The Sheikh's Christmas Bride

by Randi DeVoe

  “Mother, Gabriella has a lot to do today. The dressmaker is coming in a few minutes, and then her tutor will be coming in after that.”

  “Son, the tutor can wait till tomorrow. Now...after the dressmaker, Gabriella will be spending the rest of the day with Lily and Jaslica. Do you understand me?”

  “Yes, mother.”

  He looks over at me with a look like he is going to kill me. He stands up, and pulls my chair out.

  “I am sorry, but Gabriella needs to be fitted for her new clothes. Lily...Jaslica...we will call you when we get done with the dressmaker. Now, if you would excuse us, we are going to take our leave. Come, Gabriella, we don’t want to keep the Shira waiting.”

  “Coming.”

  We walk back to his apartment in silence with his hand squeezing mine with painful pressure. When we get to the apartment, he shuts the door loudly.

  “You will never disobey me again or go through my mother. Do you understand? I told you not today, but you had to get your way anyway, didn’t you? Now it is time for me to get my way. I want you to take your clothes off, and then go sit on my bed.”

  “I will not!”

  “You will, Gabriella, because I said so, and you will do it now.”

  “Or what will happen?”

  “You do not want know what will happen if you disobey one more time! It is bad enough that I have to start our relationship off with punishment instead of giving you more pleasure like you got this morning. Do you as you were told. I will go light on you this time, but the next time you use your smart mouth, I will not be so generous.”

  “What are you going to do to me?”

  “I take it that you have read Fifty Shades like the rest of the female population in this world?”

  “Yes, I have. Oh, you are going to go Christian on me, aren’t you?”

  “Yes and no. I am going to punish you by giving you a spanking for disobeying me and asking something from my mother when I already told you no.”

  “So you are going to beat me? You are going to hit me with the belt and then fuck the living daylights out of me?”

  “Yes, I am going to spank you...but not with my belt. And, no I will not fuck the living daylights out of you...I will never do that. That is crude, and for that remark, I will be adding onto your spankings. When I decide to fuck you, you will enjoy it, especially after I get done spanking you. I am go to have you well prepared for when you take me for the first time. We are supposed to wait till our wedding night, but I don’t think I am going to be able to wait that long.”

  “I am not having sex with you on our wedding night...or any other night.”

  “We will see about that. I am going to make you so sexually frustrated that you will begging me to take you. I have also decided that you will be sharing a bed with me from now on. I want you close to me. Oh, and just to let you know...I sleep naked and so will you. I want you to get used to being with me. I want you and I know you want me, too. I suppose I will let the spanking go for today and let you off with a warning, but I can promise you this...if you use your smart mouth again, or go around me to get your way, I will spank you for punishment.”

  “You mean that you are going to hit me for pleasure, too?”

  “Not hit...spank...and then I am going to leave you begging for more. Now, Shira is to get you fitted for you new clothes. Play nice, and maybe I will give you some pleasure when you get back this evening.”

  “What kind of pleasure?”

  “Oh, you will have to wait and see. Like I said, you will begging me to make love you by the end of the night.”

  “I highly doubt that.”

  “We’ll see. Now, let’s get you fitted.”

  “Okay.”

  We go into my room where Shira is waiting for me. She measures me, lays fabric all over me, and then says something Arabic to Hamand.

  “What did she say?”

  “She says that she is going to make you some of the most beautiful dresses that you have ever seen. You have the perfect figure for what she has ideas for. You look like a princess, and you will be when we get married.”

  “I AM NOT MARRYING YOU!”

  “We will see about that. Like I keep telling you, I am going to make you fall in love with me. You will see how much you will want me. Give me till Christmas, and if you aren’t deeply and madly in love with me by then, I will let you go.”

  “You will?”

  “Yes, but if you are in love with me, you will marry me and have my heirs.”

  “You want me to have children with you? I don’t know what kind of mother I would be...I didn’t have a very good example of one when I was growing up.”

  “Don’t worry about that, I know you will be a wonderful mother. Trust me. I’m not going to let you fail as a mother like you own mother did. Just give us a shot.”

  “I’m not happy about it, but I will try.”

  “Good.”

  Hamand reaches down and kisses me deeply. My body tingles all over again. If he makes me feel like this all the time, I think I might be able to get used to it. I can’t help but look at his butt as he walks away. God, that man is hot! I have never had a man interested in me before...maybe this isn’t such a bad thing. I have one of the sexiest men on the planet coming after little plain-Jane me. Why, I don’t know.

  After he leaves, I get dressed so I can spend my day with Lily and Jaslica. Wait until I tell them about this, they aren’t going to believe it. I still can’t believe it myself! I just hope that he treats me better than my parents did, and that somebody will actually love me for once in my life.

  Chapter Five

  I came so close to taking Gabriella today, but I had held myself back. I need to get my father and mother’s permission first before I can do what I want with her. I decide that I will ask my father first, since he is the Sheikh. I walk down to my father’s office, knock on the door, and walk in.

  “Son, what can I do for you?”

