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“How about you work on this faster so I don’t have to get married and divorced before I turn twenty-five?”
“I’m doing the best I can, with the little information I have.” He paused and narrowed his eyes. “Unless you actually know something.”
“I might.”
“For the love of God, Ekaterina, speak.”
It was the first time in a while I’d seen Aleksei so furious. It took me by surprise, though I only laughed in response.
“I’m waiting for factual evidence. I don’t go around throwing accusations out for kicks. And since it’s someone… well, someone big, you’re going to need convincing.”
“Is it our father?”
I blinked. “Yes. But, he’s not the only one.”
His jaw clenched. Right now, there wasn’t any possibility of calming him down. He threw his glass against the wall, and a stain appeared as the glass shattered into a million pieces. No one spoke—I didn’t dare to. Provoking Aleksei was one of my favorite hobbies, but not when he was truly angry. Not now.
He was a terrifying person to be around when his rage overflowed.
“I’ll kill that son of a bitch myself.”
“You will do no such thing, Aleksei.” I waved him off. “I’ll do it myself.”
“How the fuck can you be this calm?” Pure rage laced his tone.
“Because I suspected this was coming. And if I need to take him out myself, I will. But give me the blessing to do it, Aleksei.”
Had it been a random moron who’d tried to take me out, I would’ve killed him without anyone knowing. However, when it came to people of influence, and people Aleksei worked closely with, I needed his blessing. And once the time came, he’d take all the blame and the fall for my actions.
He was silent, exhaling a deep breath. Our eyes were locked, and he was looking for any indication I might back down when the time came. He found none. There would be no hesitation, no going back.
“You have my blessing. Do it.”
A wide grin spread over my face. It’d been a while since I’d felt this good about murdering someone. Excitement rushed through my veins, and I prayed they’d make their move soon. I didn’t want to wait too long.
But, for now, I had to decide what to do with Davorin. He wasn’t letting me go, and I didn’t want him to. But marriage? It would be out of convenience, nothing more, nothing less. And it would only benefit me.
It didn’t sound too bad, so it didn’t take me long to reach a decision that, in the long run, might turn out to be a death sentence.
With Aleksei’s promise to put another tracker in my arm ringing in my ears, I left his house. The day was still bright, and there was a hint of spring in the air. It wasn’t warm enough outside to just wear a shirt, yet it wasn’t cold enough to wear a jacket. I hated this weather the most.
“No, not that one.” Tiana inspected the dress on my body, unimpressed. “I think you should go for emerald green.”
We were in one of my favorite boutiques. Their dresses were extremely expensive, but each one was handmade, from the best materials, and unique—which I loved.
“I’m not sure about that,” I commented. The dress I had on was black. It had a big slit on the right leg, and it looked pretty, but black wasn’t exactly the color I’d pick for such an event.
Tiana groaned. We’d been in here for the past three hours. She was hungry—as she’d told me four times since we’d arrived.
“Why not? I mean, you do look good in anything, but I really think emerald green will look absolutely terrific on you.” Her stomach growled.
I sighed and searched for another dress to try on. I’d tried black, red, even blue, and nothing was good enough. The dresses were nothing but outstanding, just like the woman who’d created them. However, none that I’d tried so far seemed to perfect.
“Let me see if they have anything in green.” I rolled my eyes at the wide grin on Tiana’s face.
“Okay, imagine this. A long emerald-green dress, your hair in a high ponytail, red lipstick, gold jewelry—since you never wear anything but gold.”
“I mean, that could potentially look pretty. But let’s worry about the dress now and accessories later.”
