Bride Behind the Desert Veil
Author
Abby Green
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13
PROLOGUE
‘YOUR WIFE MAY now reveal her face.’
Sheikh Sharif Bin Noor Al Nazar waited with bated breath as his new wife’s attendants came forward to unhook the elaborate face mask that had covered her face for the duration of the wedding ceremony.
Not even her eyes had been visible.
Sharif couldn’t care less what she looked like—he had no intention of consummating this marriage; it was to be in name only for as short amount of time as possible—but if she was at least passably attractive that would certainly make things easier for him.
The delicate chains and gold medallions of the face covering clinked as it was removed and her face was revealed.
The first thing Sharif noted somewhat dispassionately was that he didn’t have to worry about her being passably attractive—because she was stunningly beautiful.
The second thing was more of a visceral reaction. Shock, followed quickly by anger. Because his new wife, far from being the stranger he’d expected, was not in fact a stranger.
Not at all. In fact he knew her intimately.
One word resounded in Sharif’s head. He wasn’t even sure if he uttered it out loud. ‘You!’
