Nikolay:
Kiara slowly helped me fix the buttons of my shirt.
Her not being able to move her shoulder was what restricted her from doing what she did as comfortably as she usually would. Her habits of taking care of the smallest details when it came to us being in private made our marriage even more special. She would always be the one to fix the buttons of my shirt, help me wear a jacket, or even take off my shirt after a long day. Her fingers would massage my back while I was in the tub and she taking a bath with me, softly rubbing oil on my back and moving her fingers skillfully over my muscles after a long day. Those small details made a difference to the two of us, and they made me love her more and more with every passing day.
“Babe, I can do my shirt myself, you know that you need to relax” I told her softly, I knew that no matter what I said. This was Kiara, she was going to be as stubborn as hell and was going to do her best to try and convin
Kiara:“Nikolay!” I laughed as my husband tickled me before he left the bedroom to go to work. We had our breakfast down with the family before Nikolay decided to want to talk to me for a while before he went down for work. Turns out him ‘talking’ was basically him wanting to cuddle for a bit, his hand holding my stomach as if he was cradling our growing baby.“Yes baby?” Nikolay teased hovering my body as he looked me in the eye. His once neat hair was now a mess from me running my fingers through it, his jacket was on the edge of the bed, while his sleeves were rolled up and the first three buttons of his shirt were open. His arm wrapped around me as I arched my back for him to be able to do so. My body relaxed in his embrace as it always did, a sense of comfort ran through my veins as I knew that I was beside my husband, in his arms.“You’re tickling me Nik” I laughed and he chuckled before laying his head
Nikolay:“What do mean they aren’t home?” I asked wide eyed. The men and I just got home from finishing our business at the club only to find out that both Kiara and Maddie weren’t home.“They went out a while ago boss, Mrs. Kiara’s guards came and picked them up…”“And you just let them go?” Vladimir asked running his fingers through his hair. How the hell could they be as reckless as to go out when they know that every dangerous man was in town? Not to mention without bothering to call or tell us where they went to at least know where they are.“They went to get their hairs and nails done Nikolay, they asked me and I told them that they can go” mom said walking down the stairs upon hearing my loud tone. My eyes snapped in her direction and mom raised an eyebrow at me. Nodding at the maid to leave my sight, I looked at mom who crossed her arms over her chest “they are not chil
Kiara:“I don’t like you” I teased and Nikolay laughed. He wrapped his arms around my body and pulled me closer to him, kissing my forehead as our bare bodies engulfed one another’s. His body a lot bigger and more muscular than mine, it still amazed me that we would fight and he would actually listen to me rather than crush me.“Sure, you don’t” Nikolay smirked and I laughed as he wrapped his arm around me and kissed me lovingly “I’m sorry for hurting your feelings baby”“I’m sorry Nikolay, I know you did it because you love me. I should have been more considerate about how you’d feel about the whole situation” I said laying my head on my husband’s chest, his arm wrapped around my back. My stomach was on his and I kissed his chest, just above where his heart was beating before I laid my head down and closed my eyes, the peace and safety I felt with my husband was one that I
Nikolay:“Boss” Juliet, one of the girls at the club said looking at me. She nodded and I raised an eyebrow at her to tell me what she knew. We needed to calculate for everything before the club’s opening tonight. I knew that the mafia men were coming to attend the opening, and I knew that I needed information and a lot of it.“What have you done?” I asked walking inside. She walked after me, wearing a short black dress and heels, carrying a white board where she had her papers and a pen with everything that they had prepared while we were gone and whatever last-minute needs we had before tonight.“Everything has been prepared as planned boss. The drinks arrived last night and Michael has set them in their places at the bar. The hookers are ready, the rooms are clean, the dancers are dressed and ready, the poles have been polished, and the poker tables are also ready” Juliet said and I nodded. Her blonde hair was tied in
Kiara:I walked out of the club with my mind racing about the argument me and Nikolay had.The fact that he had me working with the woman, preparing the club with her. Fixing everything, sharing a meal, drinks, and even conversations. Yet, the woman had an affair with my husband, and my husband had the decency to bring HER to work with us without even letting me know of who she was and how they knew one another. All he had told me was that she was the woman who helped fix all the clubs back in the States and Russia with the family. Had I known about who she was, I wouldn’t have worked with her myself, I would have left her to work with the lads, to finish her business with them, and leave. How the hell was I supposed to feel now?Knowing that the woman had actually had an affair with both men, and they both expected the Madeline and I be okay with them taking us for fools. Okay, maybe Madeline was going to forgive Vladimir. She knew who the woman was, she
