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Tair refilled his cup of tea frolazed pot “I shall find you a husband”

“What?”

He noddedhis tea “You need a husband It is the way it should be I shall find you one You will be glad”

“No”Her head spun, little spots danced before her eyes He wrong, absolutely wrong and she couldn’t even get the protest out Instead she sucked in one desperate breath after another

“Woently squeezing it “Women need husbands and children or they dry up”

Dry up? He didn’t just say that He didn’t say that while squeezing a little date, did he? My God This was a nightined, and she’d is Kidnapped, her photos stripped froo home Please correct this before it turns out badly”

“I will ht husband Do not worry” His lips curved and she saw teeth, straight white teeth and thought this must be his idea of a smile “Now eat Berber y like you”

Tally went hot and cold She felt wild, panicked She couldn’t be here, couldn’t stay here This was all wrong Wrong, wrong, wrong

Tair sighed, frowned “You must at least drink the tea You’re dehydrated I can see it in your eyes and skin”

Tally wasn’t a crier but she was close to tears noas she going to do this? Would she escape?

“You don’t like tea?” he persisted, the strain on his patience showing “Would you prefer water?”

“Is it bottled water?”

His black brows tugged together “It’s ater”

“But not processed?” She’d only just gotten off of weeks of wretched antibiotics, antibiotics that were proved to be just as hard on her sto the forty-eight hours in the Atiq hospital made her stomach cramp “You see I can’t drink water that isn’t purified I’ve had problems—”

“You are without a doubt the most delicate, finicky female I’ve ever met”