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Don’t push your luck.

Too late for that.

A full minute passes before the next buzz.

For the record, I’m only saying yes because I like Georgian food.

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

Who says I’ve been sleeping?

Now that’s something I’d like to hear more about over dinner.

The dots appear, hold for a long beat, and then vanish. No response. She’s letting me squirm, but the fact that she didn’t run tells me enough.

I set the phone on my chest and lay there in the dark with a grin. My father is suspicious. His surveillance team was parked outside Moscow General. The woman just threatened to kill me, and I’m lying here smiling like an idiot with my cock still hard and her name glowing on the screen.

Ruslan was right. I’m unrecognizable.

I don’t care.