Nikolay:“We will go home, and once the event is over next week. You are going back to America” I said looking at Kiara who stopped walking. Her eyes widened as she heard what I said, but I wasn’t going to discuss this matter with her. Her being with Richard tonight, even if they were talking. I didn’t like it.“I am not going anywhere” Kiara snapped glaring at me.“You are going back. Leila will be taking care of you until you’re almost due…”“Hold on, you won’t even be there during the whole pregnancy?” Kiara asked taking a step back. Her eyes were wide in shock.“I will be coming home to check up on you every month but I have to make sure everything here is running properly…”“Okay” Kiara said avoiding my eyes as she walked past me. Her arms hugging her body as she walked forward, not even looking back at me. The decision I made h
Kiara:I sat in the VIP lounge at the airport waiting for my flight.If Nikolay thought that he was going to send me away when he desired then he’s so wrong. It hurt me to decide to leave without even saying goodbye, but I wouldn’t have been able to look him in the eye as I was leaving. Knowing that he was wanted me to leave, that he actually considered it.“Mrs. Ivanov, we’ve had a little problem, therefore, I hope you don’t mind but the flight would be delayed a bit” the manager said walking toward me. Panic written all over her face and I raised an eyebrow at her before nodding. Her eyes avoided mine and I sighed reading the book through my tablet as I waited. The manager left me be and one of the waitresses walked toward me with a glass of orange juice, putting it in front of me on the glass table.“Thank you darling” I said nodding at the woman who smiled before taking a step back and leaving me be.
Nikolay:The door to the office opened and Kiara walked in with a smile on her face.I smiled and stood up walking toward her and opening my arms to wrap her around her waist and she stood on her toes wrapping her arms around my neck. I kissed the crook of my beauty’s neck before pulling away and carrying her bridal style to the couch.I sat down keeping my arms around her before raising my legs on the couch and allowing Kiara to sit more comfortably on my chest. She laid her head on my chest and sighed in contentment before raising herself to look me in the eye “are you okay baby?”“I’m fine baby” I said softly running my fingers over her hair. She smiled and kissed my jaw “I heard you and mom”“You know that I had to stop them, I don’t want to ruin what we have between us because of your mum and dad’s anger” Kiara said looking me in the eye. I smiled and nodded, she was right
“Is everything ready?” Lilian asked looking at her lover. The man who she had defended and protected against the whole world despite being wrong. “Almost my love, just a few twitches and we’ll be set” Ian said programming the system as she wished it to be. The woman had turned out being deadlier than he had expected. He didn’t know of this side of her when Louis was alive. The maximum he thought she could do was cheat on him. But as it turned out, the woman had more to her than he had imagined and he didn’t want to admit it out loud, even though the woman technically saw it through his eyes. He liked this side of her. “I can’t wait for it to be ready! Our dreams will finally start coming true” she whispered looking at her lover who smiled. It had been five years since Louis had died and the Ivanov family got what they wanted. Five long years, and they’ve waited patiently for this moment. They have been working together on this project since the woman’s ex husband’s d
“Is this some kind of joke?” Kiara asked frowning in confusion, waking up in the familiar podium where she once grew up watching people die in front of her as she herself fought for her own life. “I don’t know, but I don’t like this” Richard said from beside Kiara. The two were trying to process how they even got here to begin with. People around them started coming to their senses as they woke up inside the podium. “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to The Bloodlust Games, The final chapter” ************************* Re-entering the Bloodlust games was never an option in Kiara’s life. But when revenge is on the line and both she and Richard are forced into them, they have nothing to do but survive, for it was either play and live. Or die…
“I do” Grace said looking Richard in the eye. Tears fell from her mother’s eyes as she watched her daughter say those two words.“I now pronounce you man and wife, you may kiss the bride”Richard cupped Grace’s cheeks and connected their lips. Kissing her tenderly as if it was their first kiss. Everyone clapped for the happy couple, both Nikolay and Kiara looked at one another. Holding each other’s hands, their fingers intertwined. Nikolay brought Kiara’s hand to his lips and kissing her knuckle. His hand went to her stomach, where their little daughter grew.“Congratulations” Sebastian smiled at Nikolay who nodded at him. His hand holding Amalia’s, Lilian had been invited to come to the wedding but the woman chose to stay back and come when her grandchild was born. Her and Sebastian have agreed that she is freed however she would be under surveillance. His men were watching over her, the woman ha
