Chapter Forty

She looked at the dishevelled girl curled into her seat sobbing hysterically and her gaze swept over the two young men standing on either side of her very clearly aroused.                                                                    ‘What the fuck did you do?’                                                                                                                           She snarled at them,                                                                                                                                     ‘Did you rape her?’                                                                                                                                        The accusation hung in the air just as their Uncle walked toward them, he had taken the time to get dressed and saw them shake their heads,                                                                                                     ‘No, no we would never do that, it was just a little fun, we wouldn’t, we didn’t ..’                                             Khaled trailed off looking at his older brother for help, their Uncle was looking murderously at the two of them,                                                                                                                                                                  ‘I would not call leaving the young lady crying like this was a little fun?’                                                       He crouched down in front of Juliette and gently took her hands in his rubbing his thumbs over her wrists,  ‘Tell me what they did little one.’                                                                                                                     He could feel her trembling and he was furious such a pretty little thing had been hurt by his nephews, she looked up at him and he was entranced by her beautiful eyes. The green and gold swirled together as they swam with her tears, without a word he stood and scooped her into his arms then sat with her on his lap wrapping her in his arms. His nephews stared in amazement and they were not alone, the guards who had been subtly ignoring the Prince seducing her gaped in shock at the older Prince comforting the crying girl. Never, in all the years they had worked for him, had they ever seen him respond to a woman the way he was with her, he had never even held his own wives in such a fashion and he had four of them. Juliette was looking up at him fighting to control her tears,                                                                                          ‘They didn’t, I mean, I, We, Oh, Oh.’                                                                                                               She put her hands over her face embarrassed and he caught them pulling them away so he could see her face,                                                                                                                                                                 ‘Go on.’                                                                                                                                                            He commanded and she bit her lip then his eyes followed her small pink tongue as she swiped it over her bottom lip, effortlessly she looked so vulnerable it brought out all the protective instincts in him. It wasn’t hard to see why the two of them had been attracted to her, if he had not been distracted by Carlotta he would have made a play for himself. He was brought out of his reverie when she wriggled off his lap blushing so prettily he could not stop the stab of desire that hit his groin,                                                 ‘I’m, I’m, okay.’                                                                                                                                               She  hiccuped and threw herself into Carlotta’s arms,                                                                                   ‘I’m so sorry.’                                                                                                                                                 She whispered and Carlotta gave the two Princes a hard stare then led Juliette back to the bedroom tossing over her shoulder,                                                                                                                               ‘I’ll settle her in the bed and give her a gentle sedative then we’ll talk.’                                                         At them and with an angry glance their Uncle indicated they sit down to wait and when she returned half an hour later she was not happy,                                                                                                                ‘What part of no do you boys not understand?’                                                                                            She demanded and when they started to protest she held up her hand,                                                         ‘She is not interested in you, I believe she made that clear?’

They looked sheepishly at the floor,                                                                                                              ‘You deliberately pushed her seat back taking her off guard and then all  but forced yourselves on her.’       Khalid jumped to his feet,                                                                                                                                ‘No, no, we would never force a woman, she was enjoying what we did.’                                                     His brother jumped to stand beside him,                                                                                                     ‘We would never hurt a woman, Uncle, please, you must believe us.’                                                            He was wringing his hands and shaking his head,                                                                                            ‘If that is true, then why is she bleeding from the rough way you forced your fingers inside her.’                    Carlotta said crudely and it was instantly clear they were shocked,                                                               ‘Oh no, please no, I, I, oh poor Juliette.’                                                                                                        The two of them dropped into their chairs holding their heads in their hands, then Khalid looked up at his Uncle,                                                                                                                                                                 ‘It is all my fault, Uncle,  I am the one that hurt her.’                                                                                      He turned to Carlotta,                                                                                                                                 ‘Please, I am so sorry, I never meant for this to happen. If she wishes to press charges I will accept responsibility. I really am sorry, whatever punishment you see fit to impose I will bear gladly.’                         Carlotta was impressed by his honesty and the way he protected his younger brother.                                  ‘I think your conscience will punish you enough Khalid, I know you are both honourable men, learn your lesson from this incident  I know Juliette will.’                                                                                             They did not see her again until the jet had landed and she exited with Carlotta protecting her like a she-wolf, but they could not believe how she looked. She had changed into an ice blue Chanel trouser suit, the pants were fitted with a little kick flare at the bottom, and the jacket was long, fitted to her slender waist tightly. She looked elegant and incredibly beautiful but in an untouchable way, her eyes flashed ice chips when they came forward and tried to apologise. Turning her head away from them she followed closely to Carlotta as she exited the jet and headed for the limousine she had ordered.                                                 ‘Wait in the car Juliette, I need to make it right between the Prince and me before we head off to my friends.’                                                                                                                                                           She did as she was told, leaning her head back against the plush leather seat she closed her eyes glad to be back in a car rather than the expensive luxury jet. When she felt someone slide in beside her thinking it was Carlotta she sighed,                                                                                                                                   ‘Is it much further?’                                                                                                                                        The masculine voice that answered made her shudder and her eyes flickered open in alarm.                           ‘I’m sorry but I do not know where Ms Carlotta is taking you.’                                                                     She gave a cry of alarm at the sight of Khalid and tried to move away from him only to find Khaled was on her other side, panic tore through her and her breathing hitched up. Seeing her distress Khalid acted quickly catching her chin he turned her to face him,                                                                                     ‘Breathe Juliette, breathe, follow my words, in, one, two, three, out one, two, three.