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“Is it now?” Maxim raised an eyebrow.
“We’re going to kidnap your daughter,” Ada said, her tone simple and calm.
“Kidnap Irina?” Maxim asked, his suspicion clear on his features. I sat back, watching Ada smile. She was truly in her element. She raised her chin, her regal confidence and ingenuity shining through. It was a pleasure to witness, and I thoroughly enjoying the show, knowing I was going to tear her pretty panties right off her at the first possible opportunity.
“You have my word that she would not be hurt. The same goes for whoever might be with her, bodyguards, friends, you name it. A group of men will be selected from my men and Shane’s to retrieve her.”
“I’ll have to let my daughter know,” Maxim said, but Ada shook her head.
“No. In order for us to pull this off, she cannot know we are coming. She’s been in their hands for a fair amount of time now, and Anton has probably been putting in work to seduce his future wife, which means she might not be as cooperative as you might think. By all rights, it will be a real kidnapping performed by our men. It needs to be. If all goes according to plan without anyone tipping them off, the Kozlovs will not know who took her, thus leaving your alliance intact, as well as all three of our families safe from their retaliation,” she explained.
He licked his lips, assessing the weight of her words. She sat up straight. She wasn’t finished, and I grinned, knowing I was getting to see how truly badass Ada could be.
“If we see this through, you will enter into an alliance with the Murphys and the Kavanaghs. If our word isn’t enough, we can find another way to secure that,” Ada pressed on.
“Can I trust you not to hurt her?”
“We wouldn’t dream of it. That is not how I operate my business,” I answered.
“You have my word that she will not be hurt,” Ada vowed, her tone dead serious.
“My soldiers know that women and children are untouchable as well.” Maxim explained, his expression dead serious.
“My family is the same,” Ada replied, her vow solemn.
“As is mine,” I added.
“And you’re sure we can accomplish this without implicating any of our families?” Maxim questioned. I could sense his uneasiness, but I could also tell he wanted to trust us for the sake of his daughter.
“I’m sure,” Ada grinned, her confidence absolutely radiant.
Fuck. She was absolutely the sexiest woman alive.
She held up her glass. Maxim and I raised our own in suit, and with a light clink, we sealed our agreement with the downing of our drinks, thus concluding our initial meeting.
I would be taking Ada back to my safehouse for the fucking of her life in just a few more hours.
She’d be lucky if I decided to let her out of bed in the morning.
CHAPTER11
Ada
By the time our meeting with Maxim finally ended, we’d ironed out all the finer details and set everything in motion. Shane and I would choose several key low-level men that wouldn’t be associated with any of our families to ensure that we wouldn’t be implicated. Maxim would be kept informed with a call every hour on the hour once the operation began, with direct lines to both me and Shane. He’d be provided with picture evidence once she was in our custody, as well as a phone call so that he could ensure she was alright.
It wouldn’t be safe to deliver her back into Maxim’s hands right away, so I offered to keep an eye on her myself with the help of my brothers. Eventually, we’d return her to her father when it was safe to do so while keeping open contact between the three of us to ensure everyone’s comfort, Maxim’s especially.
The bratva boss had taken my hand in his fist and had shaken it with just as much respect as any man at the end of that meeting. I held his gaze for a few seconds, letting him know without words that he could trust me to ensure his daughter’s well-being and safety.
He’d pressed his hand over mine right before he left. “Thank you. You have my full gratitude for this,” he whispered. He didn’t look at Shane in that moment, fully recognizing that this whole operation had been my idea and mine alone.
“Between the three of us, we’ll make sure your daughter is safe,” I vowed.
He nodded once more before taking his leave. He didn’t look back over his shoulder, trusting that none of us were going to stab him in the back, which was saying something in our world. The meeting had gone better than I’d thought it would, mostly because Maxim had turned out to be a much better man than I had expected. I’d been around all types of men in the world I lived in, and I could count on one hand the number of times they’d looked at me like an equal.
Maxim would make a woman pretty lucky one day. I turned my head to see Shane beaming back at me, his pride for me plastered all over his face. I smiled, knowing he was really special, too.
“I just want you to know you’re hot as fuck when you take the lead like that, my queen,” he murmured, his voice low enough so that I was the only one that could hear.
