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*****Leo POV*****Everything about Niki is just extreme and it drives me crazy. Even when she does not try, she is still the most beautiful woman in the room and I can’t help but stare at her. I made sure to take a seat directly oppose her. In the few minutes I have been sitting here, stealing every opportunity to watch her talk, laugh and eat, I have reached to the conclusion. The spyglass I have been stalking her on really does not do much justice to her beauty. I know that I should reprimand my head and heart for all these thoughts I have about her. I should be weary of her stubbornness and volatile hot temper, but it’s such a turn on. Maybe it’s because I have been on the receiving end of that temper for years that it now amuses than scare me. The princess has definitely grown on me, or was it denial all along?“I am surprised that you two are capable of sitting like this and be civil with each other,” Daniel says and I know exactly what he means. Everyone we went to school with wo
*****Nikita POV*****Organising Zanine and her groupies was so easy. Girl is too hung up on Leo and her made up virginity-losing romantic fantasy that she will do anything to be near him again. Leo looks so uncomfortable, it’s quite amusing. He is hot and all, but he clearly does not want her but she does not seem to get it. Margie and Mercy strategically take seats near Owen and Daniel. It’s common knowledge that the Davis, Booi’s and Siko’s are enemies. The girls would not expect me to be with any of the guys, that’s why they automatically each choose one and start flirting without worrying about stepping on my territory. I can’t help but smile inside as my plan come together, perfectly. I knew that I can always count on the slutty queens. I take my purse and head for the ladies rooms as soon as they are all settled. It must be my lucky day because I don’t have to use the vent or window to escape. The restaurant ladies room is linked to the coffee shop that exits to the back of the
*****Leo POV*****My heart is already pounding by the time I exit the back door and there’s no sign of Niki. I am usually calm but right now I am freaking out. Theres too much danger lurking around, Niki could be dead already. Just the thought of that makes my stomach twist into a knot. The person who killed Jake is still out there and possibly here in Palmland. So is the one who put her on the dark web. Uncle and his men are also around. He always hated the Davi’s and Niki shot him. I can bet my life on the fact that he wants revenge and he would not think twice to get it.I curse inside when Owen checks in and reports no sign of Niki on the front exit. Our men are now all on board, tracking her phone and checking the cameras around the hotel. “Her phone is off but she’s on another one. Luca says she walked that way,” I update Owen when he joins me at the back.“Your woman is sneaky and impossible. I swear I will smack her when we find her.”Owen continues ranting while I log in to
*****Nikita POV*****Leo is the last person I expected to find in a cab. I am not over that shock when he lifts my chin up and literally takes my breath away. His warm breath caresses my face and I yearn for him to come closer. I want his sensual lips to kiss me, but he is just staring at me. I have always been an impatient go-getter and I want him to kiss me right now. I bring my hand to touch his face. If he needed permission, I just gave him one, but he does not take the bait. He pulls away from me instead. For a moment I’m a mess trying to make sense of what just happened. Did Leo just reject my advances when he initiated the process in the first place? It takes a few minutes for me to get over the embarrassment and disappointment then I notice his mysterious victorious smile. He is playing me and got away with it. I know him enough to know that there will definitely be next time and I won’t be so gullible. I will get my payback. That thought strangely calms me down. Now that I am
*****Leo POV*****The way to the penthouse is very quiet. I don’t feel like talking to both Niki and Owen. I just want to get into my bedroom and retire for the night, but my two roommates have other plans. Owen has never clashed with Niki and has no idea what he is starting. I can tell that Niki is about to snap and it will be ugly. Princess psycho is what I call her when she’s mad, because she becomes a real daredevil. One cold stare at Owen and he gets it. One more word and I will fucken’ kill him is my message to him. He knows that I mean it and walks away. I am really pissed at him for the way he spoke to Niki. She is not my woman, yet, but I will not tolerate that kind of disrespect. I am the only one allowed to piss her off and even I have my limits. Not only that, he knows that I am pissed about him lying to me about the Davi maid. Niki’s eyes are still blazing even though Owen is no longer in sight. “He is right,” I say and Princess psycho comes alive. I knew that she wou
*****Leo POV*****“I guess I am in,” Marcus announces in delight and I just want to punch him on the face. What kind of a business man does not even try to negotiate rates with the bank. The bank is absolutely gorgeous in this case, but dude, please!Niki does not get all excited like an amateur. She maintains the same demeanour. My first assessment of her was wrong, she has done this a lot of times before. She is a pro. Her next words are calculated and intentional. “I have not heard why we should be associating ourselves with you, Marcus.”She is sizing Marcus up and he has no clue. This woman is damn good. I wonder if she’s ever lost on any deal. I look at Marcus, curious to hear his pitch and dude has nothing. “Because you have already come all the way from Lilly town to meet me,” he says, with a grin. Really, Dude? That’s the best you can come up with? Now I’m pissed with him for the whole men tribe. “That’s a very weak argument. I just wanted to get out of town,” Niki’s respons
*****Leo POV*****“Who the fuck let you in here?” I don’t think I have ever been so turned off and irritated by naked women in my life before.The girls stop making-out and look at me with a shocked expression. I don’t know if they expected a fucken’ welcome party when I did not invite them. In fact, I have shut them out for over six months now.