Page 52 of My Arabian Billionaire

She could feel the sheikh’s gaze boring through hers, and she nodded vehemently, stressing with all the piousness of a devoted wife, “The hottest, ever.”

By now, even the YouTube vlogger had caught on with her little tête à tête with the sheikh and was doing his best to keep a serious face. When she was done singing praises to the sheikh’s hotness, the vlogger coughed, saying, “I’ll, umm, make sure to let all the fans of Chris Wars know that, ma’am.”

He would? The words caught her off-guard, and Harper cringed before she could stop herself.

Behind her, the other sheikhs burst into laughter.

Khalil pulled his wife close, murmuring smoothly, “See that you do. My queen will appreciate it.” He looked down at Harper. “Won’tyou?”

She bared her teeth at him. “Oh, I will.” Not! Never! Ever!

The sheikh’s dark eyes laughed at her, telling Harper that he knew perfectly what she truly meant tosay.

When the vlogger left, she muttered, “I should go,” but the sheikh only pulled her closer, and Harper stiffened. “People are loo---” Her voice trailed off. A quick look around them told her that this wasn’t the case for the other sheikhs, along with the AFK this time, had once again formed a circle around them, preventing anyone from seeingthem.

“Still angry with me?” the sheikh asked softly. When she didn’t answer, he asked, “Is that a yesthen?”

Slowly, she shook herhead.

The sheikh tipped her chin up. “But you’rehurt.”

Harper didn’t say aword.

There was a moment of silence, and then the sheikh said roughly, “Everyone thinks I’m being hard onyou.”

Her eyes widened. “I don’t think---”

“It’s true.” His voice wasflat.

Oh.

“But I’m doing it because I know you can domore---”

Harper didn’t know whether to be hurt or pleased by the sheikh’s words, and she cut him off, saying stiffly, “I’m already doing what Ican---”

“But not for the right reasons.”

Here we go again, Harper thought. Frustration seethed inside of her, and she burst out in a low voice, “Why can’t you just tell it to me straight? And what do you mean I’m not doing it for the right reasons? I want to make you proud and---mmph.”

The sheikh had covered her mouth with his, and she stiffened even more when she felt his tongue slip between herlips.

They were in public!

Her hands automatically moved up his chest to push him away, but the sheikh retaliated by kissing her harder.

Oh. My. God.

Her fingers unclenched against his chest.

The sheikh started sucking on her tongue.

And she ended up clutching his thobe.

The moment she started kissing him back, the sheikh pulled away, and Harper whimpered in protest. Unfair!

The sheikh stared down at her for one moment, his gorgeous face inscrutable. The circle his vassals formed around them broke away, revealing the couple once again to their audience, and the noise in the reception hall increased tenfold.

Harper crashed back to reality, and she turned red in an instant. Ah, damn. God knew what their guests must be thinking, Harper thought with a cringe. She managed to tug her hand out of the sheikh’s hold but just as she turned away, the sheikh wrapped his arm around her waist from behind.

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