Free Sergei's Stubborn Captive (The Captive Series Book 3) by C.M. Steele Page A

sweetheart,” Lana said sarcastically as she caught his attitude.
    “Only the women in my family and my son get the special treatment. Now, are you coming, or will you hitchhike your ass home?”
    “I guess,” Lana said. She was just about to take her luggage when Luciano took it from her.
    “Come, the limo is out this way.” Luciano escorted her to the limo and put her luggage in the trunk. Opening the back, he waited for her to enter and closed the door.
    “Hi there, Lana. I’m Bianca, Nikolai’s wife, and this is Luciano’s wife, Amber.” Bianca said brightly. She gave Lana a big grin then stuck out her hand.
    “Um. Hi,” Lana said in confusion and discomfort. She was now in the car with the wife of the man she had investigated. She was starting to see that maybe she was a little overzealous about her need to search for Santini. Hell, the other guys could have ended her too.
    “So I know that you’re tripping with all that’s happened, but you’re being silly. It wasn’t smart to run away from Sergei. We love him,” Bianca said.
    Lana wanted to growl at the way she said she loved Sergei. “I didn’t run away, but it doesn’t matter. I don’t want to be involved with a criminal.”
    Amber giggled and said, “Ooh. That’s not nice, and it’s a big fat lie. If you didn’t want Sergei you wouldn’t have given up your v-card to him.”
    Lana’s face turned red with embarrassment, then anger. “I can’t believe he told you! I’m going to kill him,” she exclaimed.
    “He didn’t tell us,” Amber said. “He told Nikolai because he didn’t understand how you could have been a virgin after he saw this picture.” Amber showed the image to Lana, who gasped with surprise.
    “He thinks I’m married to Santini?!” Lana said in abject horror. She would never! The man was disgusting.
    Bianca said, “Well, he doesn’t anymore. Nikolai told him the truth, and he’s kicking himself as we speak”
    “So he sent you to stop me?” Lana shook her head. He claimed she was free to go, but then he sent his minions or who knows what, past lovers probably, to speak on his behalf.
    “No. We came up with the idea ourselves. According to my husband, he just learned of it about ten minutes ago,” Bianca replied.
    “We saw the file when we were putting your apartment back the way it was,” Amber added as she pulled out a bag of candy. She offered some to the other two, but they passed.
    “You know why I need to find him, don’t you?” Lana asked, hoping they would help her get some answers.
    “Yes, but that doesn’t change why you’re denying your feelings for Sergei,” Bianca challenged.
    “After Santini, I wasn’t going to ever get involved with a mobster.” Lana answered Bianca’s unspoken question.
    “Well, a little too late for that, huh?” Bianca pointed out.
    “It’s done. He told me I could move on, and I will,” Lana stated, not wanting to hear any more of their opposition.
    “So you don’t care for him?” Amber asked, distressingly.
    “He kidnapped me and refused to let me leave,” Lana shouted in outrage, trying to hide her warming feelings toward Sergei.
    “Big deal, been there, done that. She did too,” Bianca said nonchalantly as she pointed her head toward Amber.
    “If you hadn’t been stalking Sergei, he wouldn’t have had to kidnap you. You’re lucky you weren’t killed for your persistence. Many would disappear if they had been in your situation.”
    Lana tucked her head into her chest before shaking her thoughts away. “Look, I just want to know what he did with my sister.” No matter what happened with her and Sergei Lana still needed to find her sister, but it was looking very unlikely she would get that answer.
    “We can try and help you if that’s what you want, but there isn’t a guarantee that we can,” Bianca said. “The thing is…he and I were engaged and I never knew about your sister.”
    “Which means she really is dead?!” The smallest