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.”

heard him blow out another frustrated breath and curse quietly as I walked out.

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was wearing earlier on the end of the bed, so I decided to change into that and lie down while I waited for him to finish. Between the sprinting and Andrei the

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

It was completely dark outside. The only

was.

he was hunched over his desk, pouring over a file. I hesitated, not knowing whether I should interrupt him when he looked

in here,” he said, leaning back in his chair and turning toward

forgive you? You’re working. You have a lot of responsibility. I can’t be mad at that,” I said, walking toward him. He

His hands immediately running over my legs and under my

‘she might be touched in the head‘ different?” I asked,

to bother me, even though I want nothing more than for you to bother me. I want to ditch work, just to be with

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 to come up

bottom lip as he said, “you know what that does