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“God,” she said, pushing away fros just happen when you’re the royal head of a whole country People fall in line and say ‘yes, sir’ and ‘how high, sir,’ but in reality we can’t just have an underling ood available kidney”

“That’s not what I’d do and don’t make those assumptions about my culture We’re not so completely different froet her what she needs with a donor and the best surgeons in et for her”

“Why would you do that? I’ to you,” she said, her anger draining out of her It was all tooreality see to close in all around her

“Because…” he said, getting down on one knee, and Jennifer felt her eyes bulge out of her head This couldn’t possibly be real “I want you to be my sheikha You won’t just be ‘anyone’ anys that you can expect And one of those things is that there are no limits on what the world can offer you and what you can have If you need a kidney and great surgeons for Sydney, then we’ll be able to find them It won’t be a problem”

“But you don’t even know me,” she objected

Then he pushed open the se diae princess orbase of filigreed silver

“Well, then, Jennifer, uh…”

“Wilde,” she supplied, chagrined that he didn’t even know her last name

“Yes,” he said, coain “Miss Jennifer Wilde, would you take me to be your lawfully wedded husband? Will you be my sheikha and rule Yemen faithfully byas I live?”

It was hard to shen he said that last part The lump in her throat came out of nowhere, but see to take care of her, to be what she needed, especially now So it gutted her to give her answer

“Of course not”

Chapter Six

Rejection

This was a new sensation for Bahan He’d never had any wo if it weren’t also annoying They didn’t have much time to dither, and yes, he could still try and keep his title bythe sheikha of Lebanon, but that wasn’t what he wanted Not that he was ready for a full reed with his brother’s plan There was no one he’d want to at least ith and make love to for a couple of years outside of Jennifer He loved the taste of her on his lips, the feel of her body—so soft and feminine—in his arms, and he want

ed to pursue this fragile, budding relationship