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That thought bubbled through her brain, but she knew again that she wouldn’t voice it out loud It would be too harsh to say Still, a large part of her was scared she was just a blip for him Some novelty tied up with an easy way to bypass an inheritance clause

He turned to her and then stroked her cheek “I’h I’ to help you all as best as I can I never had a sister, and I have to admit that I enjoy her company I’ve rarely seen so I can’t ht to you, but I pro to run”

“But this is temporary,” she said, and it was so hard to utter that part It came out as a hoarse whisper, and if Bahan hadn’t been just a few inches from her lips, Jennifer was sure he wouldn’t have heard it

He kissed her then, his tongue deue responded, stroking his back with a fierce rhythm, and they met one another in a dance for do her belly flaring ars

“It doesn’t have to be, wild one You just have to think on that”

Chapter Nine

“I don’t kno you do what you do,” she said, her voice still heavy with emotion

Jennifer didn’t feel like herself today Yesterday, Bahan had basically thrown the true gauntlet down, s He would stay married to her forever if she asked, and Jennifer had no doubts about that now He’d promised her the protection and security both her father and Dustin had denied her, but it all went against every instinct she’d ever had In her twenty-seven years thus far, she’d learned that the only person you could really rely on was yourself You had to be self-reliant Everything else could be yanked out froh not to press since then Hell, as they’d done s today, he’d almost acted as if he’d never said it at all

Part of her hoped that she hadn’t hurt hi to say no, but she wasn’t sure she was going to agree either All Jennifer did knoas that deciding to become the sheikha of a country she’d never even been to forever was a massive step, and she had to think about it, evaluate every angle logically And she assuredly couldn’t agree until Sydney was healthy

But that offer was still hanging over both of thehout the weekend

And yet, right now, she had a feeling that they were going to play

The presidential suite that he’d secured for her had a massive bathroom The tub before them barely fit theThere were detailed instructions on the wall in several languages about how long you had to let it run to essentially fill up the wading pool before you could get in it or start the jets But he’d done it all for her, set up the hot bath, the rose petals on the floor and sinks, as well as the candles laid out on the counter’s surfaces Bahan had even secured soel so that the Jacuzzi was now a deep, hearty violet

“Will I coain for levity

“No, my wild one The dye is far fro off his silk bathrobe and standing there before her

God, she couldn’t help but adore his physique She licked her lips as she eyed hi over his abdo down that infamous happy trail and to his hips She wanted to run her body over him Hell, a cheekier part of her wanted to test that old expression and see if she could do laundry over his abs She figured that with his eight pack, one so rigidly cut to boot, that she definitely could