Brielle Clarke ~•~I was finally able to make use of the library Maxim had made for me.I noticed that some of the books were missing which made me laugh. Some of the hardcore killers living in this house were also interested in reading. It was fascinating.While reading, I could not stop my mind from drifting to my birth mother. She was snatched away from me as soon as I was born and I was not privileged to even know the truth about it.That had to explain why I had brown hair and my siblings all had blonde hair. It was something they made fun of since we were little. I wondered when they knew we were half-siblings.Things changed for the worst when I was eight years old. Even before then, I knew my mother resented me but at eight, my siblings started to treat me the same way she did.Did she reveal it to them since then? How were they able to keep it a secret and continue treating me like trash? I had so many questions with no one to answer them.Was what Mikhail told me the truth?
Maxim Vasiliev~•~Unlike other days, I came home very early and was surprised to see that Brielle was not around.I was confused. If she wanted to go out, she asked me first.My first thought was that she ran away so I went to her room to check. There were books scattered on her bed. Has she been in a rush? Or was she distracted when she was running?I opened her closet and it was equally disorganized. Brielle was not a disorganized person. Her clothes from the previous day were not inside the hamper. They were on the floor close to it. I shook my head as I picked it up and placed it inside.I did not want to make a fuss yet so after helping her to arrange her closet, I went down to the basement, but she was still not there.I wanted to ask Mikhail since they were sort of close but I knew he was not going to answer to me, so I went to the tech room.“Good afternoon, boss.” One of my men was in there eating a snack.“Igor.” I acknowledged him as I sat down on one of the chairs in fron
Brielle Clarke~•~For the second time, I woke up to find myself in an unknown room. This time, I was not on a bed.My hands were restricted as they were tied behind the chair I was sitting on. My legs were also tied to the chair. I didn’t know what kind of rope had been used on me, but with any movement, they dug into my skin, cutting violently.I opened my eyes, blinking severally to get used to the harsh light. When I finally did, I noticed that there was a chair opposite me and a man was sitting on it.He looked like a typical Russian but he had a scar that ran from the left part of his eye down to his chin, making him look scarier than necessary.From my experience of being kidnapped, I knew not to panic because that was exactly what my kidnappers wanted.I looked toward the man who had been watching me sleep and I asked. “What is the time?”He looked amused but he checked his watch. “It’s past eight. You’ve been asleep for a few hours now.” His Russian accent was so heavy that I
Maxim Vasiliev ~•~I stopped in my tracks, bringing out my phone from my pocket. “Who’s that?” Mikhail asked as soon as my eyes landed on the screen.I let out a curse. This was not good. “It’s Ivanov.”Mikhail paused and looked at me in horror. “Do you think he has her?”I was very fucking sure, but, “Only one way to find out.” I did not think I had been this nervous in my life as I answered the call. “Ah, Maxim. You’ve been avoiding my call, so I thought you wouldn’t pick up.”I had not been avoiding his call. I just had not been in the mood to deal with him. If my father heard of this, he was going to go on and on about how incompetent I had become and that he was practically doing my work for me. “Where is she?”He knew exactly who I was talking about. “Brielle is here.” He told me and Mikhail gestured for me to put the phone on speaker. “Brielle, say hi.”I held my breath as I waited for her voice. He could just be messing with me. However, my breath caught in my throat when I
Brielle Clarke ~•~Fortunately for me, Ivanov did not touch me inappropriately but that did not stop my ass from hurting really bad. He was also kind enough to leave me a duvet.I tried to sleep, but I couldn’t. I was scared to sleep. If I went to sleep, what would happen? What if Ivanov came in here when I was sleeping?It did not seem like Ivanov was the kind to rape someone in their sleep though. He would most likely want me awake and conscious so he could prove that he had the power between us and could use it however he liked.As soon as the ache in my ass dulled, I stood up from the bed and decided to put my clothes on, but my top had been ripped, along with my panties. Not letting it deter me, I put on the jeans. At least, my pussy was covered now.I was thirsty as fuck and I needed water but there was nothing in the room. There was only one door that led outside and when I tried it, it didn’t budge.There was no window and there was absolutely no way I could escape. I had hea
Maxim Vasiliev ~•~I knocked on Mikhail’s door, entering before he could permit me. “Ivanov has given me a location. Let’s get going.”He nodded and went to get changed as I called Andrei and told him to gather the men.I had explained everything to them that morning and I had told them the plan. This was not just about bringing Brielle back. It was about getting rid of them one way or the other, even if I did not get to kill them all.Mikhail and I were fully armed before we went downstairs. The living room was packed with men but this was just a quarter of the men in my mafia. They were a lot more and they did not all live in this house. Just a handful of them did.“Everyone knows what to do right?” I asked as soon as I got there. There was no time to waste. We had to be quick.“Yes, boss.” They chorused.“Poka Mikhail ne podtverdit, chto Briel' nakhoditsya v tom meste, kotoroye oni nam prislali, ne predprinimayte nikakikh deystviy.” I reminded them. I did not want anything to go w
Maxim Vasiliev ~•~It was a good thing I was not the one driving – my men hadn’t allowed me to – because we would have been in some kind of accident by now because of my urgency.I kept telling the driver to go faster, but it reached a point where he stopped listening to me. This was a character trait most of my men possessed. They listened to me no matter what but when I stopped being reasonable, they stopped giving me a listening ear.My mind was unsettled and I could barely keep still on the drive back to the house. As soon as we entered the gate and the car started slowing down, I was out before he could pull over properly.“Boss.” Some of the men acknowledged me but I paid them no mind. I took the stairs three steps at once and it was not long before I was in front of Brielle’s room.Before I could push it open, Mikhail came out, closing the door behind him.“How is she? Is she alive?”He chuckled even if I didn’t find anything funny about the situation. “Chill. She’s fine.”I l
Brielle Clarke ~•~ Maxim was acting weird. He was different. He had been since I woke up. He had me on bed arrest and fussed over me. He made sure I took my medicine and I ate well. He also helped me whenever I needed to shower. I’d gone from barely seeing the man to seeing him every day. This was not the Maxim I knew. He was a changed man. I didn’t know if it was because he was scared I could have died, but he was acting like he cared about me. It was weird. It almost freaked me out, but I liked it. Currently, he was drying off my body and he was not even trying to touch me sexually. It was a first. He turned me around to towel dry my back and sucked in a sharp breath when he saw the marks on my bum. He always did. It was like it reminded him about what I’d been through because of his beef with Ivanov. “I’m sorry.” He muttered to himself but I heard him and pretended not to hear. He blamed himself for what happened to me but I had forgiven him already. It was not his fault I w
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