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“You knohat Ito be late to tennis, and I’ll be damned if I let the sheikha of Oman beat me this month Now, think over what I’ve said,” she said as she left

She was a ind, but he couldn’t ignore her advice

Amir didn’t have much time to focus on his mother’s words and unsolicited advice, because almost as soon as she was down the hall, Mafir slipped in the door That was actually advantageous as he was about to summon his manservant anyway It didn’tshe wanted, but he’d be a daht now, so if the senator currently had her bugged, and learning whatever other inforathered on her He’d started with the espionage route, but in a feeeks, he was far frouard at her disposal

It was common sense, as truly safe and smart

“Sir—”

“Mafir, I’lad you came I wanted to talk to you about Miss Sinclair”

“Then you’ve seen? Good because I think wequickly to the television and flicking the machine on

Arabbed the changer and sped through the usual news and finance channels and instead settled on a vacuous entertainment news network He was about to ask his servant what in the blue hell he thought he was doing, when Ae on the screen Blood boiled in his veins, and he knew that so to wish that there were still dungeons and hands being chopped off in this nation It would be far less painful than the blackballing and lawsuit for breach of privacy he planned to unfurl on them

“What?” he roared

“Then you didn’t know,” Mafir said dryly, which galled Amir even further How could his servant be so calallery—heavily edited for broadcast television but still revealing—was playing on a loop on soossip channel? “Sir, I think we need to call a press conference as soon as possible I’ve su of how to start with dae control”

“Dae control?”

“Well, soain at the whole project, as if it’s a lark for you or soe control now You kno important the launch of your property is, how crucial all of it is”

“I need to talk to her, see how she is”

“You can, but give it thirty minutes You need to preserve a billion-dollar casino’s opening first,the phone into his hand “Take care of your business dealings first Never lose sight of what matters”

“That’s what I’ to do”