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“Half-Arabic.”
“That is even worse! Your mother will not stand for that.”
“I know. Anyway the marriage will not last long.” Joseph was not all that bothered. He just wanted to get married and inherit his father’s company. His plan was to get married and then get divorced after three years.
“What if you fell in love with her?” Amir asked. Joseph raised his eyebrows before bursting into laughter. Amir laughed also. “Of course, this is you we are talking about,” he added. Joseph thought love was frivolous. He did not want to waste his time on such things. In the past, all the women that had claimed to love him only wanted his money.
“Exactly, that will not happen,” said Joseph.
“What if you have a baby?”
“That is even better. If we have a child, then my parents will know that I tried. I will also have an heir.”
Amir shook his head.
“The Solomons are going over to my parents’ house on Sunday,” said Joseph.
“This Sunday?” Amir asked.
“Yes and you should come.”
“Of course I will come. I want to see your new bride. She will be there, right?”
Joseph nodded. “Sheikh Solomon told me that he will bring her so that he can introduce her to my parents.”
“There will be fireworks,” said Amir. It was not a secret how strict Joseph’s parents were. They had an impeccable reputation. They were definitely not going to agree with the idea of their only son marrying an illegitimate child that wasn’t even full Arabic.
“We have a meeting soon. We should eat before then,” Joseph suggested as he rose to his feet. Amir also worked at the Boutros oil company. Both Amir and Joseph had studied oil and gas engineering. They oversaw all the projects at the company. It was their duty to make sure that everything went smoothly from the drilling to the exporting.
“I am actually quite famished,” said Amir as he rose to his feet also. The two of them headed out of Joseph’s office. Amir was about two inches shorter than Joseph. They had similar muscular physiques. Amir’s hair was a few inches longer than Joseph’s. Also Joseph had jet-black hair and Amir had dark brown hair. Their mothers were sisters but they looked like each other a lot. People often thought they were brothers.
“Hold my calls. I will be going out for lunch,” Joseph said to his assistant Tamar.
“Yes sir,” she replied. She tucked a lock of hair behind her ear. “Is there anything else I can do for you?” she asked. She looked too eager to do something for him.
“No.” Joseph slid in his hands in his pockets and walked off. Amir walked off with him.
“Are you sleeping with her?” Amir asked Joseph.
“Am I sleeping with who?” Joseph asked.
“Your assistant.”
“Tamar? No, I am not sleeping with her.”
“Then why does she look at you with hearts in her eyes?”
Joseph chuckled a little. “Every woman that isn’t related to me looks at me with hearts in her eyes,” he said.
“Does Olivia?” Amir asked.
“She is a different type of woman. She actually had the nerve to stand me up.” Joseph was not pleased about that. He was both intrigued and annoyed by it.
Amir whipped his head in Joseph’s direction.
“She stood you up? Really?” Amir was clearly shocked. “No woman has ever done that.”
“Exactly.”
“I am even more interested in meeting her.”
Two women walked past Amir and Joseph. They had their eyes glued on Joseph with big smiles across their faces. Joseph barely looked at them. He just walked past them. Having women stare at him was nothing new. He was used to it.
