“You like the girl?” a man asks as he approaches. “Is it really that obvious that I can’t take my eyes off Indira? She’s dazzling. Impeccable. A true Scheherazade from ‘One Thousand and One Nights.’
“Too bad, though, that she’s an escort,” he smirks.
“What?” I frown, not believing what I’ve heard.
“Yeah,” he nods with mockery. “The expensive kind. She flies into the capital when the rich and influential call for her. She takes so much that not everyone can afford it. And they say she knows how to amaze.”
Her words come back to me—about how she’s going to friends. So that’s who these “friends” are for the exotic beauty. Why, then, can’t she get out of my head?
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The former husband’s family mercilessly crushed Indira’s reputation to cover up his wrongdoings and keep up appearances before other people. She was sure everything was in the past. But five years later, the tragedy rears its head again—right when Indira meets the man of her dreams. She’s convinced: she doesn’t know how to love the way people expect of her. Will Robert be able to warm her heart and help her believe in love?