Brielle Clarke~•~ I had been acting all tough but as soon as I was back in my room, I broke down.I may not have meant it when I said it before but I hated Maxim Vasiliev and his entire existence. I could not deny my attraction to him. Maybe, it was because he was the first man to give me attention so I fell for him like a fool meanwhile he was only using me.He did not care about my feelings. He had the nerve to insult me and still tell me he could take me if he wanted to. And calling me his property? Was I an object?The worst part of it was that I was stuck here. I did not have anywhere else to go. I did not have anyone to talk to. I had two sisters but they never treated me as such. I had a fucked up life and I hated it.I did not have a family. I did not have any friends. Hell, I didn’t even know the woman who birthed me. My life was a fucking mess.I didn’t know how long I’d been in bed, but when I finally stood up, the first thing I did was cover up the hickeys he had given
Maxim Vasiliev~•~Brielle had been actively avoiding me again, rightfully so. Any woman with the least bit of decency would avoid me too.Being a mafia boss, I had no time to tend to women’s feelings, especially when there was a family out there trying to get rid of mine.After I caught the men that tried to ambush us after the ball, they had been pretty quiet, not making any more moves against my life.But I knew it wouldn’t be long before they strike again. They were also pretty good at hiding and it was a good thing for them because if I were to find out their location, I’d wipe out every last one of them.While my father handed over this mafia to me, I took it to where it currently was. We were the most feared American-Russian mafia. Hell, we were the most feared mafia in America and a stupid Russian thought the best way to display their show of power was to come after me.They had drawn a battle line that I was sure to cross.Asides that, I also had businesses to run. I had a ch
Brielle Clarke ~•~I’d never run this fast in my life but I’d been looking forward to Mikhail’s homecoming. It had barely been three days since he told me he would be back and I was more than happy about his arrival.When I reached upstairs, he was in the living room talking with some of the men. I didn’t care that I interrupted as I ran toward him. He saw me and wore a big smile on his face as he ditched the other men.I jumped on him with more enthusiasm than necessary and he laughed, wrapping his arms around my waist as he picked me up and spun me around. I joined him in laughing.“Damn,” he whistled when he dropped me back on the floor. “Who would have thought you’d miss me like that? I might just leave often so you’d hug me like that every time.”“Shut up,” I said with a blush.He held my hand and made me give him a spin. “You’re also filling out. I’m guessing Maxim is making you eat. He has an obsession with that.”That was true. Even if I never came down to eat, he made sure I
Brielle Clarke ~•~I had a lot of decisions to make so I was not surprised when I didn’t have a wink of sleep last night. While I thought about the situation of my family, most of my thoughts revolved around the man that had sworn to keep me as his.I had a hard time deciding what to do about him. It was not like I could just shut down my feelings or my attraction to him. Hell, I could not stop myself from getting wet at the sight of him.I wanted him to touch me so desperately that I even found myself pathetic. I could not fathom how my mind worked. I hated him but I wanted him. And I wanted to have him.Living with my family, I was not allowed to leave the house until I was twenty. I never got to have the kind of fun my siblings did. I never got to do what I wanted. It was always what my father or my mother or my siblings wanted. It was never about me.Now, I was free from their shackles and I was able to do what I wanted. It sounded shallow but at the moment, what I wanted was Ma
Brielle Clarke~•~The first lick had my legs trembling, making Maxim smile smugly up at me.I could not say anything. I could only watch breathlessly as he pulled me closer to him so that my ass was hanging half out of the table. He placed both of my legs over his shoulder and gave me another nice lick.“Fuck.” I couldn’t help but cuss as I held onto the table tightly.Without warning, Maxim started to devour me. His tongue slipped inside my pussy as he tongue fucked me, while his hands held my legs tightly when I tried to close my legs.The pleasure was overwhelming. I didn’t know whether to push him away or bury his head in my cunt. He made the decision for me as he released one of my legs and his fingers joined the assault of my pussy.His fingers separated my pussylips while his mouth sucked on my clit. He ate me out like he was a starved man; like I was his last meal.Two fingers entered me smoothly and my eyes rolled back. “Oh, God.”Maxim did not allow me time to breathe prope
Maxim Vasiliev ~•~Brielle became even more scarce, but not because she was avoiding me or anything.She was always holed up inside that little library I’d made for her. If she was not in the library, she was in the gym, training. For some reason, she suddenly decided she wanted to learn how to fight and she asked Mikhail to teach her.It irked me that she didn’t come to me for that but Mikhail was a very skilled fighter and I didn’t have the time to attend to her like that. It worked for us. I trusted my best friend not to try anything with her. It was her I didn’t trust. While we fucked, dare I say, regularly, she always tried to rile me up one way or the other. She was a submissive little thing during sex and after that, she was a spitfire. It was a newly developed trait. I didn’t mind it because it gave me excuses to punish her and I got to fuck that smart mouth of hers into submission. I stood outside the door to the in-house gym and stared at Brielle. She had gotten better a
