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ОглавлениеRaif searched her expression for dishonesty … Instead he found himself drinking in her beauty.
“Ann …” he breathed.
When she spoke, the anger had unexpectedly left her tone, replaced by what sounded like wariness. “What do you want me to say, Raif?”
It wasn’t what he wanted her to say. It was what he wanted her to do. And that had nothing to do with his family’s statue.
“How can I end this?” she asked.
He pulled his thoughts back from the brink. “Give me my statue.”
“That’s impossible.”
Raif took a step closer, crowding her, determined to get this farce over with. “In Rayas we would not ask so politely.”
“We’re not in Rayas.”
“Pity.”
“Why? If we were in Rayas would you throw me in a dungeon?”
“If we were in Rayas I’d tie you to my bed.”
