Book 2. Chapter 1.

Zayed knew he would get an earful from his brother and the truth was, he probably deserved it. He had been away for six months without telling anyone where he was. He didn’t expect them to understand why he had done so, because he had doubted his decision so many times in the past six months.

But it was something he had to do. He had to find himself. Explaining that to Malik would be hard because his brother had offered him a position in the company and Latifah had requested his help, or offered to make him a diplomat on many occasions.

There were just some things he needed to do by himself and for himself.

He walked into Malik’s office and plastered a smile on his face.

“Who’s excited to see me?”

His brother’s scowl was enough to bring down rain.

“Where have you been, Zayed? And don’t tell me someplace. You leave for that long without sending word to your family, then you should be able to ex