The Truth
Selena’s POV My heart thumps rapidly in my chest when I find out a shocking truth. My boyfriend is a criminal and so is his entire family. Moments ago “I want you to meet my family,Selena. I want to make you my woman and you must know every part of me before we do this, I do not want to hide things from you at all. Do you remember what I said the first time you tried to get close to me, Selena.” I swallow nervously. “Yes. You said bright girls like me don’t deserve a tiny chance at your dark world.” “Now, I want your brightness to light up my world and expel the darkness in me.” The calmness in his eyes did nothing to ease the anxiousness that was threatening to devour me any moment from now. “Just to be clear Selena, it is still a contract marriage. I’m only doing this because my parents are extremely sensitive. We cannot afford to mess anything up, not now.” His eyes search mine for an answer and I do not bother hiding my feelings. “Is it a must that I attend this?” “We will eventually see our families sooner or later and as much as I hate to admit it, you will later come in contact with my family. You might as well just agree to meet them now.” “I will pick you up by five in the evening. There’ll be red carpet and I want you to make me a grand entry. I want them to know that you’re mine and mine alone.” He trails his finger down my back and I have to snap my mouth shut to keep myself from moaning. “Red carpet? Nikolai,what exactly are you up to?” My heart starts hammering in my chest again. Every fibre in my body is fighting hard against this decision. A part of me is so reluctant to go see his family. “You will know me better by tonight, Sel.” He chuckles and lets go of me. “No matter what happens tonight, remember, I love you, see you tonight.” I walk faster home, my mind racing constantly on the thought of the ball. I have nothing appropriate to wear, I live a simple life and and my luxury has never included a ball. I get home and my mind somehow manages to isolate the dress to the event. “Ding.” I nearly throw my phone to the floor when I realize it’s a message from Nikolai. “The things I ordered for you for the ball are outside.” I furrow my eyebrows still lost to the thought of all of this. I walk down with my legs slightly trembling as I open the door. A red box is seated neatly on the floor of my doorstep. I pick up the box and I lock my door. It feels heavy and I open it immediately destroying the box in the process, white earrings that shine bright with a dazzling necklace and a white gown. My mouth hangs open as I unwrap the dress. A knock on the door startles me and I forced to leave the dress. “Hello?” A tall lady stands at the front of my door with a box. Everything about her screams class. “Miss Selena, Mr Nikolai sent me to you to prepare you for the ball.” Slowly, I drift away from the door, wide enough for her to pass. “I almost did not believe the young master when he asked me to come dress a lady. I was expecting to see a man, everyone thinks he is gay! I can see why now,you’ll do.” She stares at me with a scrutinizing gaze. “Sit.” She presses me to the chair with my shoulders. I bite down on my lower lip to stop myself from saying anything I’m not supposed to. We do not say a word to each other until she’s done! “Young Master Nikolai would be more than excited!” She claps her hands in air delighted at her masterpiece. I stare at the mirror in front of me and I am unable to recognize myself. I pay with my fingers as the time draws near. “He’s here. Right on time as expected of him.” I square my shoulders and I brace myself for the worst; my mind stays fix on scenerio of a prison break. I struggle to balance myself in the heels, I get better with each step. I pause in my tracks when I see him. He’s wearing a black button up and black slacks. The clothes hug him in the right places and he opens the button at the neck, wide enough for anyone to see his dragon tattoo. “Mi amor.” My mouth breaks into a smile with his greeting. “You look stunning much more than I expected.” My mind screams danger, my soul wants to leave my body and my body wants to be with him. “Here.” He opens the seat and I get in the back. “Remember Sel, no matter what happens tonight, you remain mine.” He interlaces his fingers with mine. The ride is quiet fast or maybe it’s because I’m dreading this ball or whatever it is with everything in me. “Welcome home young master.” I am dragged back to reality when I see the huge castle and the amount of humans bowing down to him. “This.. Is this? Your home?” My breath fastens and its not what I can control. “No. We’ll get there.” I place my hands on my chest