“I’m pregnant,” I confess. “I don’t know what I’m doing with pretty much anything right now.”

Vanessa's expression turns thoughtful. “One thing I’ve learned about being a mother is that having children doesn’t mean your life is over.” 

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“I can’t believe you have a favorite shoe store,” I say as we walk toward the store.

She blinks at me. “Why wouldn’t I have a favorite shoe store? Don’t you have a favorite site to use for all of your… ah… toys?” 

I scoff. “You don’t buy monsterfucker dildos at just one place from just one person,” I tell her.

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“Don’t be a tease,” I tell him tartly. “Or I’ll go back to my room and take care of this little problem on my own.”

“Oh, we wouldn’t want that,” Nikolai says, getting up and crossing the room over to us. “Not when our zaya needs us so badly.”

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The anger and the rage that has been coiling in my stomach all day rise up, and I storm over to Nikolai and grab his shirt collar. “You’re disrespecting Kotya now? You’re going to go against his orders?

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“Wait. Why were you sick? Do you need to go to a doctor?”

“No,” I say, exasperated even though it’s not Yuri’s fault. I lower my voice. “It’s morning sickness. It’s normal, apparently.”

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“I am not going to base my business decision on the opinion of a fucking woman,” I growl, although my heart hammers as I say it.
She’s not just a woman.
She’s smart, and beautiful, and carrying my child.

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“You don’t talk to her at all,” Yuri says with a nasty grin. “Or you will learn what it means to piss off a Russian man. We aren’t soft like you Americans.”

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Konstantin kisses my bare shoulder. “Maybe we can distract you. Would you like that, Sierrochka?”

Yes. No. I don’t know.

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Konstantin kisses my bare shoulder. “Maybe we can distract you. Would you like that, Sierrochka?”

Yes. No. I don’t know.

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I nearly choke on my laugh. Yeah, I think it’s safe to say I’ll end up knocking up someone else’s girlfriend — or is that the way it works if the woman in question technically has three boyfriends?

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“A whipping. I think that’s what I promised you,” Kotya says.

“I accept,” I answer, forcing myself to stand taller. “Whip me bloody if that’s what it takes.”

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