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“Well, not me technically, but I told someone to do it,” he said, sheepishly.
I walked to him. I placed my hands on his chest, as his arms circled my waist. “Thank you,” I said. “Thank you for keeping me safe and for thinking of the little things that I missed from my life. Thank you for allowing me in your life. Thank you for trusting me enough that first night to tell me your name.”
He had a lazy smile on his face as he looked at me. “So, you’re happy with it?”
“Very.”
“Good. Because it’s not over yet. There’s more to the surprise later.”
“More? What else could there possibly be?”
He grinned at me. “You’ll see. Now, do you want to see the two floors underneath this one?”
“I want to see everything you want to show me.”
We explored the next two floors below his penthouse. There was, of course, a full gym here too. Walking through the gym, I asked, “Where’s the basketball court in this one?”
He laughed. “No basketball court here. Only at the house.”
“How do you guys manage? Like seriously. Take me back to the house. I can’t live under these conditions.” It was so hard to get that out with a straight face, but I managed. He turned to me, worried that I was serious. Just the look of worry on his face made me lose it. I started laughing.
He pushed me gently. “You worried me!”
We finished the official tour around lunchtime. On his private elevator back up to his penthouse, he asked “Now, would you like to go somewhere for lunch?”
“Like actually go somewhere? We can do that?”
“We can do whatever we please, solnishko. What would you like?”
My mind immediately went to Vinny’s and their life-changing sandwiches. “Can we go to Vinny’s, so I can actually thank them in person for changing my life with their sandwiches?”
He laughed. “Of course. The guys will be so happy. They can’t get enough of that place,” he said as he pulled me to him. He kissed me, saying, “And I can’t get enough of you,” against my lips.
I rested my head against his chest, inhaling his scent. My arms hugged him tighter as I was thinking about how lucky I was.
Our trip to Vinny’s was not what I would consider normal, but they all acted like it was nothing. I was going to have to get used to having six men surrounding me in public, apparently. Most people were somewhat used to seeing Adrik with his guards, but the addition of me was clearly noteworthy, judging by the number of looks we got walking around. We left through the lobby, as they had pulled the vehicles out in front of the building, and we couldn’t even get through the lobby without everyone stopping and staring. I was starting to feel very self-conscious as we got in the SUV.
Ivan turned from the driver’s seat, grinning at me, “You just successfully smashed all the rumors that he’s gay. He hasn’t been seen in public with a woman in a few years.” He winked at me.
“I feel like I should’ve given them a show,” I said, rolling my eyes.
The café was much better. It was small, without too many people inside, so we had a good time during lunch. We were laughing and joking, as usual. Vinny arrived as we were leaving. He stopped to address Adrik. “Good day, sir. I’m pleased you’ve come today. And with such a gorgeous woman too!” he said as he looked at me.
I smiled at him. “You must be Vinny?”
“Si, bella.”
“You are single-handedly responsible for making me have to work out more, but my stomach is so grateful for it,” I said, offering my hand to him.
“Hey, we’re Italian. We can’t help but feed everyone,” he said, pulling me into a hug instead of shaking my hand. I was surprised by it, but I felt Adrik’s hand on my lower back. “You come back often, bella. Good marketing to see a beautiful woman eating at my shop,” he said, winking at me and giving Adrik the thumbs up.
Viktor, with his serious, deep voice, said, “Careful what you wish for, Vinny. This girl eats as much as we do.”
“Ah, she’s welcome. You’re all welcome here as much as you like. I’m so grateful to you, sir,” he said, shaking Adrik’s hand.
Adrik and I spent the next few hours by ourselves in the penthouse. In short, it was glorious to spend time with him during the day. We talked, we laughed, we acted like two people falling in love with each other.
At precisely 5:00 p.m., he stood up from the couch and extended his hand to me. “Come, time for the next part of your surprise.”
