Sasha slowly surfaced from her sleep knowing it would only be a few minutes before her alarm would go off. Intuitively, most likely because she despised being woken with a start, she always woke before the timer went off.
Yet this felt different as she lay there. Her bed was too warm and at first, she reminded herself she was at Sonny’s and her own bed was in storage. Then the scent of pine and warm spices filled her nostrils and the heavy weight of an arm over her waist held her firmly to the mattress. Evened breathing told her she wasn’t the only one sleeping in her bed.
Feeling like damn Goldilocks, she knew instantly who was asleep in her bed and wondered if this man understood what a boundary was. She opened her eyes blinking slowly and found herself nose to chest with a dark thatch of hair, golden skin, and an intense desire to snuggle right into it all. She reached her arm behind her to the nightstand and fumbled for her phone, shutting the alarm off
Sasha entered her parent’s home with a strong sense of hesitation. Her mother was the queen of seeing through Sasha’s every emotion. While she may have been a young mother and Sasha may have grown up in a rough and dangerous world where her mother had to be tougher than most on her, she had been a damn good mother and paid attention to every nuance of Sasha’s personality. It was why when the lady who had accused her of stealing when she was thirteen had only taken a partial beating from Avery for her words. Even though Sasha had denied it outright, Avery had known with a simple look at her daughter she had stolen the woman’s rings. Avery had punished Sasha later for lying to her when nobody else was around but then she’d split the proceeds of the sale of the diamond and wedding band. Now she was going into the lioness’ den and while she knew she was cleaned up, no scent of Rin on her anywhere, she knew the woman would know what she’d been up to. With luck, her pregnan
Sasha made her way back into Sonny’s house after waving Achilles off and found Rin watching her with narrowed eyes as she pushed the door into the foyer open. He was in a pair of dark-washed denim jeans and a white t shirt, and the casual look on him was a stark contrast to the rigid expression he held. “What?” “Who dropped you off?” “Security from the club.” “You went to the club?” he looked her up and down and she pondered if the shorts and t-shirt she was wearing were going to melt off her skin. “No. My father is leaving the country. Our compromise to having a full team while he’s gone is for our head of security at Gina’s to escort me to and from work. I was at my parent’s home when we negotiated.” “This man can’t just be back and forth to this house,” Rin protested. “It’s a security risk.” “Who do you think brings Sonny home every night?” she lifted an eyebrow. “Do you think we would trust his safety with anyone else?” He held his ha
The office door was slightly ajar, and he heard the single knock from Sasha. He lifted his head way from the computer screen, “come in, Sasha.” She pushed the door open and stepped into the doorway, “I just wanted to let you know Sonny said he has thirty minutes left of his movie and then he’ll want to come in.” “Okay. Come in. Close the door.” He folded his glasses onto the desk in front of him and leaned back when she hesitated. “Sasha, come here.” His command was quiet and authoritative, and he knew if he spoke like this to anyone in or out of his organization, they would be on their knees in front of him without hesitation. Yet, this girl stood there pondering whether she was going to obey him or not. “I have work I need to do,” she said suddenly and rubbed her forehead. “I neglected it by going to my parent’s house. Now I’m behind.” “Come here. I want to kiss you. You can go do whatever it is you do for the club when I’m done with you.” He watched her cheeks blush at his word
A perfect match. The words rebounded in her head while she sat on the bed in the room she was occupying, reviewing her emails and reports. She was unfocused and scatter brained as his words floated in her mind. She was in over her head. Way over her head. She looked at the clock. Five thirty. She called Chastity knowing the choreography class should be done by now. “Hi. Did you fuck him?” Chastity’s voice was giggly and laughing. “I’m in so much trouble, Chas. He’s a sex god and I’m a mere mortal.” Chastity’s cheer made her pull the phone away from her ear. “You’re not a mere mortal, you’re Sasha Fucking Smith!” Chas corrected her with sass. “You run a conglomerate of businesses and you’re a multi-millionaire in your own right. You’re a shrewd businesswoman and smarter than most. If you want to fuck around with Rin Allegretti, fuck around with him.” “He and my father are friends.” Chastity went immediately silent. “Exactly, Chas. I found
He let a piercing whistle escape his lips and both women turned to face him. “What the hell is going on? You woke Sonny from his nap.” Sasha plunked down at the counter and watched without any shame as both women started shrieking about how lazy the other was. They were in each other’s faces and Sasha was hopeful the hair pulling, and scratching Chastity mentioned would start momentarily. Then Rin would be all dominant mafia boss and sexy as hell. She wished she had snacks to watch him in action. Yum. “Enough,” Rin’s deep voice cut through the yelling. “You’ve spent more time barking at each other than it would have taken to clean up.” “Mom told her to clean up!” Viv snapped back and glowered at her sister. “I had to clean up after breakfast, she has to do it this time.” “Rin, we need a housekeeper here.” Angie sputtered, “I just had a manicure this morning. I can’t touch this stuff.” “Or you could go home,” he waved at them. “You have a condo right in
Orion’s cheerful voice carried through her mostly closed door, and she exhaled. She was a showgirl, and she could keep her face happy for the masses so when she went out there, she would keep her smile on for the boy but inside she was shaking. It had been stupid to strike Angie, but she’d had it coming and nobody disrespected a Volkov and got away with it. It was evident Sonny’s family didn’t take seriously the warning Sonny and Rin had given them earlier in the day. They were still trying to push her out and it worked. She was officially done. She wiped a single tear off her cheek as she collected her belongings from the ensuite bathroom, standing in the shower stall to take her shampoo and bodywash. She had the memory of Rin pushing her against the tiles just this morning while she was getting cleaned up from finding him in her bed.It was the fastest and hottest love affair she’d ever had. They were too much at odds and with a family like his, they were never destined to be anyth
Rin helped his grandfather into his office after the nurse and her nephew left and motioned for him to sit in the chair behind the desk, but Sonny refused and took a seat in a wingback chair near the sofas. “Sit, all of you.” Sonny ordered them. Rin perched on the edge of the desk and watched as his father and mother fussed over Ang’s bruised jaw. Watching Sasha land the right hook had been surprising to say the least. He’d not anticipated it, and he would have considered it had been a thing of beauty, if it hadn’t been his sister, she’d put out cold. He was torn between throttling her and applauding. “I got a text from Sasha’s grandfather. It seems when she left here, she called him and let him know what happened.” “Bitch,” Angie said. “I’d like a couple minutes with her, and she ran with her tail between her legs.” Sonny sat up in his chair and eyed her, “shut up Angelina. You wouldn’t last ten seconds with her. She’s a fucking Russian mafia princess
Rin covered his mouth and prayed the next words out of his grandfather’s lips were not the ones he was dreading and yet it appeared Sasha had been right. God didn’t help men like him. “She is the only daughter of Sacha Volkov and his wife Avery. When Sacha was just sixteen, he snuck into a strip club and found a dancer there. He had a fake ID, so she thought he was older. She was working a pole, so he thought she was older. They had a fling for two weeks and he went back to Russia. His fake ID did not have his real last name. Nearly fourteen years later he showed up to do a job with his father and stopped into a club Avery was managing. She and her mother ran a few clubs back then. Her mother ran Gina’s and Avery ran Satin. Sacha went into Satin on a whim for melancholy’s sake, I would guess, and found Avery. Then he found his daughter and that was it. He moved to Vegas same day. Avery and Sasha look more like sisters than mother and daughter and since Sasha spent more tim