinner, but the truth hen gummy candies were around they didn’t stand a chance

Theyou’d want to watch inding down for the evening, yet Aot to know hihtful, roone above and beyond to make her feel comfortable in her temporary home

She kept tracing back to when he’d grabbed her hand; tickled her; brushed her hair behind her ears There was nothing about his behavior that said I’ clearer, she couldn’t shake the basic fact that her very presence in Rabayat was little o and continue his high-finance, playboy lifestyle in peace

Thoughts of ‘should I or shouldn’t I?’ kept her ht until she finally fell asleep in front of the projector screen

She awoke to Malik caressing her bare shoulder and whispering, “What, are you a 70-year-old man, now?”

“What?” she asked groggily

“Who falls asleep watching TV?” he chuckled

She s playboy e into his deep brown eyes, that she decided she couldn’t cross any lines Not for Malik, and not for any boss Instead, she reminded herself that she had a job to do

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In less than four days’ time, Amie would have to travel back to her shborhood of the city she had called home for the last two years

It was a subject both she and Malik had avoided ever since they’d hit the ‘one week left’ mark of her curious new job She was still none the wiser as to the details of Malik’s ‘business’ appointment from the other day, yet her suspicions had lessened ever since she’d s for her boss