unable to stop my racing heart. “Welcome to my World, Mi Sel.” The gates in front of us roll open by theirselves. “Welcome Young Master.” A man old enough to birth the both of us bows down to him. “Young Master Nikolai? I don’t understand what’s happening.” I stare around in a daze. Then it hits me, the dragon tattoo on his neck, they all have it. Some on their wrist, some on their waist but open for everyone to see it. “Nikolai?” My throat runs dry. The last time I saw a group of people with the same tattoo was when mother and father were brutally murdered right in front of my eyes. “Sel?” I jolt and my hands tightly grip my dress. “You’re a ma-“ The rest of the word hangs in my throat. “I’m a mafia boss Selina.”Nikolai TwinSelena’s POVMy eyes widen in shock and the gruesome murder of father and mother flashes through my brain again.“You never mentioned anything about this while we were dating. You never stated anything of the sort in the contract.” My voice becomes louder slightly and I do not try to hold back.“Watch your tongue Sel. This is definitely not the place.” His jaw hardens and I can tell he’s annoyed. He's looking around too, through his masquerade mask— watching if someone heard me.But I don't care.“Why should I give a fuck about where we are when you lied to me about something so important!” I clench my fists in annoyance.“You came to me for help and I gave it to you in demand for payment. You agreed, you signed the signature yourself. I didn’t hold a trigger to your head when you signed it, did I?” He scans the environment with his eyes and I notice the subtle changes in him.“I signed those documents without a second thought because I knew you or so I thought.”“The dee
Reconciling With The Wrong Man In BedSelena’s POV“I could not hold on anymore, I’m sorry.” I playwith my fingers expecting to hear a reply.“It’s fine.” I squint my eyes in confusion.Nikolai rarely ever accepts to let things be. He dictates things to go his way or no other.Silence looms over us and I decide to drown myself in alcohol and have a temporary escape from this hellish side of the world.I grab the cup on the table careful not to spill it over and still conscious of the looming eyes fixed to my body.“I do not intend to drag a drunk woman up tonight.” He removes my fingers from the cup slightly and downs it in one go.“If you can do that, I can as well.” I take the drink between sips, the contract rules and regulations fresh in my head.“Your parents do not seem to have a very bright impression of me. They prefer Priscilla. Why?” I swallow another sip of the drink ignoring how light headed I am starting to feel.“Don Carlo, Priscilla's father, is strengthening his base.
Selena’s POVChaosThe bright rays of sun hits me, waking me up from my slumber. I stretch my body as I feel sore over. My head is banging me and I assume it’s a hangover giving how much I drank yesternight.I try to recall what happened after my too many drinks but nothing comes to my mind other than me leaving the ball. I know for a certainty this is not home and I’m not at Nikolai’s place as his room is decorated in minimal colors.“Nikolai!” The rest of the memories I have been trying to gather floods my brain. I turn around and he is lying there still asleep but something doesn’t feel right.Nikolai’s tattoo is on the right side of his neck and his eyebrows are slim and neatly trimmed, this man that has the same appearance with my boyfriend has a dash across his thick eyebrows and his tattoo runs down from his neck to his arms.My eyes trail down his body and I realize his whole body is littered with tattoos.“He is not Nikolai!” My heart beats faster in my chest as I struggle to
Kieran’s POVDazedI stay in the room a little longer, the events of the last night reminiscing through my mind again and again. When it boils to having many women, I can’t tell who’s worse, Me or Nikolai.But there’s something about her that just seems different.This lady…I’ve had my fair share of women and I’ve never wanted them for more than a night. That is the only similarity I share with my twin brother, Nikolai.And yet, I want to wake up to her scent every day.I almost tried to sneak away some of her properties but that could pass a wrong message.Plus Nikolai has already introduced her to father and mother. I shake my head and I leave the room. I walk straight to the garden at the back of the house and as expected, they are all there.“Kieran,your mother was already assuming you would not be here given your brother’s abrupt behavior last night.” Father lifts his teacup carefully.“That was a dining celebration and it was basically for familiarization. This is the real deal.
