Page 30 of Sinful Betrayal

Danil chuckles. “Nice, got yourself a hot roommate.”

I shoot him a glare. “She’s agreed to stay there until I can be sure she’s no longer a target.”

Alexei looks at me. “Well, hopefully, we can sort this out soon.”

Danil flashes me a wink. “Not too soon, am I right, Anton?”

I walked right into that one.

Alexei and Danil stay for another thirty minutes to discuss business before leaving to head to the Russian Tea Rooms to have a meeting with Alexei’s PI. Once they leave, Mikhail fixes us all another drink, and I move to take Danil’s spot on the couch.

“So, this new girl of yours… Is she hot?” Mikhail hands me a fresh vodka on the rocks.

“She’s not my new girl.”

Mikhail shares a knowing smile with Dimitri, and they both chuckle.

I will say that married life suits Mikhail. He’s smiled more in the last year since he met his wife, Lucia, than he has done since we were kids. She’s been good for him, and I’m glad he’s finally happy.

Though I can’t help but feel a little envious.

“Do you want her to be?” Dimitri quirks an eyebrow as he takes a gulp of his drink.

I shrug.

“There’s chemistry there, for sure.” I try not to remember the way Nina screamed my name as she came on my cock.

I clear my throat before downing the rest of my drink, forcing the memories to the back of my mind.

“It’s about fucking time you started seriously dating.” Mikhail claps me on the shoulder. “It’s been too long.”

“Calm the fuck down. I’m not dating anyone.”

“Yet.” Dimitri’s eyes twinkle.

“All I’m doing is keeping her safe.”

“And warm…” Dimitri teases, and Mikhail chuckles under his breath.

I scowl at the pair of them.

The truth is that I haven’t had a serious relationship since Katerina, and that was well over a decade ago, and it gets on my nerves when my family seem to forget what happened.

It’s not like we broke up and I’m still pining after her. What happened didn’t just break my heart.

It shattered it into a thousand pieces.

I know Mikhail only wants what’s best for me, and believe me, there’re times where I want nothing more than a wife and family.

I see Alexei, Dimitri, and Mikhail all settling into their new roles as husbands and fathers, and I’ve never seen them happier.

But every time I think I’m ready to move on, something happens that sets dating to the bottom of my priority list. Whether it’s my brother fucking around and getting into trouble or my mother getting diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, someone else always needs me more.

My love life will just have to wait.

By the timeI head home from the city after a few more drinks with my cousins as well as stopping byEspionage, it’s almost dinner time.

As I park my car around the back of the house, I’m hit by a pang of guilt as I look at the side door that leads to my mother’s rooms. I haven’t been to see her all day and as eager as I am to check in on Nina and hear how her day went, I need to spend some time with my mother first.

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