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48. He liked him, but he will deny it.

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Adrian's Pov

My legs were jelly under me. I tried to push myself up from the floor, but everything spun. My knees buckled again.

A firm arm caught me.

Nikolai.

He didn’t speak, just pulled me up and half-carried me to the bed. He set me down gently, like I might break.

The stripper—still seated at the edge of the bed—stood up the moment I landed.

“I’ve done what you asked,” he said, his voice tense. “I wanna go.”

“Sure,” the tattooed man replied with a shrug, stepping forward.

The next second, he pulled out a pistol and shot the stripper in the head.

Blood sprayed across the wall. The body crumpled to the floor.

I gasped, heart seizing, eyes wide.

Nikolai’s expression didn’t change. “Who sent you?” he asked, voice like ice.

The tattooed man smiled darkly. “You don’t need to know that.”

Nikolai’s lips twitched in a smirk.

He slid off his watch and reached for my wrist. I didn’t stop him. He strapped it on my arm, his fingers brushing mine, then turned to face the others. He popped open
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