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"Yes, Your Highness."
"Mm."
Is that a goodmmor an I-need-to-run-for-my-life kind ofmm?
"That's the first lie you've uttered in my presence."
"I—-"
But the sheikh cuts me off with a look. "You should be aware that I am not known to be merciful—-"
"No kidding."
There's a second of silence, and that's when I realize I've spoken my thought out loud.
Shit!
My horrified gaze swerves back to the sheikh, and it's then I see his lips slowly curving into a smirk that makes me want to slap him...and fan my face at the same time.
What the hell?
Why am I suddenly feeling like I'm running a fever or something?
"My Seven is finally showing her claws," the sheikh purrs.
I tell myself to just keep my mouth shut, but it's as if the weird heat that's burning through my body has me losing all of my marbles, and I find myself smiling politely at the sheikh...just before purring some words right back at him. "I'm. Not. Your. Seven."
"Yet."
"Ever."
A part of me expects the sheikh to have me flogged for insubordination after that, but the sheikh's golden eyes only glitter in a way that makes me feel even hotter. Maybe I need to have maintenance check the A/C in this room? It's seriously hot, dammit!
"You're exactly what I expected."
He's only known me for what? Five minutes? And he already has expectations? That I've apparently met?
"This," the sheikh says lazily, "is the part where you tell me if I'm also what you expected."
The words throw me for a loop, and I end up groping for words. "I, um..."
"Why do you hesitate?"
Because I don't actually have any expectations of him?
"Are there other things you've heard about me?"
That seems like as good an excuse as any, and I nod eagerly. "Yes, that's, um, right."
"Such as?"
In for a pound, in for a penny, I tell myself, and I blurt out the first thing that comes to my mind. "You're...er...supposedly good friends with Sheikh Altair of Ramil."
"We are."
That he bothers to confirm this is a surprise. I'm confused, but then a moment later, I'm suspicious. Is he telling me this to see if I'm going to spread rumors about him later on?
"Well, that's, um, all I've heard—-"
