The Sheikh's Resisting Lover (The Tazeem Twins Series Book 3) by Leslie North Page B

forgot your phone,” she said as she handed it to him. He gave her a quizzical look as he took it. Why was she looking at him as if she was about to smack him? He took the phone from her.
     
    “Thanks.”
     
    “You have a message...from Hussain.”
     
    “Okay.”
     
    “Read it.”
     
    James raised his eyebrows. She seemed annoyed about something. They had just had a great night. She was supposed to be all over him and happy; however from the way she had told him about the message from Hussain, it definitely had something to do with the text message. He looked at his phone and swiped it to unlock it. He clicked on the envelope picture and opened the message.
     
    “It's not like that,” he said to her after he had read the message.
     
    “Like what, James?” she demanded. “Why would Hussain ask if you slept with me?”
     
    James shrugged his shoulders. He did not like being questioned. It was not like they were together. She did not have the right to question him nor did she have the right to read his messages. “You read my message,” he said to her.
     
    “Not intentionally. I was holding your phone to bring it to you when the message came in. That isn't the point though James,” Tanya replied. She crossed her arms over her chest and gave him her best death stare.
     
    “Hussain felt like there was some kind of chemistry between the two of us.”
     
    “That would not explain him asking if you slept with me. He would ask if we were going to go on a date or even kissed. Something but not that.” James could see Tanya getting angry and angrier.
     
    “Well, he did not actually come out and say it did he?”
     
    Tanya's jaw dropped open. “You are a jackass, James!” 
     
    “Tanya, we are both adults. We both knew what we were doing.” He had not forced her to sleep with him.
     
    “You used me. This was your plan from the moment I got here and that's why Hussain knew about it. Screw you, James!”
     
    “I have a meeting to go to.”

    Tanya turned on her heel and stormed off as James turned to continue to the office. He could not understand why he wasn't feeling the way he should have been. It wasn't the first time a woman had found out that all he had wanted was sex. He had not cared in the past. Why should he be bothered now?
     
    James headed straight to Joshua's office. Joshua was sitting at his desk when James walked in. He raised his eyebrows. “You decided not to dress up today?” his brother asked.
     
    “What?” James analysed his clothing. He was wearing black trousers and a light blue dress shirt with no tie. Frowning slightly, he realized how out of character it was for him not to dress meticulously, especially since Joshua had said that they had a meeting. “Oh, never mind that,” he replied as he made himself comfortable on the chair.
     
    “The oil well in Al-Hasa is not producing enough oil,” Joshua began. “Production should be moving up and instead, it’s been dropping and is already down thirty percent.” He started talking about the oil field and what needed to be done as James drifted off in his thoughts and returned to Tanya.
    “James?” Joshua called out as James snapped out of his thoughts and looked at his brother.
     
    “What?” he asked.
     
    “Are you even listening to me?”
     
    “Sorry, could you repeat that?”
     
    “Is something bothering you?”
     
    James ran his hand through his wavy hair. “No,” he lied. Joshua raised his eyebrow. It was obvious that he did not believe him.
     
    “What is going on?” Joshua demanded.
     
    “Nothing, I just need rest,” he said and got up from the chair. “Can we pick this up later?”
     
    “Sure.”
     
    James nodded and headed out of the office. That was the first time a woman had come between him and his work. He headed out of the palace and decided to go to Hussain's café. As he sat in the car, he remembered his time at the zoo with Tanya.
     
    She had been so fun to hang out with. It was