Forbidden Boss: An Age Gap, Secret Baby, Bratva Romance by Natasha L. Black

Author:Natasha L. Black [Black, Natasha L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2025-12-22T00:00:00+00:00

18

LEV

Ileave Mari at the penthouse with orders to work from there. This morning, she doesn’t even put up a fight. Either our feast from last night is catching up with her or the morning sickness is. Either way, she doesn’t seem too sad about staying home. At least for now.

By noon, I’m in the war room at Levcon with Yuri, Marcus, and Pavel. I’ve got the banking documents pulled up on the projector, and we go over them together. All three work for Levcon and the Bratva, so I can trust them to look at these figures and give it to me straight. If we do have a mole in our camp, we need as much evidence as possible to weed them out.

“Walk me through it again,” I ask Pavel, who’s shockingly good with numbers.

Pavel taps on one of the accounts.

“The siphon started about three years ago. Ten to twenty grand at a time, buried in vendor batches. The pattern changed about six months ago. Bigger pulls, timed to quarter close. The total missing now sits at five point six million.”

“Where does it land?” I ask.

“Three layers through cutouts,” he says. “We thought Kozlov at first, but it doesn’t fit their footprint. The last hop pings to a trust that buys heavy equipment in Newark. That trust is managed by a boutique firm in Brooklyn that reports advisory work for a Petrov holding.”

“Which Petrov?” I ask.

“Not the main family,” Pavel says. “A cousin camp that handles their expansion money. I’ve got two names on paper, both clean on first pass. No arrests. No public flags. They show up at charity nights and courtside seats.”

“Do we have a source on the inside?” I ask Marcus.

He shakes his head. “They’ve blacked out all outsiders. They’re extremely cautious. Their security turnover is high. They have new guards and new drivers every three months. They’re running routes I don’t recognize.”

“Can you get me a meeting?” I ask him.

“With who?” Marcus asks pointedly. “The Petrov who smiles for cameras, or the one who signs back-alley deals? They’re two sides of the same coin.”

“Both,” I say. “In sequence.”

Yuri leans forward. “The Delancey hit and the photo at the gate could be cover, just noise. If this is Petrov, they’re trying to edge into our cash while we’re looking at Kozlov.”

“Or it’s Kozlov wearing Petrov skin,” Pavel says. “We’ve seen that trick before. They’re starting a conflict with us to hide that they’re warring with each other.”

“We need a name I can put on a wall,” I say. “No more circling. I want the person inside my house who’s helping this happen.”

Pavel nods. “I’m pulling every badge swipe from accounting, ops, and vendor management for the last twelve months. I’ve got a list of people who touched these batches. We can narrow by who was in the building during each siphon. It’s tedious, but we’ll find them.”

“It isn’t tedious,” I correct. “It’s necessary.”

Marcus clears his throat. “We should talk about the restaurant breach from yesterday,” he reminds us.

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