  “I want to ask your permission for something.”

  “Let me guess...you want to marry that very pretty American girl, Gabriella, don’t you?”

  “How did you know?”

  “Because if you didn’t I was going to ask her to be part of my harem, or one of my new wives.”

  “Father, Gabriella is too go be one of your whores. She is actually still a virgin, and I want her as my own. I think she would provide me fine, strong, beautiful heirs.”

  “Yes, she would, but I thought you were going to marry Princess Stephanie of Ludenville?”

  “She is yesterday’s news. She has slept with most of the single royalty around the world, and would not make me a good wife. No, I want Gabriella. She is pure and unspoiled. That is why I wanted her as my personal assistant. She is going be training to become the perfect wife for me.”

  “I see. You will be training her in and out of the bedroom?”

  “Yes, I already almost had to use punishment this morning when she went to mother to spend time with Lily and Jaslica after I told her that she had a full agenda. I didn’t want our first time being together to be a bad experience. I want her to like to spend time with me without her fearing me.”

  “Are you planning on consummating the union before marriage, which I am suspecting that this is where this is going.”

  “I would like not to, but she is just so damn perfect...I just might have to give into temptation.”

  “You know, son, that you may conceive a child before the marriage. It is actually encouraged. You shouldn’t wait for the wedding. Speaking of which, when do expect to get married? We need to start making the arrangements for a royal wedding.”

  “I have given her until Christmas to fall in love with me, and if she doesn’t fall in love with me by then, I said I would let her go. That is why I want to wait till the wedding to consummate the union.”

  “I respect your decision, but here is the question. How are you going to make her fall in love with you?”

  “I am going
to give her pleasure that she has never had before, and I am going to show her the world. She is going to experience life without the fear of having to wonder how much she is going to have to pay back her parents.”

  “Yes, I would very much like to meet the people that would charge their daughter to raise her. I am going to have someone look into her parents. Gabriella is a wonderful girl, but I don’t know if her parents will be welcome here at the palace or around your children. You do plan on having multiple children, right?”

  “Yes, and I do not plan on taking a harem either.”

  “Son, you need a harem to keep the marriage fresh and new.”

  “No, father, I don’t. All I need is Gabriella. She is all the woman I need. I understand that you like having yours, but I am not you, and will not have that in my life. I have even decided that I will not be visiting it anymore now that I have her. I plan on teaching her how to please me in the bedroom starting tonight. She is going to be sharing my bed as well, to get used to me. I will let her keep her clothing on for now, but eventually we will sleep naked together.”

  “That sounds like a good plan. Ease her into it...if she hasn’t ever been with a man then you don’t want to scare her.”

  “You are right about that. Alright, now what are we going to do about her parents?”

  “First of all, we are going to see if they will give you their blessing to marry their daughter. In this, we will honor their tradition.”

  “I can do that, but should I do this over the phone or in person?”

  “Son, with these people I would do it over the phone. You never know what you might do to them if they set you off. First, let me do the investigation on them.”

  “Yes, father.”

  I walk out of my father’s office and call my head of security to start the investigation into Gabriella’s parents. I want the information as soon as possible so that I can make her my wife.

  Now I need to talk to my mother, but I have a feeling that I already have her blessing. She already seems to like Gabriella. I walk into the library where I see my mother with her head in her favorite book.

  “Mother, can I talk to you?”

  “Yes, son, you know you can always talk to me. What can I do for you?”

  “I want to marry Gabriella.”

  “I am so glad to hear that. I was hoping you would. Your sister has been trying to get her to come here so you could meet her, and hopefully make her your bride.”

  “What…? Lily set this up by bringing her?”

  “Well, she and Jaslica did. They thought she would be perfect for you. I couldn’t agree more. She is smart, intelligent, and beautiful. You are going to make beautiful children together. When are you going to propose?”

  “I told her that we are getting married at Christmas, and that she has until then to fall in love with me or I will let her go. But, in actuality, I am not letting her go even if she wants to...even if I have to drag her down the aisle!”

  “Son, you can’t do that. She has to want to marry you. You will not reduce yourself to acting like a caveman and dragging her down the aisle. She is a modern woman, and things like that don’t happen anymore. I will talk to her, and hopefully she will come around. I just want her to get used to you. You just have to have a gentle hand with her. I don’t want you punishing her for coming to me for advice about you or for asking her to see her friends. I understand that you want her to start learning the language and getting use to you, but she came here with Jaslica, and you can’t keep her away from her friend because you want this poor girl.”

  “I understand that, but she needs to start her studies as soon as possible so she is prepared for when she becomes my wife.”

  “How does she feel about you wanting her to become your wife?”

  “She doesn’t know what she is feeling. Her parents messed her up badly. She doesn’t know what love is...she has never experienced real true love. I want to give that to her.”

  “Then show her real love, son, and leave your father’s harem alone. I don’t want to hear about you going there and taking out your frustrations in there like I know your father has done in the past.”

  “I have already decided on that as soon I saw Gabriella. She will be the last woman I will ever have.”

