Chapter 47When Talya closed the door, she was in tears. She couldn’t believe the way James had treated her. “Face facts,” he said. Well, if that’s not pointing the finger at the wrong person. Couldn’t he see what this was all about? Hassan being in love with me—that was a laugh. All he wants is a wife to keep and to own. He couldn’t care less about what I feel. He just wants me because I am white like his mother, just like a feather to put on his cap.
She heard a knock at the door. That better not be him, or he’ll get an ear-full from the one ‘who needs to face facts’. She flung the door open and saw Khalid. God, what now?
He stood there, looking down at her. “May I intrude?”
“Yes, why don’t you—everyone else does.” she flared, although Khalid was the one person Talya wanted to see. S
