After meeting the Prime Minister and his cabinet members, they visited a few places that were receiving support from the prince for longer times like the City Hospital for children who their parents can't afford for their medication like chemotherapy. It is one of the Williams important projects in partners.h.i.+p with the Arabian Oil Company under Prince Shaheen family.

Shun, as still known to this name he personally a.s.sisted the prince and securing his safety, not to mention, they were good friends back in days.

"When you will be going to visit my country again, Quinn?" Shaheen asked him while they were heading back to the hotel and riding a hotel limousine. When they were alone, the prince would choose to call him by his real name.

Quinn shrugged his right shoulder then answered, "I don't have time yet, for now, to have fun. You know, I want to personally monitor the ongoing construction of my hotel in Hiryuu Island. Aside from, work never ended."

Shaheen playing a teasing smile and Quinn knew it.

"What?"

"Nothing. Like I haven't heard, but you can bring your girlfriend, you know. Why you were not introducing her to me? Would you afraid I'm going to steal her from you?" Shaheen said jokingly then laugh.

Quinn laughs as well, but then he got serious. "No. Her pregnancy is harder. She just has to stay home and get more rest."

Shaheen giving him a surprise facial expression, "Kidding me? No way!" Shaheen laughs and throws knuckles on Quinn. "Congratulations, man! Why you haven't told me sooner?"

Quinn just smirked at Shaheen. He can't really tell his current relations.h.i.+p with Ca.s.sandra... still unclear between them after she found out the truth.

"My sister would cry when she'll know this," Shaheen laughs while saying this. "I thought, something not right when you rejected my father's offer to marry my sister and even kicks out all the women we sent to your room." Shaheen laughs harder that Quinn just shook his head and chuckled.

"Now look at you? Well, you look exhausted man. Have to stay awake at night to watch your girlfriend? Well, something I can not do, you know."

Truly Shaheen had a wife now through an arranged marriage and even has a little son and a daughter. But he was honest that he doesn't really love his wife and he possible get married again. Something Quinn can not agree with him, but that is their culture and Quinn would respect it. And for him, there's one woman he could love only in his entire life and he would only marry her even how many times life would permit him. The big difference between them, but something influences their culture and traditions he won't against that they will become good friends.

Quinn kept Shaheen's company all day and they even finis.h.i.+ng their business meeting together. Shaheen is investing a huge share to Quinn's hotel and tomorrow evening, they set to sign the doc.u.ments of their partners.h.i.+p.

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He just able to come home late and Ca.s.sandra has already slept. He took a quick shower and slowly, he joins her on the bed. Quinn was very careful not to wake her up to make a rush movement around the bed. He stared her face and he was glad she's not that pale anymore. The vitamins that Ben giving her help and he was told, she is eating regularly today. He was too worried all day might she's not eating anything.

He was tempted to brushes her face or comb her hair, and the urge to kiss her. He misses touching her and locks her in his arms. Quinn controls the urge to taste Ca.s.sie's lips while she is sleeping. He closes his eyes and restrains himself all night.

On the morning, he woke up that next to him is empty. He quickly leaves the bed and checks Ca.s.sie on the bathroom. She still having nausea and maybe morning sickness due to her pregnancy. He badly feels worried that she has to suffer like this. There is that one time he began to think that maybe pregnancy is not good for her if she will only suffer like this… sometimes, he is thinking to ask Ca.s.sandra if she wanted to continue conceiving this baby.

However, thinking that he is now to become a father gave him more hope to live and staying alive. That is why he wouldn't dare to discuss this to Ca.s.sandra.

"Do you want to go to the hospital?" He felt a little bit panicked seeing her like this. This is the time he was tempted to open up talking with her if it is really better for her to continue this. But he is afraid she would hate him even more instead.

Ca.s.sie shook her head. He helps her sit on the tub, "I'll get you some drinking water." Quinn went to the coffee table and pitch a gla.s.s of clean water for Ca.s.sie.

"Do you want more?"

"No." Ca.s.sie shook her head. "Am fine. You should get ready for work now."

"But, I can't leave you like this," his voice is full of worries.

"I just want to go back to bed," Ca.s.sie said lazily. She felt weak so early in the morning.

"Okay." Quinn picks her up and put into bed. "Are you sure you don't want to go to the hospital instead? How about if we should call your OB-Gyne again?"

Ca.s.sie turned away, she is a bit amused about how Quinn sounded like but of course, she doesn't like him to know.

"Am hungry," is what she just said then.

"Okay, I'll make breakfast for us."

Ca.s.sie did not protest and let him do them. She has no energy to refuse and throw a tantrum today. When Shun came back with the breakfast he prepared, they both eating silently.

Before Shun left for work, he told her that he was going to be late tonight as there is a business deal he must close. Ca.s.sie just nodded. She knew that Quinn wants to kiss her as they used to do before he will go to work, and even she will send him off from the mansion front door.

Hesitant to leave without a kiss, Quinn steps out from the bedroom. Ca.s.sie looked at the gloomy sky, the rain is threatening to cry tonight…

•••

Quinn has been reviewing the doc.u.ments that Kier been pulling an all-nighter to finalize the agreement of his partners.h.i.+p with Shaheen.

He received a call from Prince Shaheen to accompany him to pick up someone in the airport. Quinn was surprised.

"Quinn!" Aria jump on him throwing her arms around his neck.

"Princess Aria," Quinn is speechless. Shaheen did not tell him that it was his sister they were picking up.

Shaheen stayed in the car to avoid the media and paparazzi, but Quinn, he was too open on the public, and everyone knows him, and everyone saw this.

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