VINCENT"Don't you think you are going too far with this? I mean, we released Kelvin… and now you are saying we must help her fight you? Just because you realized she is Grace?" James asked, arms akimbo.I slammed my fist against my desk then started to walk towards James with intimidating steps. He stood his ground, staring me dead in the eye, even if I saw his throat bob once. I had corrupted the fucker too much."She is not just Grace. She is my wife—was my wife. I never stopped loving her. I need to make things right. From now on, you do as I say when it comes to her. When it comes to her, we are not friends. I am your boss and you are my personal assistant. No questions. Do you understand?" I asked, and he looked like he had a lot to say… even opened his mouth to speak but eventually scoffed and kept his mouth shut."Noted, Sir. What do you want me to do?" I wanted to comment on his attitude but I was already speaking too much today, so I just decided to let him know just how mu
KATERINA"Kelvin! Oh my God, you look so—" But he ran past me, right into Reina's wide arms instead and the babe had not even uttered a word since he entered.. which was barely ten seconds ago, but still.I brought my arms down to my sides, still backing the couple, my throat bobbing up and down once. I checked my watch in my moment of embarrassment too. It was 6:27pm. Great time.I tried to think of how he had looked when he walked in. He looked like shit. He looked tired, mostly. But his clothes were new and I even saw some brand tags. He had probably gotten a change somewhere before coming home because as usual, the man never liked to be caught unfresh."I missed you so much, my love." I heard his unfaithful, annoying bitch of a girlfriend say, breaking off my train of thoughts. "You cannot imagine how much I have missed you." Reina's voice would have melted the heart of the hardest man on the surface of the earth if he were here right now.She was the definition of an innocent you
KATERINAIt did not take long before I was completely wasted and I got off my chair, beginning to roll my hips to the song.I danced and danced until my joints began to hurt but I did not stop, because even if I was currently really drunk, my chest still hurt. It felt like the pain I was trying to drink away for that moment was too much to hide, so even if I could not fully remember why I was hurting, I felt myself hurting still."Hey beautiful! You have been on the dance floor since I came here. Can I join you?" I heard a male voice ask but I did not glance back even once to see who it was.Whoever it was simply held my waist and started to dance with me and I let him. Not only did I let him, I rocked my body against his, not stopping even when I felt his erection against my ass.I moved away when he was getting touchier. I barely knew where I was but at the same time, I was not going to let just anyone roam their dirty hands all over my body like they owned me.I went to get another
VINCENTShe did not trash at me even until I lowered her into the car. Only glared at me as I shut the door and went over to the other side. To that, I allowed a small smirk on my face as I went over to the other side.I came with a driver on purpose so we could talk in the backseat without any interruptions. She looked pretty drunk, but hopefully she could still hold a conversation or at least, a semblance of it.I pulled the car handle and hopped into the other side of the passenger seat. Katerina simply looked out the window on her side without saying anything and before I could come up with any words of my own, my phone began to ring out.Frowning, I checked the caller ID to see that it was Simon. With a groan, I answered and placed the call to my ear,"Got her here. Driving her home now." Realizing I did not even know exactly where she was staying now that her house had been burned to the ground, I turned to her after pressing hold on the call,"Katerina." I called, and she turne
KATERINAHe said nothing to my request, simply turned away, typing away into his phone until we got to his place. For some reason, even if I was drunk and a lot more daring now, I could not say anything else until we arrived.I waited in the car just because, until he walked over to my side and carried me out. A guard opened the front door for us to go in, and I heard him tell the guard,"Get someone to prepare a bath for her. In my room."Okay, why did that leave me feeling ticklish all over?"But I just want to sleep. I don't think I have the strength to take a bath right now." I argued. He said nothing, just laid me on the couch in the living room and sat beside me, watching me keenly.I turned away. He was staring too deep into my soul."I can help you." He answered after a while. I reversed back to stare at him with my eyes wide open."What do you mean you can help me?""If you would let me, of course." He corrected, standing up and outstretching his hand for me to take.I shook
VINCENT I wanted to wrap my palm around her neck and get her closer like that, kiss her as senselessly as I really needed to… but knowing Katerina, she would freak out and probably go to bed, horny as hell because her pride would not let her ask me to make her feel good TWICE. So I accepted my fate and settled with my hand on her waist, then her ass, squeezing and palming the soft flesh whilst struggling to go easy on her. I let her lead the kiss for a good minute and then I took over, completely ravishing her lips and swallowing her moans until her arm began to loosen around my neck from how weak she was getting. Grunting, I pulled her on top of me, my covered cock pushing against her wet, naked and fucking hairless pussy. She said no penetration and even if it had gotten me on edge a little, I agreed to it. She looked like she needed her orders taken right now and I was happy to be wh her service. Maybe I could pry about what really went wrong from her later in the mornin
