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.
Mike still thought he had the clear advantage. He climbed into the ring, “alright, let’s get this over with, but don’t be mad at me when I mess up her pretty face and she’s got nothing else going for her. I can’t believe you guys are du mb enough to let me wreck her face.”…
Adrik I watched Sephie’s reaction at Stephen’s solution to the Mike problem. She thought for a minute, clearly unsure about it. “I don’t know how I feel about this,” I said. “It’s one thing for you guys to spar with her. I know you guys won’t hurt her. I don’t know that I can say…
“If you were wavering at all about ending him, there’s your motivation to stick with your original plan. You’re doing the world a favor,” I said. I could hear him cursing in Spanish. “What about the warehouse? Do you need help with that? My dealers weren’t too happy to find out they were trying to…
I laughed. “If you don’t mind, I’m going to skip telling him that. He told me he was going to steal you yesterday. I don’t want to give him any more hope that you can learn to love Colombian men.” She looked at me wide-eyed, her fingers frozen in place. “I told him I’d like…
“How do you know that, Sephie? I didn’t even know that,” Armando asked, clearly surprised. “I thought everyone knew that it takes the specific climate of Colombia to grow the plants. You can grow it further south, as well, but the yields aren’t as high and the quality isn’t as good. Colombia is the prime…
Ivan said, “that’s not a bad idea. If we can set up a fake warehouse next to the one they’re using, it would give us a reason for electricians and the like to be close to their warehouse and maybe even in their warehouse.” Sephie’s face lit up. “Chen is a contractor too. He can…
Sephie Adrik held me a little tighter as it was my anger that was threatening to come to the surface now. Ivan almost died that day and I still wasn’t over it. I looked at Andy, my anger oozing out, as I said, “you better start talking and if you lie to me, your face…
“Papa Bear, it’s not your fault. He has some weird women issues that he’s projecting onto me. It wouldn’t have come up in an interview. I’m not even sure it would’ve come up if he just had to deal with Giana. It seems directed at me. Maybe he ha tes redheads, I don’t know,” Sephie…
Ivan walked up with my jacket In hand. “Come on, princess. He’ll never let you leave If we don’t go now.” I took my jacket from him, laughing. As I turned to leave, Adrik pulled me back to him for one more kiss. I laughed against his lips. “I’ll hurry back. I promise.” We pulled…
As we drove back to the penthouse, my mind was racing about what Chen had said about Max. Instead of thinking about him, I tried to distract myself by asking Misha and Ivan questions. “Doesn’t it sound like they’re going to replace the supply without telling the dealers anything?” I asked from the backseat. They…