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ears ago. As a child, I idolized Andrei. I wa

ia. But he sent his wife and son to safety in Alaskan exile. Since then, my generation has lived in self-sufficient p

city and indoor plumbing. As I played, running around with sticks and toys, he b

es instead of making them. I will buy a private jet and travel around t

sophisticated person I knew. Although I idolized him, I couldn't understand his need to leave our home at that time. To me, our home

plans to own a business. He worked in a mine to save mon

siness. I discussed my plans with Andrei, and we spent time talking about running the biggest cartel. But at tha

Andrei had managed to convince my mother to sell the six hundred and eighty acres that had been in our family for f

oney to save her." He told me, and I listened like I always did. When news reached me that she was almost dying, I decided to throw away everything and go back for her. Andrei tried to stop

us. For the first time, I yelled at An

y. "Did you really think mum could do al

I felt more bound than ever to him. He was my only family and we worked hard for

ould always say to me. Working eighteen hours in harsh conditions, I was

the land in an irrevocable trust for his child. Or that, as recompense for my loyalty and hard work, Andrei would gang

f anytime I remembered that my brother, who I trusted so much, had betrayed me. Even if I regained the land,

tarted the feu

would

voice asked me, snapping me out of my thoughts.

ray shadows beneath her eyes. Her lips were full and pink, but the lower lip was chapped as if she had spent

nergy, and with overblown curves. I cut off my t

g time," I answered. "I'll make t

de a blush. "What kind of arrangement

honeymoon." Why did

wedding is just for us to get what we want.

ips. She was so unguarded and innocent. Unbroken,

d. Exotic women who knew how to seduce a man and make him play their games. Women who kept their lips red and their hearts black. Who would greet me i

hing, her expression would give it away. She clearly saw makeup as a chore and going to the gym as

things that didn't need to be complicated. And it would hurt a fragile y

uestion." She said, biting

. "Let's

u find me a

prepared for the question, but I didn't know it