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And that’s when I seeher.
Not Emma.
That crazy woman. Andrei’s ex, Talia.
She sits alone at a table toward the wall, staring at me as if we’re the only people in the room. Then she gets up from the table and starts walking toward me. I don’t back away, but my mind races. If I can get to the car, I’m sure I can speed away in a Lamborghini. But from the corner of my eye, I notice a man in dark glasses also watching me.
Bratva never travel alone, except me.
End of the line, Little Ms. Lucky.
The phone in my hand chimes, and a text appears from Emma. She’s ditched class, but nobody is picking up the phone for her. I type a quick message.
Emma, it’s Paige. I can’t explain, but we’re in trouble.
Dad is safe. Trust no one, not even Dad.
Please be brave.
Hide.
Running away from her would be a mistake. Talia will follow and hurt anyone in her way, including the people I love. Andrei flashes into my mind, and I wonder if he knows about the money.
I don’t want to think anymore. I switch off the phone and slip it back into my pocket. Talia stands before me, beaming as if I should be happy to see her.
“Hello, Paige Geraldovna. Are you visiting someone?”
“Not your business,” I reply coldly. “What do you want?”
“I want you to come with me. Your husband keeps you under lock and key. I’m surprised to find you alone.” She puts her hands on her hips, and I fold my arms.
“I have a life.”
“No, you don’t,” she sneers. “But you have your usefulness.”
The man steps behind me, blocking my way. I may want to hate my father, but I don’t want to lead them to him. I conceal my troubling thoughts behind a fake yawn. She feeds on fear, and I won’t hand her mine. Talia’s eyes narrow as if she wants to pounce on me and not bother to do it in private.
“You like drama,” I reply, feigning indifference. “Is this another petty attempt to get my husband’s attention?”
She flinches when I sayhusband, and though it’s a small attempt, I hit her sore spot. She grabs my hand, squeezing it in hers, stabbing her nails into my flesh once again to remind me of what she’s capable of.
“Let’s go for a ride,” she says as she drags me to the exit. “In yourhusband’sexpensive Lamborghini.”
We walk outside to the parking lot. Lost in my thoughts, I hardly notice the pain. I may never see my father again.
And only then do I realize that in the confusion, I never told my father that I’m pregnant.
Chapter 61
Andrei
Oleg’s loss is immediately felt. Sonya stares in disbelief, and unsteady on her feet, she leans against the couch in the office. Her gaze lands on me and then travels to Dmitri, stopping on Eva. Our mother holds out her arms to Sonya and sits beside her on the couch. Sonya lowers her head in her hands, covering her face as her shoulders shake violently. I also regret his death, but I’m shocked by her extreme reaction.
Igor won’t get away with it. It has to be him.
Slowly, the chain of events comes out. Gerald Reyes was taken to the hospital when his aide had trouble waking him. By the end of today, he will be moved to palliative care. Guards have been placed in his room. No one, not even the nurses, will see him alone. A woman fitting Paige’s description went to see him around lunchtime. But she hasn’t been seen since.
The hospital security cam shows the Lamborghini pulling out of the parking lot, but there is no word on where it went.
