Page 4 of Her Sweet Surrender
“It is important that you take care of yourself,radost moya.” The Russian winked. “Be good and I will bring you back something special from Russia.”
“All I want is you, maybe tied in a red bow?”
Rytsar burst out laughing. “Well, I’m certain I can do better than that.”
Brie turned over in the bed trying to go back to sleep, but her heart would not stop racing. Eventually it became too much, so she slipped out of bed and made her way to Hope’s room.
Leaving the light off, she quietly walked up to the crib and stared down at her child.
To her surprise, Hope was wide awake and reached for her. Brie smiled as she picked up her daughter and hugged her against her chest.
Immediately, a sense of peace enveloped Brie.
“We’re okay,” she murmured repeatedly, pushing the visions of Lilly out of her mind.
Happy News
Brie walked out of the nursery with Hope and headed downstairs.
She noticed her phone on the counter and immediately checked her messages, hoping to find one from Faelan. She was concerned about Kylie after Faelan rushed out of their home last night to meet her at the emergency room.
Brie hadn’t heard a word since.
Although it was still early, she sent a short one-handed text.
How is Kylie?
She was surprised when he instantly texted back.
Kylie fainted at work. She’s back home and is sleeping right now.
What happened?
I’ll have her call you later. She should be the one to tell you.
Chills pricked Brie’s skin when she read his text.
Is everything okay?
Everything is fine. Great in fact.
Brie let out a sigh of relief as she carried Hope to the couch and sat down.
Don’t scare me like that!she scolded.
Haha…no need to worry.
She wondered why he was still up if everything was fine but decided not to pry.
I can’t wait to hear from Kylie.
I’ll let her know that. BTW, how did the meeting go last night?
She shivered, still feeling unsettled by her dream.
Rytsar and Captain are heading to Russia to assess the situation.
I should have been the one to go with Rytsar.
