This place is wild. It looks like somewhere the police shouldn’t even know about, dark, underground, humming with quiet danger. The air smells like dark money, cigar smoke, expensive perfume, class and crime. Definitely crime.
The moment I stepped into the place, I wanted to turn around and leave. I nearly did. If I hadn’t seen Aleksei standing with Katya, if I hadn’t caught the look he gave me, I might have turned back.
I thought Aleksei would be mad. That he’d tell me to leave, to get out before I embarrassed him. I’d braced myself for it. I’d even prepared an explanation, ready to insist no one here would know who I was.
But then he kissed me. In front of everyone. He palmed my ass, devoured my mouth like he owns it, and even now, I’m still breathless from that kiss.
Niko strides to
