56. In the deserts

ARABIAN NATION OF ZIDRA

It was a beautiful morning and the lovely couple were snuggled up against each other in their tent in the desert.

The kids were having a ten days holiday at school because of some maintenance work, and Zayed took advantage of that and flew Aveline and the kids over to Zidra.

The first four days were spent at the city palace and it was too noisy there.

He is a man of deserts! And it's high time he showed Aveline where he is the happiest.

But after the kidnap scenario, Aveline was positively terrified at the thought of leaving the kids alone. But Basim convinced her that they would be absolutely safe with him.

And he also tripled the security for the kids and for Aveline.

Zayed badly needed alone time with Aveline, so whisked her away to his private retreat in the deserts.

He opened his eyes as sunlight streamed through the windows of the tent. And his heart filled with warmth when he saw Aveline asleep, snuggled up against him. Her pregnant belly touching his