“No, you too Lev. Go. I’m not kidding when I say we’re done. How the fuck can I trust you again?” She says and the tears in her eyes are close to spilling over.
“Ali cat, c’mon. I couldn’t just come out and tell you all of this. You have to understand that.” He steps closer to her and she puts a hand on his chest and shakes her head. He looks down at her and I can see his own eyes going glassy with his tears.
He’s gone for her and I don’t even want to think about the fallout of them being over right now on top of everything else going on.
“Lev, leave us.” I say before he makes the situation worse. He shakes his head and runs his hands over his head in disbelief before striding to the door, opening it and slamming it shut behind him.
“Take a seat.” I tell Alina and offer a hand to one of the lounge chairs.
“Just tell me one thing.” She says as she sits down.
“Anything.” I answer her honestly.
“Is Willows stalker an enemy of yours. Someone who only knows about her because you’re some big underworld leader?”
“No. At least we don’t think so. The day she called me alerting me of the car, it would have been too soon for someone to think she meant anything to me. It’s completely unrelated.” I say without skipping a beat. I’m too good at lying, but it’s forboth of their protection now that this is what she believe’s until we know who the fuck has replicated Andrei’s car.
“I don’t want you in Willows life. I don’t want you to bring any more danger to her life than what she currently has going on, even if it is unrelated. You being who you are and Willow being who she is, it doesn’t mix well. It won’t end well for her, and I’ll be fucking dammed if I let you ruin her Dragna. Not after she has come so far.” She wipes a tear away angrily as she clenches her jaw.
“Why do you think I left her that night after dinner. I know all of this, but I can’t stay away from her and I sure as hell can’t leave her knowing there’s some asshole stalking her, making her fearful to even leave her own apartment. Whether you and Lev continue things or not that is between you two, but I will do everything I can to continue looking after Willow. That offer extends to you as her best friend also. I will have one of my men take you both too and from work. I will keep men stationed at the house so it’s not just the cameras you have to rely on and I will make sure we get the fucker stalking her and make him pay the way he deserves.”
She looks me in my eyes as I speak. Her gaze full of promises of the threats she dished out and I realise then how much she looks like Marco.
“If a single hair on her sweet head is hurt, I don’t care what kind of punishment you’ve given men in the past, nothing will compare to what I will do to you.” She says deathly serious as she picks her bag up and makes her way to the door. She walks out and I can hear Lev begging her to listen to him as they disappear down the hall.
I inhale deeply and grab my phone to check the camera feed from Willows apartment, rewinding and watching what I missed because of tonights events. No sign of anyone and no calls from my men is a good sign, but I need to see her to know for myselfshe’s safe. I dial her number and wait for her to pick up as I grab my suit jacket.
“Hey! Everything okay?” I close my eyes and breathe again at the sound of her voice.
“Da, I’m coming over if that’s okay with you?” I ask her and I’m already out the door and pointing at Mikhail to follow me from being stationed outside the lounge door.
“Umm my friend is still here but she’s leaving soon, if you’re not busy with the club I’d love for you to come over.” She says hesitantly.
“I’m on my waymoya dusha. I’ll be about thirty minutes.”
“Perfect, I’ll see you soon.” I can almost see the smile I know she has on her face, that I can hear in her voice.
“See you soon Willow.”
She hangs up and Mikhail and I are already on the main floor of the club, making our way to the door.
“Brat, where are you going?” Lev stops me and I notice a mark on his jaw, Alina definitely put a stop to his begging with the same right hook she landed on me.
“To see Willow. Stay here.” He just nods at me, completely defeated and I feel for him, because if Willow told me to stay away from her like how Alina did, I’d fucking kill someone.
“Alina let Ivan take her home. Let me know she’s home safe please when you get there.” He says to me before he stalks off in the other direction and Mikhail and I make our way outside to the car.
When I get in I pull up the camera feed again and watch like a man obsessed for the entire drive to Willows place until I see our own car pull up on the front door feed.
Chapter Twenty One
Willow
I see Dragna’s car arrive on the camera and immediately rush to the door when I see him make his way up the walkway. I open it and see him walking faster towards me and as soon as he gets within reaching distance, he pulls me to him and wraps his arms around me, pushing me back inside with his body and kicking the door closed with his foot.
“Blyat’Willow, I knew you were safe but it’s nothing compared to seeing you with my own eyes.” He says, holding my face in both his huge hands and I feel my heart beating faster and faster as the seconds tick along, both of us just staring at each other.
I want to kiss him again. I want more than just kissing. I want to feel something and I want to feel it with him.
