“I had your back covered while you had mine...”Adrian tightened his arms around Natalie's waist as she sat sideways on his lap. He tucked a piece of hair behind her eyes and she glanced at him with a soft look in her eyes that made his heart race. He was about to say something but his phone rang. Natalie was about to get up but he didn't let her, making her smile. He smiled a little and pulled out his phone. She leaned back her head on his shoulder closing her eyes. It won't easy for them so it was better to enjoy these moments as much as they could now.It felt blissful...their hatred turning into a slight friendship to love, it was a long way already they had crossed. She sighed softly placing her hand on his chest, feeling his heart beating under it. This simple moment held so much meaning to both of them. Maybe they were both stupid to fall in love with each other, to trust their enemy but they have seen what happens to them when they are in front of each other. That look in th
“Some wounds just don’t heal...”Adrian got a call from his father a few days later. he picked it up and spoke in an equally disinterested tone. His father didn't even bother to ask about the change in his tone. Adrian doubted if he even realized it, he always did see him as a mere soldier to help him destroy others and gain more and more power.“We had a loss in the market.” Adrian gritted his teeth as his father hid the actual thing from him, and how he referred to sex trafficking as the market. But he didn’t say anything. If he wants to stop his father now, he has to do it silently without him even knowing what hit him.“What do you want me to do?” His voice was emotionless as he hide the anger flowing through him.“Expand our business. Get more deals there.”Adrian's eyes were burning with anger. His father now wanted him to get more money.“I’ll see what I can do.” Keeping his reply short he cut the call. Not wanting to spoil his mood further.He threw his phone on the bed and wen
“Just a little pain makes you feel alive but too much of it makes you feel dead inside..”Natalie shut her eyes tightly but it did nothing. Rather the darkness showed her much more. She had dealt with so much to forget it on her own. She didn’t why she had to hide it. Maybe she was afraid that they would blame her too because a part of her blamed herself for it. She stood up and grabbed a glass of water, and took big gulps. But that just made her feel hollow from the inside. She didn’t even realize how but she had the phone back in her hand. Her finger roaming over that video again...She didn’t even need to play it to be remembered again. It was already going over in her head. Her eyes were lost as all that was playing in front of them was that day. How it is when you still try to get up from one thing you get beaten down by many more, a lot worse that you actually have to think over for a moment about how much you have lost. So many people, so many relationships destroyed which we
She had already stepped on the gas pedal but Adrian ran in front of the car, not caring he could get hit. It was a possibility but he knew deep down in his heart that if Natalie left she will definitely get in an accident.Natalie quickly slammed on the breaks, her heart thumping with fear as she looked at Adrian in front of her. Her palms got sweaty as she thought if she had gotten a little late, Adrian could get hurt.Her worry quickly got replaced by anger. She clenched her jaw pissed at him. What was he doing? Did he want to get killed?Adrian saw the rage on her face as she glared at him, gripping the steering wheel tightly. He realized she was controlling herself from lashing out, as her eyes kept on glancing at Timofey standing there a little confused. She obviously didn’t want to make a bad impression in front of Timofey.Adrian quickly nodded to Leonid to take Timofey away. Nodding back, Leonid dashed towards Tim, picked him up, and left again.Adrian could see she had let he
"No matter what you will always have me by your side."Adrian looked down at Natalie, her head on his chest, eyes closed but what made him panic was her heartbeat. It was slow, too slow. He sat her in the passenger seat, quickly put on her seatbelt, and ran to the other side. He drove to the nearest hospital as quickly as he could without getting into an accident.As soon as he reached the hospital, he got out and picked her up, and ran to get her treated. Sometime later, he stood outside her room waiting to get some news. He tapped his foot impatiently. Then a doctor came out, he immediately stood up."She's stable now. She could have overdosed but she's safe now."Adrian nodded."She must have been upset if she —" "she was.""Well, those pills were to suppress her emotions. It will only make it worse for her."Adrian nodded his head, deep in his thoughts."Do you want to get her help—""I'll take care of her."The doctor smiled seeing the determination in his eyes."She's lucky to
"And sometimes you just realize it too late...."Natalie was 18. She and her best friend were really close like sisters. Everything was well till the day a boy came into their life.He came into their life with a smile on his face, eyes holding respect for them but who knew he was a demon who would eat their souls away. Destroy everything they didn't even think about. A devil named Finn.Gail was a soft-hearted girl. It didn't take her much time to fall in love with him, he was flirty and never dropped a chance to make a move on her. Natalie however was not so soft-hearted. She never trusted him blindly. She always was cautious about him. But Gail was already so deep in love with him that she forgot everything else that existed. Her parents didn't like Finn so she moved in with him, without even a second glance. How Natalie wished she should have seen that Gail was losing herself in loving him. Nothing else mattered to her, it was just Finn. She loved him enough to let go of her mora
