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Sephie was awake before me for once the next morning. I could feel her fingen lightly tracing circles on
my hack as she tried to slowly wake me up. I pulled her even closer, burying my face in her neck. She
laughed quietly as she moved her leg over my hips, pressing her bodypletely against
mine.
“Let’s stay like this the whole day,” I said.
“Are you extra tired? Did you get zapped?” she asked. I could hear the concern in her voice, but I could
also feel it.
“No. I just need a break.” I pulled back so I could look at her, finally opening my eyes. Her eyes were
swirling, but theynded on blue as she looked at me. “Let’s go to the house this afternoon. I don’t
have that many meetings. Inight cancel them all.”
“You’ll hear no arguments from me. I think we could all use some time there What about Ilya though?”
she asked.
I thought for a moment. I’d actually forgotten about him. If he was going to rk for Vitaliy, it wasn’t the
worst thing in the world for him to know about the house, but I still didn’t like the idea of him knowing
just yet. “I’ll give Viktor the weekend offpletely. He can spend more time with Ilya before he starts
working for Vitaliy. Viktor will protest, since he hates taking time off and I’ll suggest we go to the house
so he won’t worry about us all weekend.”
“I learned how to n things out from watching you,” she said, grinning at me
“And I learned how to love you more than humanly possible from watching you.” I said, kissing her. I
could feel her warmth spreading through my body as I buried my face in her neck again.
“Time away will be good for all of us, I think. It’ll give me a chance to catch the other three up on my
conversation with Kostya. Maybe Stephen can experiment with helping Misha this weekend, too. He’s
been trying to let go of his hatred for Giana, but it’s still there. It stilles back now and then when he
least expects it,” she said.
Iughed. “I still find it surprising that he got so angry with her. I didn’t know that kid had it in him, but
he clearly loves you. There’s no doubt about that. They all do.”
I felt her mood shift and pulled back from her so I could see her once more. Her eyes were swirling, but
they were mostly amber and white, surprisingly. She saw the look on my face and exined. “I
sometimes worry at their connection with me is keeping them cut off from living their lives. We all joked
about it in Italy, but I can clearly see now that I’ve made ixceptionally difficult for them to find a
girlfriend. Stephen might have an easier time, but only slightly. I don’t want to keep them from making
their own lives.”
“I don’t think you are, solnishko. They know that once I’m done for the day, they’re free to go. It’s
always been that way. It will always be that way. If they wanted to find girlfriends right now, they could.
They’re choosing to spend more time with you because you give them what they need right now. They
wouldn’t be able to have the same conversations with a girlfriend that they have with you. At least not
right away. What’s happening to all of us is strange and not everyone is going to be able to handle it.
They need to be more secure in themselves and what they can do before they’re going to have a
chance at finding a rtionship thatsts. None of them are interested in just finding a woman to sleep
with. They see what we have and they all want the same. They know it’s going to be worth the wait.”
She sighed, her eyes once againnding on the deepest depth of the ocean blu. Her fingers ran lightly
through my facial hair as she smiled sweetly at me, “Sometimes I wonder what the hell I did to deserve
you,” she said.
“I wonder the same thing every single day,” I said, burying my face in her neck once more. She
wrapped her arms around me, holding onto me tightly as she let me have a few more minutes in bed
with her before starting the day
The guys were waiting on us when we came out of the bedroom. Viktor was diere with Ilya, as well as
Vitaliy and Aleksei I wasted no time setting my n in motion. “Viktor, why don’t you take the weekend
and spend it with fyd before he starts work. You guys slept through his first week here. At least you’ll
have a couple more days to catch up,” I said.
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Sephie was awake before me for once the next morning. I could feel her fingers lightly tracing circles
on my back as she tried to slowly wake me up. I pulled her even closer, burying my face in her neck.
Sheughed quietly as she moved her leg over my hips, pressing her bodypletely against
mine.
“Let’s stay like this the whole day,” I said.
“Are you extra tired? Did you get zapped?” she asked. I could hear the concern in her voice, but I could
also feel it.
“No. I just need a break.” I pulled back so I could look at her, finally opening my eyes. Her eyes were
swirling, but theynded on blue as she looked at me. “Let’s go to the house this afternoon. I don’t
have that many meetings. might cancel them all.”
“You’ll hear no arguments from me. I think we could all use some time there. What about Ilya though?”
she asked.
I thought for a moment. I’d actually forgotten about him. If he was going to work for Vitaliy, it wasn’t the
worst thing in the world for him to know. about the house, but I still didn’t like the idea of him knowing
just yet. “I’ll give Viktor the weekend offpletely. He can spend more time with Ilya before he starts
working for Vitaliy. Viktor will protest, since he hates taking time off and I’ll suggest we go to the house
so he won’t worry about us all weekend.”
“I learned how to n things out from watching you,” she said, grinning at m
“And I learned how to love you more than humanly possible from watching you,” I said, kissing her. I
could feel her warmth spreading through my body as I buried my face in her neck again.
“Time away will be good for all of us, I think. It’ll give me a chance to catch the other three up on my
conversation with Kostya. Maybe Stephen can experiment with helping Misha this weekend, too. He’s
been trying to let go of his hatred for Giana, but it’s still there. It stilles back now and then when he
least expects it,” she said.
Iughed. “I still find it surprising that he got so angry with her. I didn’t know that kid had it in him, but
he clearly loves you. There’s no doubt about that. They all do.”
