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“He’s coming here?” I said, starting to get nervous.
“Net. No one comes here. No one knows here exists and I plan to keep it that way,” he said, refilling my glass of water at the refrigerator. He walked back to me, handing me the full glass of water. “Andrei will stay here with you, just in case,” he said.
“You don’t need him too? You realize there are like forty-seven guards and at least that many dogs outside, right? I mean, I feel fairly protected.”
He leaned in close, kissing my temple and whispered, “I have a pinky swear to uphold, solnishko.”
I blushed.
“Stay with Andrei. Please? And do what he says if anything happens,” he said.
I nodded my head and looked up at him, trying to mask the nervousness I was feeling. His hand cupped the side of my face as he pulled me to him and kissed me deeply, in full view of all the guys. Even Andrei who had just walked into the kitchen was privy to this moment. I was struggling between feeling utterly shy in front of everyone and not wanting to let him go. He pulled away slowly, that intensity in his eyes making them darker than normal.
“Please be careful,” I said.
“Always. We won’t be gone too long. You’ll be safe with Andrei. Pinky swear,” he said as he winked at me before turning to go.
“Wait! Salvadori’s eye twitches when he’s being dishonest. Or when he’s angry,” I said. Adrik raised an eyebrow, but simply nodded as he turned to leave.
Please come back to me, I thought to myself as I watched him walk out of the kitchen, followed by everyone but Andrei.
I looked at Andrei. “Okay, so now what, Boss? You’re the babysitter, so what’s on the agenda?”
“I was going to work out, so you can come with me. It might be boring for you, but I’m supposed to not let you out of my sight until Boss gets back,” he said.
“Oh, can I get in on that workout? It’s been like four days since I’ve done anything. Unless you count beating Adrik in a race a little bit ago.”
“You beat him? Really?” he asked, completely surprised.
I just stared at him for a moment, faking being offended that he didn’t believe me right away. “I’m fast as fuck, boy.”
He laughed. “Okay, Usain.”
I ran upstairs to change while Andrei waited outside my bedroom for me. I traded the jeans for a pair of leggings. I threw on a sports bra and a bigger shirt, to make sure Andrei didn’t see anything he shouldn’t see. When I came out of my room, he had his back to the door, like the guardian he was. I took the opportunity to jump on his back like a spider monkey. “Onward, trusty steed!” I said, pointing ahead of him. He grabbed my legs and bounced me up higher on his back. He walked down the stairs like he wasn’t carrying a whole ass other person on his back.
He turned at the bottom of the stairs and went toward all the guys’ rooms. “Ohhh, I haven’t been this way yet. It’s an adventure!” I said, trying to be as annoying as possible.
As we passed each room, he pointed out who the room belonged to. Like I was going to remember after just one time.
“Will there be a test on this later? Because I can tell you right now that I’m not going to pass that test,” I asked.
He laughed. “Net, sestrichka. No test. We will all help you when you get lost. It took me two weeks to remember where everything was when we first moved here.”
“That makes me feel so much better.”
The gym came after all the guys’ bedrooms. It was huge and completely furnished with every weight and machine you would find in a regular gym. There was even a boxing ring at the back wall. Andrei pointed to a door behind the boxing ring. “There’s a basketball court through that door.”
“Shut up. You guys have a basketball court here?”
“Da. We don’t really use it that much. In the winter more. Too hot in the summer.”
I looked at him, amazed at this house. “I just can’t believe it’s not temperature-controlled,” I said under my breath.
Andrei set me down by the extensive racks of weights. “You do my workout, sestrichka?”
I nodded. I was always up for a challenge. “Please don’t kill me.”
He chuckled. “I’ll go easy.”
