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Milene stares at me, her eyes wide. “Are you serious?”
“Why? He’s my husband. I am attracted to him.”
“Attracted to him? Bianca, are you blind? He is ...”
“He is what?”
“He is ... he has only one eye, for God’s sake, and you say you like him?”
“Yes, I like him. Do you have a problem with that?”
“No, I just... whoa. Did you ask what happened? To his face I mean.”
“No. He will tell me when he sees fit. I won’t ask.”
“And it doesn’t bother you? The scars? The eyepatch?”
“No. I find Mikhail sexy as hell.”
“You are out of your mind.”
“Wait until you see him in that tight Henley he put on this morning. Hot. I bet he’s even hotter without it.”
“My God, you really like him. How is that possible? I mean... look at you. You could have had any man you wanted. You... you dumped Marcus, for crying out loud.”
“Marcus is a spoiled idiot.”
“Okay, but...” She stops mid-sentence and stares at something over my shoulder. “Is that... that’s a child’s room. Why is there a ...”
I take her forearm to bring her attention back to me.
“Mikhail has a daughter.”
“What? Did you know?”
“No.”
“Okay, I’m telling Dad. There must be something he can do to annul the marriage.”
“Don’t you dare.”
“Are you fucking serious? You are twenty-one and he expects you to raise his kid!”
“Lower your voice. He never said that, and believe me, he doesn’t need me to raise his daughter. He’s doing that amazingly well himself. And I like Lena. She’s a great kid.”
“Bianca...”
“How is Father dearest doing? Mikhail stabbed him pretty hard, I hope his hand isn’t too damaged.”
Milene looks at me with horror in her eyes. “Your husband did that?”
“Father hit me again yesterday when I came to get my stuff. Mikhail wasn’t pleased with that.” I smile when I remember the look on my father’s face as he stared at the letter opener lodged into his palm. “It was very exciting to watch.”
“Okay, that’s it. I’m calling Mom’s psychiatrist. You need professional help.”
“No, I don’t think I do.”
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