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was still early enough to stand outside, before the heat would rush in like a wave, forcing everyone indoors.
     
    He wasn’t seeing the city, though.
     
    Her eyes were a rich brown color, just a little lighter than his own. Her hair was the color of chestnuts. And her body… There was something about her that Osman instantly liked. Maybe it was her toughness, or her desire to prove that she could handle anything a man could. He imagined being a female soldier would do that to someone. Nowhere else would you have to prove yourself more than as one of the few women in a world of men. Osman admired her for it. He hoped she would accept the position.
     
    A light knock at the door announced Adil’s presence, and he came in after a short pause with a silver tray laden with coffee and a light breakfast.
     
    “Your breakfast, sir,” Adil said, setting it down on a table just inside from the balcony.
     
    “Thank you, Adil,” Osman said, stretching in his satin robe as he cast one last glance at the city. “Will she be joining me?”
     
    “Momentarily, sir. She’s getting dressed.”
     
    Osman tried not to imagine her getting dressed, and instead sat at the table and fixed his coffee the way he liked it, with lots of sugar and cream.
     
    A few minutes later, there was another knock at the door.
     
    “Enter,” Osman said, trying not to sound too pretentious. It was clear Beth had strong opinions about his opulent lifestyle, but she certainly hadn’t complained while she gawked at his home the previous evening. Osman believed she’d quickly be able to adapt to the life of luxury. Everyone always did.
     
    When she entered the room behind one of his female staff members, his breath caught in his throat. She wasn’t dressed extravagantly. She seemed to have an attachment to low-budget jeans and T-shirts. Osman realized he was going to have to have some clothing ordered for her immediately.
     
    To his surprise, she laughed.
     
    “Do I look that bad to you, Your Highness?” she asked, her eyes mischievous. It was clear she liked making him feel uncomfortable.
     
    He wouldn’t give her the satisfaction. Two could play at that game.
     
    “On the contrary, you look like a dream. I trust you slept well?”
     
    She blushed at the compliment, and Osman suppressed a broad grin. Apparently Beth wasn’t so thick-shelled as to be completely immune to his charms.
     
    He knew he shouldn’t be flirting with her. He knew he couldn’t afford to mess this up. If she proved to be someone he could trust, they could end up being great friends for a very long time. He had already considered that, after a while, if everything worked out, he could offer to have her mother flown out to live on the estate, too.
     
    “I did, thank you. It’s nice to have a few hours of sleep under my belt so I can think clearly again,” she said.
     
    He gestured at the chair across from him at the small, circular table, and she took a seat, making a small face as she glanced at the tray.
     
    “What?” he asked.
     
    “Nothing. This looks really good,” she said, reaching for a pastry and a glass of water.
     
    He watched her for a moment.
     
    “You don’t like coffee,” he guessed.
     
    “It’s not my favorite, no,” she said, taking a sip of water.
     
    “But you do like something warm at breakfast,” he guessed again.
     
    She took another sip. “I normally drink green tea. But in this weather, I might have to give it up.”
     
    With the sun fully risen, the heat was beginning to seep into the room, and Osman gestured for a staff member to close the door. He saw Beth’s eyes flash at this, and realized she was repressing another face.
     
    “You really don’t approve of the way I live, do you?”
     
    “I just think it’s weird that you have someone to open and close doors for you all the time. It’s not that hard.”
     
    “And yet this man has a job, a roof over his head, and—as you so keenly observed—his duties