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The sheikh caught hold of her arm and slowly spun her back to face him, and the bleak look she glimpsed in his dark eyes made Kyria draw her breath. “What’s wrong?” she asked, concerned.
“You misunderstood, Ky.”
“About what?”
“I’m flying back to Ramil today.”
Oh.
“But you’re staying here.”
“I see.” But that wasn’t quite the truth. She stared down at the fingers that were still wrapped around her wrist as her mind started to break. She worked hard to make sense of what he was saying but she just couldn’t. Without lifting her head, she whispered, “Was it all a lie?”
Malik whitened. “God, no. Never.”
And yet—-
“Then why won’t you say the words now?”
The sheikh didn’t speak.
She raised her head. “M-Malik?” And when he simply looked at her, Kyria could feel her eyes start to sting. “Malik, I don’t understand.”
“Not just yet,” the sheikh said hoarsely. “I can’t say the words just yet.”
Ah.
“Do you understand now?”
She bit her lip hard, but it didn’t work. Her lip just kept trembling, and she was miserably certain she would do something embarrassing any moment now.
“Yesterday, someone from my staff brought to my attention about certain actions your university was taking. They planned to have you attend a disciplinary hearing concerning your relationship with me.”
His words swirled around her. A part of her knew they were important, but the larger part of her didn’t care.
“I pre-empted things. I contacted them last night and made it clear that nothing’s happening between us. I told them I was leaving today, and Farica de Konigh is the one I’m interested in.”
She tried. God knew how hard she tried to concentrate on what he was saying.
“You, on the other hand, would remain here and continue your studies as an ordinary student.”
But all she could think about was the way his fingers around her wrist was starting to loosen—-
“Sametanira?”Did you hear me?
And when his fingers were gone and her arm had to fall against her side, she felt as if Malik had just pushed her away.
“Kyria?”
She forced herself to meet his eyes.
The sheikh whitened.
So much pain.
Too much damn pain.
And when she started to speak, he realized why—-
