Chapter 31

•Nikolai•

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The sound of the clock ticking was the only sound that could be heard in the room. My focus was on the tumbler half-filled with whiskey, I twirled it around and the ice clinked against the glass. A full-bodied cigar burned between my fingers.

"I have been told that there's a girl living in your house for months"

I faced my father, he looked displeased. Anger radiated off his body, he rolled his shoulders to get rid of some of the tension.

"Two and a half months to be precise" I answered smoothly.

"Why?" he asked, I could pick the annoyance in his voice.

"She's an orphan"

"You tellin' me that you did that to be charitable?"

I rolled the cigar between my fingers and took a drag. "Precisely"

He chuckled, shaking his head, and muttered something under his breath. "There's that fundraising event coming up, be charitable there not in your fucking home, son"

A sardonic breath escaped me. "I don't take orders from you anymore, pops"

"Get rid of her" he ordered.

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