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Carlos is gone. Javier is making his move. They are coming to you as planned. Do you trust Lev?
I hate that I have to think before I answer.
Yes.
But after last night… I am not so sure.
Do you know where he is right now?
I scowl at the phone. What is she doing? Renata is my best friend on the planet, but what the hell is she even doing right now?
No, why?
The little dots indicating she’s responding flick across the screen. They disappear. They come back, and I’m growing impatient.
What the hell is going on?
My sources tell me he’s with another woman. I know he is just a figurehead and a means to work with the Romanovs, but I wanted you to know. Be careful about trusting him.
Just a figurehead?
Just a means to work with the Romanovs?
He made love to me last night. He made me scream in ecstasy and marked my body with his teeth and hands. I’ve memorized the details of his body, the way his eyes grow stormy or hopeful, depending on his mood. I know exactly where he has the faintest glimmer of a dimple in his right cheek, a hint of a cleft in his chin, and how long his stubble gets when he doesn’t shave for a day.
I know the sound of his voice when he’s amused or angry or curious, or when he’s just at ease. I know the way he sleeps, with his arm tucked under his head and a gun on the bedside table because even in rest, he’s willing and able to defend me.
I know how he under-salts his food and over-butters his bread. I know how he tracks every penny that comes in and out of his bank account, even though he’s independently wealthy like all the Romanov men. He trusts no one and is always on alert.
I know what he wants. What he hopes. What he dreams, and how, most of all, he wants the normalcy of a family to come home to.
Just a figurehead?
Are we both being used by our families?
What woman?
I have no idea. Look into it.
Oh, I totally fucking will.
Okay, I will. Thank you. Are you alright?
I don’t know… Carlos is getting suspicious. He was wary last night. I spent the night at Gia’s.
I clench my jaw. If my best friend gets hurt because of this bullshit?—
Stay safe.
I glance at the time. I have an hour before I’m supposed to be teaching another self-defense class at the Romanov family headquarters.
I might as well go early and do some investigative work. Ask some questions.
Woman.
He’s in touch with another woman?
