8
Nikolai
“So, tell me, brother… Did you acquire her for Slava or yourself?”
I pause in the middle of putting on my cufflinks and turn around to meet Alina’s coolly mocking gaze. “Does it matter?” I have no idea how she sniffed out my interest in our new hire, but I’m not surprised.
My sister has always been able to read me better than anyone.
She leans against the doorframe of my walk-in closet, where I’m changing for dinner. “I guess I should’ve expected it. She’s pretty, isn’t she?”
“Very.” I deliberately turn my back to her. Alina lives to get a rise out of me, but she’s not going to succeed tonight. Nor is she going to shame me into staying away from Chloe.
The girl intrigues me too much for that.
“You know she spent the entire afternoon with Slava, right?” Alina strolls deepe
