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“Yes, please.” I give him the control. I need him.
“Thank you,kukla. I will not disappoint you.”
He carries me back to the bedroom, where he undresses me and climbs in bed naked also. Dmitri doesn’t initiate sex, he just holds me, and it’s exactly what I needed.
* * *
Dmitri
Ihold her until I feel her body relax and sleep takes her. I have a lot to get planned to protect her. Slowly I pull away from her body, just wanting to stay with her but knowing I have to get everything arranged for tomorrow.
Andrei was clear. If his father finds out Lennon had anything to do with the situation at the Lucky Dice, he will put a price on her head. I told him over and over she didn’t do the hacking, but I sense that she knows more than she’s telling. Andrei said it didn’t matter. Grayson and Aleksei almost lost their gaming license over everything.
Watching her face, I knew the truth as soon as she tried to lie to me. I’ll do whatever is necessary to protect her, and there’s only one choice I have if I want to make surePakhanVladimir doesn’t come after her.
I move toward the front two bedrooms. I had the designer set them up as offices for both me and Lennon. She’ll be able to work from home on days she can’t or doesn’t want to go to Clare’s House.
I also have to protect her job too. When I sit down at my computer, it pings as if he knew I was going to be there already.
“Yeah,” I say as Mikhail emerges on the screen.
“Get dressed, idiot,” he barks back at me and laughs. I’m in a pair of silk pajama pants and that’s all. He can only see my bare chest.
“I am. What do you have?”
“Flowers are from a boutique across town in Chinatown.” I shake my head because I need to correct that issue too. “Boss told me. I’ll look into this Lyric. But if she’s good enough to give Alek an issue, she’sgood. He wants a meeting with all of us on Sunday. So guess you’ll have to come up for air.” He laughs darkly. When he pauses, I know he’s working up to something. I’ve known him almost as long as I’ve known Andrei. When his family moved here from Russia, we were his only friends, and it’s still that way today.
I hear the keys on his keyboard clicking as he builds up to what he wants to say.
“Okay, I finally am able to tell you about the message board. I was being blocked, and I think it’s this Lyric chick. It’s a message board for the Triad. The general in Hong Kong who purchased Lennon is heading this way next month. Your fix for the other situation should take care of this. Andrei said we could set up another drop by next week to clarify she’s off limits. Oh, and the woman from earlier confessed that Bronwyn hired her. I checked her financials. It was done before you spoke to him. As for her, she has been banned from all of our businesses and Grayson’s.” Again, he pauses before asking, “Are you sure about this?”
“Yes. She’s everything. When you find yours, you’ll understand.”
“I doubt it.”
Mikhail doesn’t believe in relationships but not because of the Bratva. He doesn’t want to lose anyone else he loves. His parents were murdered shortly after they moved here. No one knows who it was, but we all know they were associated with Jimmy Duncan. That’s why capturing him was so necessary.
“I’ve sent messages to every place I could. Andrei said he’d have Sparrow escorted over here after I message him. I still need to tell her.”
“Good luck with that. Congratulations,brat.” He smiles before he hangs up on me. I smile because we’ve always called each other brother. He’s bled for me and I for him. My own parents andBabushkatook him in after his died.Babushkais Andrei’s grandmother. She’s always been there for all of us too. She raised Andrei’s half-siblings and him.
I shut down my computer and walk around the house, securing it. I’m glad I was able to procure it in the last couple of weeks. They wanted a quick sale, and that’s what they got with me. Cash and nothing special because I knew I would be making changes as soon as I signed on the dotted line.
When I get back to the bedroom, I take in my beautifulkukla. She’s cuddled into my pillow, and I drop my lounge pants before I slide in next to her.
“Mmm, Dima.” She sighs as I take her in my arms and arrange her across my chest. “I love you,” she says, and starts softly snoring. My breath hitches because I’ve wanted to hear those words from her.
“Moya lyubimaya zhena,” I say against her forehead as I kiss her. My heart thumps harder in my chest as I call her my beloved and more. She’ll learn what all I said tomorrow.
Ten
LENNON
Istretch in the bed feeling the softness of the sheets against my skin. My arms reach across to the pillow next to me, and I pull it into my face. My eyes are still closed. I smell him on the pillow, and the memories of last night flash behind my eyelids.
He still wants me.
I remember waking up for a moment and telling him I love him. I heard his gruff voice speak in Russian. I sit up and let the sheets pool at my waist as I hear the coffee grinder kick on in the kitchen. My Dima knows the way to my heart. I can’t hide my smile.
