Adrik added, “I was a little worried about how Sephie would read this situation too. I wanted to hold onto her, you know, just in case.” He laughed, looking at my shocked expression.
Viktor picked up the story. “We were all worried but had no reason to be. Of course, Sephie saw through the bu Ilsh it right away. Ivan told her to return the key fob. She lied and said the elevator was open. Sephie told her if she was going to lie that it needed to at least be believable. She said she’s been living here for months and the elevator has never once been open. You should’ve seen the look on Vanessa’s face when Sephie said she’s been living here. She made a snarky comment about Boss not. even knowing her name.” He started laughing and couldn’t finish. Both Ivan and Adrik had started laughing too and couldn’t speak. Misha, Andrei, and Stephen looked to me to finish the story.
I shrugged my shoulders. “I just told her she was wrong and that he knows my name. He screams it often.” I could feel my cheeks flush slightly.
“OH SH IT!” Misha said, all of them now laughing too.
In between laughs, Ivan managed to say, “but that’s not all. She kept going. She called out Vanessa and what she was trying to do, then told her that all she had to offer to a man was her body. She told her tha because the three of us were there that she wouldn’t rearrange Vanessa’s face, but if she ever sees her again, she will. She told her to give the key fob back and then to fu ck off.”
“I meant it in the nicest way possible,” I said, laughing.
Adrik said, “but it still gets better. Vanessa asked me if I was going to let Sephie speak to her that way. I saw the exact moment that Sephie’s patience ran out. She turned back to Vanessa, telling her as much and letting her anger slip out. The three of us all know that tone of voice. We all took a step back at the same time. Vanessa went white, but she da mn sure produced the key fob and handed it to Sephie.” “And then Sephie reminded her that lies needed to be believable and told her to get the fu ck out of her sight,” Ivan finished, still laughing.
Misha, Andrei, and Stephen were stunned for a moment, but they all three stood at once, clapping. I bowed as dramatically as I could.
“Who wants pizza? Being bitchy works up an appetite.” I patted my stomach, laughing. They all agreed and a call was made.. “Now, while we wait, it’s Misha’s turn for story time.”
Misha’s wide smile crept over his face. Poor Andrei’s cheeks went red, having to relive it all again. I walked behind Andrei and climbed over the couch to sit behind him while Misha told the story. I was wedged in between his sizeable frame and the back. of the couch, my legs and arms around him. “I’ll be your emotional support spider monkey for this, Bubba.”
He patted my legs. “You’re my favorite, spider monkey.
Sephie
Misha looked to Ivan. “You’re going to be so happy when you hear this story, man. So, we went to the house the morning after you guys left. Sephie wanted to. We get there and poor Andrei is scared shitless because he hasn’t spoken to Tori since we got back. So, of course Sephie devises a plan to let him go in the house alone for a few moments with her before we all walk in.”
I hugged Andrei a little tighter. “Yeah, so about that, that was a di ck move. I’m sorry.”
He laughed. “It was a di ck move, but I forgive you.”
Misha continued, “turns out Tori wasn’t there when we got there. She’d gone to the store for more food. Sephie wanted to go for a walk, so Andrei and I went with her. I wanted to go for a walk. Andrei wanted to put off the inevitable.” Andrei nodded his head, completely unashamed of his actions. “We were gone for a few hours. We sat by the lake almost the whole time, which made Sephie’s hip sore. Andrei offered to carry her back to the house, but she refused because of Tori. I offered instead and she refused at first, but took me up on the offer before we got to the house. We walked into the kitchen and Tori had her back to us. We just stopped and waited for her to turn around and see us there. Not gonna lie, I was just as scared as Andrei at this point.”
Stephen interjected, “any of us would have been. She’s scary.”
“So turns around and Andrei speaks first. Tori is immediately bitchy and makes a comment about us still being alive.
Andrei tried to explain that having to go no-contact was as much for her safety as ours. Then she looks at Sephie and makes a comment about us remaining in contact with her. Andrei tried to smooth it over by telling her she was with us, but it wasn’t what she was thinking. That’s when it all went to he II. She made a comment about us carrying around Sephie like a ‘go ddamn princess that can’t be bothered to walk o something to that effect,”
Ivan interrupted him, looking to me. “She really said that?” he asked, completely shocked.
I nodded my head. “I should also add that she was abusing this one head of broccoli during this entire exchange. Like she slammed it on the counter and then had this giant knife that she was just murdering the broccoli with while this was. happening.” I made a dramatic motion like I was stabbing something with one hand.
Ivan clicked his tongue. I could see the anger starting to come to the surface.
Misha picked the story up. “I saw red when she said that, so I set Sephie down and walked toward Tori. I told her she was never to speak about Sephie like that again, not only because she’s Boss’s girlfriend but because she’s our little sister and if she ever said something like that again I would drag her to the front gate s she could leave.” Andrei squeezed ne a little tighter when Misha referred to me as their little sister. I caught Adrik’s gaze from the couch opposite to us, his sexy smirk on his face. He winked at me, causing me to smile at him.
Viktor asked, “what did Tori say after that?”
“Nothing. We didn’t give her a chance to say anything. We left the kitchen and went upstairs to the office. I told Boss what she said right away, even though Sephie didn’t want me to,” Andrei said, looking sideways at me.
Ivan clicked his tongue again, looking at me. “Why would you not want him to tell Boss that?”
I shrugged my shoulders. “She was just mad. People sometimes say things when they’re mad. I figured she would calm down and feel differently.”
Ivan looked at Adrik, who nodded his head once. Ivan looked back at me. “What’s said in anger is the truth, princess.”
I know, I know. That’s exactly what Adrik said,” I said smiling at Adrik.
New Book: Back Home to Marry Off Myself
Loredana’s father left the family for his mistress, leaving them to fend for themselves abroad. When life was at its toughest, her father showed up with “good news” after 8 years of absence: To marry off Loredana to a paralyzed son of the wealthy Mendelsohn family.