  “I am glad to hear that. That is a good way to start off a relationship.”

  “I don’t understand why father still uses it. He should have done away with it years ago.”

  “Your father and your cousins have needs that their wives can’t handle, and that is why he keeps it. I don’t want you to use it at all. Now go and do your work. Leave the girls alone. That is an order.”

  I leave my mother and head down to my office where I see Lee, my head of security. He may be an American, but he is the best. I wonder what he has for me.

  “Lee, that was quick. What do you have for me?”

  “Nothing good, your highness.”

  “What do you mean...nothing good?”

  “It means that her parents are into some shady stuff. Her dad is not a CFO, he is a mob boss, sir.”

  “He is a what…?”

  “Her father is not a VanSnooden, but a Gibraildi, and they have been lying to their daughter. She is a mafia princess. They are planning on selling her to highest bidder.”

  “Then I shall buy her from them. Do you know their price?”

  “Ten million American dollars...since she is a virgin. The price might go down if you were to have sex with her and create an heir.”

  “That is a very good idea, Lee. Give me her father’s number. I want to talk this man who would sell his own daughter.He is going to give me Gabriella without me paying for her. I can’t believe she was lied to her entire life. That must be why she wasn’t allowed to be seen in public...they thought someone would kidnap her. I understand why now. Yet, here she is, about to become my wife.”

  “I agree with you, your highness. He does not deserve her as a daughter. If you want me to, I can see if I can dig something up on him.”

  “Yes, you can do that. Let’s see what other things he has fingers in.”

  Lee leaves my office to start his search on Gibraildi. As far as his daughter is concerned, I will give her a couple of weeks to get to know me, but then I am going to take her, and she will be pregnant by the time of our wedding on Christmas. There is no way that I am going to let her father get a hold of her now.

  Chapter Six

  I must thank Rose for letting me go see Jaslica and Lily. I really need some girl time. I may have just gotten here a few days ago, but Hamand has been dominating me the entire time. I have so much to tell them, and maybe Lily can give me some insight as to why her brother is obsessed with me. I walk down to Lily’s apartment to see if they want to help me explore the palace. I really haven’t seen too much of it, since I have been locked away, studying, in Hamand’s suite.

  “Lily!”

  “About time my big dominating brother let you go. Get in here! Come and talk to us. What is my brother doing to you?”

  “He says that he wants to make me his wife, and that we are getting married on Christmas.”

  “That sounds so like Hamand. One of the reasons why we wanted you to come over here is so you could hook up with my brother.”

  “What…? Why would you do that for?”

  “Because you needed to get out from under your parents. They treat you like crap, and Hamand will be good to you. Just give him a chance, Gabriella. He isn’t all that bad. He just believes too much in tradition. You will learn to love him.”

  “How do you know that?”

  “Because I know you, and you are looking for love, you just don’t know it.”

  “Jaslica, how could you play with my life like this?”

  “I did it because I love you like my sister, and so does Lily. We want nothing but the best for you, and Hamand is it.”

  “I don’t know about that. He looks like he wants to eat me.”

  “That is jus
t how he is. You will get use to him. You can fall in love with him...I know you can. Please, will you give him a shot?”

  “I already told that I would give him a shot. I will try to love him. And you’re right, my parents do treat me like crap, and I am sick of it! If I want to get out from under their thumb maybe marrying Hamand wouldn’t be so bad.”

  “That makes perfect sense. Speaking of your parents, have you heard from them yet?”

  “No, they haven’t bothered to check on me lately. I wonder what is up with that. They usually have one of their friends make sure I am alive at least.”

  “Well, they will get a big surprise when they don’t have to pay your next semester’s tuition, and instead they come to your wedding. Do you think that my brother will ask your father to have your hand in marriage, or do you think he will just do it?”

  “I am not sure. I don’t think that my father will care anyway. Gene has never paid attention to me, and my mother...to Cynthia all I was was a doll she gotta dress up when I was a baby. After I got older and I would fight her on it she just gave up. My mom hasn’t gave me the time of the day since then.”

  “That sounds cruel. My mother, who is the mother of the country, had a hands approach to raising me and Hamand. She believes that the parents need to be there for their children. Even my father participated in raising us. He wanted us to be well rounded. We actually attended school in here in Samarah. We didn’t go off to school until college.”

  “Mine too, even though my mom worked as a Lady-in-waiting to the Sheikha, we were able to come to work with her or our father. Lily and I were raised the same as the royal family. I am surprised that they hadn’t arranged for Hamand and I to be married, but they decided to let him pick his own bride, and he picks you. He could have anybody in the world, but he wants you. You are so lucky. He looks at me like a little sister.”

  “So, you want him?”

  “Oh, no. I am engaged to his Head of Security, Lee. My parents want me to be safe, and they wanted me to marry an American. Lee is very good to me, and he cares deeply for me. We are to be married in the spring. He is looking forward to starting a family, and I can’t wait to do that for him. The Sheikh has given his blessing on it already, and thought it was a very good idea.”