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.
“I don’t know. I tried to investigate it a few years ago, but I kept running into dead ends. I think it was a top-secret level operation, so there’s not much information on it available. There were a lot of boys there still when I broke out. I sometimes wonder what happened to them. There…
“Technically, I didn’t say anything about the activities I had in mind before the sleeping,” she said as she slid her hand into the waistband of my pants, grabbing my a ss. I didn’t need any further encouragement I pulled her on top of me, her lips finding mine immediately. I loved it when she…
I see a nurse walk up and tell Sephie she isn’t needed anymore. Just as I start to panic, Sephie tells the nurse in her very direct but funny, way that she’s not leaving me. She leaned down to me, whispering, “told you I wasn’t going to leave you again. These people are nu ts…
“She said when her uncle used to beat her, he would kick her repeatedly in her stomach. He thought that since he hung out with wh ores that Sephie was just like them. He would kick her, call her names, and tell her she wasn’t going to ever bring home another mouth to feed. She…
“Probably. Why?” I asked. “Not in the most social mood,” she said dismissively. As we got to the bottom of the stairs, I stopped her. “Wait here. I’ll see who’s around,” I said, kissing her cheek. I went to the kitchen, checking to see if they were still there or if they had all gone…
I walked to her, brushing a curl from her face. “That’s a brilliant plan, solnishko. I was beginning to worry I would have to spend another night away from you, just so Ivan could sleep.” She cut her eyes at me as she took another sip of tea. “I’m hoping this will satisfy all parties…
“Don’t you forget it, either,” I said, poking him in the arm. “When you stitched me up, despite me being an as shole to you, I knew you were completely different. I started to see what Adrik saw in you the first time he looked at you. That’s when I knew I would always protect…
Armando looked thoughtful, instead of shocked like I was expecting. “You know, Boss. I’ve thought the same thing recently. Why can’t you run the city yourself? Why do you need them? The people of the city love you much more than any of the other bosses. They’ll stand with you, if it comes to it.”…
“I had plenty of help from Misha and the two invalids. I would just like to calm everyone’s nerves, though. No broccoli was murdered in the making of this meal.” We all laughed. Viktor looked at her, “I owe you an apology, then! I ordered food, thinking you wouldn’t have had time to make. dinner.”…
He gave me a half-smile. “Mostly like I got shot.” my mouth when Andrei “Your ability to paint a picture with words never ceases to amaze nie, Bubba.” He sat on the couch next to me, pulling me to him in a rough hug with his good arm. “Are you hungry? How’s your stomach?” He…