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June 8, 2015
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– Well, did you pass? Kirill asked, meeting her from the last exam.
– Passed! I’m so glad we’re finally going to the
sea!
– Jump in the car.
The last three weeks have not been easy for Kira. The first session in her life took all her strength out of her. She spent the night sitting at her textbooks. Worried, almost ate nothing. And she flatly refused Cyril’s offer to help
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with the exams. However, he did not insist. He himself disappeared for days at the office. The start of work on the hotel project in Oman was nearing. Cyril tried to arrange things in such a way that he himself would not have to go anywhere. Even if it is necessary, then a maximum of a month.
He will not drag Kira to the tiny Islamic Mirbat, where there is nothing to do but an eyesore to the natives on the beach. Given the specifics of local customs, Kirill will definitely not allow her to do this. Let her better wait for him in Krasnodar.
Cyril is used to the fact that Kira is always there. Officially, she never moved in with him, but spent almost all the time with him. All her textbooks, cosmetics, handbags and other
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things smoothly migrated to his apartment. And he bought her so many clothes that now she occupied a good half of the huge closet in the
guest room.
He was looking forward to the end of Kira’s exams. In recent days, it was simply a pity to look at her. She lost weight and had dark circles under her eyes. I had to force her to go to sleep.
Kirill decided that a few days on the Black Sea would do her good. He would have preferred Spain or, at worst, Turkey. But Kira did not have a passport. Eh, I didn’t think ahead.
June 15, 2015
13:00
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– Why are you so gloomy? Just yesterday he told me how wonderfully he had a rest with his gold–haired woman, – Nathan was surprised when he entered Kirill’s office.
He glared at his friend and looked down at the table again.
What is this still life? Nathan pointed to the papers and envelopes scattered on Kirill’s desk.
– Yes, I’m sorting out the shelves. Decided to clean up my workspace. All the mood in the pipe.
– Drop all this crap! I would ask the secretary. Why waste your time?
Kirill threw a plain white envelope on the table
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with no return address.
– What is it? Nathan reached for the envelope.
Wandered among the brochures. Greetings from a friend,” Kirill said gloomily. – Late this time.
Nathan opened the envelope and took out an ordinary white sheet of A4 format folded several times. On the sheet, in black block letters, was written:
“The countdown continues, three years left.”
Short and meaningful.
“Star,” hissed Nathan.
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“He’s the best,” Cyril confirmed. “Already forgot
to think about this ghoul.
“Do you think it’s him?”
– Who? Carlson, who lives on the roof? Cyril smiled bitterly. – Rykov, no one else. The major does not sit quietly on the bunk.
“But he always sent you messages in April!”
Look at the date on the envelope! Just let it catch my eye when it comes out of prison. I will strangle with my own hands.
Nathan looked at the date. So it is, the
twenty–first of April. Day to day.
“Such scum tramples the earth. As the ghost of
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his murdered wife has not yet brought him to
the grave…
June 17, 2015
10:00
Kira softly knocked on the door with the inscription: “Ignat Valeryevich Shilov – head of the design department of CJSC Polaris.” Silence was her answer.
“Maybe he’s not there?” she knocked again.
Soon a terrible voice came from behind the door:
– Enter!
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Kira entered and timidly closed the door.
A bald–headed man in a snow–white shirt and black trousers sat at a large table. Appears to be thirty–five years old. Kira could not determine his height, but the new boss seemed huge to her. The valiant torso, bull neck and huge muscular arms of the owner of the cabinet are to blame for everything. With such hands it was not necessary to knock on the keys, but to become a lumberjack or hunt bears.
“Good afternoon,” Kira greeted politely and walked over to the table.
Shilov measured her with a glance.
“I see that only the authorities get everything tasty,” he muttered under his breath.
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– I’m sorry, what? She involuntarily shuddered at his gaze.
Kira Ivanovna, I presume? Shilov asked in an official tone.
– You can just Kira – she was even more embarrassed.
“Okay, just Kira. I think Kirill Alexandrovich told you about the vacancy? he asked, waited for a nod, and continued, “Great.” I warn you right away, do not think that you are in a special position here. I love it when employees clearly perform their duties. Nobody will babysit you. It is clear?
Kira nodded again.
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– That’s good, – Shilov got up and called Kira with him. – Come on, I’ll introduce you to the team, get comfortable and get to work.
Her heart thumped loudly in anticipation.
Another minute – and she was in the holy of holies: a huge office of the design department. There were about twenty people here, at least. Someone was pounding on the keys, someone was rummaging through the samples of fabrics and wallpaper scattered on the common table, someone was drawing an intricate graph on a white board.
