“Don’t be an asshole. I’m doing this for the family. I don’t want Polly and Lev affected by your personal shit.”
I get to my feet. “I have no personal s**t. I have this Bratva and this family—that’s it.”
“And if it came down to a choice?”
That takes me back. “What the hell are you talking about?”
“If you had to choose between her and us, what would you do?”
I glare at him furiously. “Is that an actual question or are you just trying to piss me off now?”
“Given how you’ve been behaving lately—”
“I would never pick anything or anyone else over this family. I swore to protect Lev and Polly and that is what I will do until the last breath leaves my body. You may doubt everything else I say and do, but never doubt that.”
Nikolai’s eyes flash but in the end, he nods. “Alright, brother. N
