indecent proposal

at went on for the rest of the ceremony as she became los

ter being only one of t

today-though he

Y

hymns, vows-Evie resp

ing she was doing it. I

d a bland smile and glassy blue eyes that only a few people here

h was one of those peop

her with his head lowere

ng up the kind of vibrations

r cover of coming to his feet for the singing of a hymn. Her exquisite

ling no jerky movements that

e possessed where Evie was concerned was

ned wedding, he blamed

iage to the man she loved as Chr

ty to legally bind himself to a woman l

feeling a wave of angry

ty to make her feel mo

little as the couple went off with their entourage towards the chapel i

lcohol but this moment

him, 'if you remove the religious inferences, a Chri

ng that if it was me

the fixed smile he offered

ed by the dulcet tones of a solo tenor, sa

g straight-backed now, most definitely tense, listening to whatever the

to watch the signing ceremony-from wh

ter for hearing her voice in his head saying, 'Imagine the headline b

lahaye plays chief brid

ab prince lover look

Christina Beverley marri

home"!' she'd concluded.

d that's th

she had asked him no

had treated the reques

it had

re witnessing the way

ould have been allowe

how selfish

he noticed. Her wizened mouth spitting words at

had time only to speak one single word, but whatever that word was the

y away to go and sit he

ng Evie ent

with her-declare his support for this woman

Except he knew she wou

ne thing she was tryin

he centre of attention away from the

ed so wretchedly desert

murder exploded in his chest-aimed directly at himself for his own

ting of curious eyes o

erything she had in her

felt as if she was being eaten

urrounded by his own k

g to be civilised when re

manising

the words funny if she'

t the old lady's lips had not been funny at all. 'While you, you brazen li

ame?' she'

had quite co

t where the old lady h

-'You could have been

g a slut!'-ringi

the little altercatio

l the heat of his a

n't decide to come ove

make everything ten tim

its mark, and she was glad of her wide-brimmed hat because at le

ole congregation rose to applaud them as the newly married couple w

emotion blinding her eyes. So it wasn't until the whole wedding en

ised someone had come to

so she could see who it

looking through a bank

aschid Al Kadah. And

her, the wonderful sha

ner. But his eyes were

ing with a grave kind o

ead forward again to watch the

e murmured to her gently

away and never be foun

y mother may no

stly replied.

, a smile tilted the co

you fancy the hell ou

n't fancy me at all-esp

he has n

ped. 'I wonder if

me to tell her?'

e you to do, Sheikh Ra

e up on your white char

of t

long-fingered, beautif

aist to turn her to face

ht banter they were ex

you off to my palace in

ay there

ath,' she pouted. 'You

to look out of. I know

e you t

s too,' he declared. 'W

absolute fortune to ir

ered benevolently. 'Whe

iceless gifts and inco

your desert palace

head. 'You will be my

at the door to make

of your guards for a b

uchs,' he came back bla

erring to will make t

en,' Evie decided. 'I'll