Selena’s POVMeeting Priscilla’s FatherI ignore the numerous languages in Nikolai’s eyes. I want nothing more than to leave this place. Just seeing Kieran sitting comfortably brings back a lot of the memories from yesterday’s night. I struggle to accept myself around Nikolai.“How did he get to find out all of those things Selena?” He gazes leisurely at his family. I straighten my spine and I refuse to take any pose that will give away extra information.“How do you expect me to know? I thought you told him all of these things. Is he not your brother?” I retort immediately. I pout forming an angry face like I would if I was originally upset.“We will talk about this later. Let’s focus on the main thing at hand. Father and mother would go ahead to say to a lot of nasty things to you, they are only trying to see just how much you can take. Try your best not to let any of their words get to you.” He takes an inch closer to me.“I think I already made a note to myself about this.” I igno
Selena’s POVKieran’s True NatureI shiver in my seat, I clutch my stomach tightly trying my best not to throw up.“Kieran.” Nikolai turns to look at Kieran, the both of them calm.“Yes?” He stands up from the table and walks to Don Carlo’s body.“Leave him.” He places the tip of the gun at the back of Priscilla’s head.“Just kill me you bastard!” Snot is running down her nose. It is almost impossible to believe that this is the same Priscilla I met yesterday.“Hmm, I don’t punish ladies I’ve not tasted.” He smirks and looks at me. My trembling body does nothing to ease the guilt.“But I do have a way to punish you.” He grabs her by her hair with so much force, my scalp winces in pain for her.“Bang! Bang!” He fires two more shots to Don Carlo, one to his neck and the other to his head.“There. Do you now understand why I’ve played this game undefeated for so long?” He trails the gun up and down her neck.You’re a monster.” Tears are flowing freely from her eyes and despite his tight
Selena’s POVDiscovers She’s Pregnant“Mother and father keep asking about you. They’ve opened up to you Sel. They want to build you into the woman worthy of staying by my side.” His eyes sparkle with excitement.“I will not be going to your family to see them for a very long time. It’s been weeks and I have still lot recovered from the gruesome memories. For the first time in my life, I saw somebody’s life slip out of them right in front of my eyes and only then did you mother and father accept me! I am not ready for such a bloody lifestyle Nikolai. It’s best if we remain the way we are.”“To say nothing but the truth,I’ve been considering this contract marriage and I am not sure I’m the woman compatible with you. They were right after all.” I air everything on my chest ignoring the most important reason why this cannot work.I refuse to let him know that I still hold myself accountable over that horrible night.“Selena,you signed a contract. The contract would only be terminated if
Selena’s POV Discovery My head throbs me with a banging headache. One I cannot ignore, but I choose to. The only thing I have on my mind is how I am going to present this to Nikolai. Should I proceed to tell him first that I am heavy with child and then let him know I do not know who the father is? I breathe deeply and I decide to see him after work. Usually, I’d walk briskly to my working place as it’s a trekkable distance. But now, I can’t walk so fast anymore. I’m forced to take a cab. I wave down a taxi. “Burgsway.” I hop into the taxi immediately. “What’s going on?” Newscasters are hanging all around my workplace. I pay the driver and I get down. I walk as fast as my legs can carry me and I run up to my office. “What exactly is going on?” I scan the workers trying to gauge the severity of the situation from their facial expression, all I see is sympathy and pity. “Selena.” I jolt when I hear my boss’s voice. His direct orders have never been a pleasant one
Kieran's POVGo Find Jason Pierres "That's fine. The important thing is that she is improving." I try to console myself with words. I walk away from the room where Matilda kept Selena and walk into my room. "Pierres." I type it in my keyboard hoping to make my research as well.Nothing comes up. I relax on the chair not even surprised. Mother and father must have made sure to delete every trace of their evidence. It was stupid enough of me to think I would find something beneficial to me here. On the open website. If I should find something, it would not be worth it in the open sense. Finding her brother's information from this same internet is as good as searching different haystack to find one pin. You will never see it there. I have no other option but to wait for Justin. "Young Master Kieran?" Matilda knocks on my door. "Is everything okay?""Yes, I was just wondering...""Mmhmm.. about Justin." She glues her eyes to the ground. "You? Matilda? Was just wondering about J
Kieran's POV Investigate Selena’s Background "Jason Pierre." The name lingers in my tongue. I walk out from the house, my heart in my chest."There is no connection between the both of them Kieran." I whisper to myself. I would never be able to live with myself if I ever find out I cut Selena's chances of being a happy human. I drive to my base with speed. "Welcome Young Master Kieran." Matilda greets me. "Why are you here? Are you not supposed to be with Selena now?" I raise one of my eyebrows. I utter a silent prayer hoping she's not here for another problem. Right now, I am at my limit and I'm not sure I'm going to be able to take another one of their issues right now. "I left to come find you Young Master. You have not been home since you left.""I went to work and headed to mother and father. And why are you now checking up on me? Is that the new routine they asked you to have over me?""Young Master, I came here of my ow accord basically because I was worried and I wanted
