Ivory Oath by Nicole Fox

Author:Nicole Fox [Fox, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-05-15T00:00:00+00:00

36

MIKHAIL

Anatoly and Raoul are loading the car when I step into the garage wearing a suit. “You’re a little overdressed for a meeting with your realtor.” Anatoly eyes me warily, already suspecting what I’m going to say.

The plan was for me to be seen at coffee with my realtor. I'd be spotted signing documents for the new location of Cerberus Industries while Anatoly and Raoul discretely attended the wedding of Christos’s niece. If the wedding turned violent, I’d be across town. Plausible deniability and all that.

After this morning’s debacle, though, I have too much energy to sit down for coffee. I want to get my hands dirty.

“I signed the contract digitally and my afternoon freed up.” I throw my bag into the trunk. “I’m going to the wedding.”

I don’t need to see my brothers to know they’re looking at each other, silently trying to decide what to do. Who should speak up first.

I whip around, arms crossed. “Say whatever the fuck it is you’re going to say so we can go. It would be rude of us to walk in late.”

Raoul lifts his chin and keeps his mouth stubbornly closed, leaving Anatoly as the unwilling sacrifice. He rolls his eyes and slams the trunk closed.

“Okay. Well, first, this wasn’t the plan, Mikhail.”

“Plans change.”

“Not at the last minute. Not when you’re the one who made the plan to begin with,” he points out.

“The plan was to secure a new location for Cerberus Industries so we have somewhere to funnel the shit ton of money we’re going to make when the shipment of weapons arrives.” I shrug. “I’ve done that. It’s being taken care of as we speak. I’m not changing the plan; I’ve just finished my part of it. Now, I’m helping you with yours.”

Anatoly almost manages to smother a snort at the suggestion that he and Raoul could use my help. “You’re recognizable. If anyone sees you, they’ll know immediately that we’re the ones who⁠—”

“That we’re the kind of people who don’t make idle threats. They’ll know not to fuck with us.”

Anatoly growls. “Something is wrong and I don’t want to go into a fight with you if your head isn’t in the right place.”

For a single second, my head is in a bedroom upstairs. Is Viviana still in the bathroom? Is she looking for me? Do I want her to find me?

But I shake it off and meet his eyes. “All of me is right here. I started this mess by refusing to marry Helen, so I’m going to take care of it. All that matters is taking out Christos and Agostino. All that matters is the Bratva.”

Anatoly arches a brow. He wants to argue, but he has enough sense to know it won’t do him any good. Whether I go to that wedding with the two of them or by myself, I’m going.

And he knows it.

Anatoly pulls the keys out of his pocket. “Do I still get to drive, at least?”

“Be my guest. So long as you can drive and walk me through the plan again.

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