The Pharaoh's Kiss (Reincarnation Romance Chronicles Book 3) by Dana Michelle Burnett Page A

and out onto the balcony. He stood out there looking out over the Nile with his back to me, but still I took the clothes and went into the bathroom to change.
    I looked at myself in the mirror, still not recognizing who was looking back. Nothing about this remote workplace seemed familiar.
    Samantha...I didn’t know who that was, but it didn’t feel like me. I dressed quickly and stepped back out to find him waiting for me.
    I tried to smile, but it faded before it reached my lips. I didn’t belong here.
    “Let’s go eat,” Jeremy said, disappointment deepening his voice.
    I followed him down to the hotel restaurant. The waiter smiled widely at me as he held out my chair.
    “Nice to see you again Miss,” he said.
    I mumbled a quick thanks and took my seat. Jeremy took the menu, looked over it quickly, and ordered brunch for the two of us without even asking what I wanted.
    “Now ask me anything you want,” he said once the order had been placed.
    “Why are we in Egypt?” I asked as I took a sip of my juice.
    “Just a little vacation, celebrating our engagement,” he said as he reached over and touched my hand.
    I pulled my hand back.
    “I’m sorry,” he mumbled.
    “No, I’m sorry,” I said as I dropped my hands down into my lap. “How we meet?”
    “You were working as a waitress in this little pizza parlor. You had me from the first moment I ever saw you. You had this smile that just lit up a room and I just had to talk to you.”
    I looked away gratefully as the waiter brought our food. I could feel his eyes on me as the waiter set the dishes down before us.
    “Did you hear what I said?” Jeremy said once he was gone. “I loved you from the beginning.”
    I shoved the food on my plate around, avoiding looking directly at him. He nodded as if I had confirmed something.
    “I guess everything seems different now,” he said.
    “Yes.”
    “Well,” he said. “It’s okay. We’ve got time.”
    I dared to glance up at him, this man I promised I would marry in another life. Then I felt myself softening...None of this was his fault.
    “Jeremy,” I said softly. “There is something you should know –”
    “No,” he said as he held up his hands quickly. “I don’t want to know.”
    I looked up confused, “What?”
    “Whatever happened while you were gone... Well, if you... It just makes sense I guess.”
    “Jeremy –”
    “Just give it some time.”
    I sipped my juice and tried not to cry. I didn’t want to be here. It was that simple. I wanted to be with Alex. It was where I knew in my heart I belonged.
    “What if I never get my memory back?” I asked, “And everything is changed for good?”
    “Do you think it’s changed for good?”
    “Yes.”
    His face fell and he looked back down at his plate, his hands on either side flexed wide, the veins coming near the surface.
    “I don’t mean to hurt you,” I explained. “But I don’t know you, and Alex...”
    “I see,” he said in a tight voice. “You don’t need to explain anything else.”
    “I’m sorry.”
    He sighed, “Me too. We really had something... You really don’t remember anything about us?”
    I shook my head, “I’m sorry, but no.”
    He nodded, “Okay, I guess I can’t argue with that.”
    We finished eating  in silence. Once we were done, I got up to leave, planning to call a cab and return back to Alex.
    Jeremy reached out and touched my arm, “Would you go for a walk with me?”
    “Yes,” I said feeling guilty.
    Jeremy guided me out of the restaurant and out to the hotel courtyard and garden. The exotic landscape filled the air with heavy perfumes as we walked along the stone paths. At the very center stood a large fountain, the flowing water almost glittering in the bright sun.
    “We went for a walk in this garden our first night here,” Jeremy said as he pointed to the fountain. “We each tossed coins into the fountain and made a wish.”
    Where are you going with this? I just want to go back to