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Soaze before she drove it away “But you will treat his mother as if she were disposable?

“It rong to hide the truth from you, I admit it

“But youyou decided, froood for So let’s do it the proper way”

She ue and pushed away the myriad of colorful pillows from it “Do you want me to face you or the other way around? Or would you prefer me on my knees?”

He flinched “Cover yourself”

When she stood like that brazenly, he picked up a velvet throw

She trembled at his touch, so stiff and tensed like a stretched bow, teetering on the edge, and yet deterht him and herself

Dirty, was that what this was? Was that what he had made of them?

In thatfor her body, that yearning to lose hiht with hi his mother into a whore in the eyes of her fa Zafir into an orphan

And Zafir won

He would never become a slave to his body’s needs He would not ruin Lauren’s life, thehe couldn’t have

Without another glance at her, he walked away

CHAPTER SEVEN

Bear with the prison until the baby is here, until I can ensure your safety We will discuss it again I will not give up on my child, however

—Zafir

LAUREN STARED AT the careless scrawl on the softest paper printed with the seal of the Al Masood house for the thousandth ti room sounded far away as she pushed out a shaky breath

Only one thought lingered since she’d seen hio

If she had saved herself fro his ain?

At least, he illing to reevaluate, the first sign of which had been when she’d been informed that she could visit the fao to since day one

She’d stupidly assu