I hung up and exhaled as the elevator doors opened. I was going to regret this.
Chapter Fourteen
Inna Grace
Let me be clear aboutthe full picture of what I did in less than two months. I stole a stranger’s money, lied that he was my husband, and handed him my nine-year-old brother as a son. As if that wasn’t embarrassing enough, I stood in his bedroom and took my dress off for a man who was using me as a chess piece. I offered him everything, and he turned me down.
The last of my dignity didn’t leave quietly. It packed its things, looked back once, and walked out without saying goodbye.
Dmitri touched me, and he knew very well what he felt between my legs. But he had looked me in the eye and lied about it. I felt how his hard cock pressed my ass, which meant he left this penthouse and went to fuck someone of his type.
I barely slept in those four days since he disappeared. Every minute had me replaying that moment. The way he thrust his finger inside me, while the pressure of his hand at my throat kept me grounded. It was an insane feeling and a new one.
Every morning, I woke up half-expecting him to show up, but only Cole’s tutor did.
Cole was in the sitting area with a book when I stepped in. I grabbed the remote just as the doorbell rang. That had to be his tutor, because Dmitri never rings the bell.
I went and opened the door.
It was the Suit guy, the man who always showed up whenever I was required to do something. He showed up with a woman I had never seen before. And she got me staring at her for a moment.
She looked bright, her pink hair styled in a way that said she chose it and would choose it again. She wore a white dress that matched her pink heels, a shade that should have been too much and somehow wasn’t. Everything about her showed she understood color the way some people understood music. It was evident from the small gold pieces in her ears to the little bag hanging from one wrist,
She waved at me with a smile as if she had been looking forward to meeting me.
“Good morning, Miss. May we come in?”
I stepped back automatically.Miss?Dmitri’s people called me everything from wife to madam, and now we were back to Miss.
The suit guy stepped in first. The woman stopped in front of me and stuck out her hand. “Hi. I’m Caitlin. It’s so nice to meet you.”
“Inna.”
“I know.” She smiled as if it were a delightful thing to know my name. She walked inside and stopped to wait for me to close the door so we could walk in together. That small thing struck me as considerate, given that I didn’t know her.
Cole looked up from his book when we came in. He assessed Caitlin, then looked at me for confirmation.
“Oh, he is so cute,” Caitlin said, already looking at Cole like she wanted to adopt him.
“Thank you,” I said, watching her.
The suit guy cleared his throat. “This is Caitlin. She’ll be assisting you with shopping today. The boss will pick you up here at five for dinner with Madam Regina.”
I didn’t know who Madam Regina was, but I knew she was the person you dressed carefully for. And since I was a tool Dmitri was deploying, however the day required, tonight was dinner. The dinner required shopping first, and I didn’t have any say because I still owed the man some money.
“Cole’s tutor arrives in under five minutes,” the guy continued and turned to Caitlin. “How long will shopping take?”
Caitlin’s eyes lit up. “About five hours. I know exactly which stores we need, and I already have a list.”
Five hours just for shopping?
The two of them turned to look at me as if waiting for my approval. The truth was, I didn’t know what was happening. But the suit guy looked like he would not proceed unless I said something. So, I nodded.
“Cole, we’ll bring you something back,” Caitlin said while waving at him, already turning toward the door.
Cole, who was hard to trust people, looked at me. To assure him, I gave him a knowing look, and he smiled. I grabbed my phone from the couch and followed Caitlin out. I was finally leaving the penthouse, not like I was complaining.
The drive started quietly. Caitlin was the driver while I sat in the passenger seat, running through questions I couldn’t ask yet. We pulled away from the DK Holdings building. The city passed us by, and I stared out the window and thought about shopping.
