King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter Thirty–Six

Sephie

I cleaned up and left the bandage supplies on the counter. Everyone had since disappeared, so I wasn’t sure where they went. I wandered up the stairs to Adrik’s office. I was chewing on my bottom lip when I walked in, my hands in my pockets. I was completely lost in thought. About Ivan, about Andrei and Tori, about everything that happened the last three days.

“You okay?” Adrik asked from his desk.

As soon as I saw him, I was snapped back to reality. I smiled warmly at him, taking in his features. He had ditched his shirt again and was just in jeans sitting at his desk, a stack of papers in front of him. He leaned back in his chair, pushing it away from his desk. He turned toward me as I walked toward him.

“Did you find your answer?” I asked, standing beside him, and picking at the top few files in one stack.

He shook his head no, letting out a frustrated breath.

“I can come back later. I don’t want to interrupt.”

A smile came over his face. “Give me twenty more minutes? This is really eating at me.”

leaned down and kissed him, before turning to leave. I heard him blow out another frustrated breath and curse quietly as

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while I waited for him to finish. Between the sprinting and Andrei the personal trainer today, I

went to the bathroom. I checked my bruises in the mirror. They were still clearly visible, but they were starting to fade just a little. A few

to comfortably wait for him to be done. I woke up sometime later. It was completely dark outside. The only light coming from his office. I got up to go check on him, not even sure

was.

over his desk, pouring over a file. I hesitated, not knowing whether I should interrupt him when he looked like he might’ve found

came in to find you were already asleep, so I came back in here,” he said, leaning back in his chair

that,” I said, walking toward him. He motioned for me to come to him. As I

he said. His hands immediately running over my legs

touched in the head‘ different?” I

It made me want to work more to avoid them. You? You try not to bother me, even though I want nothing more than for you to bother me. I want to ditch work, just to be with you. It was torture to have to

on my skin as I listened to his words and his hands continued to roam under my shirt. I didn’t really know how to respond. I chewed on my bottom lip, trying

thumb swiped my bottom lip as he said, “you know