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Natasha slowly opened her eyes the next morning. She yawned and sat up, meeting his back turned to her. He was already dressed and looked like he was buttoning his wrist cuff. He sensed her awake presence and turned. A bright smile was plastered on his face."Oh, you're awake," he said. "Didn't want to wake you up at all."She nodded and asked if she could probably come with him.He stared at her for a moment. He walked toward her side and sat down beside her. His expression became serious."What I'm dealing with is a dangerous game," he said quietly. "I don't want to involve you in it. Your staying here gives me peace of mind knowing you're safe."He paused and held her face gently in his hands."And besides," he continued, "you would all be distracting me."She raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean by that?"He continued without answering directly, "Like you're doing right now."She made a face and looked down at herself. Half of her breasts were exposed out of her pajamas.What the

Natasha had kept herself busy trying to reach out to the person sending her these messages. Her email messages didn't seem to go through after the person sent a very last message that got her thinking even more."Dimitri is worse than you can ever imagine. The file was originally meant to be accessed by you. You are the only one who can destroy Dimitri finally."She was shocked to the extent that it left her confused and furious. What was this person saying? For crying out loud, what the hell was this about?She had inquired for more information, but her message suddenly wouldn't go through. It was like she was restricted or blocked.She was in a state of total confusion. Should she inform Dimitri about this? But the message was haunting her. The person just said she was the only one who could destroy Dimitri completely. How could she tell him that?She could never destroy him. Why would she destroy someone she had come to like so much? Someone who had made her smile. Someone who didn

Natasha laid on her bed, on her chest, her legs dangling in the air. It was a habit she had cultivated whenever she was engrossed in something. But right now she was engrossed in digging out the ominous message she had received in the last one week-the message that had been giving her endless worry.First, she needed to start with the simplest thing that worried her: Chloe. The day she saw her at the restaurant and couldn't come say hi. She had started deep searching for Chloe, and finally she found her. But the name was spelled awkwardly- more like CKHLOE. She scrunched up her face at the spelling.Now she was searching through her profile. She was almost the same, but she looked different. Not like the Chloe from the orphanage home. More like a club stripper. Her profile was filled with nudity, and the amount of followers she had was shocking. What had Chloe been up to? Why was she like this? This was not the Chloe she knew when they were younger.She immediately messaged her with j

"Do you like her?" Xavier asked as soon as they entered the study room.Dimitri turned to face him. "Mind your business."Xavier smiled and continued, unfazed by the coldness. "The way you looked at her softly, the way you talked to her- it seems someone finally captured the hardened heart of the cold mafia king."Dimitri turned to him sharply. "Don't pretend like you know me. You don't know me."Xavier smacked his lips and put his hands in his pockets. He shrugged. "Well, maybe you're right."He paused and then continued, "I remember your love for books. Never knew you could have a pile of them."Dimitri kept quiet and just watched him, his gaze tracking Xavier's every movement as Xavier checked out his bookstands.Xavier turned and sighed deeply. "Listen, Dimitri, I don't know, but how can I turn away right now when you're in this mess? How can I just go back?"Dimitri cut in immediately. "I don't need your help. I never told you that I couldn't handle it on my own. And besides…" He

Natasha stood in the dining room, sipping a glass of water, obviously buried in her phone. She needed to decide quickly how she would get out unsuspected by him. She needed to understand what was happening around her.She then sent a message: "We will meet up. I will inform you when I get a way to do that."She drank the water. Well, maybe Chloe could give her a hint about what this was all about.She almost choked on the water when a terrible deep voice said behind her, "Easy, okay?"She let out a series of coughs.Xavier stood there, watching her with amusement. "Were you trying to kill me?" she asked once she could breathe.He smiled and took a beer from the refrigerator. "I don't kill," he said. He placed the beer on the dining table and removed the tumbler, pouring himself a glass.He then said, "Natasha, right?"She looked at him and raised an eyebrow. She nodded and asked how he knew her name.He shrugged. "I heard Dimitri mention it."She scoffed and sat on the chair. He then