Racing Desires

57. Baby Racer part 1

Kiara's POV:

"Oh my god Igor, what are you doing here?", my eyes widen in disbelief to see him here in London even more so here at home.

"After everything I read about you in the news, I had to come and check if my Baby Racer is ok?" The guy who seemed a little intimidating at first to me, who's a real macho, has developed a soft spot for me.

From Dean I had heard that Igor and his whole family had inquired how I was. Apparently, I left quite a good impression with them. And after our race and the night at the club in Russia, Igor kept up to date through the news and later on Dean.

At first Dean wasn't exactly pleased, that Igor was showing so much interest, but as it seems he seems to be fine with it now. Perhaps because it's clear I've fully forgiven him and he's not worried about Igor.

"So how are you keeping? I heard you acted hard just like a real Russian girl. You'd still be welcome to stay with us anytime", he gives me a wink before his arms wrap around me in a hug.

"She's mine", Dean reminds Igor before shaking hands with him. "And as long as you remember that you're always welcome here."

"Seems like you've learned from your mistakes. Seriously I really thought you were dumb to let a woman like her go. Just like my whole family."

"Well now you know I never really let her go", Dean's strained voice tells me how uncomfortable he's feeling, being reminded of the whole situation.

"Yes you're not as dumb as I thought, she's still cooler and has a smarter brain", Igor laughs and I swear even with his laugh I can hear the strong accent.

"I'll agree to that and way hotter", Tyler throws in from behind.

"Great anyone else ganging up against me?", Dean groans but in a playful way taking it with humour for a change. I know Igor and Dean have been dealing a lot with business lately, which surprised me seeing as I expected Olga to do that not Igor.

Even if Igor only gets to see our groundfloor, he says he's impressed with our house. Which I'm not too sure if he means it honest or is simply being polite, seeing as this is so far from their gold touched style. If so, he doesn't show it.

Once everyone is seated in the livingroom Dean lifts me over on to his lap. His arms wrap around my waist and his chin rests on my shoulder, while Igor asks me more about the last couple of weeks and months. I try to answer without going too much into detail, but I can still see the shocked look on Igor's face.

"You should have joined the mafia or some secret agency by the willpower you brought up even with all the pain", he tries to make a joke. But I can see how it's just a masquerade to hide what he really thinks. In between he gulps hard and reaches out to squeeze my hand. Who would have thought Igor could be soft like a teddy bear if he's not in his usual surroundings? Even Dean doesn't act up, against Igor squeezing my hand.

At about 10pm Gale and Brent tell us, they're going to leave us youngsters to ourselves. Right we're all between 23 and 26 in this room and I chuckle slightly at their choice of words. After hugging us and telling us to take care they leave a short while later.

Entering the living room again, the topic has already changed. Dayum and of course it's cars and illegal races they're all into. For a moment I was worried Igor might spill something in front of Gale and Brent as in their family it's obviously not a secret. But I guess he understood with Brent and Gale things are different.

"What about you Baby Racer, when was your last race?" Our four best friends laugh hard about the pet name Igor has given me.

"Actually that was with you. I was on my way to the next race, when that fucking van crashed into me. As you know it's not exactly the thing I can do right now."