react at his touch. A shiver began deep within her to spread everywhere else and she took a shuddering breath when his smile wavered slightly to reveal a similar expression.
“Where do we go from here?” Elle muttered quietly.
Malik paused, just inches from kissing her before he pulled away.
The anticipation in her body slowed to a cold stop when Malik sighed slowly and peeled his skin away from her.
“You want my honesty, right, Elle?”
Elle nodded despite feeling a strange sense of foreboding deep in her stomach.
He looked away, dark eyes shadowed by the curls of his hair, “I have too many secrets… too many things that you should stay away from. And while I want nothing more than to take a step in your direction… I don’t know.”
When he looked at her, Elle felt as though someone had placed a thick wall between the two of them.
“I just don’t know.”
Chapter 12
By the time morning came, they came to discover that the car had very little gas at all. If they were lucky it would be enough to take them a few miles closer to the next town. The problem was that they didn’t know how much farther the next town could be.
The tension between the two hadn’t really improved, and since they had collided, it had now become more awkward than before. There was too much unsaid, too much that they didn’t know. They had taken a hasty step into unknown territory and were now paying the price.
Elle couldn’t help but kick herself mentally the entire time she sat back in the car and waited for Malik to say something. Her nerve and courage that came the night before was all snuffed out, leaving her to sit back in her damp clothes and hope this all ended quickly.
She felt insanely torn in so many places. The main reason was because she couldn’t ignore the fact that she had slept with her boss. The next thing that would plague her was the fact that her body wasn’t too keen on forgetting exactly how she had slept with her boss, and memories of their bodies rubbing together in hard thrusts left her aching and sore with the remnants of desire.
Another part would then squabble with the other factors, insisting that what could happen to her now that she had broached this forbidden boundary she was doomed to face the consequences.
What consequences? Elle didn’t really know.
All she knew was that she had probably broken nearly all the Rules in one fell swoop.
Except that one.
With a groan, Elle recounted that one particular rule, the one that she must attend to the Sheikh’s every needs. Well technically she did sort of do that, even if it meant she also attended to her needs as well. She just hoped that one little rule would be enough to keep her safe from being hunted down by Arab families.
That was another thing. What if their actions caused some kind of terrible situation between the two countries?
When Elle had done her own research, she had basically discovered that Sheikh Zayn Abd al Malik was practically a prince from his country. Did she just have mind shattering, world spinning sex with a Prince?
He probably had diplomatic immunity, but she sure as hell didn’t!
What would this mean for her?
A knock on the glass of her window nearly spooked Elle from her seat and just then she realized that she had been busy gnawing at her thumbnail anxiously.
Glancing up, she saw Malik, standing outside and offering her a water bottle that he must have gotten from the trunk.
Swallowing thickly, she recognized the little truce offering and opened her door. Malik stepped back for her to stand up, and there was a silence between them that was almost as deafening as the sound of insects and forest life in the woods around them.
“Here.” Malik sighed.
Elle took the water bottle wordlessly. They shifted awkwardly for a moment until Elle couldn’t take it any longer.
“Look, I need to know…” She began and when he looked at her, she nearly faltered.
“I want to make sure that what we
“Where do we go from here?” Elle muttered quietly.
Malik paused, just inches from kissing her before he pulled away.
The anticipation in her body slowed to a cold stop when Malik sighed slowly and peeled his skin away from her.
“You want my honesty, right, Elle?”
Elle nodded despite feeling a strange sense of foreboding deep in her stomach.
He looked away, dark eyes shadowed by the curls of his hair, “I have too many secrets… too many things that you should stay away from. And while I want nothing more than to take a step in your direction… I don’t know.”
When he looked at her, Elle felt as though someone had placed a thick wall between the two of them.
“I just don’t know.”
Chapter 12
By the time morning came, they came to discover that the car had very little gas at all. If they were lucky it would be enough to take them a few miles closer to the next town. The problem was that they didn’t know how much farther the next town could be.
The tension between the two hadn’t really improved, and since they had collided, it had now become more awkward than before. There was too much unsaid, too much that they didn’t know. They had taken a hasty step into unknown territory and were now paying the price.
Elle couldn’t help but kick herself mentally the entire time she sat back in the car and waited for Malik to say something. Her nerve and courage that came the night before was all snuffed out, leaving her to sit back in her damp clothes and hope this all ended quickly.
She felt insanely torn in so many places. The main reason was because she couldn’t ignore the fact that she had slept with her boss. The next thing that would plague her was the fact that her body wasn’t too keen on forgetting exactly how she had slept with her boss, and memories of their bodies rubbing together in hard thrusts left her aching and sore with the remnants of desire.
Another part would then squabble with the other factors, insisting that what could happen to her now that she had broached this forbidden boundary she was doomed to face the consequences.
What consequences? Elle didn’t really know.
All she knew was that she had probably broken nearly all the Rules in one fell swoop.
Except that one.
With a groan, Elle recounted that one particular rule, the one that she must attend to the Sheikh’s every needs. Well technically she did sort of do that, even if it meant she also attended to her needs as well. She just hoped that one little rule would be enough to keep her safe from being hunted down by Arab families.
That was another thing. What if their actions caused some kind of terrible situation between the two countries?
When Elle had done her own research, she had basically discovered that Sheikh Zayn Abd al Malik was practically a prince from his country. Did she just have mind shattering, world spinning sex with a Prince?
He probably had diplomatic immunity, but she sure as hell didn’t!
What would this mean for her?
A knock on the glass of her window nearly spooked Elle from her seat and just then she realized that she had been busy gnawing at her thumbnail anxiously.
Glancing up, she saw Malik, standing outside and offering her a water bottle that he must have gotten from the trunk.
Swallowing thickly, she recognized the little truce offering and opened her door. Malik stepped back for her to stand up, and there was a silence between them that was almost as deafening as the sound of insects and forest life in the woods around them.
“Here.” Malik sighed.
Elle took the water bottle wordlessly. They shifted awkwardly for a moment until Elle couldn’t take it any longer.
“Look, I need to know…” She began and when he looked at her, she nearly faltered.
“I want to make sure that what we
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