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I frowned “I will be there to meet him”

“When will you arrive?” Naveen asked “Maybe we can leave together”

“No I have a perfor et there”

“This guy’s a nasty one I would bring some men”

“Oh, do not worry My topup

All my life I’d worked hard to stay out of the Brotherhood’s probleone, they all fell on my lap In addition, Kazimir yearned for me to be at his side So et

“Misha?!” Valentina seized my attention and crossed her aret you”

“Then he wasted Pavel’s time”

“Why have you been avoiding or?”

“I don’t need Pavel of all people to getKazimir I’ve been busy”

“Busy hat?”

“None of your business”

In the rabbed her daughter’s pacifier I was the father and she would have to respect that

Soon I would deal with that too

When will all the chaos end?

I’d been due to fly out to Paris tonight and deal with the Devil myself Then Ava told me that she wanted space The confession crushed e herfuneral and even the Lion’s nuclear codes

Going to her perforh I yearned to touch her I’d spent enough ti in the audience, watching other men lift and pick her up Turn and twirl her around The pain and an unending twinge of jealousy would always coainst my pants with no hope of relief?

We needed ether, but there was no time

She needed space, but I had none to offer her

If I planned on leaving for Paris after the performance, I had to make a move today Therefore, I went to the theater this afternoon, took Ava into her dressing roo sure that she knew exactly how much I possessed her