She Can't Hurt Us

Luke

“Nothing,” she said. “At least not with me. I’m a little worried about what to expect when we get back to Qatar.”

As if from her mouth to Mother’s ears, my phone rang again. I gritted my teeth and turned my phone on silent. She wasn’t going to ruin this moment for us.

“You don’t need to worry about anything,” I said, placing my phone face down on the table. “Once we’re wed, you will outrank Mother, and she won’t be able to say anything to you anymore.”

“But until then, will she just try harder to break us up?” she asked.

I touched her chin with my finger, lifting it up so we were eye to eye. “We love each other, right?”

“Right.”

“Then, nothing and no one, especially not Mother, will get in the way of our happiness.”

“Okay,” she said, letting out a big breath. “It’s a big change. A good one, but a big one.”

“I’m here for you. Every step of the way.”

“Every step of the way,” she repeated. “But don’t you think that you should at least warn her that I’m coming? Even if you want to su