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“Of course I am fucking jealous. I only want you, and I’ll only ever want you,” I snarled, my gun still pointed at him. “And no one else will ever touch you.”
His gaze sharpened on me, half dangerous, half amused. “You’re a little bit crazy.”
“Yes.”
“Good.” Severin’s mouth curled with far too much delight.
“What happened to never touching another girl again?”
“I haven’t touched anyone else, and I don’t want to touch her.”
“Touch her or any other girl, and I will cut off her fingers one by one and send them to you in gift-wrapped boxes,” I growled. “And maybe I’ll make you fucking eat them.”
That may have gone too far. Well, all of this may have gone a bit too far.
But Severin Volkov made me fucking crazy.
His smile widened, and the urge to punch him in the face became almost unbearable.
“I’m serious.”
Wicked amusement danced across his beautiful yet frustrating face. “Oh, I know.”
“I mean it.”
“I know.” His attention shifted back to Polina. “Let her go, Moy Oduvanchik.”
“No.” I crossed my arms and glared at him.
“I think she got your point. She’s not going to come within ten feet of me ever again.”
“And you won’t get near her either.”
“I wouldn’t want to, Moy Oduvanchik.” He took a hesitant step toward me. “Let her go. She won’t tell anyone what happened tonight, and we can leave it behind. Because if she tells anyone, not only will I kill her, but I will hunt her entire family and slaughter them, and no one will ever figure out who is responsible.”
He held Polina’s gaze, his muscles bunching beneath his tight shirt, and I knew she understood just how lethal he was.
“Nod once if you understand.”
Polina nodded, a tear tracing a path down her face.
“Let her go, Xeniya, and then we can have a chat about this.”
I huffed, reluctant to let her go.
“Untie her,” he said softly.
My weapon remained raised.
“Xeniya Morozova, you do not want me to touch this girl, and someone has to untie her so we can talk about why you did this.”
“I think why I did this is pretty obvious.”
“Is it?”
“Yes.”
“Then why have you kidnapped a mafia princess and tied her up in a hut in the woods?”
