King of the Underworld by RJ Kane

Chapter Fifty-Two

Sephie

We dr ove away from the house and closer to the heart of the city. This area of downtown wasn’t too far

from the restaurant worked at, but I didn’t have much reason to come here I would sometimes run

through downtown when I was waiting for Grant to pass out. The buildings got taller and the people

more numerous on the sidewalks. We passed by a small café, with a giant sign above it that read

“Vinny’s

“Hey, is that the best sandwich shop ever?” I asked as we dr ove by.

“The one and only,” Viktor said from the front seat.

A few blocks later and we were pulling into an underground parking garage. I was trying to pay

attention to where we were, but honestly, I had no clue. There was so much to look at, it was hard to

keep track of everything. We parked, the other vehicle parked next to us. Everyone headed toward the

elevators. There were three to choose from. We took the one that was by itself, away from the other

two.

In the parking garage and in the elevator, the guys essentially surrounded us. Two in front, three in

back, all times. Adrik had his arm around me, so I just walked with him, but it felt like we were moving

as a unit and not seven separate people.

During the elevator ride up, I noticed that all the guys had smirks on their faces. Like they were all privy

to a joke that I hadn’t heard yet. It made me wonder what was coming once those elevator doors

opened. We stopped at the next to top floor and everyone got off the elevator, except me and Adrik.

“Give us a call when you’re ready,” Viktor said as they all exited the elevator.

I looked at Adrik, completely confused. He just pulled me closer as the elevator doors closed. “One

more floor and you’ll see,” he said.

As the elevator doors opened, we were met with two guards, who both nodded at Adrik. We walked

down a short hallway to another door. As he opened the door, he smiled at me, and motioned for me to

walk through the door.

When I walked through the door, I could see that we were in a penthouse. There was a very spacious,

very open floor plan, with incredible views of the city in every direction. I stood in one spot, just taking in

the views, as well as the layout of the penthouse. My eye caught a familiar picture frame next to one of

the couches. I walked to it, picking up one of the few pictures I had of my mother and me. I felt tears

threatening to fall as I turned to Adrik.

“I don’t understand.”

“This is where you will live now, assuming you want to, of course. You’ll be closer to your friends, and I

can see you throughout the day here too.”

“You live here?” I said, still astonished.

“Da. This is where I spend most of my time. This is my building. The lower floors are offices and

apartments. The top three floors are restricted to only my people. You’ll be safe here. I had the guys

pick up the rest of your stuff from your apartment and bring it here. Please don’t be mad, but I left your

sh itty furniture,” he said, running his hand through

his hair.

“I can’t believe you would not want my very expensive thrift store furniture in this place.” I said, still

trying to choke back tears, but trying to smile through it.

He walked to my side, wrapping his arm around me. “You can leave whenever you want, just please

take at least one of the guys with you when you go. We still don’t think going back to work is a good

idea, but you can at least see your Friends again. I wish you could walk freely once again, but I still

don’t trust this situation. There’s more to it that we don’t know yet. I would d ie if something were to

happen to you,” he said, kissing my temple and holding me close.

I stared at the picture in my hands, not sure what to say, still fighting tears. I was so happy that I could

be closer to Max, and I would be able to see Ms. Jackson and Mr. Turner again, even if it meant I had

to take one of the guys with me. Ms. Jackson would be happy about that. I was so touched that he

thought things through enough that he had the guys get my stuff from my apartment. I didn’t have

much, but a few things were very valuable, if only to me. I looked up at him, tears still welling up in my

eyes.

“Please tell me those are happy tears?” he asked, his face showing his nervousness at my reaction.

I put the picture down and wrapped my arms around him, burying my face in his chest. I just nodded

my head as I fought back the tears. After I gained control, I looked up at him, a few tears still in my

eyes. “Thank you. Thank you so much.”

He wiped the last few tears from my eyes and kissed my lips gently. “I will give you the world,

solnishko.”

As I stood looking at him, looking down at me with nothing but love and adoration in his eyes, I realized

that I loved this man. I was hopelessly falling in love with him. I never wanted to go another day without

him.

“Come. You haven’t seen everything yet,” he said, pulling me with him to show me the rest of the

penthouse.

I couldn’t get over the views of the city as we walked through the penthouse. “This must be beautiful at

night,” I said, staring out the windows as he pulled me through the penthouse.

“I can’t wait for you to see it tonight,” he said. He proceeded to show me everything the penthouse had

to offer, stopping at his bedroom. When he showed me the closet, he motioned for me to walk inside.

When I walked in, all my clothes from my apartment were hanging in one section of the closet, with

space for more.

“You did this?” I said, smiling at him.

“Well, not me technically, but I told someone to do it,” he said, sheepishly.

I walked to him. I placed my hands on his chest, as his arms circled my waist. “Thank you,” I said.

“Thank you for keeping me safe and for thinking of the little things that I missed from my life. Thank you

for allowing me in your life. Thank you for trusting me enough that first night to tell me your name.”

He had a la zy smile on his face as he looked at me. “So, you’re happy with it?”

“Very.”

“Good. Because it’s not over yet. There’s more to the surprise later.”

“More? What else could there possibly be?”

He grinned at me. “You’ll see. Now, do you want to see the two floors underneath this one?”

“I want to see everything you want to show me.”