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Babette frowned ot your paperwork before boarding the ship, didn’t you?”
Zelda opened her
“Did you lose your visa or so? You should have told us”
“Atte to enter Murindhi without paperwork is a class three felony,” the official said, his face falling into stern lines “Punishable by i ban from the country”
“That’s impossible,” Babette insisted “All of the crew have their paperwork Why didn’t you say so if you’d lost your papers?”
Zelda felt her eyes stinging as the consequences of her spur-of-the-h on her with their full force
“Please step aside, so we can process the rest of the crew,” the security official said He raised a hand to flag one of the other guards, and Zelda’s heart leaped into her throat as the guard approached, obviously intent on arresting her
“Excuse me,” someone said, and Zelda looked around, on the point of tears, only to see the gorgeous Middle-Eastern“I’ Babette, you can go on ahead”
“A ?” the security officials looked more respectful of the wealthy man as he approached, and Zelda felt her heart slon just a little bit
“Yes—you see, this beautiful lady and I met very recently,” the man told the officials “I’m afraid I was not as careful with my preparations for the trip as I should have been” The man moved closer to Zelda
“What do you mean?” one of the officials asked
“You knoho I aroomed eyebrow and the security official hesitated only a
“Yes, Your Highness,” the man said He looked at the second officer “You are Sheikh Zayed El-Sharabi, owner of this vessel”
Zelda’s breath caught in her throat
“In that case, if you could please processa Murindhi passport, to the second guard “This beautiful creature is a guest of mine”
“If she’s a guest of yours, why didn’t she couests?”
Sheikh Zayed sot separated,” he said “Last-minute matters to attend to on board, you understand”
The second official was looking through the paperwork the man had supplied, and seemed satisfied
“Getting back to the issue:ahead, but I made the decision to invite this woman—my fiancée—with me at the last minute” The Sheikh took her arm and Zelda let him