Chapter 36. The Love of Her Life (2)

Viscount Redington

[The Gentlemen’s Club]

After leaving the ladies for an important meeting with strict instructions on not leaving the house without bodyguards, he enters another drawing room at the club’s manor.

Four other members were waiting for him. No sooner than he settled on his favorite chair, Lucien asked him. “Have you spoken to the mafia princess? How did it go?”

Sipping his scotch, his tense shoulders relaxing, he nodded. He was glad Dinara was a sensible woman and she was one of his wife’s closest friends. “We had discussed the important points. She assures me she and the tzarina have it under control. But I also guaranteed her she has our protection. We couldn’t risk the tzar’s ire. Not when he has taken Sandringham under his wings.” The marquis was on a mission, following a lead in San Francisco.

“Good. Huntley and I will be leaving for Paris tonight. You and Mountford should be more careful when you go out.” Cedric, their leader, announ