why doesn’t he know it?”
“Because you’re scared and I won’t let you retreat from something you’re afraid of,” the man in question explained, stepping into Harper’s office.
Savannah swung around, glaring up at her husband. “I’m not scared!” she told him firmly, even though her heart was pounding. That always seemed to happen, even though she’d been married to the man for more than a year. “I just…I don’t want to ride a horse. It seems cruel and mean!”
He laughed, shaking his head. “You’re scared. That’s why you’re angry.”
She huffed as she glared at him. “I’m angry because you’re not listening to me. Remember when you told me to fight for what I wanted? Well this is…oomph!” She felt dizzy suddenly, then realized that he’d flung her over his shoulder and was hauling her down the long hallway. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” she demanded, her fingers curling around his belt. “Put me down, you jerk!”
He chuckled, and smacked her bottom. “I love it when you fight for what you want, honey. But admit it. You don’t want to learn to ride because you’re terrified of horses.”
“I’m not…!”
He smacked her bottom again. “It’s the same anger you had for me when you wanted me to leave you alone. And I didn’t listen to that either. I love your anger, dear, but it isn’t going to work in this case.”
She smacked his butt in return, just because. “You only like it when I get angry because it turns you on!”
He laughed. “You’re probably right,” he admitted, and she heard the door to their bedroom close. “You are not going to…!”
He swung her down and draped her across the bed. “Careful what you say, my dear,” he warned, his hands smoothing up over her waist. “Because you know how much it turns me on when you stand up for yourself.”
Savannah’s anger was already fizzling out. Besides, he was right. She wasn’t really angry with him. She was terrified of that stupid horse. Right now, though, she wasn’t terrified of anything. “Gaelen, you’re…”
“What?” he asked, kissing her lightly. “Going to make love to you? Because you’re beautiful and gorgeous and sexy as hell when you pretend to be angry with me?”
Savannah sighed, sliding her hands up and over his shoulders. “I’m not riding that horse,” she repeated, and sat up to nibble his shoulder.
He hissed, sliding his hand under her shirt. “We’ll see.”
Savannah laughed. Oh, how she loved these little skirmishes between them. But this time, she was going to win. This time, she held the winning hand. She hadn’t told him about her pregnancy yet. She’d wait a bit more, loving the arguments they had. Plus, she absolutely loved the way he teased her out of her huffs of anger. She loved just about everything when it came to this man! And oh, he was going to love this baby growing inside of her!
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Excerpt from The Sheik’s Scandal
Talia’s Story
Release Date: January 15, 2021
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“Stop!” Santos ordered, causing the SUV to swerve to the curb, cutting across several lanes. Horns blared and his guards swiveled around in their seats.
“That’s her!” Santos said, sitting up as he watched the elegant woman in a pair of tan slacks, white blouse, and colorful scarf walk into a building. Looking around, he was startled to realize that she’d walked into a school. Was she a mother? Did her children attend this school? The official beside her looked to be someone in authority. Was her child in trouble?
“We’re going there,” he announced, pointing to the school entrance. “Contact Prince Gaelen and let him know that I’ll be late this morning.”
Immediately, his aide pulled out his phone and started dialing while the driver pulled into the school, coming smoothly to a stop by the entrance.
Two guards stepped out to check the neighborhood while another three moved into the building, obviously