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And what was that?
The answer was simple. He didn't want any else except her.
Grace.
After the way she'd stormed out on him, it seemed he was going to be frustrated.
Why had she done that? He knew the answer, even if it was unpalatable. Inexplicable.
Grace had told him straight.
It was all moving too fast; there was no future in the relationship.
Qazim had been too much for her. Too possessive. Too demanding.
So, she had ran.
Were the last few weeks about to become merely another pointless, if enjoyable, casual encounter?
Qazim shook his head in the darkness. He knew that wasn't true. At least, not as far as he was concerned.
Whether she admitted it or not, Grace had found a place in Qazim's heart. Maybe that had scared her. He'd seen panic in her eyes as she'd ran out. Sheer, blind panic.
Qazim took a sip of his drink and tried not to admit that he'd hurt her in some way. If that was the case, he wasn't sure how he'd deal with that.
Had he done something he should regret? He thought about the last few weeks. As far as he was concerned, all he had done had been to try and treat Grace as well as possible, and try to make her feel as much pleasure as possible.
Had he misjudged everything? Had he been blinded by his own arrogant assumptions?
Grace wasn't the first woman in his life, but she was the first to have wilfully denied Qazim. The first to cast him aside.
Every other woman he'd known had done the exact opposite. They'd clung to him, seeking to hold onto everything he had to offer.
But that hadn't been Grace's way. Even when he'd been seducing her, trying to win her over, she'd proven resistant, often reluctant.
And that had made the pursuit of Grace even more enjoyable. A challenge he hadn't been able to refuse.
And now she had walked out on him.
For the moment.
He'd forced himself not to react as she'd left. It had been difficult. Because he had no intention of letting her go. There was nothing permanent in her departure, he reassured himself. She and her coworkers were still scheduled to remain in Qazhar for at least another two months as they worked on the hotel project for Qazim.
Grace wasn't going anywhere, anytime soon, he told himself.
And that was good.
Some of the tension began to ease out of him as he considered what he had to do over the next few weeks. There would be time to undo all of this, he told himself.
She'd awakened something primal in Qazim, something he treasured, something he wasn't prepared to lose.
There would be plenty of time for Qazim to do what he had to do.
In the darkness he allowed himself a slight smile.
She might think she'd gotten away from him. But she hadn't.
Before she went back to the States, Grace would be back in his life.
