Page 76 of Born into Sin

“He was with my dad and Uncle Roman when they came to pick me up. Evidently, your dad noticed something about the way we were looking at each other.”

“I knew he had it bad for you.” Svetlana plops down on the bed next to me. “It’s kind of sweet that he can’t hide how he feels. The man is impossible to read, but when it comes to you, he can’t keep his feelings contained.”

“It is kind of sweet,” I admit, smiling and letting out a soft laugh when she gently elbows my arm.

“He’s massively hung, right?” she asks, not even slightly embarrassed. “I mean, you can just kind of tell he would be. He’s way too confident and sexy to be slinging around something the size of my index finger.”

I snort out a laugh and turn even redder. “No, he’s definitely bigger than that.” I have no desire to share too many details, but I can’t let her continue to walk around thinking my man isn’t hung well.

“Did it hurt?”

“Like you wouldn’t believe,” I tell her.

She laughs and turns to look at me. “It was worth it though, right?”

I meet her brown eyes and smile. “Like you wouldn’t believe.”

She laughs and sighs and then elbows me again. “I’m so fucking jealous.”

“Don’t worry, you’ll meet the right guy. I know you will, and thanks to yours truly, it’ll be easier for you. They’re all going to have a fit when they find out about me and Dominic, so anything you do is going to seem like no big deal.”

“Oh my god, that’s so true. You’re bonking a man who’s old enough to be your dad, a man that they all trust and know, so I can go hog wild and it’ll still seem tame in comparison.”

“You’re welcome.”

“You’re such a good friend.”

I laugh and elbow her back. “And you better not ever forget it.”

“Never,” she promises. After a few seconds, she asks, “You’re not going to tell me any spicy details, are you?”

I think about everything Dominic and I shared and tell her the truth. “It feels wrong to share something so intimate, but I will tell you that he looks amazing naked, he’s incredibly skilled with every part of his body, and I love him more than I ever thought possible and miss him so much it hurts.”

She squeezes my hand and whispers, “I knew he had to be hung like a horse.”

“I really love that that’s what you took from everything I just said.”

“Did you say more?” She tries to look completely innocent when she asks, but I can tell she’s holding back a laugh. “I swear I only remember the dick talk.”

“You’re terrible.”

“I’m not the one bonking a forty-three-year old.”

“Oh my god, you have to stop saying bonking.”

She laughs and then says, “Seriously, I’m really happy for you, and I hope like hell that one day I’ll meet a gorgeous man who’s hung as well as Dominic.”

“You will,” I tell her. “I have complete faith that somewhere out there is a man with a giant dick who’s going to come along and sweep you right off your feet.”

She sighs. “A girl can dream.”

We talk for a few more minutes, and she fills me in on everything I missed while I was at Dominic’s until my mom hollers up at us that supper is ready. Until this threat is taken care of, my cousins and I are here with our moms. Everyone is here except for Luka, Max, and Val. They’re becoming more and more involved with the Bratva and loving every damn second of it. Sasha is more than ready to join them, and when Svetlana and I walk into the kitchen, he’s wearing the same grumpy look on his face that he’s had since the others left him behind. I walk over and squeeze his shoulder, leaning in so only he can hear me.

“Cheer up, Sasha, you’ll be off killing bad guys in no time.”

“Not soon enough,” he mutters. “I heard you helped Dominic by translating. That’s more than I’ve ever been allowed to do and that hurts me on a deep level, sis.”

I smile and give him another side hug. “If it makes you feel any better, I had to keep my back to the guy and I was only allowed to whisper.”

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