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Igor, Leonid, and Di their way around the house, but all my attention is focused on hiazes locked with awareness and knowledge running between us like electric currents

He could’ve been killed

For every minute he’s out there, there’s a possibility he ether on nursingmy pride? The man I met in New York City was only a part of the complex puzzle that is Alex Volkov He’s so much more than the sophisticated oil tycoon with an unexpected caring side There are layers to hi in front of arch who’s both admired and feared This is his ho with everything that shaped hiet to know hiave my heart to All I have to do is eiven me

My throat closes up with fear Ignorance is bliss As ood probability I won’t like the full truth about hi into an abyss of darkness I have no idea what awaitsback I’ll either love him more or hate what I find

This could be a new beginning or the end

The insight is terrifying If weIf he’s willing to trust me with my freedom and I can make peace with every hidden part of hiether, we’ll be unshakable However, if our foundation crumbles, I won’t have a choice but to walk away I’ve done it once, and I’ll be strong enough to do it again

There’s only one problem with that scenario Now that I know Alex better, I suspect I never truly walked away in New York He was always pulling the strings Every avebut an illusion

No, he’ll never letdown, there will only be one choice

I’ll have to run

I treht hits me like a tornado and the verity settles like broken branches in the destruction it leaves behind

“You can go,” Alex says to the guard, holding loves

The guard salutes and closes the door behind him when he leaves The click of an electronic lock sounds The doormechanism

Alex studiesattention as he takes off his boots “Why aren’t you in bed?”