“I think we need to give it a day or two, though. I’m not sure we’ll get anything useful right now, because he doesn’t know what the he II to do yet,” I said. “And also, I’m scared of seeing him thinking about her graphic text from earlier. I don’t need that seared into my brain.”
“Ewww, gross! Why would you even think about that, gazelle? Now I’m going to be paranoid to try to find him,” Misha said, acting like he was going to vomit.
“You, Are. Welcome. My adorable Russian guardian,” I said, laughing.
“I ha te you,” Misha said, trying not to laugh.
We waited three more days for Martin to come up with a plan for getting Giana out. She went silent on him while she waited for him to figure out how to be her savior. We had moved back to the penthouse, as Adrik had several meetings for a few days straight. We’d been able to spend almost the entire week at the house, which felt a little bit like Heaven for all of us.
The messages from Martin came in while Adrik was in a meeting and Viktor was in his normal master of the schedule duties. The rest of us were oblivious until that evening when they came upstairs after Adrik’s day was finished. I was working on dinner, with help from Misha and Andrei when everyone else walked in.
I put everything I had in my hands down, walking to Adrik. His wide smile stretched across his face as soon as he saw me walking toward him. He opened his arms, hugging me tightly to him. He lifted me off the floor, holding me against him as I giggled. I could feel the stress melt away the longer he held me.
Ever since I’d told him about my fear of being away from him, as well as finally admitting that I was terrified when Ivan and I were kidnapped, he’d been even more affectionate with me, if that was even possible. It was like another intimacy level was unlocked for us. We both felt like we were even more in sync with each other.
My eyes continued to change, depending on my mood. So far, I’d been able to hide it from the guys, but it was starting to happen so frequently that I was getting worried I wouldn’t be able to keep it from them for much longer. Although, I had to admit that I loved having a secret that only Adrik and I shared. I loved every single one of the guys, but I was enjoying the extra intimacy that Adrik and I had lately. The secre of my ever-changing eyes. was something for him alone. For now.
Once Adrik put me down, I turned to see Ivan’s devious grin. “She’s back?” I asked..
“She’s back,” he said.
“Come on, Papa Bear. Out with it,” I said, pulling Adrik back to the kitchen with me so I could finish dinner while listening to the latest development.
“Martin finally got back to her. She’s been completely silent. He’s sent a few texts to her, checking on her, but she hasn’t responded to any of them,” Viktor said.
“Rude, but not unexpected from her,” I said.
“She’s got serious Tori vibes sometimes,” Misha said.
Andrei laughed. “That’s why you ha te her so much. You also ha ted Tori,” he said.
Misha looked at Andrei like he’d never put that together before this moment. “How did I not figure that out before now?” Misha said.
“Martin said he’s come up with a plan to get her out, but it’s going to take time. He says, and I quote, ‘the security at the building is next level.”” Viktor said, proudly. “He said he’s planning on creating a diversion so he can get her out without too many people seeing it.”
“Please tell me he’s going to walk in the lobby and yell “fire,” I said.
“He does not specify, but that’s really his only viable option,” Ivan said.
“What about Armando’s house? Did that happen?” I asked, setting the food out for them.
“Sephie, this smells amazing, for the record,” Viktor said.
“New recipe. Tell me if you want it to be in regular rotation,” I said, grinning at him.
They did clean out Armando’s house over the weekend. Our guys got pics of the guys that did the job, but nobody knows them,” Ivan said.
“Uh oh. That doesn’t bode well for our dear recently deflowered Martin,” I said.
Stephen choked on his food as he was laughing. “Warning next time, Seph. Not while I’m chewing,” he said, still laughing as he took a drink of water trying to stop coughing and laughing at the same time.
“No jokes at the table, children,” I said, sternly, causing more laughter. “How much did they take from Armando?” I asked after everyone had calmed downl
“Everything but the safes. They legit brought in trucks and cleaned everything out. Furniture, everything. It looked like a moving company was there,”
Ivan said.
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