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“It’s notyour kid and you still wouldn’tat him “And now you’ll never see me in this!”

He should have gotten rid of her a long ti with the noise of the sla the phone Shaking his head, he picked up the receiver

“Yeah?”

“You’re not going to like this, boss,” Cooper said

“What’s wrong?” Nikos’s heart gave a weird thump “Michael?”

“The baby’s fine With his nanny But Anna took off I didn’t stop her, since she didn’t take the boy I had her followed, like you said She took the Maserati”

Nikos nearly choked on his bourbon Anna had snuck out? Leaving their son behind? When it was al his favorite car?

That was her idea of going under the radar?

“Where did she go?”

“That’s the part you’re not going to like” Coop paused “She walked into Victor Sinistyn’s club ten o”

“And you waited ten minutes to tell me?” he said tersely

“Wait, boss You don’t want to go there alone—I’uys—”

“I can do this alone!”

Nikos slaht to his private garage and juh the traffic on Las Vegas Boulevard, he headed don

Frehts This here the hardcore gamblers came to play, far from the lavish themed hotels and the fainal Las Vegas, and its hard-edged glairl

Victor Sinistyn had turned his failed casino concept into a dance club Outside of Girls Girls Girls there was a long line of lithe, scantily-clad twenty-so to drink and dance

Nikos leapt off his nized Nikos as he strode arrogantly forward, bypassing the line

“No bodyguards tonight, Mr Stavrakis?”

“Where’s your boss?” Not waiting for an answer, Nikos pushed past him

Inside the club, colored lights were pulsing through the darkness to the beat of the music The place was a cavern, a rebuilt warehouse with an enor crowd The air was steamy, hot, redolent of sex and skin

And then he saw her, wearing a tiny halter top and low-slung jeans that made her look virtually naked

Dancing with Victor Sinistyn

Thehis hands possessively down her bare skin She gave hi her body, ain She leaned back, arms over her head, and her full breasts strained the fabric, nearly popped out of her flesh-colored top But apparently Sinistyn wasn’t satisfied with just looking

Grabbing her shoulders, he pulled her bare belly against hi her neck Anna didn’t struggle, but Nikos had a gli for air Why was Anna allowing him to manhandle her?

He saw the Russian’s hands rowl, Nikos started to push roughly through the crowd All he could think was that if Sinistyn kept touching her he’d kill the man in his own club

CHAPTER FOUR

“THERE, we’ve had our dance” Anna panted, drawing away “Please can we talk now?”

“Theher back close

That hat she was afraid of—that this music would never end Her skin crahere he’d touched her “But I need to ask you so important, Victor A life-and-death favor”