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Mikhail
MacEvoy just messaged. He found out McCall got someone with the Chinese to help him with protection.
Me
Message and find out if he promised her to them. I’m going to need to introduce her sooner rather than later.
This is the reason Gray is bringing his wife, Erika, back to Vegas in a few days. He is presenting her to the brigadiers and soldiers under me along with a couple of other family’s bosses so they know she is under protection. After Erika was kidnapped and almost killed by a rival, he decided this was the only way to protect her. I have to do this with Sparrow. I’ve already spoken to my father and gotten his permission to marry her, but now I need to take her out into the open. Expose her to my world so she is safe. As long as McCall is alive, she will be a target. Even though her father is Bronwyn, she is still in danger.
Over the last week and a half Bronwyn and his daughter, Lennon, have come to spend time with Sparrow. He wants me to allow her to go to him, but I can’t have her too far. The memories of how she looked when I rescued her still haunt me. She’s slowly regaining the weight she lost while trapped in that warehouse. But she still suffers from nightmares. She doesn’t like to be in the dark, so I leave the bathroom light on at night so she can see. Certain noises still set her off.
I slide out of her body and out from under her. She cuddles onto her side around my pillow and continues to sleep. I move to the bathroom, where I quickly shower and dress. When I step back into the bedroom, she is finally stirring. Her long hair flows down around her as she turns to look for me. Like me, she doesn’t like me to be far from her.
“Are you heading downstairs?”
“Shortly. Want some tea and breakfast with me before I go down?”
She nods and slides from the bed. I take in her naked body marked from my bites and beard burn. I have to adjust my raging cock. I want to push her up against the wall and take her again, but I know she’s sore.
“Lennon is coming by to sit with me today.”
“Have her help you pick out a dress for dinner on Friday.” I don’t let her argue with me. She has said she doesn’t want to go to the dinner, but this is a must if I want her to be safe. I head out to the kitchen, where a brewed pot of coffee is waiting for me. Babushka went back to her place a week ago. She only stayed for a couple of days. She’s excited Grayson and Erika are coming tomorrow. She’s also looking for a house in Eastport for the times she’s there. She wants to be close to them and now Ridley, who lives in Eastport too. I can’t leave here and don’t have a plan to anytime soon.
I smell Sparrow’s strawberry scent before I see her. I turn and watch as she steps into the kitchen. She’s dressed in a pair of pink pants that tie at the waist and a white tank top. She slips a jacket over one of the bar chairs and moves toward me.
“What are you so dressed up for?” I kiss her lips as she tips her head back and looks up at me. She’s in flats. Her long hair is in waves down across her shoulders and over her breasts. She doesn’t wear makeup ever, and I love her clean face. She’s beautiful just as she is.
“Lennon is stopping by. She’s always so dressed up, so I decided I wanted to look decent too. What do I need to wear for Friday?”
“You always look decent and beautiful.” I wrap my hands around her body and pull her in close. She lays her head on my vest and kisses my heart under it.
“Thank you.” She looks up at me and I see so much in her eyes. Things I feel and want to say. Things she wants to say but is afraid to voice them. I know she still worries I’m going to push her aside now that I took her virginity. It’s time to show her how much she means to me. I reach down and grip her just below her ass and lift her up. She wraps around me like she did that night in the salon. I sit her on the counter and take her soft chin in my hand.
“Vorobey, you are my heart and soul.” I call her by her name in Russian. “I’m a hard and evil man, but with you I have both of those. You give them to me. I’m never letting you go. They will have to kill me to take you from me.”
She places her hand on my face, rubbing her palm along my beard, then she slides it into my hair I’ve styled back into a ponytail.
“I know it’s fast, so very fast, but I love you, Andrei. You are a good man.”
“Only because of you.” I take her lips and she opens like I love. I dive in, and when I finally pull away, her lips are bruised and puffy from my kiss.
“Boss.” I hear Dmitri from the doorway.
“Come,” I order as I lift Sparrow off the counter and set her on her feet. Both Dmitri and Mikhail step into the room.
“I have something for Sparrow.” Dmitri holds out a knife. He’s been working with her on hand-to-hand fighting. I take it from him and pull it from the sheath. The tanto blade is steel and about six and a half inches long. With the handle, the overall measurement of the knife is almost eleven and a half inches.
“What’s that for?” she asks in her sweet, innocent voice.
“To protect yourself,” Dmitri says, and turns away from her as if he’s done with this conversation.
“How am I supposed to hide that? I can’t slip it into my waistband like you.” She chuckles, and he turns back to her.
“Put it in one of those many designer bags Boss got you. You need to protect yourself. When you leave here, we won’t be there for you.” He looks over at me and I nod, knowing what he’s asking me without letting her know. “I’ll bring your new guards this evening.”
“I don’t need guards,” she says, and I move in and push her against the counter.
“Ptitsa, you’ll have guards, just like I do. Dmitri and I have been interviewing and testing them for days now.” I know if I tell her we’ve been working on this, she will feel guilty if she declines them. I hate to manipulate her, but I won’t have her in danger. We still haven’t seen McCall, and we did learn he promised her to a Chinese triad.