KATERINAI laid there, listening to him grunt in a hushed tone every few seconds, then moan loudly when I figured that he was finally done. I bit my bottom lip as I had seriously considered going in there to help him but I just couldn't. I had made too many mistakes for one night.When he was finally back in the room, I pretended to be asleep while he settled into the bed. I had been too tired to even put anything on after he had left so I was lying there naked, as well. I felt his breath in my face and I knew that he had turned to face me.For some reason, it was not creepy—feeling his eyes on me. In fact, it did not take long before I finally fell asleep… not waking up to any nightmares, at all.I snuggled closer into his arms. I wanted to stay here forev— Wait, what?My eyes peeked open at once and I discovered that I was truly in his arms. When had this even happened? I thought to myself, blinking twice. The ringing in my ears distracted me from my thoughts for a while and I shut
KATERINAI sighed, "Sounds tempting enough.""I am not saying you should not get your revenge against me, but let me help you with yours." He coaxed, with his hand still in my hair. I wanted to lay here all day with him. Forget about all these grudges I harbored against him. I wished it was simply that easy."If you help me, I would naturally feel indebted to you and I fear I might confuse that indebtedness for forgiveness. I know I should have no reason to feel indebted to you but I just know it's the way I would feel. I cannot do it your way. I would let you know when I am done fucking you up to my heart's content, and then we can play." I told him."If you want the wine company, you can take it. You stared the rivalry based on it. Take it, and we could be slightly even." He offered. I was a bit taken aback. I had thought he had some kind of attachment to that company. I thought it was sentimental to him in a way. It turned out I was so wrong. Not only was he not attached to the pla
KATERINAWhitney refused to tell us anything more after that. We stood there, threatening her with all manner of things, but she never budged. She just sat there, smiling crookedly and laughing occasionally.I finally convinced Vincent to leave there and we both went home, hoping to figure out what exactly Whitney meant with everything she said about Ava ourselves.This morning, I woke up in his arms and peered up to see that he was awake already, focused on his phone. He had wrinkled lines in his forehead and dark circles around his eyes, and I could not help but feel a twinge of worry for him.The man had been working so hard these days and somehow, I knew that it had something to do with what Whitney had said about his child.Ava was acting… well, she was still detached from her father but she was every bit the bubbly child around me. Her nanny lived with us now, and continued to take care of her, in better living conditions… it was what she wanted, and she had been very grateful.
VINCENT I slammed my car door shut before I went over to the other side to open up for Katerina. "Thank you," she muttered, looking as eager to see Whitney as I was. She looked even more eager, but then again that was probably because the woman literally wore her emotions like a sleeve. We walked briskly inside the prison walls without really saying anything else to each other; we had talked enough on our way here. It was only when we were getting to her cell, that Katerina turned to face me, telling me, "I am going to let you talk to her. You are the one who is mostly affected by this, I would let you question her and whatnot without any interruptions but I also want to say stuff to her too, just so you know." She informed me, and I nodded, not wanting to say anything in response at first, except that nod, but after a quick glance at her face, I could see the desperation in her eyes for me to be okay and just like that, I just couldn’t keep to myself any longer. I threw m
KATERINA"Oh God, Ava!" I cried out as the little girl bolted away from the living room as we all had reacted too slowly because of course, no one had expected that from her.Vincent was the first to run after her, and also the first to recover from the shock. He was behind her in no time, and I was next, followed by the nanny.Luckily, the butler was quick enough to stop her. Ava was crying and kicking in his arms, demanding to be set free, but he was not having it."You aren't going out of here without adult supervision, woman!" He yelled, but she was not having it."Let me go! My mommy will hurt me, she says he's the bad guy, I cannot be around him, please…" She continued to cry. My heart broke in pieces for her. What kind of a mother was Whitney for crying out loud? "Your mother hurt you, and you still think your daddy is the bad man?" Vincent blurted out and I pinned him with a look, but he did not spare me a glance, his eyes were still transfixed in his daughter who refused to
VINCENT Katerina pulled the door open for me, mumbling to the butler, "Never mind. I got this." And then she smile widely at me after opening the door, wrapping her arms around my body in a tight hug. Her smile was nervous as fuck, as if she had something to tell me, and I knew that she did. A child was in here, at the living room. I had peeked through the surveillance, because my girl sounded nervous as fuck and I had to know what was making her like that. It was either that or me storming out of the meeting I was in. There was a nanny with the little girl too. She was claiming that the child was mine, and Whitney was her mother. But how the fuck did that even happen? Katerina pulled away from me, her face twisting in an offended frown, "You don't want to hug me back?" She started to step aside, but then my hand gripped her waist and I pulled her to me with force so her body collided with mine. Katerina gasped, then burst into a fit of giggles as I planted kisses al
KATERINA There was some commotion outside the front door. I had just heard it as I got out of the bathroom, trying to prepare to go shopping at the mall for a few essentials since I did not have work today. I ended up just throwing on Vincent’s T-shirt and a pair of shorts before heading downstairs to see what the noise was about. The noises grew louder as I approached the door and I pulled it open at once on reaching it. When my eyes met with a little girl's with her dark curls falling softly around her face, clutching a worn stuffed bunny, I almost thought she’d stopped at the wrong house. But then I noticed her eyes—a striking, familiar gray. The same piercing color that belonged to Vincent, with a touch of softness that reminded me of Whitney. Next to her stood a woman, exhausted, holding the little girl’s hand firmly, as if afraid she might lose her any moment. Our butler was asking questions, his gaze shifting between the woman and the little girl with polite suspicion.
