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    Loving the Sheikh
    Loving the Sheikh
    Loving the Sheikh
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    Loving the Sheikh

    By Julie Knight

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    Mina Patel had been just a shy teenager when she'd fallen head over heels for the gorgeous, Karim Shah- Sheikh and playboy extraordinaire. After one tragic night that left her both physically and mentally broken, she cast him from her life and remained haunted by the memories of him. Now he was back and he wasn't going away so easily. Could she risk her heart again and redeem him? Or let him go knowing she may not find love like that again..

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherReedsy
    Release dateOct 10, 2021
    ISBN9798201722722
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      Loving the Sheikh - Julie Knight

      Julie Knight

      Loving the Sheikh

      Copyright © 2021 by Julie Knight

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise without written permission from the publisher. It is illegal to copy this book, post it to a website, or distribute it by any other means without permission.

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

      Julie Knight has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet Websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such Websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate.

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      Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Chapter 13

      Chapter 14

      Chapter 15

      Chapter 16

      Chapter 17

      Chapter 18

      Chapter 19

      Chapter 20

      Chapter 1

      He was definitely not jealous.

      Karim Shah repeated the words in his head even as the knot twisted tighter deep in his gut. He gripped the phone tighter and took a deep breath, body relaxing on exhale. On the other end of the line, Rajesh Gupta, went on and on about reuniting with his son after fifteen years.

      I’ve finally got a second chance at life, Rajesh was saying, I’ve got the woman I love back and my son. I’ve got so much to look forward to.

      Yes, everything seemed to have fallen in place for his best friend, thought Karim a little sourly.

      But he wasn’t jealous.

      Nor did his best friend’s newfound happiness have anything to do with his standing at a New York intersection playing stalker to a bakery on a warm summer evening. From the outside it looked like any other business in Queens. The Spice of Life, read the sign over the awning. Catchy. He could see customers that filled the window tables. It looked like business was good.

      When the raven-haired beauty appeared in the window, Karim’s breath caught. It didn’t matter that he’d been looking for her, that he’d expected to see her. The mere sight of her was always like a punch in the gut. Her hair was pulled back from her oval face into a ponytail that hung down in her back. The style highlighted her chocolate brown eyes, framed by thick lashes. She looked exactly the way she did the first time he saw her almost eighteen years ago.

      On the other end of the line, he heard Rajesh thanking him and he almost forgot about the call with his friend, "None of this would have happened without your

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