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prefer it if he wasn’t hurt in the process. Do you mind? I need to get dressed.”
    He looked over her shorts and tank top and parted his lips slightly. “I don’t know that you do. I like you in that.”
    “Within an hour, I would look like a lobster,” she said as she rolled her eyes. “Fair skin and all that. I know this is your tent, but I’m kicking you out. I need to put my sunscreen on. If we do find an oasis, I’m going to bathe in it,” she said as she wrinkled her nose. She had no doubt that she stank.
    Masoud crossed his arms, looking her up and down. “And how do you intend to get it on the parts you can’t reach?”
    Fleur blushed as she fought to find an answer. He spotted the sunscreen sticking out of the top of her bag and reached for it, dangling the cream in front of her. “Where shall I start?” he asked huskily as Fleur blushed. From the look on his face, she knew he was enjoying watching it creep down her chest. 
    Giving him a mournful look, she was about to say something when instead, she surprised him by turning her back to him. She lifted her tank top off, held it to her chest with one hand and lifted her hair with the other. Turning her head, she gave him a small smile as she waited.
    She knew he was right in that she did need help and from the look on his face, she had made the right decision. He maintained eye contact as he poured some of the sunscreen into his hand. Setting the bottle down, he motioned for her to turn her head back and started with her shoulders.
    Closing her eyes, Fleur enjoyed the feel of his powerful hands as he rubbed the sunscreen across her neck and shoulders and worked quickly over her back. She would be lying to herself if she didn’t admit that she would have liked nothing better than to spend the day with him in this tent. She smiled at the irony of being in a tent in the desert with a sheikh and was grateful that he couldn’t see her face.
    When he finished with her back, she stepped forward. “Thank you. I think I can manage the rest from here.”
    Surprising her by not saying anything, he merely nodded before quietly leaving the tent. Once he was gone, she hurriedly finished putting on sunscreen before dressing in a loose pair of khakis and a blue long-sleeved shirt. It would be hot as hell, but having a sunburn was miserable.
    Sliding on her sunglasses, she took several deep breaths to steady her nerves before grabbing her messenger bag and shoving her maps inside it. As she worked, she could feel something growing inside her. Excitement. Worry.
    Today was going to be the day. She just knew it.
    The morning sun was already blazing hot, and she pulled her hair back as she stepped out of the tent. Masoud walked by and handed her some breakfast before giving her a wink and entering the tent. A few minutes later, he walked out looking like a million dollars. It almost wasn’t fair.
    “Security will break down the tents,” he said as she finished her breakfast. “We can go ahead and get started if you’re ready.”
    She nodded eagerly and scanned the group of men. Her heart sank when she didn’t see Bruce. “Do you know where my stepbrother went?”
    “I believe he went to relieve himself. Did you need to tell him that we’re leaving?” he asked almost mockingly.
    Fleur gave him a weak smile and followed him into the cave dwellings. She hoped Bruce wasn’t collaborating with Anton. This whole thing was going to be a nightmare.
    “I thought you’d be more excited to go on an adventure,” Masoud said idly as he found a smooth path through the dwellings. She followed in his footsteps with arms outstretched. She was much more used to the terrain, and her footing was more stable, but she still stepped cautiously as she admonished herself for not bringing her hiking boots. 
    “Why would you say that?”
    “Most people don’t get that kind of passion from being behind a desk.”
    Fleur smiled. “My parents were adventurers. They wanted so badly