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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.”