Red Widow (Vivian Xu, book 1)
“She flicked her wrist and Vivian barely caught her phone before it could smash against the bridge. She fumbled with it and pressed it to her cheek.
“Hello?”
“Vivian, where are you?”
Nikolai demanded. “I’ve been trying to reach you for hours.”
“…I’m at the manor.”
“I’m just checking in to make sure everything is okay. You were pretty shaken up at Grigorshire.”
“Yeah, well, you can imagine why.”
“Hopefully this is the last dead body you see for a while. I can’t say the same about myself, consider...ing my sordid profession. Now what do you plan to do next?”
“I guess I have no choice but to return to the outskirts—”
Vivian didn’t continue that thought.
She noticed the woman watching her closely, trying to pick up the expression on her face. Did she know what morbid business they were discussing? She was staring intently at the phone, captivated by some detail.
She couldn’t hear Nikolai, could she?
“Is everything all right?”
“Yes, sorry, Nikolai.MoreLess
“Hello?”
“Vivian, where are you?”
Nikolai demanded. “I’ve been trying to reach you for hours.”
“…I’m at the manor.”
“I’m just checking in to make sure everything is okay. You were pretty shaken up at Grigorshire.”
“Yeah, well, you can imagine why.”
“Hopefully this is the last dead body you see for a while. I can’t say the same about myself, consider...ing my sordid profession. Now what do you plan to do next?”
“I guess I have no choice but to return to the outskirts—”
Vivian didn’t continue that thought.
She noticed the woman watching her closely, trying to pick up the expression on her face. Did she know what morbid business they were discussing? She was staring intently at the phone, captivated by some detail.
She couldn’t hear Nikolai, could she?
“Is everything all right?”
“Yes, sorry, Nikolai.MoreLess
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