Chapter 0246
And then, before we can object, she justughs and walks away.
“Are seriously we doing this?” | ask Daniel, leaning forward so he can hear my whisper.
He nces for a moment at his dad, who studies us with chagrin as Natalia moves back to his side. “I think we have to,” he
murmurs as Kent gives us a small nod.
I groan and slump back into my chair, not wanting to do this at all.
Honestly, | liked the pattern that we’d set up in the past few weeks — waking up with Kent, riding my horse, plotting with Daniel,
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But leave it to Natalia to throw a wrench in the ns.
“Bowling?” | murmur as we pass through the door into what | actually admit is an incredibly chic twone vintage bowling alley in
the basement of one of the city’s best restaurants. You can tell it’s been lovingly maintained and that the rest of the room has
been designed thoughtfully as aplementary cocktail lounge.
“We are youths,” Daniel says, smirking down at me. “Youths like the bowling, remember? At least, in Natalia’s mind.”
I sigh and fiddle with the engagement ring on my left hand, looking around anxiously.
We''re some of thest to arrive, and | see that there are already about twenty people here. I''ve met some of them, while others
areplete strangers. But my eyes go, of course, directly to the blonde at the back corner of the bar, speaking intently with a
dark-haired girl | don’t know.
“The Russian dolls are here,” Daniel murmurs to me as we step further into the room. | smirk at our nickname for the five
daughters of the Russian mob boss I’ve never met. “And they’re iing...” he continues.
I rip my eyes away from Ivan to the group of girls headed right towards us, M at their head.
“M!” | say cheerfully, stepping forward and intercepting her, not letting her make the first move and ignore me as she didst
time. “So good to see you again.”
| wrap her in a light hug, pressing a kiss to her cheek which she falsely returns. “You''re looking well, Fay,” she murmurs to me,
giving me a slight smile, before hastily letting me go and moving to Daniel. But | turn and smirk to see that her sisters have
already ranged around him, making it hard for her to find a ce.
| watch them for a moment, considering that it looks like a feeding frenzy when a b of beef is lowered into a piranha tank.
Apparently, their father told the sisters that he wants one of them tond Daniel — but he doesn’t really care which one. And now
they''re all determined to win.
| catch Daniel''s eye for a moment and he gives me a helpless little shrug, which makes meugh. So, | move away to the bar,
letting him handle it. As | go | wonder what Natalia has promised Don Kozlov in exchange for one of his daughters marrying the
boy she hopes will soon be her son.
Considering how hard they’re going after him, it must be something good.
I sigh as | reach the bar, watching Ivan from the corner of my eye as he chats andughs with the dark-haired girl, wondering
who she is. But | ce my order with the bartender and wait patiently. | know he''lle to me.
But even when the drinks are delivered, and | take one over to Daniel, and thene back to the bar to sit alone...
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| realize that | fucking hate it.
Because Ivan? He’s supposed to look that way at me.