The Russian's Assertive Lover (The Tonov Triplets Series Book 2) by Ivy Iverson Read Free Book Online Page A

raised an eyebrow, but she caught one look at Nikolay's face and nodded. “Drive safe,” she said.
    Courtney didn't bother to get her clothes or her coat before following Nikolay outside. “Are you insane?” he shouted at her. “It’s forty degrees out.”
    “I'll be fine,” she said, clenching her jaw to keep her teeth from chattering. “I'm going with you whether you like it or not.”
    He glared at her before shimmying out of his coat and draping it around her shoulders. “Then get in the god damn car,” he growled, “Before you freeze to death.”
    Courtney jumped in and buckled up. “What's happening?” she asked. “What did Cindy say?”
    “Her piece of shit boyfriend thinks that she's cheating on him. She thinks he's going to kill her. She's barricaded herself in her bedroom closet but it's only a matter of time before he breaks down the door.” He glanced at her briefly as he sped down the street. “You need to stay in the car when we get there, okay? I am not going to put you in a situation with a dangerous man.”
    If only he knew. “If you subdue him, I'll get Cindy,” Courtney said. “You can't do both and this will make it safer for you.”
    “Don't worry about me,” he said. “I'm not—”
    “No, you're not,” Courtney snapped. “You don't have a choice in this matter. I'm getting her out of the house with or without your blessing.”
    He looked at her, surprised and Courtney flushed. How the hell could she have forgotten that he was her boss? She never should have talked to him that way.
    There was silence until he pulled into the driveway of a rundown house on the outskirts of Bangor. “I’ll go in first,” he said finally. “I'll restrain him and then you can go get Cindy.”
    “Fine.”
    As they got out of the car and closer to the house, they could hear yelling from inside. Nikolay ushered Courtney behind him as he opened the door.
    The entry way was empty. The boyfriend's yelling was coming from upstairs. They could hear pounding, as if he was throwing a heavy weight against the wall.
    Nikolay went up the stairs first. As they went up, they could hear the shouting more and more clearly.
    “After everything I did for you, you bitch!” he was screaming. “I gave you rides to your whore job. I've fed you and clothed you and put a roof over your head and you went and cheated on me. Open the damn door! Stop hiding in there like a coward, you bitch!” There was another thump as a heavy object hit the closet door. Courtney was barely able to see past Nik into the room, but she saw Cindy's boyfriend kicking the closet door and pounding on it with the side of his fist.
    Before the man could notice their presence, Nikolay rushed into the room, grabbed the man by the back of his shirt and slammed him face-first into the wall. “Shut the fuck up,” he snarled as the man tried to wrestle away from him screaming profanities. He slammed the man against the wall again. “Go!” he shouted to Courtney.
    Courtney knocked on the closet door. “Cindy?” she called. “It’s Courtney. It's okay, you can come out. We're going to get you out of here.”
    Cindy opened the door slightly, revealing a bruised face and neck. “Courtney?” she said, her voice hoarse.
    Courtney grabbed her arm. “Come on,” she said. “It's all right.”
    Just then, her boyfriend started screaming again. Nik punched him in the face and threw him onto the ground, shouting something in Russian and shutting up the man for good with a kick to the gut. Courtney pulled Cindy out of the room and down the stairs.
    “I'm so sorry,” she said. “I didn't want to drag anyone into this and now you're missing work and I know how much you want the tips--”
    “Cindy, this is not your fault. You have absolutely nothing to apologize for.” They both got into the back of Nikolay's car. Cindy was shaking as she covered her face with her hands, sobbing. Courtney put her arms around her. “It's going to be okay now,”