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Holding her safe in his arms until she quietened, he kissed her and then murmured, ‘Bed?’

‘Just ed in air ‘Wherever—’

Sending the car up to his deck, he lifted her into his arms and carried her to his suite

CHAPTER NINE

HAVING LAID HER down on his bed, Khalid kicked off his shoes Millie’s cheeks were burning as incredulity and excitement washed over her in turn, at what she’d done, and what she was about to do All thoughts of leaving the Sapphire as soon as possible and flying ho any of this had ever happened, had vanished as surely as mist before the sun Khalid had freed her He’d seen her lose control coiven him that, there was no reason now to hold back

She turned to look around as his clothes hit the floor and felt the blood drain fro? He was elo statue; there was so much of beautiful, perfect him, and all of it in formidable proportion

‘Shy now?’ he asked with amusement

‘No,’ she defended, but he heard the lie in her voice

Conificent, naked length alongside her and, resting his chin on the heel of his hand, he viewed her steadily as if she were a new and fascinating exhibit on board his yacht He kne aroused that made her, and how aroused she still was after his skilful attention ‘You want me,’ he said

The faint smile on his mouth was all it took to make her want him even more ‘Not as much as you want e, to fight her corner

He shrugged and his lips pressed in response

‘If you didn’t want ht ‘Unless you invite all your feuests to share your bed?’

This h ‘Millie, Millie, Millie Do you think Imy elevator between decks?’

‘I don’t know I’d rather not think about it,’ she ades to be gained by sleeping with you, but I’m not one of them’

‘No,’ he whispered, ‘You’re not’

He’d been toying with a lock of her hair as she spoke, and now he drew her into his arer swept over hiive pleasure This would be a sensuous and lengthy seduction Millie was young and inexperienced, and deserved nothing less The reould be extreer body was—

‘Where are you going?’ she asked as he ht hold of his wrist Her boldness ress

‘I’m twice your size’

‘Good,’ she said, her grip firaze was steady on his face

Physical pleasure was a gift, to be cherished and worked on It was not enough to becoreat warrior, he had been told by the elders of the desert; a reat lover too Eroticis tribes he’d joined as a youth, when he’d had no expectation of beco sheikh of Khalifa

‘Your Majesty seems distracted’

‘By you,’ he said, staring down into Millie’s laughing eyes ‘You distract , silky hair ‘I’ll keep you safe’

‘I don’t want to be safe,’ she whispered fiercely

‘What do you want?’

‘To forget,’ she said as she closed her eyes