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~~ CHLOE ~~“Vasili called me just a few minutes before you both got here. He bought a whole shopping complex for me,” my Dad said with creased brows.Lorraine and I looked at each other for a brief second, and it was not a long look but it carried meaning. I cleared my throat softly and tried to sound normal.“Isn’t that supposed to be a good thing?” I asked carefully.My Dad sighed and leaned back against the couch, running his hand over his face like he was stressed.“It is a good thing,” he said. “But it feels too fast. I feel guilty. I do not want him stressing over me like this.”Guilt washed over me again, but this time it was different, because my heart softened when I heard that Vasili had already started taking steps to secure something for my Dad.He didn't have to move that fast, and it made me realize he was serious about what he had told me.Lorraine smiled and placed her hand on my Dad’s shoulder.“Ethan, your best friend is a good man,” she said gently. “You should be

~~ VASILI ~~ Chloe kissed me suddenly. I froze when she did. For a second, I could not breathe. My body went stiff, my mind went empty, and all I could feel was the warmth of her lips against mine. I had not seen it coming. I had been standing there trying to control myself, trying to say the right thing, trying to act like the responsible man I was supposed to be. Then she pulled me down to her and everything inside me scattered. I wanted to pull away. I truly did. But when her lips met mine, it felt like it made me whole again. Like a part of me that had been missing for years suddenly returned to its place. The feeling was sharp and deep at the same time. It was wrong, but it felt right in a way I could not explain. So I kissed her back. I did not think about Ethan downstairs. I did not think about how she was his daughter. I did not think about the lines I had promised myself I would never cross. I only thought about how soft she felt and how desperately I

~~ VASILI ~~ “Kitty?” I said her name out loud because I needed to be sure my eyes were not playing tricks on me. It had been a long day, and my mind was already stretched thin, so for a second I genuinely considered that I was imagining her. But I was not imagining her. Because she smiled when I heard her name, that slow smile she had always used like a weapon, and she walked toward me. The way she moved had always been deliberate. Everything about Kitty was deliberate. She closed the distance between us, and her fingers curled around the collar of my shirt, and she tilted her face up toward mine like this was something we still did. Like no time had passed at all. I stepped back. Not roughly. But clearly. “What are you doing in my house?” I asked. She blinked, unbothered. “Isn’t it obvious?” Her voice dropped into that low register she used when she wanted something. “I miss you, Vasili. I miss that sweet cock of yours.” I almost laughed. Not because it was funny. Becaus