#Chapter426

Nerves hit me hard again and I blow out a steady stream of air to try to re-centre myself as my stomach turns over and churns with the reminder of what we are doing. That sign we are going upstairs to do this in just a minute. I shouldn’t be nervous but I am. Being soft and gooey in front of our nearest and dearest goes against everything in me.

“We’re coming, go up. We’ll only be a second.” Alexi dismisses one of his best men and turns to me softly. Fixing me with a tender look and takes both my hands in his, tangling my fingers snugly within...