Maxim Vasiliev~•~My father patted her on the shoulder like he was proud of her before he left, closing the door behind him.A blush came on her cheeks and she refused to look at me. “My father told you to seduce me?”“Yeah.” She refused to look up at me.“But you didn’t.”“Should I have?”“You could have tried.”She shrugged, still looking down.“I hate it when you look at the ground while I speak.” Slowly, she raised her eyes to meet mine, still rooted in place. “Are you afraid of my father?” I saw her tongue poke the inside of her cheek, giving me the answer I needed. “You shouldn’t be.”“Why?” She was quick to ask.Was she used to being afraid of everyone? What kind of life did she live? “Are you afraid of me?”Brielle eyed me warily. “Sometimes.”I chuckled, unable to help it. “If you fear my father, you should fear me even more.”“Well, he threatened to send me back to the Italians. Those people have no qualms about being violent.”My face softened. What did she go through whil
Brielle Clarke~•~“I don’t have any friends.” I thought aloud. I was supposed to be training with Mikhail, but Maixm had gotten rid of all my workout clothes. I could have used a shirt and sweatpants to work out but I felt like being stubborn, so I was merely watching Mikhail work out.“I’m hurt.”“Asides you.” I waved Mikhail off.“Maxim? You guys are quite close.”“All we do is fuck.”Mikhail paused and turned to look at me, thoroughly amused. “What is Maxim turning you into?”“Shut up.” I blushed.“When you came here, you were shy and innocent. A few months with him and you’re this.”I frowned. “What do you mean by this?”“You’ve gotten bolder, more confident. It’s honestly attractive but I think he is ruining you for every other man.”I snorted. “It’s not like he’ll ever let me near any other man.”“Who is he to stop you?”As Mikhail went back to working out, I stopped to think of his words. Who was Maxim to stop me honestly? He kept saying he owned me like owning a person was le
Brielle Clarke~•~Maxim had no plans of making use of the toys anyway.It was very late at night and every sane person that was present at that party was asleep already, but not me and Maxim.I was naked and on my knees. The only accessory on my body was the collar that Maxim made me wear. It was black with a silver pendant that had his name on it. It was very derogatory, but it felt hot as fuck.Maxim had me waiting on my knees while he freshened up, which made me anticipate what was going to happen. Only thinking about sex with Maxim had my arousal dripping down my thighs and he hadn’t done anything yet.I heard the closet door open and my eyes snapped up. Maxim was still fully dressed in his three-piece suit, with his tie in place.“Who said you could look at me, whore?”My gaze dropped immediately before I could think twice about it. I heard him approach me and in no time, he was squatting in front of me.He lifted my chin, finally giving me permission to look. My eyes were stuck
Brielle Clarke~•~I knew Maxim had plans for my birthday, but what I didn’t know was that he planned to have a party as big as this.I almost chickened out from descending the stairs when I saw the crowd below it. Maxim had given me a black sleeveless dress to put on and Marina had helped me with my makeup and all that, keeping me inside the room for hours, giving him enough time for all the guests to arrive.“What’s this?” I questioned, my eyes stuck on the people who were eagerly waiting for my arrival.“I told you you deserve to be celebrated, baby. Didn’t I?” I was speechless. I couldn’t fucking speak. “That’s what this is. Now, stop putting on that alarmed face. One would think you were being kidnapped.” My eyes snapped to him and he raised his hand in surrender. “Too soon, I guess.”I laughed, kissing him shortly before he led me downstairs.“Happy birthday, Brielle.” They screamed in unison, making my pale face turn pink.It was night time already and I thought Maxim wanted to
Brielle Clarke~•~After the whole thing, Andrei helped me and my sisters get to the car and drove us home. Maxim didn’t even bother looking at me when we were leaving. I didn’t speak to him either because I knew he was in a difficult state. I didn’t know what to say to him and I didn’t want to say the wrong thing. “Take them home,” Maxim told Andrei. He didn’t flinch. He acted like he was okay like he didn’t just end his father’s life. Throughout the ride home, I was thinking of how Maxim felt. He was definitely angry at me because I wanted to shoot his father. Did I cross a boundary? But I only tried doing it because I wanted to protect Mikhail. “Are you okay?” Aubrey broke the silence in the car. I sat in the middle of both of them and hadn’t moved since the ride started.“Yes, I’m okay.” I lied. I didn’t want to talk about what just happened. I was still trying to process it. “It’s okay if you’re not okay. What happened back there must have been traumatizing.” She didn’t buy m
