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“What rumours?” he gritted out.

“Uh, that you are popular among many crowds. No judgment on my part,” I said with a twisted smile.

There was silence, but I didn’t look up.

“It was you. Wasn't it? You did something,” he said, breaking the silence with his accusation.

I glanced up and looked him in the eye. “I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

He slapped the paper on the table and jumped off the brown leather couch.

“I’m going fucking ki—”

Unfortunately for him, Adrik came back in and glanced at us.

“What’s wrong?” he asked me.

“Nothing. I think Viktor is frustrated. You should give him a little more personal time so he can date. You know? Work all that aggression out,” I said innocently.

Adrik stared at me for a moment before smiling. “Stop fucking with him, Bunny.”

I guess Viktor wouldn't like the rainbow-coloured dildo I ordered for him.

Chapter 29

Adrik

“Why can't you control your woman?” Viktor grumbled as we walked to the outbuilding.

“You shouldn't have bashed her around. I mean threatening to stick a needle in her eye. That was cold, Viktor,” I said with a smirk that turned into a grin when he stopped walking. I didn't.

He caught up with me. “Pakhan, I always do everythingyourequest of me. How did you get away with all the shit you pulled with her?”

“I didn't. She torments me in ways you will never comprehend,” I said with a dark smile.

He grunted, but his eyes were curious. “Will you marry her?”

I frowned as we reached the door. There was no need for rituals with what we had, but the question niggled at me. I’d made many enemies over the last twenty years. Díma was the perfect example of an inside job that posed a threat to Ania. The thought of anyone laying a finger on her made me clench my fists. She would always be a target while she was associated with me, but as my wife, she would have some clout within the brotherhood.

“I mean, it took you enough time to realise—”

“Idi na khuy,” I snapped to him.Go to the dick.

When he chuckled and held the door open for me, I decided Ania did the right thing by ordering him a dildo. He could go fuck himself with it like I just told him to.

“No wonder theKroliksurvived,” he said grimly as we approached the operating room.

An image of my beautiful broken Bunny breaking down in my office flashed through my mind. Those gut-wrenching deep sobs that pierced my black heart reminded me of a time when I sat bleeding in the corner of the room, terrified to sleep on the bed. My Bunny’s blood had dried in their home and that vile shed. I was violated by relative strangers in comparison to Bunny’s abusers. Her own flesh and blood violated the natural laws of humanity.

“Did you burn it all down?” I asked.

“I started from the shed and worked my way to the house,Batushka,” he said quietly.

I nodded because I did the same with the documents Viktor collated. Considering she was a hacker, she never delved into her past or erased any part of the girl who once existed. Rurik Abrosimov was absolved from his interference, and as a token of my gratitude, I had a bottle of vodka hand-delivered to him. It didn't sound like much, but a man like him would recognise that the bottle was worth almost $1.7 million.

Viktor pushed the door open, and I stepped inside the room. The light was dim, and the tubes buzzed and flickered. Vadik stood with his back to us as he checked the tools laid out before him like a surgeon. He glanced at us over his shoulder before he switched the bright lights on for his operation.

“Welcome, Pakhan. I have quite the show for you today,” he said with a wicked smile.

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