Russian Billionaire's Fiancée (Chekov Billionaire Series Book 3) by Leona Lee

Chapter 1
    Sarah woke to the sound of alarms going off, as she sat up startled. She would never get used to that sound, as she immediately looked at the bed to make sure Vitaly was okay.
    “Sorry, hon, didn’t catch it in time,” an overly cheerful nurse told her as she took some readings and then bustled out of the room.
    Sarah rose from the chair she was sitting in and stretched. She had fallen asleep again. In fact, it had become so common that the nurses didn’t bother to wake her when visiting hours were over. Since Vitaly’s car accident, she had been spending most nights at the hospital while he remained in a coma.
    Has it really been two months since his car accident? Sarah thought to herself as she looked out the window at the sun just starting to light up the horizon. She couldn’t believe how much had happened over the past several months. Since coming to work for Vitaly Chekov at VIC Enterprises, her life has been one long rollercoaster ride.
    When she had accepted the internship, she knew that she would be working with one of the best in the logistics business, but she never anticipated falling for him. Twice she walked away from him and both times, she came back. Shaking her head, she looked down at his still figure, as he laid there in the bed. She still couldn’t believe the power this man had over her. But, as she told him, night after night, as she sat vigil by his sleeping form, she loved him. She only hoped that she would be able to tell him how much once he woke up.
    Since releasing him from his medically induced coma, he had not awakened and with each passing day, the doctors were less optimistic, but Sarah refused to accept that he would never wake up. Vitaly was a fighter. A very passionate, obstinate fighter who needed to wake up soon, as he was needed. Desperately so.
    At twenty-four, Sarah’s life experiences didn’t measure up to the ten plus years difference between them in age, much less her more conservative upbringing, but that didn’t stop her from embracing everything Vitaly had to offer and even with her limited experience, the sex was fabulous. In a matter of weeks, she had gone from being a virgin to indulging in voyeuristic activities that might have caused an accident had the limo driver been paying too much attention to her instead of the road.
    And each night, Sarah relived their sexual escapades, often with new and better scenarios that left her panting when she woke. She really hoped that she didn’t talk in her sleep, as she didn’t want the nurses to know what she was dreaming about.
    Yet it wasn’t all sexcapades. Vitaly’s passion and drive was unrivaled in the industry as he rapidly grew his businesses and net worth from almost nothing to one of San Jose’s richest and most eligible bachelors. And she had excelled under his tutelage, rapidly assimilating everything he taught her, as she did her part to grow his business and keep his clients and vendors pleased with their growing profit margins.
    At the same time, so much seemed to go wrong. She didn’t think anyone could go through allegations of espionage and walk away unscathed. Yet, despite the accusations laid upon her, if it wasn’t for Sarah being in the right place at the right time, they never would have found out that Marcus, one of Vitaly’s trusted employees, was behind the leaked information.
    Angry at the betrayal and with a strong desire to destroy his competitor, Vitaly had managed to orchestrate a scheme that brought down Dmitri Nardiv, once a good friend, and much to his surprise, all of the members of VIC Enterprise’s east coast procurement team. The New Jersey Attorney General’s office was very interested in many of Nardiv’s import contracts, which ultimately led to his arrest, as his remaining clients jumped ship over to VIC.
    As Ivan, VIC Enterprises’ chief of security, was able to determine, the car accident that put Vitaly into a coma wasn’t an accident as brake tampering was