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I stared at her for long time without blinking. This could certainly be possible. Who were my biggest enemies? Gino, who got what he wanted and thought Marinka was dead. Sofia … but why go so far?
“All right, but help me out here. Why would anyone try to kill you? No one apart from Sofia knows about you,” I asked. Someone must have found out Russina had been dead for over four years and shared that information with her.
“I think you truly hit your head too hard, Sebastian.” She laughed and I frowned at her. “Sofia wants to get rid of me so she could pursue you. She’s cuckoo. Isn’t that obvious?”
This time I laughed, because this was damn funny.
“Don’t be silly. It’s not me she’s after, but my business and territory,” I said, my head bearing the weight of an anvil.
“She’s still wants you and she can’t stand it that you’re happy,” Marinka disagreed. “Yes, she wants more territory, but fact is, she wants to rule it all with you. Some kind of sick fantasy she has…”
So much water had gone under the bridge since Sofia and I had our brief affair. I hadn’t heard from her in years. What had changed now? She was a woman in charge in a brutal world. I had friends and few enemies because I knew to put my money where my mouth was. I’d created useful alliances during the years, and were it not for my latest fuckups, I ran a pretty tight ship without many hiccups.
Maybe Marinka was right—she wanted it all, the respect, the power … and me. Not for my sexual prowess, but for what I could bring to the table businesswise. Sofia was worth billions, and although she had taken Marcus’ place without apparent issues, maybe she didn’t enjoy the full support of her people as I assumed.
Maybe her house of cards was falling down.
“Okay, let’s presume you’re right, why risk so much just to kill you?” I asked. Especially after she’d offed Marcus—everyone knew that, deep down.
Marinka nodded, then sighed.
“Who knows? She may be badass, but she’s also human. And she’s jealous…” she said. “I was supposed to be dead, but that’s twice now that I’ve been spared.”
“Come here, let me kiss you. I can’t believe that bitch might be responsible for this. She has to pay for ruining the best night of fucking ever.” I started to laugh but it hurt like the Devil.
Marinka leaned over to gently brush her lips over mine. I couldn’t lift my fucking hands to hold her. She ended the kiss and touched her forehead to mine.
“I hate her just because now we have to wait for you to get back on form. You promised you would do unspeakable, naughty things to me,” she reminded me, looking all shy again, and that really turned me on. This woman was my rock and I couldn’t fucking believe I’d nearly lost her.
“Trust me, baby, as soon as I can move again, we won’t be leaving our bedroom at all,” I assured her, picturing her naked with nipple clamps, tied up to the bed and panting for me. Damn, I just couldn’t stop thinking about her. This wasn’t good, because I could barely feel my dick. Also, I didn’t want to scare the nurses when they discovered my giant erection.
Needing distraction, I asked about Lilly. Marinka stayed with me for a little while, then my eyelids started getting heavy and I dozed off.
I stayed in the hospital for another week. The worst was over, but I still had a way to go toward full recovery.
When I got home, Marinka started fussing over me, but I had to see my brothers. Sofia was a problem we had to tackle as swiftly as possible. I needed to send a clear message and show my enemy that I didn’t forget when someone dared to fuck with my family.
At some point I had to confront her about what happened, but to be fully honest, I just wanted to fucking kill that bitch. If things got really bad, then I’d even go as far as to rope in the Italians, but I wasn’t that desperate yet.
“How is my princess?” I said with a grin when Lilly ran to me and grabbed my legs.
“I missed you, Daddy! I was so worried you were hurt,” she said.
What hurt the most, though, was that I couldn’t hug her as I wanted.
“Daddy is going to be all right. Sorry that I can’t pick you up, sweetie,” I said.
Sparky and Milo showed up then, as I’d asked.
“How is my favourite girl?”
“I am good, Uncle Sparky,” Lilly replied, jumping up to get a good hold of his neck—the only ball and chain my brother would ever welcome having.
Sparky kissed her and whispered something in her ear. He probably had some gift for her because she was giggling in excitement. He spoiled her more than I did, but I didn’t mind. Sparky was fucking mad as a hatter but he looked after my daughter really well and she loved spending time with him.
Marinka let Lilly to the kitchen while I stumbled to my office, my brothers in tow. I moved like a hundred-year-old with a cane, and everything ached. That bitch had really fucked me up.
Once we were there, I closed the door behind us. “Don’t say anything, Milo,” I said before he could open his mouth. “I was only trying to protect my interests and no one was supposed to know about Russina.”
