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“And yet, you said you weren’t a stalker.”
“Stalker or not didn’t matter. I was on a mission at the time to learn your habits, know your life, and eventually become a part of it so I could ask you a few questions about Lazlo. Turned out, you knew nothing and even believed the cover-up surname was yours.”
“Sorry I was useless,” I mock.
“I’m not.”
“Really? I thought I ruined your plan.”
“You did. You shredded my patterns apart and dug yourself a place in the middle of them. You tore through my original plan and I had to come up with another drastic one to get close to Lazlo without getting you involved.”
“I assume it worked?”
“It did.”
“Then why isn’t he helping you to not be suspected by Sergei?”
His jaw clenches. “I see Yan’s mouth is getting loose.”
My hand wraps around his tattooed bicep as I implore. “We’re on the same side. I just want to help. If I were to talk to my father, would that—”
“No.”
“You didn’t even let me finish.”
“You don’t have to. The answer is no.”
“But—”
“No, Lia. I didn’t keep you away all this time to bring you in now.”
“We’re husband and wife. We’re supposed to do this together.”
“It’s because we’re husband and wife that I’m protecting you. This subject is closed for discussion.”
“You’re a dictator.”
“Back to the labels, I see.”
“Well, you are one.”
“And you only figured it out now, Lenochka? If I weren’t, I wouldn’t have been able to bring you in from the streets.”
I pause, staring down. “You…scared me back then.”
“I had to so you’d know there was no way out.”
“I…was also attracted to you.”
“Hmm. You were?”
“So much so that I secretly hated your wife. I wanted to claw her eyes out.”
“You were jealous of yourself?”
I hide my face in his chest as I nod.
“Look at me, Lia.”