Nikolay: “Baby girl?” “Yes, love?” Kiara asked turning to face me. The girl had been quiet since leaving her mother’s house and even though I didn’t want to bother her with talking about the subject. I couldn’t help but worry about her. “What happened inside there? Did she say anything that…?” “Nothing love, she didn’t say anything that I didn’t expect. The woman simply wanted to vent and I’m guessing that being put in the corner made her lose herself” Kiara answered looking out the window. The two of us have been driving for the past hour, I was initially supposed to take us back home. But seeing the state that my wife was in, I didn’t want her going home being upset. “When are we going back home? I mean to the States?” Kiara asked and I smiled at her taking her hand in mine and kissing her knuckle. “Believe me, even I miss it back there. No matter what the bullshit was, it was us and our family, none of the fucked up mess we’ve been
Kiara:I looked at the room which I’ve only entered a few times as I grew up.Father was once determined to let me learn and know every single code that existed in this place. I was the only one who knew of them. He wouldn’t even tell anything to mum about them, I didn’t understand why, but now I believe that I may know the reason behind his request.The woman has probably been cheating on him all along and the man might have known about it. He had his own affairs, however, their marriage was kept intact for the peace treaty between his and her family. Plus, the fact that he had a child, a daughter, well, me. He didn’t want me to find out about anything, knowing that it would probably end up turning messy if anyone finds out that he was being cheated on, and he as a man wouldn’t have accepted knowing that his wife was cheating on him. Well, that was the only logical explanation I could think of in such a situation.I remember
Nikolay:“Boss…” Vladimir said when he saw me walk down the stairs. It was a bit of a rough night with Kiara being in the pain that she was in. I couldn’t blame her for any of it, and I couldn’t stop her from letting out her pain. I wanted her to let it go, I didn’t want her to hold it in. I wanted her letting her pain out. To tell me how she was feeling, I didn’t want her breaking inside. Especially not when I could see right through her beautiful green eyes “Lilian woke up, Sebastian just called to inform us”I nodded at him and sighed running my fingers through my hair in frustration, as much as I didn’t want Kiara speaking to the woman. I knew that she wouldn’t be able to rest until she has, and because of that. I couldn’t stop her from seeing the woman.“How is she?” Vladimir asked sensing my anger and I sighed shaking my head.“She isn’t well, Vladimir.
Kiara:I sat by my mum’s bed after her surgery was done and the bullet that she got in her abdomen was taken out.Her hands were cuffed to the bed as she slept. I kept my eyes on her as I waited for her to wake up. I knew that she wouldn’t wake up anytime soon. The woman had been asleep for a while now. But I ordered that she was given something to keep her asleep for a while, I needed to process what happened first before she opened her eyes to speak to me. The woman would be seeing me as an enemy now, and I wouldn’t be able to blame her, in her eyes. I killed her husband, technically, I did take part in killing her. Even if it was a little bit.“Baby girl, you need to rest” Nikolay said walking inside the room. He kissed the crown of my head and I smiled at him leaning in to his touch, his hand softly massaged my shoulder and I raised my head to look at him “I don’t want you getting sick princess, your mom is supposed
Nikolay:“Nikolay, are you sure it’s a good idea to bring Kiara with us? You know that I don’t want her going through such pain” Sebastian asked looking at me. The man kept his voice low for his sister not to hear him even though she wasn’t close to earshot. The girl was talking to Maddie who was also coming with us. Everyone was technically coming, both to see Sebastian take his rightful place and to support Kiara in what is to come.My wife was to face her mother. The woman who had hid her brother from her throughout all those years, and if what Natalie said was true. Then that woman also cheated on her husband and Harry is a bastard child. All those thoughts ran through my mind as I looked at my wife suddenly fearing her coming with me. In all honesty, I truly didn’t want her coming with me. But I knew that she had to. First, as my wife, and second, as the man’s sister.“Believe me, I don’t want her to com
Kiara:“So, do you want to tell me how you became Crystal’s favorite uncle?” I asked and Nikolay chuckled as he wrapped his arms around my waist while I laid on my stomach on his chest. The two of us were still in the living room laying on the couch after our active afternoon. A light blanket covering our bodies. The blanket was one that we used when we were watching movies in the living room back home. And having come out of the hospital, and being here for a week. Nikolay refused to let me do anything that would exhaust me. Therefore, my best solution was movies and cuddles.I had noticed Crystal’s behavior around Nikolay at the hospital, she would tell him random stories and the two would spend ours talking while we were in the suite. According to Richard, Crystal would tell Nikolay stories to distract him from his pain while I was out conscious.“Well, one thing lead to another and she caught me crying in one of the hospital hal