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review them when I’m gone. The meeting with the Patel family about the Greece project will be attended by Kareem, who can easily fill in for me. Jada will attend, as well, and take notes.”
    “Are you dismissing me?”
    “You may sit there if you like, Father, but I have things that I must get done. Both for you, and for me.”
    With no way to gracefully end the conversation, his father got up and stormed out of the office, leaving the door wide open.
    Jada appeared from around the corner and looked into the office.
    Ravi looked at her and said, “Sasha’s pregnant.”
    No more needed to be said. “Oh, I’ll make the arrangements immediately.”
    Jada had been the one person that Ravi had confided in about Sasha and the feelings he’d developed. She’d been kind and supportive, not of the relationship as much as the wrath of his father. It was not easy to be the child of a sheikh, even if you were a sheik, yourself, by title.
    If I can get Sasha to keep our child, I shall never be that type of father , he thought. His child would have freedom to love, explore, and pave their own destiny on their own terms.
    ***
    When she got word from Jada, Ravi’s assistant, that he would be arriving at her home at 7 PM that day she was scared and over the top with anticipation too. She wanted to see him so badly, of course, but now her guards were up and the game had changed. Too bad she never got to master the first one. He’d been taken away so quickly, and without a proper adieu, that she’d felt like she’d been robbed of what she deserved.
    Her phone rang and she looked over. It was the front desk of her apartment building. “Ms. Mason, a…” A voice in the background talked. “A, Sheikh Ravi Kapoor is here to see you.” They sounded confused and she had to admit, it made her laugh, which felt good. It relieved the nerves that were making her temperature fluctuate and her cheeks flush.
    “Send him up, please.”
    “Yes, Ma’am.”
    It took about five minutes to get from the desk to her door, assuming there wasn’t too long of a wait at the elevator. Sasha stared at her front door and wondered if Ravi would take the stairs up the ten flights or the elevator. It didn’t really matter, but it offered a distraction that seemed necessary. She put her hand on her stomach and envisioned that the butterflies swimming around in it were picking up her baby and gently swaying it to sleep.
    The knock on the door was soft.
    She walked over quietly and slowly, taking a large breath in before she slowly opened it up. “Hi.”
    “Hi.” Ravi looked right at her stomach and then in her eyes. “You didn’t do anything, did you?”
    He didn’t waste time, she had to give him that. “It’s nice to see you, Ravi, and no, I haven’t done anything.”
    “Good. Please don’t; not until you hear me out.”
    “Okay. Do you want something to drink? I have wine or beer.”
    “You’re not drinking, are you?” His eyes were wide. “That’s not healthy.”
    “No, I’m not, but it’s strange, news like this kind of makes you want to have a glass of wine to relax, but I’ve been good.”
    “I don’t want anything now.” He walked up to her and wrapped his arms around her tightly, keeping his hips back a bit. “Except to hug you, of course.”
    His warmth felt good and the way he made sure he didn’t crush her belly entertained her greatly. It already seemed nice to have him there, because she’d had no one else to talk to about the situation t that point.
    “I am so happy to see you,” Ravi said.
    “But yet, it wouldn’t have been if not for our little emergency.” Sasha sighed; that was a lousy reality.
    “I’m sorry. I wanted to. Really I did. I’ll explain more later, but for now, we need to discuss this.” He moved back and put his hand on her belly.
    “I know. I’m interested to hear what you have to say.”

    Sitting on the couch, two glasses of water in front of them, Sasha turned to Ravi. She