Page 107 of Disgraced (Russian Sinners 3)

With a peck on my cheek, he headed back inside. Sergei and Michail have been busy for the past week. They constantly chased leads but I had no clue what they were working on. Most of the time, they stuck to speaking in Russian.

My mother had told me numerous times never to intervene in my father’s and brother’s business. I tried to apply that here as well. But worry lingered. I could feel tension running high with both Sergei and Michail.

On a deep sigh, I stood up. Soon it would all be over. Sergei wanted to move away from this life as much as I did. I had to let him take care of whatever business he was handling and then we’d have the rest of our lives to enjoy.

I watched some of his men load up vehicles and I wondered where we would go. It never crossed my mind to ask him. As long as he was with me, that was all that mattered. I stood up and descended off the porch, needing to stretch my legs. I was eager to see what surprise Sergei had in store for me. He said someone was visiting us this afternoon. My interest was certainly piqued.

I paced outside while his men were getting everything together. They were in and out of the house. Sonia was helping them too. I wanted to help them, keep busy with something… anything. But Sergei freaked out each time I picked up anything. The OB/GYN told him not to let me carry heavy bags and Sergei took that to a whole new extreme. So here I was, completely unhelpful.

It was my second circle around the house when I noticed the front gate was opened, without a guard in sight. I frowned. The guys were paranoid about keeping the entrance secured and locked.

I walked slowly towards it, ready to turn around and run if some shit happened.

Yeah, this is stupid. You should run and scream now.

But I didn’t want to sound like a paranoid woman that freaked out just because the gate was open, and I couldn’t find a guard. I mean, seriously! I wasn’t a damsel in distress. I was a damsel strolling around the garden, bored to death while waiting for her over possessive, overly sexy man to bring me my surprise and then sweep us both to a super secure location.

I smiled at my clever description, when I noticed a guard sprawled on the floor.

“Shit!” I turned around to sprint to the house when a hand grabbed me around my neck and pulled me backwards.

“Not so fast,” a man’s voice with a heavy Russian accent spoke. I elbowed him hard, and then stomped hard onto his foot.

“Sergei!” I screamed at the top of my lungs as I ran towards the house. Before I could even get a glimpse of it, someone grabbed my ankle and I fell forward, face planting the immaculate lawn. Trying to scramble back up, someone hit me hard at the back of my head and the whole world turned dark.

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