Page 62 of Innocent Bratva Twins

“Have you pulled employee records to see who was hired during that time, give or take a few months?” Rodion asks.

I nod. “We have. There are five suspects and they have been pulled from the building and taken to a more private location for questioning. Two of them I’m sure are not involved, but I don’t want to take any risks, so they are all being treated as suspects.”

“You’re keeping the process clean for now, though, right?” Luka asks.

“Completely. It’s being treated as an interview for a new position in the company. The guy conducting theinterviewis high profile—he used to work undercover for some major government organization. Anyway, he will be able to quickly suss out who to focus on. The pressure to get answers will only increase once we’ve narrowed down the target.”

“Okay, so that solves the issue of finding out who the rat is—how do we deal with the family? Ivan has literally stolen millions from us at this point. Our response should be severe. It should send a message, loud and clear,” Rigor says sternly.

The Kuznetsovs are a brutal family, powerful and dangerous. My family can be vicious when needed, but our reputation does not match the Kuznetsov brothers. Perhaps it’s time for us to change that.

I can certainly understand the need to tear the world apart when someone you love with your entire being is under threat.

My throat tightens when I imagine them finding Sera.

I can’t think like that. She’s safe. She’s in my penthouse. They can’t get to her.

“The girl who found it—where is she?” Roman asks, his hand resting on the table.

“She’s safe,” I say. “Why?”

“She might be a target.”

“I know. But I will make sure nothing happens to her.”

“She can be moved to one of the safehouses until this is over.”

“No. She stays with me,” I snap, not willing to budge on this.

Radmir's eyes narrow towards me. “Are you involved with her on a personal level?” he asks, tilting his head to the side.

“That’s irrelevant,” I answer.

“It’s not. You being involved with her puts her in more danger—you have to know that, right?” He’s not attacking me in any way, but I don’t like what he’s saying.

I huff out a deep breath. “We are not here to discuss my relationship status. We are here to find a solution for the rival family that is fucking with us.”

A moment of tense silence washes over the meeting before Rodion says. “Okay, I think the best way forward is to wait for theinterviewsto finish so that we have the mole. Once that’s done, we can start questioning him properly on location and contact points for the Orlov family. With that information, we’ll be able to plot out a safe attack plan.”

“What if none of them is the rat?” Yilian asks.

“Then we keep looking.”

***

By the end of the meeting, we have a rough plan for how we want to move against Ivan once we have his location and any inside information.

Everyone begins to filter away from the warehouse, leaving one by one. I want to rush home to her, but I’m fully aware she wants nothing to do with me right now. It fucking hurts to know that.

“Hey man, you doing okay?” Radmir asks, noticing my tension.

“Yeah, just a lot going on.”

“That girl—she obviously means a lot to you.”

“She does,” I nod.

“I know it’s not what you want to hear, but maybe you should consider letting her go. Breaking up with her, I mean, for her own safety.”

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