Russian Billionaire's Reclaimed Lover (Chekov Billionaire Series Book 2) by Leona Lee Read Free Book Online

Marcus and Nardiv, Ivan couldn’t help but think about Sarah. Despite everything, she had still stepped up and did the right thing. She was all right in his book, but maybe it was best that she stayed away from Vitaly. While he respected his boss and everything that he built for himself, he was clueless when it came to having a good thing standing right there in front of him.
     

Chapter 7
    Rather than looking for another job, Sarah elected to apply to graduate school. She had managed to save up enough money, plus the unemployment that HR approved would allow her to take a couple months off before starting in a Master’s program. While normally, the MBA program would already be full, her graduate supervisor called her immediately when a student had to drop out due to a family emergency. Sarah planned to start in Spring and her professor had already emailed her several links to articles to give her a jump start.
    As the holidays approached, Sarah and her friends were excited to drive down to the central valley to spend it with her family. The Jenkins family was well known for their holiday extravaganzas and Christmas was her father’s favorite holiday. Her aunt had already sent her several pictures of the various Christmas trees that had been erected in the different buildings, each with their own theme.
    As Sarah put the last of her things in a bag, her phone rang. Without looking at the caller id, she answered the phone.
    “Sarah, it’s Ivan.”
    “Ivan? What can I do for you?”
    “There’s been an accident. Vitaly is in intensive care at Mountain View hospital.”
    “Oh my god, what happened?”
    “He appears to have been driving too fast and missed a curve. When they found his car, the EMTs were surprised that anyone was still alive. I just thought that you should know.”
    “Thank you, I’ll be there as soon as I can.”
    As Sarah got off the phone, she looked up to see Mia standing in her doorway. She had heard her side of the conversation. “So, what are you waiting for? Go!”
    Driving to the hospital, Sarah had to force herself not to speed. She was frantic to get there as quickly as possible. An accident? How could that be? Despite his tendency to speed, he was always a careful driver. She couldn’t believe that he was in an accident.
    While she hadn’t seen or heard from him since that day in New York, her feelings for him hadn’t changed. She had just come to accept that she was indeed in love with him when he accused her of espionage. At the time, she was glad that she hadn’t told him as she didn’t think she could handle the added humiliation of having her love thrown back in her face, but now she wished she had. Clearly, life was too short to spend it worrying about pride.
    Pulling into the hospital parking lot, she found a space and ran inside. Not even bothering to ask for a room number, she looked at the map and headed up to the ICU. When she got off the elevator, she was faced with a large closed door. Turning the other way, she started walking toward a nurses’ station. Before she got there, she heard her name. She turned to see Ivan walking out of the ICU as Sarah ran toward him.
    “Ivan, is he?” Sarah couldn’t quite finish the question as she looked at him.
    Grabbing her arms, he hugged her. “So far, yes, he’s still alive. Come, we need to talk.” Taking Sarah by the hand, he pulled her into an empty family room. Sitting her down, he joined her as he rubbed the back of his head.
    “Much has happened since you gave me that thumb drive.”
    “Were you able to clean it up?”
    “Oh yes. And it launched an investigation that included every member of Marcus’ team. It seems that they were all on Nardiv’s payroll.”
    “But how could that be? I spent the weekend with Cindy. She couldn’t possibly.”
    Nodding his head, “You leaving your laptop at the office was a bonus for Marcus and when he found it, it was her job to keep you busy that weekend.”
    “So the dinner and