“We..we,” Maggie stutteres. “Get the fuck out!”They jump on their feet with widened expressions but make no attempt to move towards the door. Whoever told women that they have unimaginable power when naked was a dumb ass. I am really pissed off but they are moving towards me, flattering their fake latches and doing all sorts of sexual gestures. “Please, Leo. We miss…”“I will not repeat myself.” My cold stare gets them running towards the door. If only that worked on Niki too, I would be a happy man, but unfortunately for me, defiance is her middle name. I sigh and recollect myself before walking into her bedroom. I am fully aware that I am
*****Leo POV*****I wake up three hours later with Niki’s alluring body tangled around me and her head resting on my chest. Fucken’ amazing! Dreams like these don’t usually come true in the mafia but here we are. I am well aware of the impossibility of any of this lasting but I will bask in this moment and explore every part of this amazing body every chance I get. My growling stomach is a reminder that I have not eaten anything since last night. Niki had cereals in the morning, it’s now after lunch, she must be starving. I can’t help but smile at the thought of her eating something. My impossible babe does love her food, although I have no idea where it actually goes. With that thought, I grab my phone and send Luca, my third in command a message of my order and he responds immediately to acknowledge receipt. With Owen away to sort out the maid fiasco, Luca’s been in charge of the men and I’m glad. Luca is quiet, extremely loyal and efficient. Owen would definitely be on my case alr
*****Leo POV*****When more hours pass without a trace of Niki, I completely lose my sanity. “Hang in there. Niki is the strongest woman I know,” Owen says but I can’t believe anything until I see her. “She is my everything.”“I know and most importantly, Franco and Dion know it too.”“They are monsters, Owen, and Niki is pregnant.”“She will be fine. You have to believe it,” Owen insists and I nod my head. It’s only when Hunter gets intel about the murder of a man he and Nick once hired to build a secret grave Crego and the signals going off from the Crego grave that hope returns to me. We are an hour off but Niki is definitely still alive. Getting that assurance gets me pumped up again. My heart leaps when I see her. The love of my life. She weeps on my arms while I thank heavens for her safety. We all get a reminder of how crazy and mean Nick Davi was when Niki opens the vault. I know that he is dead, but I want to punch him really badly for speaking to my wife like that. We a
*****Nikita POV*****I wake up in an unfamiliar place. The hazy image of Franco standing above me gets clearer and I sit up. “Morning sleepyhead,” Franco beams. There is really something wrong with this man. “Where am I?”“We are in the great Crego and the weather is wonderful!” he responds with so much excitement, you would swear we were related or friends. “You drugged me,” I accuse. The last thing I remember was arriving at the cemetery and someone putting a sack over my head. Crego is in another country away. He shrugs his shoulders. “You are not the cooperative type, my friend.”“What do you want, Franco?”He opens his hands. “Money, Niki, money and you have loads of it.”“I thought we were friends,” I accuse. “Of course we are.”“You kidnapped my son!” I exclaim, Anderson rising within me. “Come on now, Niki. The little guy was not harmed.”I shake my head and bite my tongue. Nick might not be physically harmed but being snatched by strange man will still scar him. “Why C
*****Leo POV*****A week later, the country is still in chaos. People are fed up with the ruling party and begging ex president Marlone to lead them again. The politicians are throwing each other under the buss and literally begging us for forgiveness. I look at Niki. “Babe.”“You can’t be serious!” she exclaims in disbelief. “The country is burning, My Love. We can’t let it continue.”“They tried to kill us!”“I know. I think we made our point. Everyone now knows the truth. I don’t think they will ever mess with us again,”I explain. “I agree with Leo. It’s enough now,” Daniel says. “I know that you are angry, I would be too if someone attacked my family like that. Dad says people are angry and getting desperate. He can’t lead again, that took a lot from him the last time. Please, Niki. I want to get out of here and plan my wedding,” Lorraine pleads. She definitely inherited her father’s diplomatic ways. We all look at Niki, who thinks we are all too soft and weak. She is probable
******Nikita POV*****It does not take long for Hunter to return with Lorraine. As expected, he has taken extreme measures to ensure that they are not followed and Lorraine has nothing that can be used to track her here. It’s easy to see how devastated Lorraine is by Daniel’s death. I’m really curious to know her reasons for turning him down because it’s not lack of love.