Priscilla’s POVExposure“Then expose it to her. That will be the best way to break them apart. If Selena sees truly that Kieran killed here parents, he would never be able to get a hold of her.”“And we can have what we both want.” Michelle says, sipping wine from her glass.There’s always she says it that makes me become wary of her all over again.She was indeed more calculating than me. Why didn’t she expose the trick to Selena if she truly loved her as she claimed?“Don’t bother. I’ve tried over and over, I have searched for evidence and presented the little I was able to come up with, but she always had one stupid excuse to not let go. And so I gave up.”“We have to find a way to exploit this information. There has to be a way. The deeper the wound, the longer it takes to heal.”“I know somebody that can help us with this. Actually his desire to kill Kieran would help us achieve a lot of things.”“Who is that?”“Jason Pierre.”I’m very sure I have had nothing to eat or drink but
Kieran's POV Get The Boy Back "You know if I had known brother that you would get so offended by this single act, I would not have waited up until that bastard betrayed me to do this. I would have done it a long time ago." "Just for the satisfaction I have today. I really would have. Tsk. Too bad I am only just realizing this." He shakes his head in a mocking way. I fix my hands in my pockets because if I keep allowing it to hang outside, I will hang his neck in seconds. "Can you even hear yourself?" Father for the first time since all of this finally speaks. "Oh Father, I can. Anything to piss him off his pants." He smirks. "You separated an entire family despite doing nothing to us as against our mafia code of conducts and ethics. And rather than being remorseful, you stand there to say if you had the gift of time, you would go back and do it all over again, this time even earlier!" "Contrary to what you will be expecting, all thanks to your perfect son, I am not
Priscilla's POVMeeting Mitchell 2"Michelle, I've heard she a real pain in the ass and not in a good way kind of pain." I clench my fists. "If you want to get the lord of the Underworld to drop dead on his knees, you would have to tolerate her and a whole lot of other people that have worse behaviors than her.""Good Lord.""You have to start going now. The earlier you leave, the better. It reduces your chance of bumping into Nikolia until you're ready.""Fine then. I'll be on my way. I can't believe I already just got down and I'm going to be on the road again. How long is this going to continue?""For as long as it will take you to get Kieran and make your dreams come true. I will be returning to the mansion shortly, I suspect they would soon notice my absence and I do not assumptions and suspicions that would put me into trouble. Especially not with Kieran.""It's fine then. Since I'm heading that way, I can actually drop you off. Let's all go together.""Nope. We cannot afford
Priscilla's POV Meeting Mitchell "Argghhhhhhhh!" I stamp my feet on the ground with annoyance. "Bloody bastard! Why will he not just fall?" I stand outside the company and I stare at the building. How do I get him? I need someone that knows him, that has the ability to get him. The only person with that power seems to be Selena. It's no good. She's not a good fit for the mafia world but she's going to be able to tell my apology is faked. Or should I just give it a thought? And now she is in coma. Until I see his dead body by my feet, I will sincerely not have peace. I pick up my phone and I call my eyes and my ears as I like to call them. "I'm on my way back to the base. I spoke a little bit too much and out of turns and now I have him seeing us, well seeing me as a suspect. We need to put our heads together so this thing can work." "Report back to base immediately." As I take twists and turns on the road, my mind stays focused revolving on what will eventual
Kieran's POV Connecting Selena With Her Brother "You mean he has not set his eyes on his sister for a full year?" Mother seems extremely disappointed. "Yes." "His commissions. How does he get paid? How much percentage? Give me the full payment details." For some reason, I am just prompted to ask him about the boy's payment. And I do. I have a very bad feeling about this. He keeps quiet. "Nikolai Petrov? It is high time you start talking!" One of mother's eyebrows are raised. And her real age is now clearly telling on her face. "I never made any arrangements concerning finances with him. He just kind of does the work and I commend him. After all, if you think about it, he really knows nothing about it." He shrugs his shoulders casually. As if he has not committed a heinous crime. "I hope you can see your well beloved son. Right now, see how much of an irresponsible man he's grown to be?" "The one thing you have decided to do. You just have to do it with so m
Kieran's POVSelena’s Background "Is it even possible to hide something from you?" He says it calmly. His hands are slightly shaking. And he is pressing his toe into the ground. It's quite unfortunate Miriam only got to know Selena after the breakup. She would have been of great help. "But you do not seem to be completely innocent brother. Your minor acts makes me suspects you even more." "Whatever is giving you room to arouse suspicions, you sure need to eradicate it and eradicate it fast." "Your wife is the one giving me suspicions. Do you mean to tell me that Michelle knows nothing about her best friend? Is that a major sign for you not to have continued whatever it is that you both had between yourselves." My affairs till today have nothing to do with you. You are not the lord over me." "I may not be the lord over you but I am the king of whatever mafia organization you belong to, typically my commands still affect you. So literally,your affairs are in fact my conc
Nikolai's POV Meeting Nikolai Again"How was work today Nikolai?" Michelle asks taking off my coat. "Boring and calm as usual. It's nothing exciting like the activities of the underworld. No suspense. Everybody already knows how their day is supposed to end before it even ends." "I hate it there." "One day my husband,you will overthrow Kieran and become the King of the Underworld. Then, no one would have to give you things you do not wish to do." She massages my shoulders. "One very good day. That spot would be mine as I rightfully deserve." "Speaking of which, how far have you gone with him and his wife?" She hangs my jacket on the wall. "I just got intel that she tried to kill someone and she collapsed." "Such a weakling and she dared to get married to the Lord of the Underworld? A crazy brazen man like Kieran? Was she expecting cupcakes and rainbows?" "Luckily, the person you sent there was foolish enough to let their lives slip before Kieran came in. We woul