Brielle Clarke ~•~I looked up when I heard the door open, already knowing it was going to be Maxim.I felt awful. Maxim had seriously told me not to leave the house yet I did, putting myself and my sisters in danger, along with Maxim because who knew what his father wanted to do to him.From the snippets of conversations I’d heard around the house, Maxim had been provoking his father. Maybe, it was finally time for his father to retaliate and he was only able to get to Maxim through me.I was scared as fuck, but I felt even more guilty.Maxim looked right at me and took a step forward, only for his father to point the gun at me, making him come to a stop immediately. “Not so fast, boy.” He shook his head mockingly. “Are you that eager to save her?”I saw him clench his fists before putting them in his pocket. “What do you want?”“For you to undo all the stupid stunts you pulled.”“I’m sorry I can’t restore burnt buildings.” Maxim gritted out, unable to withhold his sarcasm even in
Maxim Vasiliev ~•~I received an enraged call from my father this morning. He was pissed as fuck, but that did not stop me from going on with my plan.When I woke up this morning, I saw that Brielle wasn’t in bed with me, which meant she was still mad at me, but I didn’t have the time to stick around and wait to apologize to her. When I was done dealing with my father, I would explain everything to her.“You’re not taking it easy on the poor man,” Andrei said. He had also been pained by my father’s betrayal because he was a man we all trusted.“He deserves it,” Mikhail replied from the back seat. “He should have seen it coming. He knows the kind of son he raised.”Not to brag but Mikhail was right. He did know the kind of son he raised. Unlike him, I didn’t hide any parts of myself. I didn’t pretend to be who I wasn’t, so he knew me. He knew what I was capable of and he knew how I’d react to a betrayal. Betrayals were something I didn’t take lightly because a betrayal could ruin the
Brielle Clarke~•~Just because I slept in the same bed as Maxim last night didn’t mean I’d forgiven him which was why I sneaked out of the bed early in the morning before he could wake up.It was a first for me.“Good morning, Mrs. Vasiliev.” Aubrey joked immediately after I answered her call.I rolled my eyes. “More like Miss Clarke.”“You could’ve fooled me. You said you weren’t sure about today because of your husband’s disapproval?”“He’s not my husband.” I gritted out, irritated by her teasing.“Okay, then how come he’s making decisions for you already?”I sighed. In the beginning, Maxim used to be very protective and controlling, but now, I knew that he wouldn’t tell me not to go out for no reason. He probably had something up his sleeve. The problem was that he didn’t trust me enough to tell me what it was and it aggravated me.That was the main reason I was ignoring him.He got so mad at me when I didn’t trust him and now that I trusted him with my life, he couldn’t share sma
Maxim Vasiliev ~•~Brielle’s bright idea was to ignore me. She didn’t talk to me all day when on a normal day, she would come into my office at least, five times. She didn’t sleep in the room as well and I hadn’t seen her all day, except for when we all had breakfast together this morning.I didn’t know why she was acting up when all I was doing was for her safety. I didn’t tell her she couldn’t go out. I just told her she shouldn’t go out until it was relatively safe; when she could go out without me worrying that my evil father would get to her.“Trouble in paradise?” Mikhail laughed as he joined me in the gym.I rolled my eyes. It was obvious she had told him about it already. Sometimes, I wondered if he was my best friend or hers, but then again, aside from Marina, he was the only close friend she had.“She’s being a child.” I understood that she had been locked in all her life but she was twenty-two, an adult, and now exposed enough to know that I was only looking after her.“I
Maxim Vasiliev ~•~I had put Brielle through a lot this year. I had put her through too much in general. Aside from the hell I gave her, she was kidnapped because of me and she was made a target because of my numerous enemies.Climbing up the ladder wasn’t so easy in our world. It meant making a lot of enemies. It meant defeating these enemies, but the problem was that some always came back.I wanted to give Brielle the perfect gift for her birthday, which was in five years, which was why I focused all my attention on stripping my father of everything he owned.He was the man that killed her mother. He was the one that made her go through all the shit she endured from her so-called family, and if I didn’t take care of him fast enough, I knew he was going to go after Brielle. She was my weak link. Everybody knew that:I wanted her birthday to be a special one. I wanted to throw her a grand party. Something told me she didn’t usually celebrate her birthdays because of the kind of famil
Brielle Maxim~•~“Why don’t we throw a party?” All eyes, except Maxim’s turned to Mikhail. Why was he talking about a party when Maxim hadn’t settled his score with his father yet? Everyone would finally be able to relax when we knew the man was behind bars, paying for his crimes.“Why? The alcohol you are consuming right now is not enough for you?” Andrei asked sarcastically. We were at a bar, drinking together and I was the only woman among them. I wanted to stay at home and let them have a boys’ night out but Maxim refused and demanded I follow them.It was just me, Maxim, Andrei, and Mikhail. I wanted to bring Marina with me so I wouldn’t be the only female but she happened to be busy. Sometimes, it sucked that I didn’t have any friends, but most times, I was grateful for the tight-knit circle I had. I didn’t have to worry about betrayal and someone giving out my information to the enemy.Being with Maxim meant I inherited all his enemies and I could never be too careful. I had