Sephie is just a waitress trying to survive her late shifts, joking with her charming bartender friend Max and finding comfort in her kind neighbors. But once a month, she serves the city’s most dangerous crime bosses: a job that pays well but comes with risks. Tonight, as black SUVs arrive, she braces herself, unaware her life is about to change forever.
Viktor walked into the office. “Chen called. I told him Sephie would call him back in 5 minutes. Do you want to go upstairs or should have her come down here?” “I’ll go up. I need a change of scenery. She promised Andrei she would cook his favorite meal tonight since he saved her from…
I caught Andrei before they all left the penthouse after dinner was over and we’d thoroughly discussed all possibilities. “I promise to make your favorite meal tomorrow for suggesting we order takeout tonight. You saved me so much work and I love you for it, Bubba.” He pulled me into a hug. “I know you’re…
I thought for a moment. “I know I do. Sometimes I think it’s a fault, but I refuse to see how thinking the best of someone is a bad thing. It’s gotten me hurt and taken advantage of plenty of times in my life. You’d think I would’ve learned by now, but I just can’t…
“I asked them to give us 20 minutes. We both know that’s not nearly enough time for what you’re thinking about right now,” I said. “Don’t shatter my dreams,” he said, laughing at me. He stood up and met me halfway between his desk and the door. He pulled me to him. His hands were…
“I haven’t seen anything. Ever since they got into a fight about her basically accusing you of being an addict, which is really ironic now, they’ve had a strained relationship. I think they even slept in separate rooms this past weekend at least one night.. I’ve heard them arguing, but they’re always arguing in Italian…
“If you can’t find inner peace in 900 years, are you even trying?” Andrei said, which caused another round of laughter from all of us. I was laughing so hard I was crying by the time I finally gained control of myself. “Shit, I needed that,” I said. “Okay, back to serious matters. Seriously, focus…
“Well, she’s a coke addict, so there’s that. Honestly, I don’t feel as elated as I was hoping I was going to feel about that one. just sad, really.” I looked down at the floor for a moment, thinking about how empty she was to turn to drugs to try and fill whatever void she…
I sighed, thinking I took longer than seven minutes. “Hold this. I’ll be right back.” I handed my coffee to Stephen and walked. into the office. Adrik smiled at me, looking at his watch. “Six and a half minutes,” he said in Russian. “Really? I thought for sure I took longer since your meeting was…
“Just as I suspected, princess. She’s very much a creature of habit. So is the guy she meets each time. It will be easy to get what we need,” Ivan said. “Won’t she notice the missing product, though?” I asked. I was very curious about this whole process. “You can take what you need as…
“Really?” “Yeah, you probably would have if I hadn’t gotten greedy,” I said, grinning. He ran his hand up to the back of my neck, grabbing my hair and kissing me deeply. “I like it when you’re greedy. You’re always allowed to be greedy,” he said, smiling against my lips. He inhaled again, moving to…