up. No way, he thought and grabbed the papers she’d handed to him and stormed off to his next meeting.
By four o’clock that afternoon, Dana was almost in tears with fatigue. But she was determined to continue on if Hassan was still going strong. She wasn’t going to be weaker than he was and she wanted to help him through his day as much as she could.
Besides, she needed to give him her resignation and she hadn’t had a chance to do that yet. He’d been so busy that he’d been rushing around from one meeting to another, or his advisors would show up and want to discuss one issue or another. The poor man really had a tough life, she thought as she pulled out yet another submission for assistance.
A sandwich had appeared at her elbow at some point during the day, but she’d been to tired to finish it. When she almost knocked it off her desk, she gave in and dumped it into the trash can. It was dinner time now and Hassan had gone to yet another endless meeting so Dana gave in and shut down for the day. She was so tired she actually ached.
She thought about going to the kitchen for something to eat, but she discarded the idea in favor of just crawling into bed and sleeping for the next twelve hours. Glancing at her watch, she noted that even if she were to get into bed now, she still wouldn’t have twelve hours before she needed to be back at her desk.
In the suite she’d been given the night before, she smiled to the guard who stood outside the door before closing it. She showered and dried her hair, then slipped between the sheets in the large, comfy robe she’d found in the bathroom. She still didn’t have her night clothes so she didn’t have an alternative. Good grief, she thought before she slipped off to sleep. She didn’t even have anything different to wear tomorrow!
Later that night, Hassan looked down at the woman lying amid the sheets. She looked so achingly beautiful with her hair spread out against the satin pillow that he was hard pressed not to strip off his clothes and climb in beside her. The only thing that stopped him was the dark circles under her eyes that he could see even in the dim light. She needed a good night’s sleep and she definitely wouldn’t get it if he slept with her. There would be very little sleeping, he thought as his body hardened while he looked down at her breast that was only barely covered with the fluffy, white robe. He could still see the gentle curve and he wanted very much to pull the material away and taste her breast, to feel her softness and taste the nipple, feeling it peak in his mouth as she moaned with pleasure.
Instead, he turned around and walked out of the room. “Make sure she’s safe,” he ordered the two guards standing at attention outside her room.
Both men saluted him an instant before he turned and headed back to his private suite. It would still be a long night, but at least he knew where she was and that she wouldn’t be kidnapped or shot at.
Chapter 5
Dana shuffled the papers around, filed several away and pulled more out which Hassan would need later in the day. She slapped them onto her desk and glared at the tower of paperwork still waiting for her attention.
She told herself she wasn’t disappointed that Hassan hadn’t come to her bed last night. She’d gotten a good night’s sleep, one of the guards had even brought her a new suit to wear, a sophisticated black number with lots of pretty buttons up the middle. Thankfully, the suit had come with a sexy pair of black pumps, which made her feel oh so sophisticated!
She might feel better physically, but for some reason, she was not a happy camper today. And she couldn’t quite figure out why she was so snippy.
“I’m here to see Hassan,” a sexy, female voice announced from her doorway.
Dana looked up from her files and noticed the gorgeous woman standing in front of her desk. Her long, black hair was smooth and silky, curling just slightly at the ends. Her eyes were almost black but the eye liner that edged each eye made her look sultry and very chic.
Dana hated the woman on site and wished she had a brighter outfit like