15
Nikolai
“I’m telling you, you cannot keep her in the dark,” Alina says again as Chloe and my son disappear from view. “It’s her father. She deserves to know what you’re planning.”
Fucking Pavel. He’s told Lyudmila about Bransford, and she, naturally, couldn’t resist spilling the beans to my sister—who’s again determined to have a say in a matter that doesn’t concern her.
I glare down at her. “You need to stay the f**k out of it. This is between me and Chloe, understand?”
Alina’s green eyes blink up at me, all wounded innocence. “I wasn’t going to interfere. I’m just saying that if you want a chance at a real relationship with her, you have to—”
I scoff. “What do you know about real relationships?”
She takes a breath and squares her shoulders. “Look, I was wrong to interfere befor
