Andrei leaned back in his office chair, staring at the name flashing on his phone’s screen. The call was from Catalina’s secretary. He had been avoiding this inevitable meeting for months, dodging her calls, making excuses when summoned to the estate. But even he knew this standoff couldn’t last forever. Catalina wasn’t the type to let anything—or anyone—slip through her grasp.
With a heavy sigh, Andrei finally picked up the phone.
“I'm really sorry, ANdrei.” came the polished, overly formal voice of Catalina’s secretary. “Lady, Catalina requests your presence at the estate tomorrow afternoon. She insists it’s important.”
“Insists?” Andrei muttered, pinching the bridge of his nose. His silence stretched long enough for the secretary to nervously clear his throat.
“She emphasized that i