Weeks passed Natalie didn't contact her, and neither did Gail. She wanted to hurt Finn so much, but she couldn’t. She just hoped a kid in his life would change him. Isn't that what people say?She didn't fire him, she didn't give him any bigger job either. She didn't see him either. In fact, he was working under someone else now. Finn thought Natalie would let him give anything he wanted to protect her friendship with Gail but he was wrong. She really did leave this time. He panicked if she didn't care then what was the point of tolerating Gail and her dreams of them living as a family? So he changed his game, he made Gail talk to her again, emotionally blackmailing her that he didn't like this fight between them. So after a few months, she called her. And Natalie picked it up, she hoped she had changed her mind. But her hope shattered when she realized she didn't call her because she wanted to be friends with her again because she believed her but rather because Finn made her. Thi
“Love.... some indescribable but so desirable....”Natalie told Adrian the whole story to Adrian how Finn destroyed Gail's life. How he changed her which was why she was afraid to love him, when she felt an urge to be close to him she was scared. She was worried it would happen again, she would make a mistake again..she would change like Gail did. People see love with beauty and awe in their eyes but for her it was pain, she looked at it with hate in her heart. In her head love was just a word for obsession and selfishness, but when Adrian challenged her otherwise and she found herself getting into this trap of love, her first instinct was to run away from it. She longed to be away from it. It was not just her past, he was her enemy but it's indeed true you don't choose to fall in love or the person. The moment she felt him taking care of her, she didn't even realize she stopped minding it. When that impulse of extreme hate turned into this wanting to be with him, see him, love him
“It was a love that was inevitable” 3 years later Natalie enters a club. Loud music was blasting and it was filled with the smell of alcohol and sweat. She walked further in the crowd to the VIP section. There she found the person she was looking for, surrounded by half-naked women dancing around him as he drank while looking at them with his lecherous gaze. Her jaw clenched looking at the audacity of this man, prancing around here with different women every night despite having a wife. She looked at the papers in her hand as her fist tightened around them before she walked over to him with a deadly gaze. The women were irritated by her coming in between them but after one look at her calm but deadly eyes they ran away. She saw how his eyes were filled with frustration because of this disruption, but he still didn't realize it was Natalie standing a few meters away. Natalie's anger rose further as she stood in front of him before throwing the papers on the table in front of him.
8 months later Natalie woke up groaning slightly, caressing her belly. She was near the due date now. Sighing she got up to go to the bathroom. After she was done showering she wore a white summer dress. Getting out of the bathroom she saw Adrian sitting on the bed waiting for her. He immediately got up and walked to her to kiss her forehead. Natalie smiled lightly but she had a slight headache along with back pain and not to mention how her feet were killing her. Adrian saw right through that tight smile knowing she must be in some pain and helped her sit on the bed. He brought a tray forward which had all her favorite food. Natalie didn't really have any weird cravings but she craved crazily for chocolates and cheese. Not together though. Natalie smiled lightly at the food in front of her, knowing Adrian cooked it all. He didn't trust any maid to cook for her. He would stay at home most of the time for her and cook instead, sometimes Dimitri and Maxim would too cook for her. I
3 years later Natalie hesitatingly looked up from the ground into Thomas's eyes. She finally gathered the courage and told him everything about his real parents. Her heart was thumping loudly as she waited to hear him but he was blankly gazing at her. He was just nine years old but probably more mature than an 18-year-old today. Thomas sighed almost in disappointment making Natalie hold her breath as negative thoughts started coming into her head. Was he blaming her? Did he not see her as his mother anymore? Did he not love her anymore? Would he not want to live with her anymore? What if he started hating— She was pulled out of her thought as she felt his finger wiping a lone tear that fell from her eye without her even realizing it. A frown was visible on Thomas's face as he wiped the tear away and then looked at Natalie with a small scowl. "Did you really think I would blame you for something you were never at fault for?" Natalie could hear the slight anger in his voice, sadne
