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‘Sienna—’

‘No!’ she said fiercely, pushing away fro to her feet She had seen the brief darkening of his eyes, and she ame but she knew exactly what it meant And did she trust herself around hi all the way, but around Hashim her flesh was as weak as it could be

She nified way of adjusting her dress and her panties, but she did her dah the hair which had tu neck

And at least she had the enjoye his clothing, his face now tight with obvious displeasure and a sier Or was it merely frustration?

She walked out into the hall, all the war fro paveliht of her flushed cheeks andaround the place

How could she? Oh, how could she?

She picked up her handbag and a silken voice stopped her in her tracks

‘Where do you think you are going?’ he questioned softly

Co her face, she turned round, and suddenly she didn’t care what he tried to threaten her with Just let hi could be worse than what she had just allowed to happen, despite all her supposedly good intentions ‘Home,’ she said crisply ‘Where else?’

‘You could come home with me’

Sienna ale! And anyway—I wouldn’t call a luxury hotel suite a home! It isn’t yours, it’s anony of you there, Hashim A luxurious room with no soul And that’s your life Empty’

For a moment a dark shadow passed across his heart She dared to say this to him? To accuse him of an empty life? He, who had palaces and oil fields and people scattered all over the world ere eager to do his bidding? No wo to look at him and speak to hiain he felt the sensation of being on unfaer

‘I forbid you to go!’