Chapter 6

VLADIMIR

I knew that I was playing with fire with what I was doing, but I also knew that I caught the woman’s attention.

Her eyes were fixed on my extended hand for a few seconds before she allowed herself to extend hers to shake mine. And I couldn’t help the small smile that formed on my lips as I felt a spark coursing through my veins. 

Her eyes studied my expression before she pulled her hand away, and I nodded, watching as she took a sip of her tea. 

“Do you spend your whole day in this room?” I asked, and she looked around the room for a second before she nodded. “Don’t you go out?”

She shook her head in response before nodding at the window. I looked at it and she got up from the edge of the bed, making me smile as I watched her walk toward it. She put the cup of tea on the table, and she stood in front of it, crossing her arms over her chest before looking at me and walking toward the bed again. 

“You stand like that when you