I pull myself off his knee, knowing what he is about to say. “Nope, I already told you. I am not changing my life for this. I'm going to work, D. I’ll go crazy stuck here. I'm not negotiating on this.”
“You have your hands full with this one, brother,” Lev not so helpfully adds.
I glare murder at him to which he smirks like he is appeasing a child.
“Ok, beautiful. Don't worry, we will go in as normal,” Dima says.
“Good,” I answer.
“Also, brother, don’t get carried away if you catch the person. Seb wants in on this one.”
Dima and Lev grin together like excited children.
Lev looks at me like Christmas has arrived. “Fuck yes, coming over to the dark side, eh Seb? Always wanted another to join the fun with me.”
His grin widens, showing all his teeth like he’s a damn shark. He scares the shit out of me when he smiles like that. He’d make a great replacement for the clown in the IT movies.
“Maybe, but mostly I just want to be part of this since it affects me too. Anyway, I need to work all this stress out, so I'll be in the gym if you need me.”
And off I trot, but also add an extra sway of the hips for Dima since his eyes are bound to be on my ass. They practically live on it, so may as well tease him and give a show when I can.
“That’s a hot ass,” Lev mumbles. The mumble is followed by a sharpslap!
“Shut the fuck up, Lev before I rip your eyes out,” Dima threatens.
Lev laughs, and yep, I’m still loving the attention.
CHAPTER 20 - SEB
Afterdevouringmyentirebody weight in pizza that Lev bought for us, I'm getting ready for work. Fixing my black tie before putting on my waist coat and buttoning it up, I take a moment to check myself out in the mirror. I'm in need of a haircut, but it will have to wait until this creeper has gone. I'm still confused as to why this is happening, considering the brothers told me earlier that they have had no bad blood with anyone for years and the majority of their guys are long timers who can be trusted. It's a mindfuck, but I trust the brothers to sort it out. I am hoping that tonight I can lose myself in work and not think about any of this for a few hours.
I make my way downstairs where Dima is waiting with Simon and Jules and a couple of guys I don’t recognize but assume must be extra muscle.
“This is Zayn and Dillon. They’ll be working with Jules and Simon tonight, at least one of them will be close to you when I’m not,” Dima explains.
I nod my head to the guys. “Hey.”
They give a curt nod in return.
We head out in two cars. Jules in the car with me and Dima. I don’t realize my knee is bouncing until D covers it with his hand.
“You okay, beautiful? You seem anxious.”
I want to laugh at his surprise, but I don’t. “Yeah, I’m anxious, but who wouldn’t be? It’s unusual for me to have all this protection and someone is out there who might want to hurt me. It's a lot to take.”
“Come, here.” He pulls me toward his lap and I straddle him in the back of the car. My head touches the roof and I have to curl myself over him. He pulls my mouth to his for a kiss. “Here, put this in your boot in case you need it.”
He hands me a knife, similar to the one he has used on me but this one is a little bigger with a curve to the blade,
I'm kind of touched but now my anxiousness has intensified. What if I need to use this?
“Always good to have some protection on you, baby. You'll be fine, I promise.”
I’m about to give him a kiss when the car comes to a stop. Instead, I dismount him and leave the vehicle. Jules walks in front of me, the other guys have appeared behind me and Dima and we enter the club.
Here we go.
The night so far has been great, normal even, besides the extra eyes on me. But Dima has been comfortable enough to leave me for the past hour. He left to talk to Lev in their office.
