Page 49 of Sinful Betrayal

“I can. If I’m willing to is an entirely different question.”

I bite back a retort. I forgot how much of a nightmare Rosa is to talk to. If she wasn’t as good as she is, she would have been fired a long time ago for her attitude.

“Would you be willing to look into my brother, Nikolai?”

“Anything in particular you want to know?”

“Where he is would be a good start.”

“It’s very short notice.”

“You will be compensated.”

“I should fucking hope so, the headache your family causes me.”

“And if you could keep it to yourself that you’re looking into this for me, I would appreciate it.”

Rosa grumbles some more before finally agreeing after I offer her triple her regular rate.

My head feels full as I head back into the kitchen after ending the call with Rosa, my mood suddenly clouding over once more.

“Everything okay?” Nina looks up from her phone as I head back into the kitchen and take a seat opposite her at the table.

She’s devoured her breakfast and is mindlessly scrolling through her social media accounts.

“Yeah, that was Mikhail. I need to meet with him in the city later.”

“Anywhere fun?” She looks hopeful.

“It’s for business.”

Nina frowns. “Oh, I was hoping I could come with you.”

“Absolutely not.” The last place Nina should be is one of Igor’s clubs.

“Why?” She folds her arms across her chest.

“Because it’s too dangerous.”

“What if we bring Yakov?”

“That wasn’t part of the deal, Nina.”

She narrows her eyes at me as she juts out her bottom lip.

I want nothing more than to lean across the table and take it between my teeth, to hear her make that breathy sound that makes me cock ache.

“Fine.” She looks hurt.

I let out a breath as I try to think of a solution that doesn’t involve Nina getting killed.

“How about this…” I lean forward and rest my forearms on the table. “What if I promise to take you out, just me and you?”

“Really?”

“We’ll go somewhere romantic.”

“I hope you know that I haveveryhigh expectations.”

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