Chapter 46


    Chapter Forty-Six


    Sephie


    We stayed gone for close to two hours. We walked to theke where we sat and talked for a while,


    then decided we should probably return to the house. When we got closer to the house, he turned to


    ask me, “you miss your friend,


    Max?”


    I nodded. Max and I had been friends for a few years. We both started at the restaurant around the


    same time and quickly discovered that we could make the time pass faster by clowning around with


    each other. The regr bartender had quit, so we covered the bar until they found a recement. We


    ended up making the restaurant more money than the other bartender ever did in one weekend.


    Women were flocking to watch Max pour their drinks and give them his best million-dor smile. I


    always thought he was handsome, but I didn’t quite understand the obsession with him. Maybe that’s


    why we were always friends. I was immune to his charms.


    “I do miss him. I miss my life. It seems crazy toin about being here and I’m notining. I’m


    really grateful to all of you for keeping me safe. But I miss being able to do what I want when I want.


    With no babysitter. Not that I don’t love you guys, I mean.”


    He walked a few steps in silence. He just stopped in front of me and got in his usual stance for me to


    jump on his back. “Come, we must make the best of it while you’re here then.”


    “You’re going to get in so much more trouble with Tori if I do that,” I said trying to walk past him.


    He grabbed my arm and pulled me back toward him. “I don’t want to date a woman that has a problem


    with my friends. She will have to get used to it. Or she can date someone else.”


    I looked at him, somewhat wide-eyed. This was a change. Max usually put distance between us when


    he would date a girl that didn’t like me. It only eversted a few weeks and then he’d be back to


    wanting to hang out with me. “You’re sure, Bubba?”


    He smiled at me, “sure, spider monkey. Now get on.”


    “You ain’t gotta ask me twice,” I said in my best re dneck voice as I jumped on his back. He walked us


    toward the house. I thought about everything as we got closer and hugged his neck a little tighter. “I


    hope she deserves you, Andrei.”


    We couldn’t find anyone when we got back inside. I told Andrei to drop me at the piano and he could go


    find Tori. He’d be able to hear me that way and know I was fine. He reluctantly dropped me off and


    rushed to find her. I sat looking at the keys for a few minutes, but eventually started to y one of my m


    om’s favorite songs. I had made up most of the song one night, just goofing around. She said she loved


    it so much she made me write it down and finish it. She would ask me to y it often. It reminded her of


    my father and a song he would hum to her when they were around the house. She was convinced I


    had remembered the song from when I was a baby. She said he used to hum it to me to get me to go


    to sleep.


    I barely had any memories of my father, as he died when I was still so young. I had a few pictures of


    him, but it was almost like looking at a stranger. My m om told me I had his eyes, but my eye color was


    different than his. It was different from hers, too. And neither of my parents had red hair, so I was


    somewhat of a mystery to them both. My m om used tough, especially when I was mad about


    something as a child and tell me that I hade out right as the biggest streak of lightning lit up the


    sky and it burned my hair and gave me a temper.


    I smiled as I yed her sorig, remembering the good times with her. A single tear fell as I looked down


    at my hands,


    remembering what her hands looked like when she would y. When I was small, I used to sit beside


    her and watch her as she yed. I waspletely mesmerized by the piano from a young age. She


    was so hopeful that I would be a concert pianist one day. That didn’t exactly happen. More tears


    threatened to fall as I contemted whether I was a disappointment to my m om. I was definitely not a


    concert pianist. I was a waitress that wasn’t even allowed to work at the moment because some in


    sane man wanted to have me killed to get to my boyfriend. Yeah, seems like the fairy tale she always


    wanted for me.


    The song ended and I rested my head on the music rack, fighting back tears. I chewed on my bottom


    lip to calm myself. Just one more day and I can leave. Maybe I can go see Max. I exhaled, trying to


    keep the tears from falling freely. I wiped my eyes just as a giant Russian sat down beside me on the


    piano bench. Andrei didn’t say anything, he just pulled me into his side, hugging my shoulders. The


    tears started to fall, and he hugged me tighter.


    I finally got control and looked at him. “How did it go with Tori? Did you me everything on me like you


    should have?”


    “Everything will be fine, Sephie. None of this is your fault and we will make it better very soon. I


    promise.”