“Hi, Lorraine.” I keep my cold straight face. She runs to my arms and starts weeping. “I.. I.. loved him. I really did,” she chokes on her tears and I now feel bad for the lie I told. “My parents spent their lives and went through hell to unite this country,” she mumbles, a story we all know too well. “My siblings and I have always been under scrutiny. We learned very early on that anything we did could be used by the opposition against our parents,” she continues. I know that too. The whole country got to know when President Marlone’s children were mean to anyone at school. It’s been like that even when they we
*****Leo POV*****A day later….“Hey everyone, Daniel’s father-in-law is on television,” Lucas shouts and we all congregate in front of the screen. Former president Marlone’s views matter a lot to us for different reasons. He still has a lot of followers and influence here but we now we have our eyes on his daughter for Daniel. “Former President Marlone, many consider eliminating the mafia the one thing you failed to accomplish during your presidency. What are your views on what’s going on now?”the journalist asks. Former President Marlone smiles and shakes his head. “My mandate was to eliminate the criminal organisation called the mafia. So, I, and my government appointed the best detectives in this country to only focus on that. We had the best undercover agents, who infiltrated the Davis, the Booi’s and Siko’s. The so called DBS or big players in the mafia world.”We all exchange looks, wondering which one of our previous men were undercover agents. “And?” the journalist asks ea
*****Leo POV*****I get into the bathroom and find my wife puking over the toilet. This should be disgusting, right? Then why do I feel like kissing every part of her body?I crouch down next to her, gentle tag her hair back and pat her back. “You don’t have to stay,” she says before gagging and puking again. “There’s no place I would rather be, My Love.”She frowns at me. “Eew.”I can’t help but laugh at her reaction. “We are in this together, Babe,” I say with a lump on my throat. So much has happened between us, but we are still here and this baby is the stamp of our love. She gets up, flushes the toilet and rinses her mouth before responding to me. “You are very weird, Mr Booi.”I chuckle before whisking off her feet. “We are pregnant. Babe, we are really pregnant!”She wraps her arms around my neck and looks down at me in disbelief. “I told you this a few hours ago and you did not seem interested.”“I thought you were too smitten and speaking in tongues.”She rolls her eyes
*****Leo POV*****We can see the bullets but thanks to the impenetrable walls, none get through. This wall in my books, still the most impressive invention of all times. “They are not in uniform and did not identify themselves as police,” Hunter says and my lethal wife is absolutely thrilled. “We have already won the case. We just have to live through this. On them boys,” Niki says and we gladly comply. The bastards clearly did not expect us to retaliate like this. I don’t really blame them. Guns, yes, but I wouldn’t expect any mafia to have bombs and drones. We are definitely winning this without even facing the fire. Owen and Lucas are even competing on who has taken down the most of our attackers and Daniel is actually not bad despite his complaints. We are still celebrating our victory when a missile comes out of nowhere. “Abort! Everyone to the basement!” Niki shouts and we all dash to the basement. The walls and the roof shake at the point of impact, before tumbling down. T
*****Leo POV*****Niki opens and closes her mouth, speechless. Did she really think I would ever let her go?“You have a lot to make up for, Missy,”I tease and she looks at me in disbelief. Sizzling hot! “Shooting you was an accident, why am I making up for it?”“Not telling me that it was an accident and trying to tear us apart, thats what you are making up for,” I say while wrapping my arms around her tiny waist. I plan on shamelessly riding this wave forever. She smiles and curves her sensual lips. I know that means she is about to fight me and I decide to change my strategy. “I will tell Nick that you shot me.”“That will definitely get Mrs defiance in line,” Owen responds. He’s himself again now that he knows Niki did not really pull the trigger. “You wouldn’t!” Niki cries and searches my eyes. I stand my ground, knowing that I have won. “Nick! Come to Papa, my boy!” I shout very loud and Nick shows up and runs towards us. That’s my boy!“Fine, I will make it up for you,” Ni
*****Leo POV*****Niki shot me right through my heart. I took my last breath. I should be dead, except I can hear them talking. Is this how someone dies?My fingers are crossed when Owen approaches. I pray and hope that his first instinct is not to avenge me. I hope he knows that I would never forgive him if he killed my wife to avenge me. I sigh with relief when he sinks down and sobs instead. I know that he will be fine eventually, it’s Lucas I’m worried about. He is just staring into space. The boy has seen too much trauma in his lifetime. I should have insisted on keeping him away from the mafia despite his determination to stay. I hope Luca will forgive my failure in protecting his boy. Hey! If I am dead, this is not so bad. My volatile wife is still fuming, but she can’t stop herself from grieving for me. Madness is wishing you could reach out and embrace a woman who killed your, but I can’t move. I guess I am really dead. It’s a pity I will never get to kiss, touch, make sweet