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“No.” She moved closer, huddling into me. “I want to stay with you.”
“Alright then. Vlad, to the club.” I looked to Nora, kissing her hair, and smoothing it back. “I promise it won’t be long.”
She nodded against my shoulder and closed her eyes. I was worried about her. It wasn’t like her to be so clingy. Just the opposite.
We arrived at Pandemonium fifteen minutes later, and Vlad dropped us at the side VIP entrance before going to park the car. I led Nora up the stairs and straight to VIP. I took her towards a back room using the special passkey which I handed to her. In there was a fully stocked bar, a buffet, a bunch of comfortable leather sofas, a TV, DJ system and to the side of that, a fully equipped bedroom.
It was a perfect space for businessorpleasure.
“So, this passkey has today’s codes for this room. As long as it’s in use, no one else can come in. See this screen here?” I pointed to a small device above the doorknob. “It’ll show you who’s at the door. You let them in at your discretion. Feel free to use anything in the room. I won’t be long.”
She nodded. “I think I’ll just lie down. Maybe watch some TV.”
I leaned in and pressed my lips hard to hers. “You do that,” I said softly.
I had her open the door for me and close it behind me. Having her in a room where no one could get in was the safest I could make her until I had ascertained that there was no danger to her here. There was a camera feed in my office so I could keep an eye on her.
Katya was waiting for me outside my office. “What? You didn’t try to break in? I’m disappointed.” I opened the door, and she followed me in.
She rolled her eyes. “We have important things to discuss.”
I picked up my iPad and switched on the feed for the back room before leaning on the deck, folding my arms, and looking expectantly at her. “Alright. What’s so urgent?”
She sighed. “I know you don’t want to think about this but… Nora.”
I narrowed my eyes. “What about her?”
“She’s not family.”
I groaned. “Not you, Katya. Don’t come at me with that exclusionary nonsense.”
“No, that’s not what I’m saying!” She grabbed my arm in protest.
“Then whatareyou saying?”
“Look, I know you’re falling for this girl, but you hardly know her. Hell, before this week you didn’t even know her real name. And now we’ve killed a man in front of her. This could be a problem.”
“And you don’t think I can handle it?”
She gritted her teeth in annoyance. “I’maskingyou how you plan to handle it.”
I expelled a breath, looking away. “It’s taken care of, Katya.”
“How? Damnit Alexei, you think I like asking these questions. But you can be damn sure other people will ask, even if not to your face.” She sighed. “I like Nora a lot. I want to see you happy. But to do that, you need to have an answer. She was present while we killed a man. What’s to stop her from having a crisis of conscience and going to the cops? Or what if you break up and she decides to be malicious?”
I glared at her. “She didn’t justwatchus kill a man, Kat. She participated. She strangled him. She can’t implicate us without implicating herself.”
She stared at me with wide eyes, realization gradually dawning. “That’s why you let her do it. Encouraged her even.”
I just looked at her.
“Whew!” She shook her head in wonder. “Well, well. Mr. Diabolical strikes again.”
I huffed. “Just call me El Diablo.”
She shook her head. “Nobody calls you that.”
“The Mexicans do.”