    I rested my head on his shoulder. We sat like that for a few minutes. He reached out and started


    tapping at random keys. He would test the sound of each one, then would y the keys that sounded


    best together. As he was pecking out a small melody, I yed a more intricate improvisation on top. He


    grinned as he kept trying to y the right notes that he’d chosen.


    “You’re a natural, Bubba,” I grinned at him.


    The sun set and Adrik still wasn’t home. Andrei had said that he had ate meeting, so I was trying to


    not worry about him. The house staff and Tori had all left for the evening, so it was just me and Andrei.


    He was still partially in the doghouse, so he thought it best to give Tori some space. He said their talk


    that afternoon went better, but she was still mad at him forughing at her in front of me.


    Delicate ego. Check.


    Around 10:30, Andrei got a message that they wereing home. “They’re flying in, so they’ll be here


    soon.”


    I tried to contain my excitement. I felt si lly missing Adrik this much, but I had missed spending any time


    with him this morning after we went back to bed. I thought back to our conversation on the balcony that


    morning. “…it made you into the woman I’m falling in love with today.” He had said that so easily, like it


    was fact. I smiled to myself, thinking about his nervousness when I said I wanted to leave the house.


    Was this powerful man really worried that I would want to leave him?


    Andrei pulled me out of my thoughts. “Come, I’ll take you to thending pad. You can meet him there. It


    will make him happy.”


    I jumped up. “Really? It would make me happy too.” He bent down and I jumped on his back eagerly,


    pping his shoulder. “Get the lead out boy! We don’t want to bete!”


    Heughed and took off toward the front door. He walked us some distance to the side of the house,


    where there was arge clearing with a concrete pad in the middle. I hadn’t been to this side of the


    property yet. We were just approaching the pad when he heard the helicopter. “See? There they are,”


    he said pointing to the lights in the sky in the distance.


    It didn’t take them long tond and Adrik stepped out of the helicopter. He was a sight for sore eyes in


    all ck. Da mn, he looked extra sexy. Was it because I missed him? Andrei was still holding me on his


    back. I jumped down, as Adrik saw us and started to close the distance between us quickly. I ran to his


    arms, my lips crashing into his. I felt like I was almost desperate for him right then and I wanted him to


    know, without a doubt, that I had missed him. We heard a couple of whistles from the guys, but I didn’t


    stop. I didn’t care at that moment. He groaned as he broke this kiss to breathe. “Somebody missed


    me,” he said, that sexy smirk on his face.


    1 grinned at him. “Maybe a little,” I said as I reached up and kissed him again.


    I felt him smile against my kiss. “I missed you more,” he said, picking me up to carry me to the house. I


    smiled and rested my head against his shoulder, wrapping my arms around his neck and shoulders.


    “How was your day, solnishko?”


    “Um…good.” I said, not sure if I should bother him with the drama between Andrei and Tori.


    He stopped walking and looked at me seriously. “Who do I need to have killed?” he asked.


    I giggled. “Well, technically me, so I feel like that’s a bad life choice all around.”


    He looked at me sternly, one eyebrow raised. “Persephone, what have you done?”


    *I made Tori put Andrei in the doghouse already. I didn’t mean to! We were just joking in the kitchen,


    and she walked in, thinking Andrei was hurt and we startedughing more and she thought we were


    laughing at her.”


    He scoffed. “Women areplicated.” He continued up to the house.


    “You’re telling me,” I said, rolling my eyes as heughed. When we got inside, I asked “did you eat? Do


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    “No need, love. We ate already. I am, however, still hungry,” he said as he set me down. He leaned in


    to kiss me and added, “just not for food.”


    I couldn’t help myself. I kissed him deeply, my entire body craving his. I pressed my body to his, not


    wanting any space between us. I wasn’t sure what hade over me, but I simply couldn’t get enough


    of him. He responded in kind, his strong arms pulling me against him firmly. His lips devouring mine as


    his tongue explored every inch of my mo uth. A soft moan escaped my lips as I tried to press my knees


    together, feeling the incredible need for him growing.


    “We should go upstairs before I loseplete control, solnishko,” he said as he grabbed my hand


    pulling me quickly to


    the stairs.