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I can’t take much more. I push back into him, panting and breathing hard, moaning as he fills me again and again, andwhen he leans over to flick his fingers over my swollen clit, it gives me the release I desperately need.

I come and say his name. The panties fall out and I keep saying his name as he fills me, again and again, until he comes too. I feel him warm and wet dripping down my thigh as he steps back, and I turn to stare into his face.

He’s grinning, and for a beat, we just look at each other.

Then he closes the distance and kisses me.

“If I’m so hurt, do you really think I could handle fucking you like that?” he whispers.

I shake my head, but glance down at the bandage on his leg.

And let out a groan. “You idiot.”

“I told you?—“

“You’re bleeding.”

He frowns and follows my gaze.

Sure enough, what was once clean, white gauze is now turning lightly red.

“Well, shit,” he says, and he lets me take him back up to the room so we can change the bandage and wait for the bleeding to stop.

I try not to show him how smug I feel but it must be pretty obvious, because he glares at me.

“This doesn’t mean shit,” he grunts.

“Oh, I don’t know. It feels like it means I was right and you shouldn’t be on your feet yet.”

“Another day,” he snarls. “But I have Italians to hunt down.”

“Sure, you big, scary man. You can go shoot all the Italians you want.” I push him down onto the bed. “When you’vehealed.”

He doesn’t look too happy about that, but at least I’m enjoying myself.

Chapter 29

Alexander

Ilast three days cooped up at home before I finally lose my fucking mind. I wait until Natalya’s distracted with swimming before I sneak out and go meet up with Lev. I get about a dozen texts from her, but I only respond once.

Alexander: I’ll be fine. You stay inside and don’t do anything dumb. I’m watching.

Natalya: You’re still hurt. You’re going to start bleeding again.

Natalya: And stop watching me through the cameras!

I smile to myself as I log into the security system. She’s sitting at the edge of the pool in a little black bikini looking like fucking heaven. I make sure to jiggle the outdoor camera side to side so she knows I’m watching.

She flips me off and wraps a towel around her.

That girl is a professional when it comes to driving me fucking insane.

“Glad to see you on your feet,” Lev says over the hammering and construction work happening at Fed Jewelers.

Even after just a few days, the place is already looking better. Probably because Oleg’s got half the city’s construction workers putting the place back together at an unreasonably fast pace, and probably bankrupting himself to do it.

“Couldn’t hang around that apartment any longer. I was going insane.”

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