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No squirm, no squirm, no squirm, no squirm!
Ember had this awful habit of talking in her mind like a two-year-old Buddhist monk wannabe
when uncontrollably nervous or excited, and she was still silently intonating 'no squirm' like the words were for an exorcism ritual when the sheikh suddenly cursed in Huznan.
What had she done now?
"Fine then."
Her royal bosshole was making it sound like she had been begging him in the past five seconds, when she actually hadn't said a peep?
I'll give you a chance to get out of this," the demon prince snarled.
Ember bit her lip hard to keep herself from smiling. She would never tell this to any living soul, but the truth was, Sheikh Ilyas usually let her have her way...as long as she was able to play her cards right.
"Tell me therealreason why you said yes to Saif," Ilyas said finally, "and if it's valid, I'll let this one go."
"I was very happy about the Crown Prince's engagement." That much was true. "And helping out was my way of expressing it?"
The sheikh's expression turned bland. "Is that so?"
"Um...yes?"
"Mm..."
Ember had a feeling she had somehow said something she wasn't supposed to. This was the sheikh, after all, andnothingslipped past the demon prince when he was out to make her life hell.
"Enlighten me, please."
Brace for it, Ember!
"Why ismysecretaryveryhappy about the Crown Prince's engagement?"
Shit!
How was she going to get out of this?
One one hand, his question was terribly easy to answer, but at the same time, it wasn't easy at all.
With the Crown Prince now engaged, Huzna's king no longer required Ilyas and his other sons to hunt for a bride, and that mattered to Ember because...she was scared if her royal bossholedidmarry, his future wife might take exception to her, and she would be out of a job (and her forever home) in a flash.
And thatwasthe truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,so help her God.
Ilyas' lips tightened. "Well?"
No squirm, no squirm, no squirm, no squirm!
Impatience flashed in the sheikh's gaze. "If you won't answer, then I'll have no choice but to—-"
"I'm, um, a hopeless romantic?"
"Bullshit."
Ember didn't know whether to feel insulted or amused. "Um...ouch?"
The demon prince glared at her. "I'm not fucking around here."
"I know that—-"
