Page 15 of Sinful Wrath

Just as I’m sitting down on the couch, my phone vibrates in my pocket, and I groan as I pull it out to see Alexei’s name flashing on the screen.

It’s almost two in the morning, but time means nothing to my brothers and me. If there’s work to be done, it gets done, regardless of the time.

“I heard your date with Lucia went well,” Alexei says when I answer.

I frown.

Did Massimo call him?

“You did?”

“I heard you made quite asplash.”

Well, that answers that question.

“Fucking Anton.” I run my hand through my hair.

“You really thought he would keep something like that quiet?” Alexei laughs.

“Clearly, I was wrong.”

Fuck, this isn’t good.

The last thing I wanted was for Alexei tofind out that Lucia Conti manipulated me like this. It makes me look weak and gullible, two things that a Koslov cannot be.

“Next time, perhaps don’t go skinny dipping with such a flight risk.”

“What do you want, Alexei?” My patience is finally running dry.

It’s been a long day and an even longer night, and I had hoped to at least wait until the morning to share the details of my night with Alexei.

I stalk over to my drinks cabinet and make quick work of pouring myself a triple vodka.

The fact that Lucia Conti managed to get me into this situation practically sober is a feat in and of itself.

I can’t risk that happening again.

“I don’t want this little incident getting back to Massimo,brat.”

I bristle at his tone, knocking back my drink in one before quickly pouring another. “And you think I do?”

“We need you to not fuck this up.”

“I have no intention of fucking this up. Besides, I don’t think it’s me you need to worry about.”

“I know Lucia can be a handful.”

My mind fills with images of her cupping her full breasts, and my cock starts to stiffen in my shorts.

She’s more than just a handful.

“It’s nothing I can’t handle.”

“I know.” Alexei sighs. “We just can’t afford to piss Massimo off again. It’s a miracle that Dimitri is still breathing after what he did.”

“It’s a miracle that Dimitri’s still breathing, regardless of Massimo Conti.”

Alexei lets out a breathy chuckle, and I know the worst of his lecture is over. “Massimo needs us just as much as weneed him, Alexei. Remember, regardless, he is the one who asked for this alliance, not us.”

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