Vladimir:
My heart raced against my ribcage as I paced around at the hospital.
Dad just arrived to the hospital and my eyes widened when he approached me. His eyes as wide as a mad man’s.
He grabbed my collar with both his hands, tears leaving his eyes “where is my Maria?”
Tears fell from my own eyes. Despite trying to stay strong, I couldn’t.
Viktor has been quiet since entering the hospital, and dad’s eyes widened when he saw him sitting on one of the waiting chairs.
“You fucking bastard…” he walked toward him and punched him in the face before anyone could react. But Viktor didn’t move, his body remained numb. Nikolay pulled dad away from him and held him back.
“I know you’re upset, Ivan, but things seem to be taking a different turn of events…”
“Different turn of events, Nikolay?” I said stopping the man. His eyes widened as I approa
Eliana:“Good morning” I heard a man say gently.I opened my eyes to see Kiara and the man who got me here to the hospital sitting on the couch beside me. I frowned in confusion at the fact that Vladimir wasn’t here, but my mind went back to the fact that Kiara had told me that Maria passed away.“This is my husband, Eliana, Nikolay”“Pleasure” I asked rubbing the sleep from my eyes before sitting up on the hospital bed.“It’s mine” he said gently “how are you feeling?”“I’m fine, I haven’t thanked you for bringing me here to begin with” I said shyly. Nikolay simply nodded and gave me a gentle smile. Kiara laid her head on her husband’s shoulder and I couldn’t help but smile when he kissed her temple “how are they?”“Well, considering the fact that they just lost their mom…”“Not what
Vladimir:“What do you mean she was checked out yesterday?” I asked wide eyed. The nurses and patients around stopped to look at us in confusion, however, I paid no attention to them as I fought myself to remain calm in the state that I was in and learning now that my beauty wasn’t at the hospital and was checked out without me being informed worried me more than I could dare describe.I had gone to the hospital to check on Eliana to find that not only was she not there, but was already checked out of there. My hands shook as I feared the worst and the nurse frowned in confusion. I fought to hide the fear in my eyes as I looked at the woman who was trying to study my expression, but judging by the fact that I had barely just found her two days ago, I haven’t been able to hug her either. Everything had gone wrong for the past forty-eight hours and I had hoped that I could make it up to my wife today, but…“Mr. Ivanov had come
Eliana:“Who the hell are you again?” I asked the man who just got me out of my brother’s car. He handed me a gun and the two of us turned to face Ian and his men who were both surrounding us.“Sebastian, Viktor’s mate, and Kiara’s brother” he answered and I rolled my eyes.“You do realize that your mate has been shot and is now at the hotel bleeding to death, right?” I asked remembering the fact that Viktor had stepped up to Ian who wrapped his arm around me to get me out of the hotel room only for him to be shot in his abdomen. My eyes were fixed on the man I called my little brother and I couldn’t help but feel a clench in my chest at the state that we’ve both reached. The fact that we were once close, or that was what I believed, broke me more than ever seeing as now he was doing everything possible to kill me.“I do, tried to get him out too, but he sent me after you. Don’t
Vladimir: “Who the fuck do you think you are to speak to her that way?” I asked Nikolay who glared at me. Kiara had her arms crossed over her chest as she sat on one of the chairs not looking at her husband. Grace, Richard, and Sebastian all had their eyes wide as they looked at Nikolay. “Good morning, sleeping beauty” Nikolay said coldly “one who wants to defend his wife would defend her WHEN the event is occurring, not after she left” “Who the bloody hell are you to speak to her in that sense, Nikolay?” Kiara stood up and walked up to her husband. She pushed him back making his eyes widen “what if it was me? What if the tables were turned and Vladimir was speaking to ME in that sense?” “No one would dare speak to you…” “Why? If you dared speak to a woman who is still grieving over her lost child, has been kidnapped, TWICE in the past month, and don’t you go telling me that Sebastian was there, or that Viktor hasn’t harmed her. The woman watc
Nikolay:“I’m going back to the hotel” Kiara said as soon as I approached her. I raised an eyebrow at my wife and wrapped an arm around her waist pulling her to my chest. However, she chose to fight my grip, forcing me to let her go.“So that’s how it’s going to be, princess” I teased leaning down to her ear. She tensed when I bit her earlobe, not caring that we were in public “so be it, I like a good chase”I watched as she walked toward the car, our driver was waiting for her, watching her from a distance in case she needed anything. He looked at me, wondering whether or not to leave and I nodded, I still had things to take care of here, and it would be best that she calmed down a bit.I walked back to the hospital to find Eliana sitting in Vladimir’s arms. The man had weakened a lot in the past week without her, and seeing as he lost his mom; I knew that she was the one person who would help k
Eliana:“How are you feeling, love?” I asked Vladimir who was laying in bed with an ice packet on his forehead.It’s been a month since Maria passed away, a long exhausting month which drained the whole family.Viktor had come home after the operation and thankfully, Nikolay, Kiara, Richard, Grace, and Sebastian had stayed here. Vladimir Ivanov has been taking care of things back in New York, and according to Nikolay,, things didn’t need his presence so far. Their kids have come to visit here too, and they also went back twice to see them at home. Ivan hasn’t gotten better through the month, his anger, pain, and heartbreak could be seen in his eyes whenever we saw him. The man wouldn’t even leave his office unless dragged out. As for Vladimir, all the pain he held inside reflected on his health and he was now on bedrest due to high fever.I removed the packet which was now not and put my hand on his forehead before he c
Vladimir:“When did you hear of this?” I asked Luka who avoided my eyes.“They have been fighting for a while now, boss. I tried getting Eliana to tell you, but she was choosing to keep it quiet, especially lately” Luka explained.“And you chose to listen to her? You chose to know that someone was harming her…”“Vladimir, if Eliana asked for something you know that it had to be done. Otherwise, they would have been breaking the rules” Viktor said stopping me “she must have her reasons, go and talk to her”“What reasons could she be having?” I asked glaring at my brother who sighed. I knew that he was just as angry about the situation, but he was being more rational than I was at this moment. I nodded and walked toward the bedroom where I knew Eliana would be waiting for me. My headache made my head throb, but I forced myself to ignore the pain for my wife’s sake ri
Eliana:“Wait, wait, wait, we’re going to be working with the cops to get to my brother? Have you gone mad?” I asked Sebastian who pinched the bridge of his nose. The men have decided to go and work with the federal agents and cops to stop my brother, and they were just ‘informing’ me about it.“Yes, Eliana, we’ve already spoken to Vladimir about it. He too believes that it’s a good idea. Plus, it won’t be the first time the mafia and cops work with one another” Sebastian said and I sighed. Vladimir wrapped his arms around my waist and laid his chin on my shoulder.“You need to relax” Vladimir whispered to me. I put my palm on his cheek as he kissed me gently, leaning in to my touch making me smile.“Working with one another is something, but don’t you think that it would be dangerous to get in between people that we don’t even know. I don’t even know what Ian