Chapter 540. Karina Sokolova

“We got a meeting with old man O’Deary here in ten minutes and I want to keep it simple.’

From the corner of his eye, he noticed Paddy looking up in something like wariness and Piers felt a frisson of alarm. What had his hotblooded, impetuous younger brother done This time?

His brother looked abashed.

‘There was a girl…’ he began and Piers groaned.

***

Hours before

No amount of pleading and dire warnings from Gillian and Paddy, had stopped him from rising to his formidable height and lumbering in the direction of the girl. His gut twisted as he turned the corner and he saw the lean man with the oily black hair who had the girl pinned to the wall, his arm on her throat. He was speaking in some Slavic language while the girl was practically standing on her toes, struggling to breathe.

Claude felt his fury rise. No man had the right to behave so brutally toward a woman, certainly not a girl. The two bouncers sneered as they saw Claude approach