Episode 24

Gavril

“And the other shipments are on time. I think that by the end of the week, we should be fully stocked and ready for delivery.”

I drummed my fingers on my desk as Anatoly droned on in his report, filling me in on every shipment that had come in over the last week.

Right now it felt like the last fucking year for as long as he had been talking.

“Tell me,” I answered once he stopped to take a breath. “Don’t you ever think about just typing that shit in an email and sending it to me?”

Anatoly glowered at me over the paper pad in his hands. “You know that emails can be traced and used against you if they are found in a court of law.”

Fair enough. Still, I arched a brow. “Have you been watching CSI again?”

“Respectfully, Pakhan.” He sighed, placing the pad in his lap. “Fuck you.”

I chuckled, glad to have a moment of just fucking around. The last few days had been extremely tense, so much so I felt like I had spent more time on the phone than sleeping. We’d had a couple of ships stopp