I felt her mood shift and pulled back from her so I could see her once more. r eyes were swirling, but
they were mostly amber and white, surprisingly. She saw the look on my face and exined. “I
sometimes worry that their connection with me is keeping them cut off from living their lives. We all
joked about it in Italy, but I can clearly see now that I’ve made it exceptionally difficult for them to find a
girlfriend. Stephen might have an easier time, but only slightly. I don’t want to keep them from making
the own lives.”
“I don’t think you are, solnishko. They know that once I’m done for the day, they’re free to go. It’s
always been that way. It will always be that way. If they wanted to find girlfriends right now, they could.
They’re choosing to spend more time with you because you give them what they need right now. They
wouldn’t be able to have the same conversations with a girlfriend that they have with you. At least not
right away. What’s happening to all of us is strange and not everyone is going to be able to handle it.
They need to be more secure in themselves and what they can do before they’re going to have a
chance at finding a rtionship thatsts. None of them are interesten just finding a woman to sleep
with. They see what we have and they all want the same. They know it’s going to be worth the wait.”
She sighed, her eyes once againnding on the deepest depth of the ocean blu. Her fingers ran lightly
through my facial hair as she smiled sweetly at me. “Sometimes I wonder what the hell I did to deserve
you,” she said.
“I wonder the same thing every single day,” I said, burying my face in her neck once more. She
wrapped her arms around me, holding onto me tightly as she Jet me have a few more minutes in bed
with her before starting the day
The guys were waiting on us when we came out of the bedroom. Viktor was there with Ilya, as well as
Vitally and Aleksei. I wasted no time setting my n in motion. “Viktor, why don’t you take the weekend
and spend it with before he starts work. You guys slept through his first week here. At
least you’ll have a couple more days to catch up,” I said.
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Viktor started to protest, but Vitaly surprised me by interjecting. “You can help me find more security for
my house, if you really want to work. But after that, you should spend time with your brother.”
Viktor still looked unsure. He asked me, “you guys will be okay?”
Sephie smiled sweetly at him. “We can go away for the weekend. We’ll be fine and you won’t have to
worry about us, Papa Bear.”
His entire demeanor melted as she smiled at him. He wasn’t going to argue any further.
“It’s settled then,” Vitaliy said, matter-of-factly.
“Were you trying to keep Viktor away or you just don’t want Ilya at the house?” yan asked me as
everyone started conversing.
“Iya. It wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world for him to know about it, but not yet. I really need a
break. Sephie does too, even though she’s pushing through like the boss she is. She needs time to tell
the other three about Kostya, too.”
“We could all use the break. Except Stephen. He’s still on cloud 9.” Ivan said,ughing.
“You were rightst night. That kid is a saint. I’m happy to see it. Nobody deserves it more than he
does.”
Ivan nodded his head discreetly in agreement and we both returned to the normal conversation going
on around us. Stephen was asking Sephie toe up with a new name for Armando for when we took
him to a nursing home.
“Richard. That way you can call him d ick the entire time and no one will know you’re saying it with a
lowercase ‘d,” she said tly. The guys allughed.
Dic kie had a drug problem that caused him to have a massive stroke and now he’s catatonic,” Stephen
said, his smile that was showing itself more frequentlytely across his face.
“That’s perfect,” Sephie said, grinning at him.
I decided to keep my meetings that day, rather than reschedule them. I asked Sephie if she coulde
to thest one, which always surprised her. “Who is it?” she asked.
“You’ll see,” I said. I enjoyed tormenting her maybe a little too much sometimes.
She walked into my office with the Wonder Twins just before the meeting started. Stephen walked in
right behind them. She turned to see who it was and her face immediately lit up. “Vinny!” she said as
she walked quickly to him. He brought his wife, Anna, with him as well. “And A nna!” she said, hugging
both of them. Neal walked in shortly after, a look of amusement on face. “I’m so happy to see both of
you!” Sephie said, as they walked in, each taking a seat.
“Be, it’s always good to see you,” Vinny said. He shook my hand before sitting down. “You too, sir,”
he said, taking a seat.
Sephie walked around my desk, stopping to kiss me quickly, then hopped on the cab behind my
desk. Anna’s salon had been repaired and was reopened, as were all the other businesses in that part
of town. Since Niko and Vito were still in Italy with Sal, all of the underbosses had backed off of
enforcing the increased taxes. They had all heard what happened to Anthony, Lorenzo, and Massimo.
They all knew that no one had seen Armando or Dario in months. They were scared..
I looked to Neal, asking if he’d brought the paperwork. We had one restaurant owner in the new
building project back out for personal reasons, so we had one space empty. I decided to offer it to
Vinny at a discounted price so he could expand and open a second location, should he choose to. Neal
got up and set down everything in front of Vinny.
Vinny started to look at everything, curious as to why I’d asked him here. Ne exined the building
project to him. As he did, Sephie silently asked, “you’re offering the vacant spot to Vinny so he can
open a second location, arent you? I just turned slightly so I could see her, but didn’t respond, “Just
when I think I can’t love you anymore than I already do…”
Neal exined about the empty space and then offered it to Vinny, should he want to expand to a
second location, Vinny looked shocked, as did
Anna.
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“There’s no pressure, Vinny. It’s only if you want to expand to a second location. I’m offering the space
to you first before I make it known there’s a space avable,” I said.
Vinny looked at Anna, then back to me. “We’ve been talking about a second location for years, sir. We
just could never find the right spot. This spot is perfect. I can keep that ce afloat just on the people in
that build
he sail.
“Smart man, Vinny. You’d be surprised how not obvious that is to some people” Sephie said
sarcastically. Neal looked at her, unable to keep hisughter in.Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.