I can’t run though. Running is for cowards, and I’m anything but that.
As I drove away and left my mother in San Francisco, I promised myself I’d do whatever it took to fix everything and find Eric.
This is my shot. The moment I came for.
So, I must do this, and do my utmost best.
“Did you want my attention last night because you wanted a job?” he asks. The corners of his lips twitch like he might smile, but the smile doesn’t come. I’m assuming he rarely does such a thing.
His question makes me pause for few seconds as I contemplate the right answer. Saying yes, would put me in a better standing to show my interest in the job. However, saying no would show my interest in him. So, I decide to go with the latter.
“No,” I reply and that’s the first true thing I’ve said all night.
The spark in his eyes tells me that was the right answer.
“So, you want something else then?”
“Yes.”
“I’m assuming you already know who I am.”
“Aiden Romanov, owner of the Dark Odyssey.”
“Very good, points to you for knowing who you work for.”
The half-smile he gives me is dark and dangerous, but so damn sexy it should be as illegal as he is.
“What’s your name, angel’skoye lichiko?” he asks, calling me angel face in Russian.
I continue taking those slow even breaths and an idea springs to my mind on how I’m going to play this game.
“Menya zovut, Marie,” I answer back in Russian, and a bubble of hope rises in my chest as I witness that spark of interest grow brighter in his eyes. It seems he likes me speaking in Russian as much as he likes the look of me.
“You speak Russian?”
“Yes, I’m half Russian.”
“Which half?”
“My mother.”
“What’s the other half?”
“Italian.”
All truths, and that’s as far as I’ll go for the moment.
“Come here to me.”
Play the game, Olivia, play the damn game.Especially if it’s going well.
I move over to him and stop a breath away.This is as close to him as I can possibly get.
Aiden Romanov towers over me with his foreboding height.Next to him, I’m petite. Even in my six-inch heels, I just reach the top of his chest.
As he looms over me, I’m enveloped in the musky cedarwood scent of his cologne and the raw masculinity of him. The impact makes my nerves scatter.
When he walks around me in a full circle taking me in, the dangerous effect of the beautiful devil makes every inch of my body come alive with arousal I have no way of controlling.