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Viktor thought for a moment. As we walked to the elevator, he said, “Honestly, it makes sense. I’ve never seen two people so in sync as you two are. She seems to be able to read your mind the best. You also know what she’s thinking better than I’ve ever seen with anyone else. And she’s the only one that I’ve ever seen be able to get your bloodlust to calm down. I almost didn’t believe my eyes the first time I saw it happen.”
I chuckled. “I tried to tell her, but I’m not sure she fully understands what a feat that is. And she did it without even trying,” I said, shaking my head. The doors to the elevator opened. We were still laughing at our conversation when we walked into the penthouse. As soon as Sephie saw me, she ran to me.
“What happened?” she asked, concerned. She was searching my eyes, trying to answer her own question before I had a chance to answer. I glanced to Viktor to make sure he was watching. I wanted them to see this. I looked back at her and let her search my eyes without saying a word. She let out a small gasp. “Giana tried to apologize, but you made her cry, didn’t you?”
I smiled down at her, then glanced back to Viktor. His mouth was open in shock. I glanced quickly at the other four guys who looked just as surprised. “To be fair, I didn’t see her crying. She wouldn’t look at me at the end there,” I said, smirking.
“She was crying,” Viktor said. He was still completely shocked at what he’d just witnessed.
“Dammit, I miss all the fun!” Misha said.
“Sephie, how did you know he was angry from up here? I mean, you were right. He was hot, but how did you know?” Viktor asked.
“You felt it, didn’t you?” I asked her, before she could answer. She grinned at me, nodding her head. I looked at Viktor, saying, “Told you. I don’t know how it works, but it does.”
The other guys were now curious. “She felt what? She can feel when you’re angry now?” Andrei asked.
She turned back toward the kitchen, grabbing my hand and pulling me with her. “Yeah, that’s the only way I know to describe it. It’s happened a few times now, but we’ve never not been in the same room before. This one was different,” she said as she went back to finishing dinner.
“Does it only happen with anger, or can you feel other emotions too?” Stephen asked.
I looked at Sephie, who was thinking. I knew she likely didn’t want to get too detailed on our sex life, but the truth was it was happening with other emotions too, especially when we had sex. It felt like it was getting more intense every time. I think she’s been feeling it longer than I have, but I’m finally feeling what she feels. She glanced up to see me looking at her. She couldn’t hide the smirk on her face. I knew she wasn’t going to answer either. I looked to Stephen, saying, “The anger seems to be the strongest and, therefore, the easiest one to feel, but it’s happening with other emotions as well.”
“How long has she straight up been reading your mind?” Misha asked.
I laughed. “That one has been happening for a while. But that shouldn’t surprise any of you. She does it to you guys too,” I said.
“Not like what she just did to you. Although, I’d be willing to bet she probably could do it to one of us if we tried it,” Misha said.
“I don’t know. It works the best with Adrik. He’s the only one I know for sure. The rest of you is usually my best guess,” Sephie said.
“Christmas isn’t that far away. What size crystal ball were you thinking you’ll need to get this side hustle off the ground?” Ivan asked, causing Sephie to grin at him.
“It does make sense that you two would be so completely in sync. I’ve never seen two people as connected as you two are. It makes sense that you two feel what the other one feels, but not even being in the same room is pretty impressive,” Stephen said. Out of all the guys, he was the most scientifically minded, especially when it came to psychology and matters of the mind. I’m sure he was constructing an experiment to carry out to prove that what he’d just seen was real.
“Surely you’ve seen something similar in your 900 years on this Earth?” Andrei asked Stephen.
“Once before,” Stephen said, completely straight-faced. We all laughed. Sephie had set out the food on the island as we were talking and laughing. She walked to me as the guys helped themselves to food, tucking herself into my side where she fit so perfectly. I looked down at her, reveling in her smile.
“This is exactly what I needed, solnishko,” I said, brushing a curl from her face. She just smiled her sweet smile and stood on her toes to kiss me. Suddenly, the stress from the day was completely gone.
“So, tell us what happened with Giana,” Misha said after we had all started eating.
Viktor couldn’t hide his amusement. “You missed a good one, Misha. You would’ve been so happy, especially after you were so angry last week,” he said.
Misha looked at me, clearly still angry as he thought about Giana’s behavior last week. “I hope you made her feel terrible.”
I shrugged my shoulders. “I don’t know if she actually heard anything I said, that’s the issue. It seemed like Armando had said the same thing to her over and over and she’s still not hearing it. He was almost trying to force an apology out of her, like she was a child. I question whether she’s really heard anything that’s been said to her if she can’t even apologize on her own,” I said.
“Thankfully, Boss didn’t accept it. Honestly, I was shocked that Armando did it,” Viktor said.
“I do feel bad for Mando. He’s in an awkward spot with this one,” I said.
“What did you say to her?” Sephie asked.
“I told her she should come and apologize on her own, first and foremost. Then I think I told her you were smarter than she was and that her insecurity with herself was no excuse to try and use a falsely perceived fault to tear you down to make herself feel better. Then I listed everything you’ve done for her since she’s been here and tried to make her feel bad for thinking the worst of you. I also might’ve thrown in a veiled threat about how angry we all were with her last week,” I said that last sentence quietly. I wasn’t sure how happy Sephie was going to be with that one. Misha, on the other hand, was ecstatic.
“Oh, please tell me you told her how angry I was last week. She can’t keep from staring at me. Like literally all the time. I hope it crushes her to know I was pissed,” he said.
