She waved, and I finally peeled my gaze away from her tits.
“What’s wrong?” she repeated.
“Get dressed.”
She scrubbed her face, yawned, dragged herself out of bed. “Yes, Boss.” Instead of heading for the shower, she rounded the bed and pressed her body against mine, rising on her toes to sniff my neck. “Mmm,” she said.
Perplexed, I stood there while she sniffed me. She took my hands and placed them on the small of her back, then threw hers around my neck and kept sniffing.
“What are we doing?” I asked.
“We’re hugging?”
“You want more dick?”
She chuckled. “Sure. But smelling you will do.”
Hmmm. Interesting. I sniffed her hair. “You smell like my shampoo.”
She lifted her face. “Is that good or bad?”
“I prefer coconut and sun.” I squeezed her ass. “Get dressed.”
While she showered and dressed, I paired black jeans with a black button-up and descended into the kitchen, where most of my people waited all dressed in black. And armed. Ivana had put on pants and a tank top under the light leather jacket hiding her holster. “Ready?” she asked.
“Sit down, Ivana,” Ludi said.
“Why? We gotta move. Surprise is all we got. Once that’s lost, we’re gonna suffer more casualties.”
I got an apple juice from the fridge and poured it into a glass. Got orange juice for Ludi and poured him a glass too. “Sokol?” I asked, my heart doing a flip as I braced for the worst kind ofnews that would explain why he wasn’t here. I moved to sit at my solo table.
“Couldn’t get a flight out, so they’re driving,” Ivana said, hovering over me. She placed her hands on the table and leaned in. “What are you doing?”
“Sit down,” Ludi told her, but she wouldn’t listen. Cold gray eyes locked with mine. “Mikhail called. He wants the girl returned.”
“No.”
“I know that, and therefore, we’re ready. What’s going on with you? Have you changed your mind?”
I grabbed the back of her neck and stood, pulling her body to mine. “If you play the boss one more time, I’ll strangle you. If you question me in front of everyone, I’ll strangle you. You understand me?”
“Yes, Boss,” she choked out.
“Go outside and wait.”
She blinked before leaving. As one of my top people, her advice on handling a situation had always been valuable to me. But I didn’t need anyone’s input or anyone’s advice in this matter since I had already decided.
“We’re hitting Club Cage tonight,” I announced.
Ludi scrunched up his nose. “I could do him in, you know.” His eyes trailed away from me, and I turned to find Lana standing there in fuck-me heels, a tiny skirt, and an even smaller tank top. You could hear a pin drop in this room full of horny males jacked up on testosterone and adrenaline.
“What the fuck are you wearing?” I bit out. Or not wearing would be more accurate.
Lana smiled and swayed her hips to me, then sat on my lap and buried her face into my neck. She sniffed me again, and I wondered if she liked my cologne. I was almost out.
“Remind me,” I said to Ludi, “to buy more of this cologne.”
“Sure, Nikola. It’s a pressing issue right now. Let me get on it immediately.”
