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His breath stilled “We agreed that ould wait”

“We argued about it and you coh,” she threw back “I know you didn’t want to know, so I won’t force you—”

Her naed her to tell hi to be the death of me, habeebti”

She rubbed her finger over his lips, as if she couldn’t bear to not touch him “Only if you promise that you won’t tell your father This is the only way I can pay him back”

His s from his face, Zafir tried his hardest to not scowl “I have no idea what you’re talking about But be assured, Lauren He’s not going to have a single say in our life, in our child’s life”

So Zafir hadn’t forgiven Rashid and yet, he had come for her

“It’s a boy, Zafir,” she breathed against his mouth Then she wrapped her arh the tremor that shook him “A son who’ll be just as handsome as his father, I hope”

He kissed her temple reverently, his mouth curved into such a beautiful sainst her ”

“Zafir?”

“Yes?”

“Will you do so for me?”

“Anything, Lauren I’m yours to command”

“Try to forgive your father Please” When he began to retreat from her, she held his hands “Hecame for you, Zafir Hepushed me and eviscerated mejust to see if I orthy of you Hehe knew you’d do your duty by Behraat and still, he cameonly for your happiness”

“He will only make our life hard, habeebti Why do you ask this for him?”

Lauren traced that aquiline nose, his brow, his sensuous ive hi his happiness the only way he could with your mother

“You know, a It was her choice, wasn’t it? To live with him, to love him, to make a life with him the only way she could And as to why he didn’t—”