Page 229 of Bratva Jewels Box Set
Rape!I want to scream.
“I would like to say goodbye to her.” He seems sad, almost nostalgic about her, which is surprising.
“Say goodbye?”
“You know you’re not going to be able to have her for much longer, Maxim. You must give her back. She belongs to the Bratva, not you.”
“This is true, but she is mine—until you find the rest of them.”
Dmitri looks at me, shocked.
“I spoke to your uncle. He doesn’t trust you with the jewels. After
everything that’s happened, he believes they should stay with me as collateral until you find the rest of them. That way I know you’re doing what he has asked of you.”
I can see Dmitri is upset by this news. I don’t think even he would go against his uncle, not again, not when he has a target on his back.
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GRACE
Elena links her arm with mine, and we walk toward the bathrooms as we make our way through the tables. She’s humming as if she doesn’t have a care in the world. My heart is beating out of control—I need to relax.
We reach the bathrooms, and I go into a stall and lift my gown to sit on the toilet. Then I remember the spy shit I’m wearing. The boys will hear me pee.
“Cover your ears, you don’t need to listen to me pee,” I whisper into my diamond collar.
I can hear chuckling in my earpiece.
“You have thirty seconds of going dark that’s it, pee fast,” Damon says.
I let out a breath and quickly pee before they turn the audio back on.
“Time’s up, princess,” Damon declares.
I step out of the stall and start washing my hands.
Elena joins me moments later.
“It’s so good to see you,” she says, pulling me in for a hug.
I tell myself to relax as I put my arms around her and hug her back like I would an old friend. Once the hug is over, she steps away and looks me up and down. “Can I ask you a question?”
She can probably hear the thundering of my heart and is wondering why I’m so nervous.
“Sure.”
“I don’t understand why you’re back here. I thought Sapphire rescued you?”
“Tell her the truth,” Brooks whispers in my ear.
“The man that I’m sitting with, Maxim.” I watch carefully to see if she reacts to his name, but there’s nothing. Has she been brainwashed? Is she suffering from amnesia, like Zoe did? How does she not know who Maxim is?
“He kidnapped me.”
Elena sucks in a gasp. “I’m so sorry, Diamond.”
“Actually, I’m not.”
