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[ANASTASIA]One minute, I’m chasing my daughter through the snowy evening, the crisp air biting at my cheeks and making me shiver, trying to get my hands on her so I can take her back inside. Her laughter echoes in the winter night, a pure, innocent sound that warms my heart despite the cold.In the other minute, I’m being manhandled by my so-called husband, Ivan. He strides over to me with determined steps, his presence commanding and imposing. He drops his heavy overcoat onto my shoulders, its weight pressing down, and he forcefully slips my arms into it.I know I shouldn’t be annoyed by his attempt to keep me warm, but something inside me still feels the desperate need to push him away and scream.Truth be told, this is what I have been worried about—for him to show the care that could easily unwind my heart. I don’t know why, but I have always been too easy for him to exploit, to dissolve my anger and worries as if I was too naive to have them in the first place. He has always bee
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[IVAN]The first time I kissed Anastasia was at her home, in her room, against the wall of her bedroom. It was after the very first time I had felt that kind of rush—the rush to claim someone exclusively for myself, to make a woman mine. At first, I thought it was because she was untouched that I had felt that strange desire—the desire of possession, but I was wrong.The reason I wanted to bring Ana into my life was that I couldn’t tolerate even the thought of any other man touching her the way I so desperately wanted to. Hell, I couldn’t have tolerated it if any other man had even looked at her the way she was in my eyes. Even if I wasn’t her first, I wanted to be her last. Her forever. Her happily ever after.My beautiful and innocent Anastasia, the woman for whom I broke all ties with my family, the woman for whom I could have burned down the whole damn world.I knew from the moment I first met her that she was the one for me, the woman who had the power to turn my world upside dow
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[ANASTASIA]I don’t sleep all night.I try, but the haunting touch of his lips on mine, his hands on my body, and the force of his arms around me keep me awake. It makes me realize how easy it would be for him to do that again if I didn’t fight harder. It doesn’t seem like my tough front has done anything to make him think of his actions at least twice. Ivan is still the same, the man for whom, as long as he got what he wanted, the consequences be damned.But I can’t let that happen, can I?He might have forced me and my kids to return and be a part of his life, but I know in my heart that this is only temporary. Once I get the chance to escape from this hell, I will leave him without a second thought. I will never allow my innocent kids to become part of his dark world. No, they deserve better than this. I would do anything to protect their innocence from this monstrous empire Ivan had built.But then why, why didn’t I push him away sooner? I know I could have shoved him away long be
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[IVAN]“Do I look like someone who gives a damn about your excuses?” I barked into the phone, standing at the nearest balcony next to our table, trying to handle my work as quietly and effortlessly as possible.After handing over the tasks of the day to Dimitri, I had hoped to spend some quality time with Ana and our kids. It was the first time we had been out as a family, and damn, I had been looking forward to it. But these men I do so much to tolerate can’t even handle one task without calling me twenty times.Why do they have to run into all kinds of troubles the one day I want to spend without any disturbances? Screw it! I’m going to kill someone if they call me one more time, I swear.“It’s not an excuse, boss. The roads are actually blocked due to heavy snowfall last night, and the open routes have checkpoints swarming with the police force. I think it’s better if we hold the shipments for a day or two, let the whole commotion calm down, and then start the delivery of the parce
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[IVAN]I followed the car my men described to me—the one with Ana inside—and those despicable men who dared to touch and take away what’s mine. There’s no place on this earth where I won’t hunt them down and kill them for this audacity alone. It’s now on me to relieve this mother earth of their undue existence and release some of her burdens.Fuck! They are so dead. They should have thought at least a million times before doing something so outrageous. But they didn’t. And now I can’t be held responsible for how their lives might turn out from this point onwards.When I heard someone had abducted Ana, despite all the heavy yet discreet security around us, I saw only red. The pounding, pulsing, and ever-deepening red made my blood boil and my heart race at a lightning pace. The last time something like this happened, it took Ana a whole month to forget about it and return to normal—to move on. I had sworn never to let that happen again. But I failed.Dammit! How could I? I should have
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[ANASTASIA]Darkness. Fear. Confusion.The last thing I remembered was receiving an unknown text in the middle of the movie back at the theatre. I had assumed it to be from Nikolai. He was the only one I had texted that very morning, hoping to get some kind of word from him so he could help me find a way to get the hell out of Ivan’s prison.But I couldn’t have been more wrong.Instead of Nikolai, I was confronted by two men with guns in their hands. Despite all the security and Ivan’s men all around us, they managed to sneak their way in and take me hostage.I don’t know what to think anymore.Has Ivan gone weak? Or is someone inside his organization working as a mole for someone else? How else would you explain my current predicament? How could just someone grab the wife of a mafia boss and make her a hostage?I’m not worried about Ivan. Or at least, I tell myself that he’s a big guy who can very well take care of himself. The ones I’m growing worried sick about are my kids. I hope
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[IVAN]“She’s fine, Mr Volkov. You can rest now.” Lena says and I feel my chest tighten as the memory of an unconscious Ana flashes in front of my eyes.I clench my fist and slam it into the wall. Hard.The skin splits and blood trickles down my knuckles.Not that I give a damn.I can’t believe someone had the guts to lay a hand on my Ana. To waltz into my territory and try to snatch my wife. My Ana!There’s only one punishment for idiots like that.The two guys involved already got what was coming to them.But there’s still one more out there, and I’m itching to get my hands covered in his blood.Just when I feel like I’m about to lose it, my phone rings. It’s Dimitri.“The only thing I damn well want to hear is that you’ve got him,” I growl into the phone, pacing my office like a frenzied beast whileLena watches silently with a concerned gaze.“We do,” he says, and finally, I suck in a sharp breath of relief.“You know where to bring him. I’m on my way.”I slam the phone down and w
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[ANASTASIA]“Momma, how did you get hurt?” Tatiana asks, pouting, and trying her best not to jump on the bed and hug me like she always does. She sways on her legs, hands locked behind her, her wide-eyed innocence radiating pure adorableness.I smile, or at least I try to, and pat the bed. “I just had a bad fall, baby. Mommy is fine.”My little girl’s eyes brighten at the gesture, and she rushes to my side. But just when she’s about to hop up, someone in the room growls, and she slows down, glancing over her shoulder at Ivan Jr. The two of them exchange a silent conversation before Tati finally drops her tiny shoulders and carefully slides her butt up the bed, letting out a dramatic sigh.I cannot help but narrow my eyes at Junior. “What’s up with you two?”Junior doesn’t speak. He merely drops his gaze to the floor and stays in the corner of the room, like he has been since he came up to check up on me.I know I should talk to him about what happened. Tatiana is little, and she can’t
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