Fredrick_Udele

The hottest man I’ve ever seen is now my new boss—
and I’m stuck in a house with him…
Until one of us cracks.

I’ve got debt—yeah, I know, so does everyone else on Planet Earth.
But the bills I’m paying keep my dad and my grandma alive.
So it’s pretty messed-up for Timofey Viktorov to use them as a threat to keep me under control.

Not that he cares.
As a billionaire CEO, he takes no prisoners in the boardroom.
And as the don of the Viktorov Bratva, he takes no prisoners in real life, either.

Which is why he has no qualms about extorting me into taking his deal.
Live in my mansion…
Care for my baby…
Or suffer the consequences.

But he’s not the only one with an agenda.
Timofey has skeletons in his closet—and I’m determined to dig them out.
He’s just as determined to keep me far away from the secrets of his past.

The longer I’m in his house, the tenser things get.
Every time we brush past each other in the hallway, something sparks.
Every time we cross paths in the night, the ice grows thinner.

Sooner or later, it’s going to crack.

Whiskey Poison

I almost detect a bit of sympathy in Akim's voice. I'm not wholly surprised. He has said numerous times he would never slaughter his own meat.

"We had chickens when I was a kid. I like them. So chickens are off-limits," he told me once. "And cows are too big. Those guns that shoot bolts into their heads? Hard pass. Maybe I could kill a bird, but…. No. Definitely not."

It's funny, considering how much death he has experienced. Still, if given the choice, Akim avoids the slaughter at all costs.

I've been around long enough to know that, sometimes, you don't have a choice.

"Everything will end the moment she gives me the information I need," I tell him.

Piper is fuzzy and pixelated when seen through the feed of the shitty security camera in the interrogation room. But I can't take my eyes off of her.

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