King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter Two Hundred Five

Adrik

Sephie walked back into the office with Andrei and Misha, the rest of us looking at them expectantly. She walked straight to me, taking her place in my lap once again. I could tell by the look on her face that it did not go well. I wrapped my arms around her, holding her tightly, wanting to protect her from anything that could make her anything but happy. Instead of asking her for the details, I looked to Andrei and Misha for the recap of what happened.

They were both trying to hold in their laughter. Andrei spoke first. “I would just like to take a moment to state once again how happy I am that Tori is not a part of my life any longer. But the good news of this week is that Max won’t be coming here ever again.”

Viktor, Ivan, and Stephen all looked to Sephie, surprised. My expression matched theirs. Misha looked to me, a sly smile on his face. “It was impressive. Max was mad that he was made to wait in the lobby, so it didn’t start well. It went downhill from there, basically.”

“What did he want?” Ivan asked, watching Sephie’s face. I could almost watch his anger envelope him as he looked at her. She was clearly upset, which meant Ivan was ready to end whatever or whomever was the cause of her being upset.

“He wanted Sephie to fix his life like always. He said Tori is destroying his life, but he wasn’t smart enough to figure out how to get rid of her on his own,” Andrei said. He looked to Sephie, complètely flustered, adding, “I mean, the solution was so fu cking obvious and he had no clue until you gift-wrapped it for him.”

“Solution for what? Getting rid of Tori?” Viktor asked.

for asked

afford to pay his rent right now. He said no because he was afraid of her. Apparently, she’d scared the kitchen staff a

“I knew she had

restaurant owner to fire her and even laid out exactly how to do that. The owner has to know something is off because Max isn’t pulling the numbers he normally does. He’ll likely happily

Andrei told him to leave and never come back. He made it clear that he’d chosen crazy over Sephie for the last time. Of course, he was bu tt-h urt. He looked to her like she

me. I’ve never seen

worried he was going to make a scene,”

put his hands up like he was trying to keep me from flying off the handle already. “Max said, and I quote, ‘you think you can ditch me now that you’re giving

right, I was livid. Sephie felt it, leaning her head back against my shoulder so she could somewhat see me. She stretched up and kissed my cheek. “It’s okay. I owned him. Right before I threatened his

three of their

to watch, Boss. You would’ve been so proud of her. Andrei and I were still standing in front of her, partially blocking her from him. She stepped in between us and got right in his face. She turned it back on him and asked him if he meant she was

both knew what was coming. She started pushing him backward, still just verbally slaughtering him. We were worried we’d have to pull her off him. She told him to leave and never come back. Then she said he’d clearly forgotten just exactly who she was giving it up to and that

back any longer. “You should’ve seen his face,” he said. He could barely get the words out

to live with it. Then she asked me and Misha to get him out of