6 months later Adrian and Isaac looked at each other and sighed, they were surrounded by the police. They got out of their cars with their guns pointed at them and yelled, "Hands in the air and drop your weapons." Isaac raised an eyebrow at that but Adrian cleared his throat looking at him, signaling him to do as said. Reluctantly they both threw the gun in their hand on the ground. Adrian looked at Isaac, as he dropped another gun on the ground. The cops were right in front of them as one yelled, "Drop all your weapons. Fast" "Like I need any to fight you.." he muttered under his breath, Adrian held back the smirk forming on his lips. Then Isaac proceeded to through five guns strapped onto him on the ground and when the cops thought he was done, he started dropping a few knives he had with him as well. The cops were a little frightened they knew who these two were but they still held a gallant look on their faces. Their jaw dropped to the ground when they saw so many knives and
"After the dark nights, there is always a sunrise..." Natalie walked into her room, her eyes on the book in her hand. Adrian was sitting on a chair as he too had a few books scattered on the table. "Just two more weeks" Natalie sighed as she sat down on Adrian's lap. His attention immediately turned to her as he wrapped his arm around her waist. He looked at her with utmost love. She looked up from her book feeling his gaze and raised an eyebrow in question. He didn't answer with words but smiled softly and tucked her hair behind her ear. "Two more weeks alone." He corrected Natalie making her chuckle as she nodded. After the whole story was finally revealed and Roman paid for what he did. Natalie and Adrian were forced to go back to the US to finish the degrees they had left in between. They were hesitant at first but Dimitri urged them to finish it while he and Maxim will handle the mafia business. Not that it really needed any special attention now. It was working splendidly
"Guess I never knew love how love knew me..." Roman was laying on his luxurious chair. Pride filled in his heart. He won. He won after all these years. The moment Natalie died he had won. He chuckled as he drank some scotch. He was the king of the mafia world now. Everyone feared him. They all called him the best leader of all. He killed his brother's murderers. He took Maxim's revenge. He chuckled as he opened his cupboard and got out that gun. The sniper rifle he used to kill his brother. This was where his story began. This was where he started to write his fate. He suddenly heard some commotion outside. He got up and walked out curiously. It was all peaceful now so what was this about. Then a man came running to him. "Sir Dimitri attacked us!" Roman's eyes widened. Didn't he kill him? "What the hell are you saying, you idiot! He is dead." He snarled at the man's face with anger laced in his voice. He shook his head in fear as he spoke, "Sir he is right outside. He is aliv
Dimitri couldn't believe his ears, his sister, Mila was in love. She was pregnant too. His heart ached thinking how all her happiness was taken away in one moment. He was going to be an uncle, and a small version of his sister would be roaming around. Not only did she lose it all, but she also died very painfully... Adrian's eyes were teary too. Why did he ever help that man? Wasn't he the one because of whom he succeeded so many times. Why did he ever believe his father without thinking for himself first? He just was lost in the fact that he was his family. That his father must be right, he could have never thought that he was burning with envy for his own brother who actually helped him reach where he was today that he was so insecure about his position in the gang, that the post meant so much to him he could even kill his own brother. Adrian was ashamed of himself, he always thought twice before trusting someone. But he was blind when it came to his father. And now he lost her he
"Old scars don't fade so soon.." Adrian froze and the man walked up to him with a small smile on his face. "Missed me?" Dimitri and Isaac too took a look at the man and were blown away. They couldn't believe this was happening... "How?' Adrian whispered, he felt like he was hallucinating. He couldn't believe that right in front of him stood his uncle, who he thought died long ago. Maxim Smirnov. Adrian could see the scars on his face, the scars were the proof he was in that accident. But how did he survive and where was he all this time? "You survived? But how?—" Maxim came to Adrian and pulled him into a hug. Adrian hugged him back, even though he was happy that his uncle was here, that he was alive he still couldn't feel happiness, he felt her missing and that was something too big to overcome. Isaac too was astonished to see him. His father was very close with Maxim, he always told great things about Maxim to him. Isaac also knew that had he been alive his father wouldn't
"And he was left with was a bruised heart..." Leonid stood in front of the door as he knocked on it. Isaac quickly stood up and walked to the door. He was worried out of his mind, Natalie was not picking up his calls, he got to know Leonid was abducted but he knew nothing about what was happening. He even searched around a few places but found nothing. He even called Adrian but no result. Dimitri too was worried looking at the ground and thinking deeply, he had a bad feeling, that something was not right. If Leonid was kidnapped Adrian would have gone to save him and since Roman didn’t know anything about them Adrian might be able to handle him, but now when even Natalie was not answering her phone it made him even more agonized, he knew how his daughter was and he just hoped she was fine, and everyone else too. Opening the door he found a bloodied-up Leonid on the door, Isaac looked at him worriedly and asked. "What happened to you? Why no one told us anything? What is going on