Chapter 73

"Ella, what's wrong?" Lana asked as she sat next to me.

My smile faded quickly as Dostov walked down from his bar stool and made his way towards us with a glass of whisky in his hand.

"Ella?" Lana called out to me again, but my gaze remained fixed on Dostov.

What was he doing here...?

Dostov stopped in front of our table and placed his whisky glass down. Lana was silent next to me, seemingly taken aback.

"Eleanor, it's good to see you again," he said with a friendly expression. I still felt very strange seeing his youthful face, even though this man was almost four times Nick's age.

"Nice...to see you too," I replied to him. It seemed like Dostov picked up on the hesitation in my voice because his smile became even deeper.

"Do you two know each other?" Lana whispered next to me. I forgot that Lana didn't know who Dostov was. She had never met him before.

"Errr...Lana, the man who just bought us wine is Dostov. And Dostov...this is my friend, Lana."

Awkwardly, I introduced the two.

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