“Hello, Ignat Valeryevich,” it was heard here and there.
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Shilov returned greetings with nods, but did not linger anywhere until he led Kira to a frail, red–haired boy of about twenty–five. As soon as he took his eyes off the monitor, Ignat Valeryevich said:
Serezha, here is your new assistant. Show her everything here, – with these words Shilov left the office, leaving Kira in the care of the modest and polite Sergei Bryantsev, whose assistant she now had to work.
June 22, 2015
12:30
The sun was shining through the office window. Kirill shrugged, imagining how hot it must be now in Oman. Fortunately, he still
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does not have to experience the beauty of the local climate. It’s good that Anton Favortsev immediately agreed to take Cyril’s place in a foreign project.
On the monitor, images of sketches smoothly replaced each other. Cyril could not concentrate at all. Thoughts now and then returned to Kira. He squinted in pleasure as he remembered what he had done with his beloved this morning. Since Kira got her coveted position in the design department, her attitude towards him has become even more reverent.
In the past, a considerable number of women have been in Cyril’s bed. Much more experienced than his young student. But they all paled in comparison to his affectionate and passionate cutie. Kira knew how to show how
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much she needed him. She gave herself to him passionately and on demand. Cyril felt himself the sole owner of her tender body. And what he liked most was that she understood and accepted his power.
Cyril admitted that he deliberately took control of all areas of his precious life. He always knew where she was, what she was doing, who she was spending time with. He was strict with her, but not rude. However, rudeness was not required. Kira herself dutifully followed his wishes and took it for granted. Obediently reported to him about all the events of the day. Belonged to him. It belonged. It turned him on terribly.
Cyril recalled with a smile the time when she rejected his courtship. How much she
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has changed since then! Where did her waywardness and sharp tongue go? Cyril with pleasure redrawn her behavior to his taste. If he did not like something, he told her right away and expected immediate consent in response. He tamed her like a puppy, using the tactics of commands and rewards.
Another attempt to focus on the sketches failed miserably as soon as he remembered the frivolous peach dress in which Kira fluttered out of his apartment today. Not quite fit for work, but there was no dress code in the design department. The people went who in what much.
Cyril glanced at the dial. There is still more than an hour before lunch with clients. The meeting will take place at the restaurant across the
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street, so he still has plenty of time. Imagination quickly painted a languid picture of how productively he could use this time.
The hand itself reached for the phone.
“Hi, worker,” he purred. – Jump on the light, I’m bored.
“Kiryush, I’m not in the office,” Kira answered in a gentle tone. Street sounds reached his ears.
– And where are you?
– I was sent for samples of fabrics for the stretch curtains of the Izmailovs‘ apartment. Remember that project that Bryantsev allowed
me to work on?
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“Well, yes, yes,” Cyril agreed. He did not remember about the project, because he never listened to Kira’s stories about work. But she didn’t need to know. – What did they have, there was no one else to send? Find an assistant…
Kira laughed.
– That’s what they found. Me!
Kirill chuckled, realizing that he was stupid, and continued:
-Good. When will you return?
“I think they’ll keep me here for two hours, at least. Some new employee lost our order. Now they are looking for. If they don’t find it, they’ll re–compile it. I’m free, I can come to you.
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“Then I won’t be here,” Cyril sighed. – All right,
work hard, bee.
June 22, 2015
13:30
Kira spent more than an hour waiting for the order. Finally, the desired folder was in her hands. You can go back. Brand new sandals hurt my foot. Kira spat on the economy and caught a taxi. Now she could easily afford it – she no longer had a lack of finances.
Cyril did not give her money, but he did not allow her to spend his own. I always paid for everything myself. Often gave gifts. At first, Kira was embarrassed and wondered why she
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needed so many new outfits and other things. Cyril answered briefly that he wanted her to look decent. Kira obeyed, not without pleasure, of course. In the first month, she wondered when Kirill managed to choose gifts for her. Then I realized that consultants in stores do it for him. Kira quickly got used to the fact that couriers appeared in the apartment every now and then with brand new crispy packages of amazing content. Plus, in the designer she was promised an extremely decent salary.
Having reached the office, Kira paid and was already heading to the entrance to the building, as she was called:
– Sinichkina, is it you?
The voice sounded familiar to her. Kira turned
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around and stared blankly at the lanky young man hurrying towards her. He was wearing a white T–shirt and simple jeans. Small curls covered the ears and forehead. Kira struggled to see something familiar in the face of the approaching guy: she noticed a freckled nose and laughing brown eyes. Here the joy of recognition was reflected on her face.