VINCENT"I feel like I cannot leave this bed even if I tried to." Katerina groaned and I smirked, turning back to face her."Same. I think you would not be able to walk throughout today. After what that pussy had to go through last night." I muttered, and she was quick to chuck a pillow in my direction, and I chuckled, letting it hit me as I turned my face to the side."You're such an animal in bed…" She whined, trying to sit up, her cheeks pink with a blush. I stopped to stare, my cock hardening again as I watched her. So fucking gorgeous, I always wondered how I was lucky enough to bag her again…Those brown eyes peered up at me through her thick lashes, and I could jog help walking over to her to plant a kiss on her lips. She let me, placing a hand on my naked chest while the other hand held the duvet tightly over her tits.I laughed, pulling away from her lips as I looked down, "Why are you hiding my girls from me?""Because you get hard faster than I snap my fingers and this tim
KATERINAA MONTH LATERThe energy in the room was electric. Owen’s business launch had pulled in a crowd and the air buzzed with excitement and the hum of conversation filled the grand hall. New York City sprawled in glittering lights beyond the tall windows, adding to the glamour of the night. All these did not still sit well with me. The mafia men starting up businesses just to cover up their tracks which consisted of money laundering, drug trafficking, murder and so much more. However, Vincent had recently explained his reason for joining the mafia after swearing off it all his life. There was really no way out, so I had to learn to deal with all these… at least, for him, and the sacrifice he made to keep me safe.Standing near the bar, I sipped my champagne, scanning the crowd until my gaze landed on Owen’s girlfriend, Mae.At first, I did not fully recognize her because I had only seen her in pictures, but then I looked more closer, I realized it was truly her. She was all curls
KATERINAShe missed.Whitney missed the shot by one tiny inch and just as she aimed to shoot the second time, a stick slammed into her head from the back.The gun dropped from her hand and fell with a clatter to the ground. I saw the moment that the blood started to drip down from the side of her head and her eyes drooped almost shut. Whitney fell to the ground in a heap and I looked in front of me to see Vincent finally making it to where I was crouched in a sitting position. I placed my both hands either sides of his face, crying hard. Everything that was happening just did not make sense to me. It was true that I wanted to hurt him in the beginning, but now I just could not stand seeing him like this. My heart broke in pieces just looking at him while he seemed so helpless, so pale, like he could just pass out anytime soon.The room still spun with smoke, thick and suffocating, the scent of burnt wood and fabric searing my lungs. My mind barely registered what had just happened—on
KATERINASmoke filled the room, thick and suffocating, the heat growing unbearable. My throat burned with every breath, and my chest felt like it was about to collapse from the pressure. I could hear Vincent struggling, his body tense beside me as he worked to cut through the ropes around his wrists. The flames crept closer, inching toward us, consuming everything in their path."I'll get it. I'll get it, firecracker. We will get out of here." He swore while he kept struggling to loosen himself.I felt the tears sliding down my cheeks, but it wasn’t the smoke that made me choke this time. I thought about how close we’d been to ending all of this madness, to finally being free. But now, trapped and helpless, every second felt like an eternity ticking down to an end I wasn’t ready to face. Panic clawed at me, making my heart race wildly as I pulled against the ropes that bound my wrists, desperation filling every fiber of my being.Finally, with one last, fierce yank, Vincent broke free