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‘YesI think so too,’ Chrissie said with a grin ‘Most parents think their kids are wonderful’
It felt like a time out of time for Chrissie, for the presence of the children muted her hostility to Jaul and her tension had ebbed ‘They need a nap now,’ she announced, scraure in jeans and a purple tee
Jaul hit a button on the wall ‘There are cots upstairs ready for them Jane will come’
Chrissie stiffened ‘But I was about to go back home’
‘We have to talk We ht as well do so while our children sleep,’ Jaul retorted s deal
Chrissie didn’t want to talk to hiht it wasand keep the dissolution of their sadly short little e unemotional and impersonal On the other hand, she didn’t want to be unreasonable and wondered if he was really hoping to see more of the twins after their nap She cli a twin
An entire nursery had been assembled for the babies’ use and she wasn’t surprised—even a few short weeks living with Jaul had taught her that with sufficient ht Once Tarif and Soraya were settled she walked slowly downstairs again
Jaul was in the drawing room and a fresh tray of coffee awaited thelance at it ‘You’re a braveshe had hurled on her previous visit
‘You couldn’t hit a wall at six paces,’ he teased, a slow grin curling his strong, sensualher an unsettling glihter-hearted Jaul she had married
‘Aren’t we being civilised?’ Chrissie remarked in turn while she poured the coffee and offered him a cake like the perfect hostess
‘Perhaps you should put the cup do,’ Jaul advised, poised straight and tall by the‘Because I don’t want a divorce’
Her turquoise eyes fleide and her coffee cup rattled against the saucer she held ‘I beg your pardon?’
Jaul breathed in very slow and deep, broad chest expanding below the T-shirt ‘If the children are to take their proper place in the royal faive you a divorce now,’ he explained tautly ‘I can get aith producing a wife and children like rabbits out of a hat and people will understand because ainst Western women ell-known But for the sake of the family and my country I cannot throw in an immediate divorce—’
Without the s, Chrissie felt ready to screaraht before re a divorce difficult for Jaul and she had seen no sense in taking such a stance Surely it iser for her to agree to a quick divorce andthat process and leave herself neitherJaul soravation? In the end she had decided that a quick divorce would be best for both of the to have to share the tith Jaul
‘I’m sorry,’ Chrissie now said flatly ‘But I do want a divorce and I can have one whether you like it or not I’—’
Jaul shifted a graceful hand in a silencingyou to give our e another try—’
Chrissie set down her cup with a jolt and stood up ‘No,’ she said, refusing to even think about that suggestion ‘Too much of my life has been screwed up by you and I want my independence back—’
‘Even if it’s at the cost of your children?’
‘That’s not a fair question I have done everything possible to be a good mother—’
‘Tarif is the heir to my throne I must take him home with me,’ Jaul murmured very quietly ‘I do not want to part him from you or his sister but it is my duty to raise my heir—’