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“Do you know his real name?”
“Of course, I do.”
“What is it?” Sergei asks.
Felix just smiles. “Wouldn’t you like to know?” He looks back at the TV. “I wonder what rattled his cage so much that he resurfaced after eight years”

“I’m going to fucking kill him,” he snaps, shaking his head while glaring at the screen. “He promised he would stay low. Does this look like staying low to you?”
“You tricky old ass,” Sergei barks, staring at Felix. “You knew Az was alive?”
“Knew?” Felix raises an eyebrow. “How exactly did you think he managed to disappear and stay under the government’s radar?”
“Do you know his real name?”

grab the remote and turn up the volume, staring at the live video of the aerial view of what looks like the aftermath of a devastating fire

I KNEW ITTTT

Four years later! !

“I look down into her eyes and crush her to me. “Marry me,” I blurt out.
Angelina blinks, glances around us where at least twenty bodies are scattered, then stares back at me. “You really know how to pick the time and place, big guy.”
“Will you marry me?”
I think my heart stops beating while I watch her with eyes glued to her lips, waiting for her”


Awwww

Because I’m in love with you,” she whispers and kisses me again
Awww

Sergei,” I whisper, and tears streak down my face. He came for me.

I think they threatened to kill you,” Felix says.
I stare at the paused recording, my eyes glued to Angelina’s frightened face, and smile. “I’m going to slaughter them all.

Because she’s not in Europe. She’s in Mexico, Sergei. With Diego Rivera.”

“look up at her, feeling the tears gather at the corners of my eyes. Then, I tell her everything. By the time I finish, I’m crying so hard I can barely see her face through all the tears.
“Are you in love with your Russian?”
“Yes,” I whisper and cover my mouth with my hand. It’s hard to speak about Sergei.
“Give me his number, I’ll try calling him. He must come to get you out of here.”

She left you a note on the bed. I saw it when I went to look for you two,” Felix says and looks away. “She’s not coming back, Sergei.”

Awwww

perfectly imperfect

They said the thing

soaking in the feeling of having him close, and trying to save it in one of my mental vaults for safekeeping.

🥹

He snorts, “So, what will it be? Are you coming back? Or am I killing your lover?”
“You won’t touch Sergei.” I close my eyes, trying to keep the tears from falling. “I’m coming back.”

I lift my head, glancing at the mirror, and spot the redheaded woman I saw while walking Mimi the other day. Our gazes meet in a reflection, and her lips widen in a smile.

Noooooo

I wonder if she knows how madly in love with her I am


Awww

“Because, when you look at me, I remember I’m still alive.”

“get up and walk to the fridge, grab a can of Coke, then head into the living room to wait for Sergei.
“When Sergei comes, we’ll pretend nothing happened,” I say in passing.
“Angelina?”
I stop and look at Felix over my shoulder. “Yes?”
“Does this mean that you’re staying?”
“Yes, it does.”
Ahhhh

Sergei smiles. “Az is extremely hard to kill. He’s alive.”

I bet it is the next book

“Thank you,” I say. “For putting up with me.”

Aw