It was the “for now” that I didn’t fairly take care of, however I folded my fingers in my lap and tried to look inconspicuous.

Everybody right here seemed like stereotypical gangsters and I couldn’t assist a fleeting thought that I by no means may have put them in a guide as a result of they had been too clearly and completely Bratva thugs. It was fairly apparent why Dmitri and Cerise had been on the run after I met them. They had been blended up on this Mafia enterprise, too.

There was one other man within the room, launched to me as Frederik. Whereas his brother was huge and broad, he was tall and lean, with neat silvery hair and an aristocratic face, with sculptured cheekbones. He was quiet, but I may inform that his brother the Pakhan revered him. He nodded politely to me, and I twisted my fingers in my saggy skirt.

Why was it that I may by no means consider something to say after I noticed a scorching man? And the truth that he was in his 50s made him even sexier. Older, extra skilled, assured. I’d by no means have something to say to a person like that. However when he introduced me a cup of Russian tea his hand brushed mine and I felt my abdomen clench with a pointless want for him.

That was the issue with being a virgin and by no means having intercourse.

Each scorching man you noticed made your core scorching and your insides liquid, however nothing ever got here of it. I’d fairly die earlier than telling a person like Frederik that I used to be a virgin.

I spotted with a begin that he was speaking to me.

“I’m sorry, what did you say?” I requested, stuttering barely.

“I requested for those who appreciated the tea?” he stated, his voice low and wealthy.

“It’s good. Superb,” I added, eager to kick myself for my lack of witty dialog.

He nodded briefly and turned again to his brother.

I questioned to myself if Cerise may give me some recommendations on the way to woo a person with contemporary and saucy dialog, however I reminded myself depressingly that I wouldn’t have the ability to hold a contemporary and saucy façade up for very lengthy.

I couldn’t assist glancing out the window to see if Andrei and Cerise had caught up but. Though it appeared unimaginable for anybody to meet up with how briskly Dmitri had insisted we go, he had by no means stopped trying behind him. All I noticed was the rolling waters of the Black Sea on one facet, and the lengthy, absolutely guarded driveway into the Petrovic seashore home on the opposite. The gates had been securely locked. I knew I’d have time to see them coming.

Simply as my coronary heart had begun to decelerate, I noticed the gates opening, and two individuals who may solely be Cerise and Andrei got here in on a motorbike.

Dmitri gave me a nod, which I hope meant, “don’t fear,” however I nonetheless sat there in a flutter of panic. I seen how Dmitri’s huge, broad physique tensed as he noticed his cousin coming down the driveway.

I couldn’t resolve the place to look or what to say. What was the correct social protocol in Russia for assembly somebody who had been making ready to kill you? I noticed Andrei’s tall, imposing physique come within the door and my coronary heart clutched in panic. Absolutely he wouldn’t kill me in entrance of his father? I reminded myself that Grigoriy was the boss, not Andrei.

“Howdy, son,” stated the Pakhan.

I noticed Cerise are available in after him, a cup of iced espresso in her hand.

I admired how nonchalantly she got here within the door, however she squealed when she noticed Grigoriy, and instantly ran and threw her arms round him. I remembered that the Bratva boss was her father-in-law, and I started to really feel higher. Cerise clearly had him wrapped round her finger. Possibly I’d be saved in spite of everything. Andrei stood impassively, not saying something, however his chilly eyes darted between Dmitri and me as we sat reverse one another on the desk.

“I presume you could have been talked into extending safety over this stranger,” stated Andrei.

I believed I had by no means seen anybody so terrifying-looking in my life. He was not less than half a head taller than each different man within the room, large broad shoulders and arms folded throughout his chest.

“Sure, Andrei, I’ve,” stated the Pakhan firmly, and I felt the breath all go away my physique as I exhaled in aid. “You aren’t to hurt her. She is underneath my safety.”

Cerise didn’t smile in aid. If she had been nervous, she didn’t present it. She seemed as cool and assured as if she had predicted this consequence already. Possibly she had.

Andrei turned angrily to his cousin.

“Why did you permit Cerise to select up an outsider?” Andrei requested.

“She needed to,” Dmitri stated, his darkish face and his voice expressionless.

I’m glad she did, however this reply appears a bit insufficient, even to me.

“You might be fucking delicate,” Andrei stated.

“Fortunately for you,” Dmitri retorted.

Andrei took a pointy consumption of breath however stated nothing. I knew Dmitri have to be referring to the truth that he had been the one to avoid wasting Cerise. Not Andrei.

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