Deborah_Pruijmboom

I was roaming the palace halls, pretending to be a servant. My heart drummed when I first saw her. Jasmine’s cat-like green eyes haunted me from the moment that I had met her. The new maid in our Saudi palace was everything I had ever dreamed of; a body that made every man kneel, her intelligence was beyond imagination and her passion set my whole world on fire.

Although I knew she truly loved me, her love for me was more like a game of push and pull. She did not wish to marry anyone, and certainly not me. 

Meeting Saphira back home in Malibu USA, had seemed like a welcome distraction. And although I resisted, we had deeply fallen. It was not something I could easily take back... Saphira was not everything that I had once dreamed of, and I certainly did not plan to love her. But I did regardless, irrevocably so. 

My name is Benjamin El-Raji Saud, Prince of Saudi Arabia.  
They say love wasn’t supposed to be easy, I know that now. 
The story of how our love became untangled, was messy and twisted and full of heart ache and betrayal.
I truly did not know how our story would end, but is was ours. 
 
Which ship are you rooting for?
#Shaphmin
#Jazzmin
#Shaphary
#Benierra?
#Saphlik?

Love Untangled

When Benjamin returned to the yacht, I asked him how the meeting went. He told me about Saphira and Malik being there, and how Malik threatened to marry Saphira. I felt a pang of jealousy and hurt in my heart.

"Why do you care so much about Saphira, Benjamin?" I asked, my voice shaking with anger. "What does it matter to you if she marries Malik or anyone else? You shouldn't be getting involved in her affairs anymore.  "Why couldn't Saphira marry Malik? What's wrong with him?"

"It's not that there's anything wrong with him, habibie," Benjamin said. "But Malik is not a good man. He's manipulative and cruel, and I don't want Saphira to be with someone like him."

I shook my head, not believing him. "You're just jealous," I accused. "You still have feelings for Saphira, don't you?"

Benjamin's eyes widened in shock. "No, habibie, that's not true," he protested. "I love you and only you. Saphira is just a friend."

A pang of jealousy