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ashnikov's

that was unfamiliar to her. The bed beneath her is soft, but her body w

n's dead body, frantic struggle, head spinning.. the man from the alley... She

r at first. "Is anybody there? " an en

e side for the door. She reaches for the

chest. She lost her mind, banging on the door, screaming

ans

en ankle, she was unable to run, but at least she can crawl if she makes it outside. She struggles he

ll man with a rough yet somehow gentle face standing in the doorway. In on

to push him away. Her broken ankle p

e whispers, his hands firm yet not harsh a

r filled face. "I'm Gabriel, Dimitri's right-hand man.

stions. " We? Who

rlying gravity in his tone. "You are in a safe place,

mind

hh Damian? What happened to him?.. where am I?" she had a wh

's something the man downstairs w

building in her chest, Lily limps after him- each

mansion: cold, dark, and a little unnerving, as if nobody had lived there

on a large pool of shi

black hair tied neatly into a bun, a shirt plastered on the muscular

hroat as her heart begins a crazy pound. Her eyes jus

n't d

ounces, his voice firm and res

an down to the sharpness of his jawline and the piercing green eyes. But there's something - in the way

il

ame rolls out

" He walks up to her, letting he

Damian's

t was. The presence in front of her was decidedly too strong. Sending shivers a

who w

with turmoil, anoth

shes it to the ground. "I know you didn't kill him. Don't bother defending y

e a

perplexed frown

the two men who sat near the pool all bound and bloodied i

r, as one of his own men brought one

hell is t

n shakes his head in denial. Al

t c

t's going on? More importantly,

e gun and in less than a second-with no mercies at all, he pulls the tr

!" Lily

ken away, before eventually turni

Damian. I met him at the club that night, we ..we talked, and he asked that we head o

ons. A smile dan

ready done his background check on her and knew all he

r. Chest rising and falling so

the words as cool and yet completely witho

suddenly

she stutters, getting up

n her face. "You just saw me killing a man, do yo

rip he

gaze. The way his eye dilate. He's ..different.

lily, the tattoos, the accent, his muscular body built,

ind anything about him anywhere.. the one who's been under the radar all these years. They were

her an answer. "Yes. I'm Dimitri Kalashnikov. And I'm going to be proposing a

aims, unsure she h

. There are men out there looking for you.. we both know why. And I'm the only one w

re worried about getting married to a ruthless mafia family

ip as the company's overall head then the person must be married. But since he is dead, I'm to take his place. And you will take

body stepping backward

iently. "You will. I already

egins in less

eeds him more than he needs her. Plus the crime she witnessed and recorded

im killing one of his men who

ought of her father, still unaccounted for, and her mother, hanging by a threa

ly?

you help me find my father? Some men came int

" Lily recites. Hoping this was all a dream. It

little smile playing on his lip

oat. "Yes. And I'm still confused how

her. "All right, you will just play your role

sent a run of shivers down into her he

be announcing it officially later on. And as

Lily's head bangs. Scandal, danger- it was

ce cut throug

whispers, tucking in a strand of