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Konstantin stopped and turned around to face her. He looked annoyed, which was understandable considering how long he waited for her.
“Can you hold up a minute? I forgot something.” She pouted, giving him that sad puppy look that always worked with men. At least, it used to, until she found out her asshole ex had been cheating on her.
Konstantin sighed. He shook his head. “Well, hurry up.”
She grimaced. “Thank you.” She shoved the bags she was holding onto him and padded to the store.
“Good afternoon, Ma’am,” the store attendant greeted as she entered inside. “How may I help you?”
“I need a gift for a man.” She exhaled. The next words were heavy on the tip of her tongue. “My husband.”
“Do you have a brand in mind?” the attendant asked.
Zia thought for a moment. She’d seen Lev wearing a Patek Philip at least twice, which meant it was his favorite brand. He’d be happy if she got him a new limited edition, but she had another plan, and making him happy wasn’t her priority. Pissing him off in a way he couldn’t complain about was what she wanted. “The cheapest brand you have. And a nice cufflink, too.”
The attendant smiled and gestured for Zia to follow her. “I’ll show you what we have.”
One watch caught Zia’s attention. It was a silver watch with tiny crusts of diamond around it. It didn’t cost much, but it was beautiful. She pointed at it. “I’ll take that.”
“Would you like to see the cufflinks?”
“Just pick out one.” The cufflinks were for Konstantin. It was her way of thanking him for waiting without being bitchy about it. Her ex-boyfriend would rather swing from a pole than wait for her to pick up something from a store.
Being treated with respect wasn’t something she was used to. Konstantin, despite being a grump, was nice to her in his own way.
The store attendant picked out a cufflink and billed her for the items she could. Zia paid and hurried out to meet Konstantin in the hallway. She took three of her shopping bags from him and smiled. “Let’s go.”
Konstantin loaded the bags in the trunk of the car while Zia waited for him to finish in the back seat. When he joined herin the car minutes later, she held out the cufflinks to him. “I got this for you.”
“What’s inside?” he asked. Surprise laced his voice, but he didn’t sound impressed.
“It’s a gift. Open it,” she replied.
Konstantin’s eyes narrowed on her suspiciously. He took the bag from her, shaking it close to his ear before tearing the packaging open. “A cufflink?”
She nodded. “You waited for me to shop. I thought I’d get you something in return.”
His lips curled with a faint smile. “You’re Lev’s wife, which means I work for you too. I’ll lay my life for you if need be, but you don’t have to get me gifts each time.”
“Okay, I won’t.” She suddenly remembered she’d left some important things in the Airbnb. Her parent’s photo albums, some of her, and some other things she couldn’t just leave behind. “Can you drive me to my Airbnb? I have some things I need to get.”
“Lev didn’t tell me to take you there,” Konstantin said, twisting his neck to look at her.
“Didn’t you say you work for me too?” She cocked her brow. It felt good using his own words against him. “Please?”
“I’ll take you, but you get whatever it is you need, and we’re out of there.”
“Sure.” She told him the address, and he plunged the car forward.
Konstantin remained in the car when they got to the Airbnb moments later, while Zia hurried inside the near-depilated building. The elevator whisked her up to the secondfloor, and that was when she remembered she hadn’t taken the key. She’d lost it that night at the club.
She swiped her hand over her hair and bit her lips. Fuck, what the hell was she supposed to do now.
“Ms. Kincaid.”
She turned around to see the building’s owner smiling at her. The heavens were definitely on her side because she could ask him for the spare keys. “Hello, I need to get my stuff and I forgot the key. Think you can help me with the spare?”
“Sure, the door is open. Your fiancé came in a while ago and—”
