CHAPTER 44 - The Exhibit

　　“Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you, the master of all these magnificent artwork, Jodie Russels,” I open the exhibit and welcome all the guests to their hearts’ content.? 　　After my opening speech, I straightly go down from the stage and look for Kendra, who’s been MIA since her last call with Seigfried. 　　A hand grabs me and pulls me behind the stage, when I look back it was Nikolai. Suddenly, the rage I feel for him for being a married man rushes back.? 　　“Avery,” he whispers. I glare at him and rudely answer, “What? And you have the nerve to bring her here, huh? What the fuck Nikolai?” 　　“I am sorry. I didn’t we will be going here. Dmitri sets it all up,” he defends.? 　　“Oh, right? Your brother-in-law, right?”, I scowl at him. His eyes widen. “Yes, Nikolai, I heard the two of you talking that night,” I add to answer the confusion in his face.? 　　“Did she know?”, he looks down and whispers.? 　　I sigh deeply, “No, I couldn’t bring myself to tell her. I am such an assh