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Chapter 9
There was a knock on Joseph’s office door. “Come in,” Joseph called out. The door opened and his cousin Amirwalked in. The two of them had been so close growing up. Joseph welcomed him with a warm smile.
“Joseph Boutros,” Amir said as he walked into the clinically clean office. Joseph was very smart and particular about his work, so everything had to be clean and tidy. His office had a beautiful grey décor. It had big windows.
“How was your trip?” Joseph asked Amir.
“It was productive.” Amir sat in the grey tufted chair at Joseph’s desk. “So, you met with the Solomon girls?”
Joseph narrowed his gaze at Amir. “That had to be the first thing you had to mention,” he said to him.
“Of course. You need to be married soon.”
Joseph ran his hand through his hair and leaned back into his chair. Amir was right. He needed to be married before he turned thirty years old. That was the condition that his father had stipulated. Joseph was to be married by age thirty if he wanted to inherit his father’s oil business. His father wanted him to settle down and have a family. Joseph wasn’t the settling down type. He enjoyed his bachelor lifestyle too much. To make matters worse, his mother wanted him to marry one of Sheikh Solomon’s daughters.
“I have about three months to get married,” said Joseph.
“That is plenty of time. Your mother has already provided you with choices. You just have to pick one and then that’s it,” said Amir.
“I went to Sheikh Solomon’s house and found out that he had another daughter.”
“Other than Rania and Marina?”
“Yes. He has an illegitimate child.”
Amir’s eyes opened wide. “How did he manage to keep her hidden for so long?”
“He only just found out about her.”
“Well, that makes sense. So who did you pick between Rania and Marina?”
“Neither one of them.”
Amir raised an eyebrow. “You did not?” He looked so confused.
“I told Sheikh Solomon that I wanted to marry his illegitimate daughter Olivia,” said Joseph.
Amir leaned forward.
“What?” he asked. He ran his hand through his wavy brown hair.
“She is much better-looking than the other two.”
“Is that wise? You know how traditional your parents are,” Amir pointed out. He was quite right. Joseph’s parents were traditional. They were not going to like Joseph’s decision to marry Olivia.
“My mother said to marry one of Sheikh Solomon’s daughters. Olivia is one of Sheikh Solomon’s daughters.”
Amir started laughing. “You want to use her words against her,” he said. Joseph smiled. “But do tell, how much better-looking is Olivia than the other two?” Amir asked.
“She has a much curvier figure.”
“That sounds indulging,” Amir said mischievously.
Joseph chuckled a little.
“I admit her body is quite tempting. She is also beautiful but the problem is her dressing.” Joseph could not lie that the thought of her naked body on his bed had not crossed his mind. She had an amazing body.
“Is she Arabic?” Amir asked.
