Mob Boss Series Book #1: The Russian Heir

Chapter Six: Secret Admirer?

Lettie's POV
Bryce is a gift giver.

From experience, every time he screws up, there are three steps he takes and he is so consistent I have been able to predict these steps. First, he showers me with gifts. Gifts can be anything from Swiss chocolates to his black card when he has no idea what to give me. Second, he verbally apologizes after I have been smoothed over. Third, we have make up sex and that is my favorite part because my lover is wild.

He has never bought me flowers.

Sherry gets flowers every week. It's automatic. Every Monday at 8am, a delivery man brings flowers to the doorstep of her penthouse. Juan made arrangements for her to always have fresh flowers every week. Bryce does not believe in flowers. He says they wilt and it makes no sense. Another thing he doesn't but me, lingerie. Juan gets Sherry lingerie and her stories about what happens after she wears them are rated R. Bryce gets my size wrong. He finds it unbelievable that I can buy clothes in the kid's section. I'm not just vertically challenged, I am also dainty. He always gets my clothing size wrong, unfortunately on the larger side. He gave you on buying me clothing items. He prefers to leave his credit card.

It's not the sight of the card that has me smiling. I tucked it away or n my purse. It's the beautiful bouquet sitting on the foyer table with a purple envelop tucked in between. I put the envelop in my bag when I saw Yuri nosing around pretending to be straightening furniture. It's not even his job. I reached for the gift bag. My jaw dropped when I removed the skimpy red lace lingerie from the bag. Yuri cursed and looked away promptly when I looked his way. I dropped it in the bag along with the flowers.

"Excuse me, take this up to my closet." I instructed a maid.

"Malyshka, where are you going?" Yuri asked me. He's obligated to follow me everywhere. I went through college with Yuri. He always slept in class though.

I waved the credit card at Yuri. "On a shopping spree with the girls."

"I must come." He followed me.

"We need the muscle for all the bags we will have." I laughed and made my way out of the house. Sherry's jeep pulled up in  front of me.

"Shopping spree!" She screamed.

"Bryce is paying!" I screamed back.

Yuri and one other bodyguard followed us.

"First stop, Yuki then we get your friend." She informed me after we drove off.

"A scarf in this heat?"

"Horny bunny had an agenda with my neck. I have hand prints and love bites." Sherry is pale and she's always marked. "How are things with Bryce?"

"Fine."

"Really? If he's funding a shopping spree for four women, things are not good."

I felt the breeze in my face. It's soothing. Sherry's jeep is the convertible type. She mostly drives it open except in autumn and winter when she drives it closed. We were once rained on  because it didn't close up as expected. We have had good memories in this car.

"It's not good." I agreed. "I kicked him out. I told him I need space."

"I tried that once." She laughed with a snort. "He said and I quote: "this is my fucking house. You won't tell me you need space in my house. Go outside if you want to space but I'm not leaving." I didn't ask for space ever again. So did he leave?"

"He always does when I tell him to."

"Tough Bryce?"

"Tough Bryce." I sighed as we drove through Yuki's neighborhood. She lives in SoHo. I love their loft though I think a child can't be raised in a loft but Gian Carlo likes trendy things. He doesn't want to grow up. He puts his baby in the front seat of his sports car. Tessie lives in Tribeca with Santi. She's mostly alone because Santi can't stay put. He's in between places, the travelling kind as Sherry calls him. It's also a great neighborhood like SoHo. Sherry lives on the Upper East Side at the heart of luxury itself. Their penthouse has 360° views of New York. Those are views money can buy.