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“Through cheap drugs that kill people?”
His smile freezes. “Every war has collateral damage, Miss Madani.”
“You can’t call it collateral damage when you’re planning a delivery of the same drugs tonight.”
Mischa’s eyes flash. I’ve made a mistake. Maybe he’ll drag Eva back in here. Or he thinks I’ve figured this out on my own.
Armed police will be here any minute.
He shifts off the couch, adjusting his cuffs. “I can call it whatever the fuck I want. I’m more interested in talking about you. You are quite appealing, though you don’t try to be. It’s that attribute that makes you desirable.”
Smug son of a bitch. I’m vulnerable here, but there’s a part of me that won’t be silenced. The assumption that women exist to attract men, that we’re pawns to be desired and manipulated.
“I thought it was the fact that I’m with Harrison. I mean, that seems to be what gets you off. Going after what he has. His parents. His brother. His fiancée.” I glance back at the door, toward wherever Eva’s gone.
But instead of looking angry, Mischa laughs. “I’ve never seen him so captivated by someone. You gave him something his entire corporation never could.”
“What’s that?”
“Hope. And now we’re going to take it away from him.”
Sweat rolls between my shoulders.
Where are the police?
The truth washes over me in a sickening wave.
They’re not coming.
Either they can’t, or they’re not seeing what’s happening. If they could, they would’ve been here by now.
“What are you waiting for?” Mischa drawls. “You’re a beautiful woman. Entertain us.”
The guard behind me steps closer, and something hard bumps my lower back.
When cold metal slips under my jacket and presses against my skin, it’s worse than my nightmare. At least if I fell forever, I wouldn’t hit the ground.
Ivanov’s cruel grin and the gun in my back say I’m about to do just that.
