Page 103 of Sinful Wrath

“Perhaps not, but I seem to recall that your Christmas bonus bought you that new Range Rover, so I’m sure you can forgive my lack of manners.”

“Whatever.”

Anton chuckles, and I shoot him a warning glare.

Shit is getting serious, and I can’t afford for the people working for me to become distracted.

“Any update on what happened to Katya?”

“That’s keeping me very busy. Whoever took care of her was very thorough in covering their tracks.”

“Fuck.”

“It won’t be impossible, but it’s taking longer than I thought.Butwhile I was looking into Katya’s death, I did find out something that I thought you would finduseful.”

“What?”

“It was Igor Ivanov who was behind your attempted hit in Madison Square Park.”

“I fucking knew it. Thanks for the information, Rosa.”

“Happy to help.” She hangs up.

I look at Anton, and any trace of amusement has been wiped from his face.

I run my hand through my hair. “I think it’s time we fill Alexei in on what we’ve found.”

I find my oldest brother in the lounge, balancing Leo on his lap as Bianca sorts through piles of baby clothes on the floor.

They both look so domesticated that I wish I didn’t have to walk in and drop a bomb on them.

But that’s what he signed up for when he took over as head of this family, so I can’t feel guilty for adding to the already heavy weight on his shoulders.

Bianca sighs as she folds a tiny shirt. “He’s growing too fast. I can’t believe he was ever this small.”

“I’m happy to have another one whenever you are,zhizn’ moya.” Alexei chuckles, bouncing Leo on his knee.

She laughs. “Don’t even joke. Visiting the twins yesterday has made me nostalgic.”

I clear my throat. “Alexei.”

My brother looks over his shoulder at me, and his expression instantly changes.

“Ptichka, can you take Leo for a moment?”

Bianca glances at Anton and me, a wary expression on her face, but she says nothing as she takes Leo and disappears from the room.

“What is it?” Alexei gets to his feet. “You both look sheepish as fuck.”

“It’s been confirmed that the attack on Lucia and me in Madison Square Park was orchestrated by Igor.”

Alexei narrows his eyes and tucks his hands into his pockets. “By who?”

“Rosa.”

“Why didn’t you tell me you had her looking into the attack?”

“I figured there wasn’t much point until I had something worth telling you.”

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