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Chapter 8
“Goodbye, Joseph,” Olivia said to Sheikh Boutros. She was surprised to see him at Sheikh Solomon’s house. He had asked to have dinner with her that night but she had stood him up. It was awkward seeing him now.
“You stood me up,” he said to her.
Olivia slid her hands in her pockets and looked at him. “I told you that I was not coming.”
“No one has ever stood me up.”
“There is a first time for everything.” It was hard to keep eye contact with Joseph. His intense gaze made Olivia nervous.
“I see you decided to take my advice,” said Joseph. He had a smug look on his face. It was as if he had won something.
“What advice?” Olivia asked.
“To stay here.”
“Oh. That had nothing to do with you,” she replied. Joseph said nothing for a moment. He looked amused. “What?” she asked. It was not the first time he had looked at her like that.
“How long will you stay?” he asked.
“Just a few days.” It was annoying that she had had to reschedule her departure so many times. However, Daya, Sheikh Solomon and Joseph all gave her good reasons to stay. It was a very hard situation for her to deal with. She did not know what to do. She wished her mother was still alive. She wished that she could talk to her.
“That gives us enough time to get to know each other,” said Joseph.
Olivia narrowed her gaze at him. He was relentless.
“Spending time together will not change anything. We are not getting married.” Olivia turned away from him and headed for the door. If he had been asking her only for a date, then she would have agreed. However, he was asking for her hand in marriage. Why did the good-looking guys have to be so weird?
“How impertinent of you to walk away in the middle of the conversation,” Joseph said to Olivia.
“Excuse me?” She turned around to face him. Did he just call me impertinent? Olivia asked herself.
“We were still in the middle of a conversation. It is rude for you to just walk away,” said Joseph. Olivia raised her eyebrows. She had not realized that there was still more to talk about. “And shouldn’t you dress a little bit more feminine?” he added.
Olivia looked at her attire.
“There is nothing wrong with my clothes,” she said to him. Joseph made a face. “I don’t care what you think of my dress sense. You trying to tell me how to dress just made me not want to marry you even more.” Olivia turned away from him and left the drawing room.
Olivia was annoyed at Joseph for making a comment about her clothes. He had no right to do so. She was never going to marry a man that tried to control her in any way. She rushed up the stairs and saw Daya sitting outside their bedrooms.
“Guess who is here?” Olivia asked Daya.
“Joseph Boutros?” Daya looked up from her magazine.
“He had the nerve to tell me to dress a little bit more feminine.” Olivia threw herself on the sofa opposite Daya.
“What?” Daya laughed a little. “He did?” she asked.
“He is relentless. I told him countless times that I did not want to marry him but he just refuses to hear me.”
“You are crazy.”
“What?”
“If he is as handsome as you say he is, then why don’t you spend some time with him? Just enjoy being in his company,” said Daya.
Olivia rolled her eyes.
