"What?" Indignation flashed through him. If he didn't know better, he'd almost think it was jealousy. But since he'd barely even met her, that was impossible. "If they're a couple, why didn't they ask to stay together?"
"Perhaps they're aware that unmarried couples shouldn't cohabitate in our culture," said Amahd. "And she just doesn't want any trouble."
Osman stood and paced across the dimly lit space. Samantha and that feeble excuse for a man? On the other hand, American women did have some strange criteria for choosing their mates. Someone had told him that they considered a sense of humor to be the most important characteristic in a man.
A sense of humor? That wouldn't get you too far in the heat of battle.
Or in bed.
"If I need to liberate Samantha from an unfortunate union with the wrong man, then so be it. Fortune smiles on the bold."