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I gently picked Sephie up off my chest enough that I could slip out from under her. She stirred just slightly, making me hopeful she would wake. My hopes were dashed when she rolled over and curled up in a new position. I smiled at her, pulling the blanket over her so she wouldn’t get cold without me. She always said I kept her warm at night. I carefully crawled back onto the bed and kissed her cheek before leaving to get dressed. I wasn’t looking forward to being away from her, but I wanted her to sleep. Clearly, she needed it. I would have one of the guys come up and wait for her to wake up, so she wouldn’t be completely alone.
She still wasn’t awake when I was ready to leave. I left her a note, hoping that she would see it and put pants on before walking out of the bedroom. Not that I didn’t trust my guys, but some things were reserved only for me and I liked it that way. I kissed her once more before quietly leaving for my meeting.
I met Viktor and Ivan in my office. “Where’s the princess?” Ivan asked, a look of slight concern on his face.
“She had trouble sleeping last night. I want her to talk to Stephen today. She said smelling Vanessa’s perfume took her back to the day of the attack on her and Misha, as well as the night of the ball,” I said. Both tensed, looking seriously worried now. “I know. I had the same reaction. She said it wasn’t that loop she was stuck in on the plane. She said it triggered a memory of listening to two other women in the bathroom earlier in the evening.”
Ivan chuckled. “Did she tell you what she did to those women?”
I laughed, nodding my head. Ivan just shook his head. Viktor looked lost, “What happened?”
Still smiling, I said, “She overheard these two women talking about me and the rumors about me. One of them apparently knows an ex of mine, so she confirmed the rumors were untrue, but did say I was an asshole that couldn’t remember my girlfriend’s names. That’s how Sephie knew for sure they were talking about me.” I paused to laugh. “The other lady apparently wanted to take a ride on one of you. They didn’t know Sephie was in there, but because Ivan was waiting for her, she didn’t want to wait for them to leave, so she came out and offered to introduce them to you guys.”
“But then she told them that she knew that we appreciated boldness, so they should introduce themselves instead,” Ivan finished, laughing.
Viktor, still somewhat confused, asked, “Doesn’t Sephie know we can’t talk to people while we’re working?”
“Oh, she knew. That’s exactly why she told them to introduce themselves,” I said.
Viktor cursed under his breath, laughing along with us. “She’s a little bit evil,” he said, laughing his deep belly laugh.
“That’s why she couldn’t sleep last night. She said she just kept going back to those two scenes, so she got up and made herself some tea. She said she made it triple strength, so it’s not surprising that she’s still sound asleep upstairs. One of you go upstairs and wait for her to wake up. Or send one of the other guys,” I said. “And I want someone on Vanessa for a few days. It doesn’t make sense that she came back after all this time. That wasn’t random. I need to know who told her to come back.”
Viktor nodded, “Already on it, sir. We had her followed when we tossed her from the building.” He pulled his phone from his pocket to send a text, presumably to one of the other three to go wait for Sephie.
“Well done. Thank you.”
“I told Misha and Andrei to battle it out and decide who would go upstairs. Stephen is in the lobby waiting for your associates for the meeting.”
“Perfect. I know she’s safe up there, but I haven’t been away from her in a few weeks and quite frankly, I don’t like it,” I ran my hand through my hair. I knew they would understand my obsessive need to make sure she was always protected.
“Honestly, Boss, I’m surprised you were able to leave without her waking up. She’s just as attached to you as you are to her,” Ivan said. “If it were anyone else, it might make me want to puke, but you two are fucking adorable.” He grinned when he said it.
I glared at him but laughed. “We are fucking adorable.”
We were still laughing when Stephen stuck his head in my office. “Everyone is here, Boss. They’re all in the conference room. Where’s Sephie? Is she okay?”
I nodded, still occasionally surprised at their concern for her. “She’s fine. I want you to talk to her later, though. Vanessa’s perfume triggered memories for her of the day she and Misha were attacked, as well as the ball. We can’t figure out why.”
He looked surprised. “She didn’t have nightmares again, did she?”
“No. Well, not the same one as she was in on the plane. Different memories. The fact that she’s thinking about the day she and Misha were attacked is strange to me. She never seemed like that bothered her, at least mentally like the ball did. And I have no idea why smelling perfume would trigger the memories.”
Stephen exhaled. “Could be a number of things, honestly. We’ll talk about it later and get to the bottom of it.”
I put my hand on his shoulder as I walked out of the office, on my way to the meeting. My mind was on Sephie, not at all on this meeting I was walking into.
Chapter Forty-Seven
Sephie
I woke up curled up under the covers. I didn’t even need to check the bed to know that Adrik was gone. I only needed covers when he wasn’t in bed with me. He was like having a personal heater next to me all night long, so covers were never needed. It’s partially why I loved laying across his chest so much. It was the warmest option. Bonus points that he always ran his fingers through my hair when I was on his chest.
I stretched my legs out, feeling the soreness from our night before. The day before too. The two days before. I was beginning to lose count, honestly. We couldn’t get enough of each other right now. I hoped it never ended, honestly. I loved every second of it, especially now that he didn’t feel like he had to hold back as much. I was surprised at how much his need for me and his absolute lust for me turned me on.
I rolled over, noticing the closed bedroom door. He left me a note.
Sephie,
