Page 69 of Taken By My Grumpy Pakhan

Svet and I had an understanding, and not once had she questioned my conduct.

Scratch that, she knew I hate being questioned.

Regardless, two could play this game. She came looking for something.

“What does it matter to you?” I replied with the same tone.

“You never bring your whores close.”

Whore. The word lodged in my chest like a blunt bullet.

“She is not my whore.”

“But you’re fucking her.”

I turned to her, eyeing her exposed cleavage and short skirt. “Would you rather I fucked you?”

Her breath hitched, a sharp inhale betraying her fake mask of calm.

“We have an agreement, Svet, and we both know what this is. I keep to my end and you keep to yours.”

“You still haven’t answered the question.”

I turned to her, bending till my lips were a few inches shy of her ear. “She has a tight pussy.” I straightened to find her face the perfect picture of calm. “Don’t ever question me again.”

I walked off without another word, but her words followed me out. “I don’t like to be embarrassed, Kazimir.”

When I finally returned to the jet, there was a fuming Genevieve waiting for me.

What was it with women and baring their teeth at me today?

“What was the meaning of that?”

“Good afternoon to you too, Genevieve. Did you enjoy your afternoon?”

Her eyes flashed, her face immediately turning the colour of a tomato. “You don’t get to change the topic.”

I lowered myself into the sofa, tugging my tie loose. “I was only observing the courtesy you loudly ignored.”

“Why did you bring me here?”

“Because you’re my assistant, Genevieve.”

“Would you stop saying my name like that?”

“Like what?”

I didn’t think it was possible for anyone to get more red, but at this rate, if she reddened any further she would burst into flames.

“You left me here.” She pointed to the floor of the jet. “You brought your assistant to a work meeting and had them locked in the jet while you attended the meeting.”

I reached for the bottle the waiter laid out for me, taking a long-needed sip. I knew there was a reason I never bothered with keeping women around.

“No one kept you in the jet, Genevieve.” I intentionally said her name to watch that delicious flash pass through her eyes. “You were very free to move around and explore the city. I left a car for that purpose.”

“If I wanted to explore a city, I would go on a vacation.”

“Then consider this a free trip.”