"But who are you, man?" I heard Ashley's voice downstairs."It doesn't matter. Where's Natalia?" A deep familiar voice spoke."She's upstairs, probably sleeping," Ashley spoke this time. Wait, what?My eyes snapped open when I understood I wasn't dreaming. I quickly got up and walked into the bathroom to freshen up. Fardinn was right, he finally found out where I was. How freaking powerful was he?!When I got out of the bathroom, I saw Nicolas was already sitting on my tiny bed, legs crossed and looking at me blankly."Nicolas.." I gulped the lump in my throat."Let's go." He suddenly stood up and grabbed my hand then pulled me out of the bedroom, making me flinch under his rough touch."Natalia, who are they?" Ashley looked at me questionably."My cousins! My cousins! They finally found me." I quickly answered and smiled awkwardly.The tension raised between Ashley and the criminals. I glanced at Mariano and Victor who were sitting on the couch, both raising their eyebrows at me. I
Beep.Beep.When I opened my eyes I realized I was lying on a hospital bed. My head was pounding hard and I was feeling so cold and numb. Stephen was sitting on the couch and reading a newspaper."Stephen―" I coughed as my throat was dry like the Sahara desert."Natalia, you're awake." He said surprisingly. He placed the newspaper on the couch beside him and made his way toward me wearing a concerned look. I managed to get up and rest my body against the pillow in a sitting position."How are you feeling now?" He gripped my both hands and asked softly, sitting on the bed beside me."Very cold and a disgusting headache." I chuckled dryly."Well, because of the fever. You'll be okay. Don't worry." He squeezed my palms and sighed."I'm sorry, Natalia." He whispered."Why?" I frowned."Because I wasn't there. I would never let that happen to you." He exhaled deeply."Don't be sorry. It wasn't your fault. Anyways you won't be with me every time." I murmured and sighed."You know we're li
The next morning I woke up alone in the bed, Nick was long gone. And I was happy and relieved for that because I didn't want to see his face after what he had done to me. I took a warm quick shower and finished my morning routine before heading downstairs. The fever and headache were gone but I was feeling so weak. At first, I didn't want to get out of my room but I wanted to meet Rosetta, so I made my way to the kitchen.When Rosetta saw me, she ran toward me and hugged me tightly. "Oh, honey. I've heard what happened to you. I'm so sorry." She mumbled."I told him it wasn't my fault. Anyways, I missed you, Rosetta." I murmured as I hugged her back."I missed you too, honey. Listen, that boy didn't want to do that. It was an accident you know. He was so mad when you were gone. I can bet he missed you." He cupped my cheeks and smiled sadly."If he missed me, then why would he try to kill me? I don't wanna talk about him, Rosetta. He's a pervert." I scoffed and sat on the kitchen cou
The whole day passed quickly as Bella and Eva decided to spend the whole time with me. It was quite enjoyable because I got two crazy companies after a long time. Bella and Eva reminded me of Marjan and Reema. I missed those crazy bitches.We spent the whole morning running, screaming, laughing, and playing dumb games, earning all the maid's and guard's blank attention. I couldn't believe that two assassins would be that crazy. We even played hide and seek like high school kids, well I was a high school teenager. Bella was twenty years old and Eva was twenty-four though they acted like some ten-year-old kids while playing hide and seek.In the whole day, I never saw a glimpse of Nicolas nor his other mates and I was quite thankful for that. "You ready, honey?!" Eva yelled from downstairs. "Yes! Coming!" I quickly applied the lipgloss and finished getting ready.Taking one last look in the mirror, I quickly made my way downstairs and met the two assassins sitting on the couch.Bella
"Oh my God! This is so beautiful!" I gasped looking at the Louis Vuitton skin-colored heels. "Take this. I'll match perfectly with the gown." Bella clapped her hands and grinned. "Yeah. Okay." I giggled. I bought an aqua-colored awesome sleeveless evening gown from Chanel that had a long slit on the right thigh. Bella chose a black-colored long-sleeved gown while Eva purchased a red-colored spaghetti straps gown. It looked like it was going to be a big party. "Now we're going to the lingerie section!" Eva cheered when we were done shoe shopping. "Okay, okay." I giggled at her. Bella and Eva again wrapped their arm around my shoulder and led me toward an expensive lingerie shop. "Well, you two are holding me like I'm a one-year-old baby. I can walk on my own." I pouted. "No, Miss Porcelain Doll. Nicolas said 'If you two fail to protect my angel, I'll break Romano's dick'. Now can I see my mate crying for her boyfriend's broken dick?" Bella laughed looking at Eva while Eva gla
Nicolas and I also made our way out of the mall. His car was parked in front of the parking lot so we walked outside of the parking area. He was ignoring me like I was a stranger. The whole area was decorated fascinatingly. I looked around and saw many street food shops and many people were enjoying the winter evening and trying street foods. My best friends and I used to run toward street food shops after shopping. Then I felt my stomach growl in hunger. Crap. I wanted to try Italian street foods and that's why I tucked Nicolas's shirt. "What?" He frowned. "I'm hungry and I want to try some Italian street foods," I murmured looking at him. I was sure I was looking like a seven-year-old girl asking her daddy to buy her a doll. "No. They're not hygienic." He shook his head and opened the passenger seat for me to enter. "Since when you became a doctor." I scoffed. "I'm not a doctor but that doesn't mean I'm illiterate. I studied psychology so I've enough knowledge of what's
The whole way back home was silent. Neither he nor I uttered a word but the silence wasn't awkward. I wanted to ask him some questions about my family but I didn't bother to ruin his mood plus I was so exhausted and my muscles were aching a bit. "Where are you going?" I frowned when I noticed he made his way to the third floor where the indoor swimming pool and the gym were. "To take a warm bubble bath. Feel free to join." He smirked and walked away. I just ignored him and entered the bedroom, throwing my body on the bed I thought about his offer. A warm bubble bath wouldn't be that bad. I quickly got up and made my way to the closet and changed into a baby pink color bikini set. Throwing a robe over my body, I made my way to the third floor. When I entered the room where the swimming pool was, my eyes popped out of their sockets. The room was warm and smelled like cinnamon and rose. I slowly removed the robe from my body and made my way to the pool. The streamy pool water was
Nicolas' Pov :I looked at the girl sleeping peacefully in my arms whom I claimed as mine forcefully. I checked my phone and it was six in the morning, so I slept for four hours.I couldn't take off my eyes from the sleeping beauty in my arms. Her long black lashes were touching her cheekbones. Her pink lips were parted slightly and her breathing was so soft. I brushed her lower lips with my thumb and that made her frown and narrow her lips.A smile tugged on my lips at her cuteness. She's so cute, so perfect.I brushed off the soft silky hair from the side of her soft face, and God, I like her hair. Everything about her was magical, bewitching, and enchanting. When I looked at her neck, a sinister smirk tugged on my lips, seeing the deep red and purple bruises that I gave her last night. Her body was submissive at my touch but she was too stubborn to admit that. She looked happy with Bel and Eva last night, maybe I should give her a little freedom. She even loved the street foods