I stared out the window, letting their argument wash over me, but Millie wasn’t done.
She turned to face him fully, her voice steady.
“Alex’s life has always been in danger.
Being your wife doesn’t change that—it just gives her more people to protect her.”
“It makes her more of a target,” Nikolai countered.
Millie didn’t flinch. “And from where I sit, it makes her safer.
There are five of us here, ready to protect her.
Or do you lack faith in your men?”
The jab hung in the air, and I winced, wishing she hadn’t gone there.
Nikolai’s jaw tightened, his silence louder than any retort.
“Enough.” My voice cracked as I finally spoke, the weight of their words pressing on my chest.
“I just want to see Stuart and the kids. I love them.
That’s all this is about.”
Nikolai’s dark ga
