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I utter a laugh “You’re unbelievable”

He gets up “This is a difficult time for both of us Don’t make it harder than it already is”

Tears burn at the backs of my eyes, but I blink them away

“If at all possible, you will be there” He takes s that will compromise our safety if I don’t deal with them first, and when I’ve taken care of them, we may have to lay low for a while”

“That’s what you keep saying”

Wrapping an arainst his I lean back, but not far enough to escape his lips He slants the an instant fire to my lower body

I push on his shoulders, fighting for distance until he loosens his hold

“Katerina,” he says, fixing me with a predatory stare

“No, Alex” I grip his wrist and reet to kiss yourself out of a fight”

Not sparing hi—and not just because I

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I’ because ht and let h clearly when she turned her back on me and went to sleep

After blowing off soy home and will be around for lunch I instruct hi special for Katyusha, one of her favorite dishes, and then I go to et some work done

I’ve barely settled behind or raps on the open door

“Enter,” I say, waving him inside

“There’s been a development you should know about,” he says as he approaches my desk

I give him my full attention

He stops behind the visitor’s chair “Stefanov has put a price on Besov’s head Word has just been put out The news is circulating in the bratva circles”

“Interesting” I rub a thumb over my lips “What’s his reason?”