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Steph pondered her coetables and s”

“That is true,” Elora agreed “However, you have to acknowledge the positive changes that came from a little pressure from us as your parents To me, this was no different than that I see now that, perhaps, in this instance, I rong”

“In this instance?” Steph said with a smirk

Elora’s grin was sheepish “Don’t push it You’re getting one of ry with you these past few days”

“I’m sorry,” Steph said, and she meant it

Elora reached out a hand and grabbed Steph’s, squeezing it gently “Now, tellabout when he said you were already in love with someone As far as I knew, you didn’t have any love interests back in Vermont”

Steph blushed a little, but she decided to tell herAfter what she had just put the woh, she deserved to know the whole truth

“The other night, when I went out walking, I got lost A aveme the way back to the hotel He is the person who sent the limo to takeOtherwise, I would have gone through with it”

“You were kidnapped?”

The worry in Elora’s eyes was real, and Steph shook her head

“It wasn’t a kidnapping Well, it kind of was The truth is, Mehdi offered e, and I took it I didn’t have to stay at the palace I chose to”

Elora’s eyebrows shot up “The palace? Do you mean to tell me that the man you have fallen in love with is” She sputtered, unable to find the words The teapot began to whistle, but Elora ignored it, waiting for Steph to answer her question

Steph grinned “Sheikh Mehdi of El Farah? Yeah, that’s the guy”

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Deciding to give her mother some time to absorb that infor teapot fro the room, where she set them on the coffee table By the time she sat down, Elora seemed to have recovered, somewhat