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Zelda nodded her acceptance of the schedule and waited until Zayed had left the roo area She sank down onto a low, damask couch and tried to wrap her mind around the fact that she had “quarters” that were, on their own, as large as any of the apartments she’d ever lived in She turned on the TV and discovered that the Sheikh had probably the e that a person possibly could—it even had American channels
“All this wealth, all this space,” Zeldato watch a crime procedural show she had found “But who lives here?”
She’d seen a handful of servants, including theher neardrobe into the closet and drawers, but other than maybe ten employees, there was only Zayed
Maybe it wouldn’t have been a bad idea for hiht absently At least the house would have been less empty that way
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Later that evening, Zelda steeled herself to sit doith the Sheikh and begin the process of getting to know each other As a concession to Zayed’s insistence that she play her part, she changed into one of her new outfits before following aroom
“You look beautiful,” Zayed said, greeting her with a quick kiss on either cheek He’d changed into h quality as Zelda had seen on the yacht, the saht for her in the boutiques near the harbor
“Thank you,” Zelda said, feeling slightly uncomfortable in clothes that she was sure orthon the yacht
“Let’s get started,” Zayed suggested, pulling out a chair at a low table which was already loaded with food of different kinds
Zelda thought to herself that the kitchen staff at the Sheikh’s home must rival the numbers on his yacht She immediately wondered if there was any overlap between the two tea down on a co so much more complicated
“How are we going to start?” she asked, trying to focus on the moment
The Sheikh seated hi over the table to serve her from different platters
The food looked and s; it was spiced and colorful, like the feasts Zelda had helped to create on the yacht It was nice to be one of the recipients of such a uests feasted, and Zelda watched contentedly as Zayed deftly placed spoonfuls of this and that on her plate in a practiced order
“Well, we need to know each other extre her question “As well as any two people ant to getto do it”