Brielle Clarke~•~“I have evidence.” Maxim burst into the room once again.I groaned as I sat up. I was still not ready to deal with him. I still didn’t know what to think of the whole situation. “Evidence?”“That I didn’t cheat on you.” He added, walking toward me. When I shifted back, he clenched his jaw and stopped moving. “There’s one on the internet that says you did, sir.”“It has been taken down.”My mouth formed a scoff. “Does that make it any less true?”I wanted to believe him. I really did, but the video was so glaring, and every time I closed my eyes, all I saw was Maxim and Debbie kissing. They didn’t just kiss. He allowed her to run her hands around over his body; something that belonged to me.He didn’t just cheat. He lied that he was going to see his father. What was his excuse? That he was going through a lot? Ducking bullshit. “If you were horny and wanted sex, you could have just come to me.” I had given him space from anything sexual because I didn’t want it to s
Brielle Clarke~•~“Sit up for me, my love.” He coaxed, slightly pulling away from me. I sat up as ordered and he told me to raise my arms, removing my dress.I was left in my bra and panties that didn’t match, but Maxim didn’t care about that. His hand reached behind me and he unclasped my bra in one swift move. He discarded the material, exposing my breasts. The cold air hit me on the chest but it was soon replaced by the heat of Maxim’s mouth.“Oh fuck.” I arched my back, subconsciously pushing my breasts further into him. He pushed me back so I was lying down and started kissing down my body.He kissed a particular spot on my ribs. “You never told me how you got your scars.”I tensed at the question. I thought Maxim didn’t care about it. He had never brought it up. He never made it obvious that he saw them whenever I was naked. It was weird. We had never talked about it and I was hoping we never did.“Relax.” He kissed the scars again. “I just want to know what you’ve been through
I woke up feeling tired from the previous night but happy. I turned around to see Maxim sleeping, looking all innocent like a baby. I kissed him on his forehead and went to the shower. “Good morning baby.” I heard Maxim’s voice echoing from the room. “Why didn’t you wake me up, so we could shower together?” He teased me. “You looked happy sleeping so I didn’t want to disturb you.” My voice was loud enough for him to hear even if the shower was still running. “Someone’s calling you. Jordan.” He walked to the shower and handed me my phone. I was surprised to hear that she was calling me. It had been a while since we spoke. However, I was happy she was keeping in touch with me. Outside this house, she was the only friend I had and I still knew her through Maxim.“I’ll call her later,” I instructed him to take the phone back. He didn’t really care that I got a call. He just wanted to be in the shower with me. “Okay, buzz kill.” His once big smile deflated from his face.I had become
Brielle Clarke ~•~“Father wants to see you.”“What the fuck for?” Those were the first words that came to mind and I could not stop myself from saying them.The man I called father had deliberately sold me by tricking me to meet him at a bookshop. He wanted to get rid of me, not caring about the kind of person I’d end up with. And he suddenly wanted to see me? It had to be a fucking joke.Axel sighed. “He said he wants to talk to you,”“Why didn’t he call me himself then?”“Would you stay on the call if you knew he was the one speaking?”He caught me there. That was true. I didn’t want to see my father, but there were unanswered questions I had. I needed answers. I needed clarification. I needed closure.“Let him come to me.” I felt more comfortable when I knew Maxim was around because my father wouldn’t dare hurt me in his presence. Even if Maxim wasn’t around, most of his men would be close by. Axel kissed his teeth. “You know he can’t do that.”“Why?”“He and your boyfriend are
Brielle Clarke~•~Maxim followed me anyway. He was much more stubborn than I was so I knew there was no winning with him. If he wanted to do something, he could barely be stopped.It was weird standing in front of my father’s house after all these months and I found it hard to take a step forward and knock on the door. Maxim held my hand and squeezed. I took a deep breath and smiled at him before we finally started moving.There were guards on either side of the door but that did not stop me from ringing the doorbell.“Good morning, ma’am.” They chorused. “Morning sir.”The difference between Maxim and my father was that Maxim treated his men like family and they didn’t have to be so formal with him while my father acted like they were his workers even if they were the ones that fought all his battles for him while he hid like a little bitch.Realizing I was starting to sound bitter, I took another deep breath. “Morning.” I returned their greetings when Maxim didn’t bother to.One
Brielle Clarke ~•~Looking at the man that birthed me, I was supposed to feel hate. I was supposed to despise him, but the only thing I could feel was fear.My mind immediately traveled to the times when I was younger and wasn’t allowed to enter his office. Disregarding that rule always ended up in me having a sore body from being whipped.I gritted my teeth. While my father was harsh on all of us, I feel he hated me more. For some reason, he liked seeing me in pain. He reveled in my fear. He fed on it.From the small smirk on his face, I could tell he knew I was still scared. I shook my head. I was no longer under him. I had no reason to be scared of him. He wouldn’t hurt me. He couldn’t hurt me. I wouldn’t give him that power.I relaxed my stiff body, reminding myself that Maxim was still out there and he had killed men for touching me. It was sick to admit but my father wasn’t any different.I cut down the shyness and there was a new air of confidence around me as I looked him in
Maxim Vasiliev ~•~Brielle’s stepmother was one annoying fucker. I was torn between putting a bullet in her head or taping her mouth fucking shut.Since I distracted her from Brielle, all she had been doing was talking shit about Brielle and painting her daughters in a good light. It was as though she wanted me to leave Brielle and hook up with one of her daughters, maybe both because they were sick like that. The only thing keeping me sane was that Axel was there to tame his mother.She was talking about the time Aubrey won a beauty pageant when I heard sudden footsteps coming into the dining area. We had settled down to have tea there. I turned at once, standing up when I saw that it was Brielle. She looked angry. “What’s wrong, baby? Are you okay?”“Let’s go.”Sha placed her hand in mine and started dragging me away without giving me an explanation but before we could step out, someone blocked our path. My face automatically twisted in a scowl at the sight of him. “Edward.”“Maxi
Maxim Vasiliev~•~FLASHBACK (TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO)I sat at the edge of the pool, my feet dipped into the water. My nanny always told me not to go near the water when I was alone but she wasn’t around so I could do as I liked.She hadn’t been back in a few days, which was odd, but Father refused to tell me where she went and if she would be back. I was bored. Usually, my nanny would be around to keep me busy, but then again, if she was around, I would probably be having my afternoon sleep after my lesson.Unlike other kids, my lesson consisted of learning about various weapons and how deadly they were. Today, I learned about the VSS Vintorez. VSS stood for Vintovka Snayperskaya Spetsialnaya, which was Russian for ‘special sniper rifle’.It was a rifle that was created in 1981 and it was quite long with a barrel length of 200mm. I wasn’t allowed to hold it just yet. My Father said I would learn how to use it when I was older. My thoughts were interrupted when I saw a mop of blonde h