Chapter 73

"The rest are doing better than you. Although I suspect none of them are healing as quickly as you are." He replied, briefly examining the wound before applying a new dressing.

"While you were resting by your beloved's side, I gained a new assistant. There's a chance I'll be able to take you on walks from now on." Rick looked at Don with a creepy smile. 

"Where did you get him?" He asked with interest.

If Rick could join them, their job would be much easier and they would have a doctor on site in case of an accident. 

"Doc from Darell. Tomas or something. I've seen him work and he's a good fit to replace me here. So what are you planning? A surprise attack? We'll gut that Russian who did this to you?" He asked with a hint of excitement.

With the extra doctor, he was able to get out of this hole and stretch his stiff bones.

Smiling to himself, he stupidly imagined Zick's face when she saw what he was capable of.

After something like that, she wouldn't jump at him anymore. Who knows, maybe she would even hide from him behind the boss.

Snorting, he stretched lazily, sat down on a chair, waiting for an answer.

"We're checking what he'll do for now. We can't give ourselves away too soon. Besides, the team has to be in good shape. I don't want to lose trained people unnecessarily."

Glancing at the time, Don said nothing more and went back to his room where Zick was fast asleep.

He filled the tub with plenty of water and, taking her into his arms, carried her to the bathroom.

There he carefully washed her, allowing himself to feast his eyes on her.

He didn't really know what had happened after he had lost consciousness and knowing Rick, he would have just shrugged, stating that he wasn't interested.

After washing Zick, Don wrapped her in a towel and carried her back to bed.

Kissing her on the forehead, he went to the room of one of his men, who always knew everything that had happened.

Waking him up, he asked for details and as he listened, his expression became more and more menacing.

After listening to everything, he left the room and stood outside the front door of his property.

The fresh morning air cleared his thoughts a bit. After smoking one cigarette, he went back inside and sat down next to the sleeping Zick.

He needed her to check on a few important things. However, he didn't want to wake her up too soon.

He suspected that she was tired of taking care of him for the past few days. Waiting for him to wake up, he texted Anton to come as soon as he woke up.

Anton's phone buzzed for a moment, waking the man. Sleepily, he looked around the room and looked at the naked Noah cuddled up to him.

A smile appeared on his face. There was nothing nicer than waking up next to his beloved.

He lazily reached for the phone and read the message.Pleasantly surprised, he smiled stupidly, replying 'In an hour. I'm in the middle of it'

In good humor he got out of bed and went to get dressed. At the moment he wasn't that needed in Darell's company, so he decided to spend the day with Don and think with him what they would do with Vasili.

Today was the day of signing contracts with clients and Darell had a day full of meetings.

He got up with Sophie a little earlier to prepare well. Tomorrow there was to be a reception of business people where he would have the opportunity to look for new partners.

His company was doing better and better. However, he didn't know what awaited him today.

Unaware of anything, he took the necessary documents and went with Noah to the first meeting.

Sophie stayed in the office taking care of the rest. However, when the hour of the meeting came, no one showed up.

Unaware of anything, Darell decided to give the client some time, thinking that something had come up.

After half an hour he pulled out the phone and called to ask what had happened. However, the phone was switched off.

With a frown, he called the company and learned that their boss had gone to a meeting and hadn't returned yet.

Had there been an accident on the way? Glancing at his watch, Darell didn't have much time to search for the client.

He asked to be contacted when their boss arrived and went with Noah to the next meeting.

To his surprise, history repeated itself. The client didn't show up, the phone was turned off.

Darell started to have a bad feeling. Noah also started to get nervous, seeing that something was wrong.

They went to another meeting and the situation repeated itself.

Sitting nervously in the armchair, Darell called the last client he was supposed to meet today.

He didn't go to the meeting place, but called immediately. Hearing the voicemail in the receiver, he wanted to throw the phone on the ground.

What was going on with these people? 

"I can understand one, but all four of you?" He mumbled under his breath.

They went back to the office and told Sophie everything. She also thought that something was up.

But who and why? After all, these people wanted to sign contracts with them because they cooperated with Ruslanov.

Could it be that they changed their minds for some reason?

By the end of the day, they called the companies a few more times, but they didn't get any answers. With anxiety in their hearts, they finished today's work and went home. 

"We'll ask them tomorrow at the party. Anton will be there too" Sophie comforted the thoughtful Darell, snuggling up to him under the covers.

"Sleep. Tomorrow we have an important day" Sophie kissed him on the lips and rubbed his back soothingly, waiting for him to fall asleep.

Her presence really did wonders. A moment later the man was asleep, cuddled up to her body.

Sophie, seeing that he had fallen asleep, reached for her phone and wrote a message to Anton asking about tomorrow's party.

She quickly received a message that he would come pick them up and the three of them would go.

A little calmer, Sophie closed her eyes and went to sleep.

The next morning, after waking up, they began to prepare for the party.

Sophie went to the hairdresser and beautician and Darell went to his office to take care of his work.

The hour of the party was slowly approaching. Sophie, dressed in a black satin dress that reached her knees, with a slight slit and no sleeves, looked incredibly sexy.

With her hair partially pinned up and delicate make-up, she adjusted the tie around Darell's neck one last time and they went downstairs to Anton who was waiting for them.

Both men were dressed in elegant black suits and white shirts. Each of them looked incredibly handsome.

They got into an expensive, luxurious black car and set off. In the meantime, they told Anton about yesterday's events.

"Strange. We'll find out what this is about at the party" Anton, frowning, foreboding something bad.

Vasili was not far away but he was sitting on his ass not moving. Could it be that he had his fingers in this too?

As soon as he thought about it, he got a text from Don. Holding the steering wheel with one hand, he checked the text.

"Vasili moved" He said aloud with slight concern.

Putting the phone down, he started looking around carefully to see if anyone suspicious was following them.

Vasili had tried to end him this way more than once.

Luckily, they got there without any problems. However, when they entered the building, Anton received another message.

Anton instinctively grabbed Sophie defensively, looking around.

"What's going on?" Darell covered her from the other side, seeing that something was wrong.

"Vasili is here. We have to be careful," Anton replied menacingly.

"He probably won't do anything dangerous with so many important people around, right?" Nervous, Sophie looked around just as carefully as the other two.

"No matter what happens, don't go anywhere alone. Stick with us," The brother warned his sister and as they entered the main hall, they began to look around.

However, seeing the people they were supposed to sign contracts with yesterday, they decided to approach them and ask what happened.

Being careful about their surroundings, they greeted the men who were happy to see them.

"It's nice to see you again. We hope that our cooperation will be full of success" The men shook the surprised trio's hands with a smile.

"But we didn't sign the contracts because you didn't show up for the meetings. What's the matter?" Darell asked in surprise.

The smiles on the men's faces quickly disappeared upon hearing his words.

"How so? Yesterday, Mr. Ruslanov called us and invited us all to the same hour and then we signed the contracts" They replied in surprise.

Darell and Sophie looked at the dangerous-looking Anton.

"Which Ruslanov?" Anton's menacing voice scared the men a little.

"Me"

Everyone turned towards the voice and froze. Behind them stood Vasili himself and at his side stood a smiling Bethany.

"Hello Sophie. Nice to see you again"