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LACEY hadn’t been the only one keeping secrets in their relationship. Apparently Suro was not only a hit man by trade, but he also hung out with Russian billionaires. At least she thought Alexei Rustanov was his friend.
The only explanation he had given before hustling Sparkle and her to his private jet, which Sparkle had recognized as the one that had taken her from Rise Academy to Chicago, was, “Nakamura asked me to pick you up, take you back to our home in Texas, and keep you there until further notice. So that is what I am doing.”
His home in Texas turned out to be a rather large compound in the middle of a small Texas town called Drummond with twenty-four/seven security. Even if Lacey had thought about running away again, and considering the weird circumstances, she did think ab
