I woke up at the crack of dawn and made several calls. After spending the previous day doing all the research I needed, everything was set. Nikolai hadn’t even been in bed when I got up. No matter but badly I felt because of that, it worked to my favor.He looked stressed because of something and I didn’t need to guess what was stressing him out. He had probably heard what I had heard myself. He had been out of it since we spoke to Vincenzo. He was probably wondering if I was worth all the hassle.Well, I was. Now that I had gotten comfortable in the mansion, I would be damned if I allowed anyone to take that away from me. Especially a misogynistic jerk who did nothing but belittle women. He had found the wrong woman to belittle.I was a Lucchese and people were going to find out.“ Ma’am? “The person at the other end of the phone called out.I apologized for zoning out during our call. I explained to her everything I needed and told her who was going to pick it up since the estate wa
I walked out of the room, leaving the ranks shocked. That had been my plan all along; to instill fear. I wanted to eliminate the mentality that they had about finding comfort in crowds. Immediately the doors closed, I started hyperventilating.I had never killed anyone in my entire life. I tried my best to keep my breath steady as I climbed up the stairs to my room. When the door closed behind me, I took off my coat and then unbuttoned my shirt. Suddenly, I felt suffocated.My breaths were heavy, my hands were shaking, and sweat was trickling down my body. The burden of guilt weight heavily against my shoulders. It didn’t matter if Vincenzo was the enemy or the fact that it was either him or me.I had taken a human life and that was that.The sick part of my brain was relieved that he was gone but the better part of me reminded me that they should have been another way. There was no other way and I knew it. Still, I felt like a bad person. The very person my mother never wanted me to
“ Fuck! “Nikolai groaned as I bobbed my head up and down his length.I was kneeling right in front of his chair in his office. My hand fisted his shaft, barely holding all of it due to his girth. My mouth was on him as I took as much of him as I could. He groaned and brought his hands to my hair to hold my head in place.I swiped my tongue on his tip as I continued my movements. Nikolai pulled my head away from his length and stood up so I was kneeling before him like a submissive wife.His held his erection in his hands as he stared at me with admiration. Precum was already leaking from his tip, especially when I bit my lip while staring at him.“ Open that mouth for me, mia Bellissima. I need to fuck your mouth. “ He said with a smirk on his face because he knew the kind of effect his words had on me.I opened my mouth wide with no hesitation and he let put a string of curses. He slid into my mouth and groaned when I brought my tongue out to lick his cock. He held my head in place w
When we arrived at the estate, my nerves were still on edge. For some reason, my heartbeat was still erratic. I still couldn't get over the chills. I was paranoid, looking everywhere and expecting danger. When the car came to a stop, I rushed to the house, almost sprinting, and jumped into Nikolai's arms. He was waiting at the entrance to the house for us.Immediately I was in his arms again, he held onto me tightly. I heard him sniffing my hair before holding me even tighter. It was like he was afraid I would disappear if he let go. I blinked back the tears that were threatening to fall down my face and pulled away from his grasp.The comfort he was giving me was bound to make me cry a river and I hated to do that in front of the guards. He nodded to Viv to acknowledge her and then snaked his hand around my waist, guiding me into the house." Are you okay? " He asked. I shook my head in answer afraid that if I spoke, I would cry. There were cuts on some parts of my face and arms
I woke up alone on the bed naked feeling cold and lonely. Despite having gotten some hours of sleep, I still felt tired. I had slept late waiting for Nikolai to come back but he hadn’t. I started to imagine how good things would have been if we lived normal lives. I sighed and pulled myself out of bed and into the bathroom. My head ached from thinking too much in the night and convincing myself that Nikolai felt the same way I did for him but realized that he didn’t. I was falling alone and it made me want to pull my hair out. I pushed back the tears that were threatening to fall from my eyes and chanted that I wouldn’t cry over a man who only saw me as a sex tool. I cleaned myself under the cold water to make my body alert. After I was done, I headed to the bedroom and wore casual shorts and a tank top and kept ignoring the urge to crawl back into bed and wallow in my misery. I wasn’t going to be that girl. I left the room to head for breakfast but paused at what I saw. There wer
I jolted awake and looked around frantically, momentarily confused. I was in bed in my pajamas and everything in the room was in place. The only reminder of the terrible night I had experienced was the splitting headache and the ache in my eyes. I was still tired as if I hadn’t rested and I wondered how I got in bed. I didn’t remember getting in bed or sleeping for that matter. I didn’t rocket science to know who had changed me and gotten me into bed. Except, I didn’t know why he did it and I hated the way my heart fluttered at the thought that he cared about me enough not to let me sleep on the floor. Damn, my heart. I decided to stay in bed a bit longer, as I was in no hurry to go outside and meet anyone with swollen eyes. The questions that came with that would be unbearable, no doubt. I also didn’t want to see the one person my heart ached to see. A few minutes after I had closed my eyes and realized that I wasn’t going to fall back asleep, there was a knock on the door before
Before anyone could say anything, the ballroom opened and Viktor and the other ranks were dragged inside. They were barely hanging on to life and I had to force myself to look even though I felt the urge to vomit. I didn’t want to seem weak like the sight of seeing someone like that affected me. I willed myself to keep a straight face as they were dragged to where Nikolai was. Viktor was shirtless, his tattoos severed by the cuts on his chest. One of his eyes was missing and his arms were in a weird way like they had been broken a couple of times. The other rank was in the same state as Viktor but better. They had lost all will to live. That much was obvious from the looks on their faces. “ You see what happens to people who betray me? I found out that these two fools knew something about what happened to my shipments. As we speak, my men are trying to retrieve them.” Nikolai said as he stood behind the two men. Viktor didn’t look the least bit remorseful. In fact,tr he looked smu
Shame, guilt, and humiliation are all emotions that were balled into one and settled in my chest. Even as I put the straps back on and pulled my dress back down. How quickly I had fallen into his trap after convincing myself over and over that I wouldn’t.Nikolai must have noticed because he didn’t say anything. He just kept looking at me like he expected me to snap at any time. Jokes on him because I was too ashamed to even look at him. He preyed on my weakness for him and that wasn’t right.“ Brie…”“ Don’t. “I started picking up my tattered panties from the floor but Nikolai had thought the exact same thing because his hands and mine touched as we took it from the floor. The jolts of electricity that radiated from that one touch alone made me retract my hand quickly.“ Why do you have that look on your face? “ He asked as he stepped into my personal space. I moved back instinctively and he frowned.He took my arm and pulled me into him.“ Tell me, “ he coaxed as he squashed our ch