ed H

ing her body, feeling the warmth of her skin against mine. Sathara was ready to conceive our heir, that was the most logical thing to do, but she was also willing to fulfill her dreams as a woman and as an independent

. What hurt me most was the thought of Osiris or Leah in their hands, so young, so

iling in her sleep. Little by little, he opened his eyes and,

e asked worriedly, quickly co

leaning back on my elbow as I watched her. She was without a drop of makeup, natural,

heet, embarrassed, gathered

elieve it, Khaled, it's your fault that I'm going to condemn myself to dungeons for the rest

his eyes that, through Allah, ran me up and down. I felt his gaze burn on my skin and, befo

calmly. "You, and all the women in this community

e stirred, a crazy idea, an impulse that made me think that life, perhaps, was giving me a second c

my erection pressing against my belly, although all I wanted at that moment was her cont

re, offered it to me. Her eyes locked onto mine so inten

ed, I

, and we'll leave this as the marriage of convenience we've always had. But, if there is a spark, even a minimal one, of love or de

had been denied her for so long. She looked down, took my hands i

can't stand the customs of this land, I can't accept that you're with other women, or that you should consummate marriage with them soon, because I... I

asked, unable to

wallowed a hard lump in h

nd my biggest dream isn't to be a mother yet. I want to go to college to become a doctor

a deep admiration for the woman in front of me. I let go of her hand and, without thin

ands. You can do it, you can go to university in Morocco and fulfill your dream. I will wait for you, b

one child, and I know that it may be selfish of me with you

en came to mind, and at that moment I understood that I could not, as a man, decide

o her mouth. You have your king at your feet, my queen, because for you, I feel too much now. I d

, and a tear silently escape

in a soft voice, her eyes shin

" I replied, bringing my face closer to her,

to you very little,

y body reacted to the sight of her, my cock was harder and erect. That my skin was never longing for it. Sathara, w

I took her face with both hands and kissed her, each kiss deeper, more intense than the last. Our lips seemed to und

d the air, her fingers tangled in my hair, and her quickening breath made me burn. I descended her body, and with a determined mov

our bodies gave themselves completely. Her blue eyes, fixed on mine, looked at me with an in

a man trapped in her desires. But even in the midst of that fiery connection, there was something holding me back, a memory that didn't allow me to give mys

for me to give myself completely, to let myself be carried away by love. In a last act of un

r body still trembling with pleasure, a

lock of her hair between my fingers. If you want to have a child, if you

She asked, with a gleam

ith me to do so because she truly loves me, not because of a forced commitment. I w

a asked, breathing

o university and graduate as a doctor." And when you get

's okay,"

u won't get pregnant now?" That

fully, shruggin

the pill yesterday... I don't

trollable, and I liked that, but I had to shield my heart. I was

robe, deciding that I would take a bath afterwards. At that moment, someone knocked on the door. Thinking it was Alya, I opened it imm

ry happy," Leah said, looking me up and down with conte

I want," I replied firmly, "like puni

enough to silence what they really came to demand. Which, in spit

ummate the marriages with us or else we will sue you in court. We'll say you're gay or preferred, and you know w

saying. If they denounced me, they wouldn't do anything to me, but they... they would pass into the hands o

rawing a calculate

k, you

replied, pointing to Osiris, who wa

At that moment, the bathroom door opened, and Sathara appeared, d

four weeks before," she said

ked, feeling a

e a bath. Today is a good day to please your second wife. She paused, her to

er insults. She went to the closet with a coldness that

ing? It seemed that any path I took would lead me to an unwanted destina

e public toilets. For now, I could only relax and think carefully about whether I would really c