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after coming all this way, Olivia did not want to have anything to do with her father. Also, if she returned, then he would not be able to marry her. He definitely did not want either one of Sheikh Solomon’s other daughters.
     
    “That is not good news for me,” said Joseph with a half-smile on his face.
     
    Sheikh Solomon let out a laugh.
     
    “She is an American girl. She is not likely to agree to this kind of marriage,” he warned.
     
    “I would like to invite her over for lunch,” Joseph said. After spending time with him, Olivia would agree to stay and marry him. No woman had ever refused him.
     
    “I will talk to her but I cannot promise anything.” Sheikh Solomon sighed. There was no confidence in his words. He did not think he could convince Olivia to meet with Joseph for lunch.
     
    The Boutros family and the Solomon family were close, especially Joseph’s mother and Daaliyah. It had been discussed that Joseph would marry either Rania or Marina for some time. It would bring the two families closer and it would also benefit their businesses. The Boutros family owned the largest oil company in Lebanon. The Solomon family had a much smaller company but they produced a good quality of oil that sold at a high price. The Solomon family did not have enough capital to expand their business and joining their company with the Boutros company would allow them to expand. Both families would gain extra profits.
     

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    “We finally get to talk,” Olivia said to her father. She had last spoken with him during what seemed to be a family meeting, even though she did not consider them to be her family. She had walked out after hearing that Sheikh Boutros wanted to marry her. So she had not gotten the chance to speak with Sheikh Solomon.
     
    “Yes we do,” said Sheikh Solomon. He picked up the jar of iced tea and poured some into their glasses. The two of them were having lunch in the garden.
     
    “I will leave after we talk.”
     
    “You are so eager to leave. It hurts my feelings.” Sheikh Solomon smiled.
     
    “If I don’t, my sisters will kill me.” She said sisters sarcastically. Just like they did not see her as their sister, she did not see them as her sisters.
     
    “This is your home too,” said Sheikh Solomon.
     
    Olivia raised her eyebrows as she picked up her fork. She started eating her lunch. She had to admit, the food tasted really good.
     
    “I never knew that my mother studied engineering,” Olivia said to the sheikh.
     
    “Really?”
     
    “She worked as a receptionist during the day and as a waitress at night. She worked two jobs just so that I could go to school. I wanted to work after high school. I wanted to share the burden but she would not let me,” said Olivia. She felt sad thinking about how hard her mother had worked.
     
    “You both lived a hard life.” Sheikh Solomon sighed again.
     
    “So how did you meet?”
     
    “She was on a placement at my father’s company just a few miles outside Beirut,” he began to explain. “I had just started working there. My father had been grooming me to take over the company.” Olivia listened as she ate.
     
    “The first time I saw Ely, she was wearing rain boots that were too big for her.” Sheikh Solomon started laughing. Olivia was shocked at hearing him refer to her mother as Ely. It seems he even had a pet name for her. “It had rained the night before. Therefore, the fields at the oil rig were muddy. Her boot got stuck in the mud.”
     
    “Then what happened?” Olivia asked. She was intrigued.
     
    “She almost fell over but I caught her and helped her out of the mud.” Sheikh Solomon took a sip of his tea. “She was always clumsy.” He smiled.
     
    Olivia laughed a little. 
     
    “Unfortunately for me, I inherited that trait from her,” she said. The sheikh laughed. He spoke about her mother for a good twenty minutes. It was clear that he thought highly of her and never forgot about her. However, it