"I want to go see your oil field," Aria said coquettishly, revealing her true purpose.
"Doesn't your brother mind? And, I remember that the religion you follow places very strict constraints on the actions of unmarried women."
Sean Knight really had a headache now.
Many of the things he had done skirted the edges of legality; they were neither serious offenses nor trivial matters. Some things Aria would see were truly not appropriate for her to witness.
"I've become a bad omen," Aria said, her countenance darkening as she lowered her head in response to Sean's words: "Since my engagement was broken off, my family has deemed me unlucky, and as time passed, no one has approached my father to ask for my hand in marriage.
According to my brother Abdullah, I might as well not get married at all. I could, like Western women, seek out my own love—after all, I have already made a sacrifice for the Royal Family once.
