To Touch a Sheikh (2011)
“Maram was taunting him.
Something he hadn’t felt since he was a child burned behind his eyes, almost threatening to liquefy them.
He shut them on the melting, whispered, “It feels…far better than I deserve. To have you talking to me again, even if only to gloat over my gullibility.”
“You bought it, didn’t you?” Her voice was a monotone of emptiness. “My whole breakdown act.”
“I bought it so much, I almost bought it.”
He expected her to scoff his head off at his claims of almost fatal distress at hers.
She only said, “Too bad you’re too hardy.”
He bit his lip. On the surge of agonizing hope. “It would have been what I’ve done my level best to deserve.”
A beat of silence. “You don’t believe I conned you, do you?”
“So I would release you and you could go back to your father and continue your plot? No. Not for a second.”
“Then you’re an even bigger fool than I thought. And you’re a run-of-the-mill man after all. All it took to bring you down was some persistence, a few well-placed touches... and a couple of strategically timed tears.”MoreLess
Something he hadn’t felt since he was a child burned behind his eyes, almost threatening to liquefy them.
He shut them on the melting, whispered, “It feels…far better than I deserve. To have you talking to me again, even if only to gloat over my gullibility.”
“You bought it, didn’t you?” Her voice was a monotone of emptiness. “My whole breakdown act.”
“I bought it so much, I almost bought it.”
He expected her to scoff his head off at his claims of almost fatal distress at hers.
She only said, “Too bad you’re too hardy.”
He bit his lip. On the surge of agonizing hope. “It would have been what I’ve done my level best to deserve.”
A beat of silence. “You don’t believe I conned you, do you?”
“So I would release you and you could go back to your father and continue your plot? No. Not for a second.”
“Then you’re an even bigger fool than I thought. And you’re a run-of-the-mill man after all. All it took to bring you down was some persistence, a few well-placed touches... and a couple of strategically timed tears.”MoreLess
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