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Chapter Twelve
Jack
Ninahasthebedroomall to herself because I can’t bear to be beside her all night. All the emotions coursing through me led me to one fact.I needed to get my head on straight.
The sheikh was suspicious. The conversation after dinner with him was more of a warning, and I remembered every word he said.
I need you to understand, mister. That I do not care for American frivolities. If you try to cross me, then be assured that I will kill you.The sheikh had taken a long pause before he added.And your pretty American wife.
I scoffed as I replayed the words in my head and emptied the glass of brandy in my hand before turning around and walking back to the sheikh’s mansion.
It was almost daylight now, and I had spent most of my time out by the pool watching the blue waters and the stars in the night sky. Nina deserved to rest, and I feared that I would make love to her again without thinking about the repercussions.
What matters is the deal,and in a few days, we would be back in the states with no need to talk about or remember our time spent in the steaming desert heat.
When I walked into the mansion, two bodyguards greeted me with a head bow, and they walked past while speaking their native dialect. I didn’t see the sheikh’s personal man around, so I suspected he had spent the night in one of his clubs.
The deal would go down tomorrow night, and all of this would be over. I just needed to get Nina to stop thinking about what she overheard. When I got to the bedroom, she wasn’t in bed, and her clothes lay on the ground.
“Nina?” I called and shook my head as I looked around the room. The place smelled like her. Soft … warm and sweet. I wanted to pull her close to me and kiss her hard till my body swooned again.
“Nina,” I called again, and she walked out of the bathroom naked and dripping wet. The water clung to her skin in a sexy way, and seeing the curves of her body made me nearly drop to my knees.
Nina’s body was shaped perfectly, and she made me forget all about staying away and focusing on the deal. Truth was, I had always admired her. I don’t know if she would believe me if I told her that now.
“Jack,” she said, then sucked in a deep breath. Her breasts rose and fell gently. That caught my attention and made me drag in a deep breath too. “Jack?” she called again, but this time in a questioning tone.
“I uh … you’re uh …” I stuttered, and it wasn’t like I was seeing her naked for the first time. “If you could just put something on, please so I can apologize to you properly,” I rushed to say, then turned away from her and blew out air from my lips.
Nina made no move to put on some clothes, so I turned to her again, and this time my heart did a speedy spin. “Nina, come on … clothes.”
“Why?” she questioned and surged. “You’ve seen me naked, and you’ve had your hands on this naked body before, so what’s the big deal?”
“I. Uh … all right,” I said, then she smiled and waved her hand in front of her too. I licked my lips and tried to refrain from doing all the tics and expressions I knew how to do, but I still couldn’t form the right sentences in my head, and she kept her gaze pinned on mine, so I couldn’t look away either.
“Nina I …”
“Jack, say what you have to say so I can join the shay kaha in the lounge. She sent over an invitation and expects me to just honor them. That’s how things are done here in the Middle East.”
She rolled her eyes as she spoke, and she looked even more beautiful to me by the second. “Well, now I’m going to go put on a two-piece if you have nothing to say.”
I turned to watch her grab the bottoms of a red swimsuit, and I watched her hips wriggle as she fit into them before she turned to me topless.
“I’m sorry, Nina,” I said to her finally. “I came by to tell you that. I’m sorry about last night and our talk and shutting you out.”
“Is that why you’re wearing last night’s suit?” she asked, then pointed at my shirt. “You stormed out of the room in wet clothes.”
“Yeah. I spent the night drying up by the pool.”
“By the pool?” she asked, then a smile played out on her lips, and it made me chuckle too. “So, you came here to apologize?”
“Yeah, and to offer to take you to dinner tomorrow night after my deal with the sheikh is done.”
Nina nodded and pursed her lips before she picked up her bikini top from the bed and put it on. “I’d take dinner,” she said, and lifted one shoulder in a light shrug. “And I overstepped last night. I’m sorry. I mean the sheikh might not be so innocent, but I’ve known you a long time, Jack, and you’re a good man.”
She came closer to me and put her right hand on my chest. “You’ve always been a good man, and that wouldn’t change just because you’re in the Middle East with a crazy Arab family.”
I smiled, and our gazes lingered for a long time before she sighed and took the first step back.
