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Chapter 130: The Ball
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[Erin]It's been hours now that I've been dancing nonstop. My feet hurt, and heavy nausea struck my head. My stomach is threatening to retch again, but I keep swallowing the sour acid surging up my throat. The mixed-up scent of perfumes filling my nostrils exacerbates the horrible sensation inside me. One last spin, and the song finally ended. Me and my dance partner, whose name I didn't have the pleasure of knowing, or maybe he might have mentioned it, but I'm too far gone in my haze to even catch it. We both moved back a few paces and curtsied to separate ourselves from one another.Before anyone could ask for my hand to dance again, I feel like my ankles swell, and if I'm not going to give it a rest, I don't think I could walk for a week.I hurried to the less crowded part of the ballroom and hid behind the large pillar. There was a single stool in there, and I quickly dumped my butt in it. Sighing out in relief as the pressure on my feet suddenly released. How on earth could the
Russian Mob Kingpin’s Doll Chapter 132: Proposal
[Erin]This must be the happiest day of my life. The man that I want most in this world loves me back and is now kissing me like I’m the only thing that matters the most to him.I didn’t even care how he managed to be here at my ball or how did he get past the plethora of guards that Pa dispersed. I don’t care, as long as he’s with me right now.“Would you care to have a dance with me?” Nikolai whispered against my lips. His nose was brushing against mine, and he had my palm pressed firmly against his chest so that I could feel the rhythmic cadence of his heart. I love this, and I pray this moment could last forever, but reality strikes hard, and soon enough, we’re going to be facing our bigger problems. There’s Mikael, claiming his stake on me, and then there’s Pa. He would never let Nikolai and me together. It would be like mixing water and gasoline. No good will ever come out of it, and the very thought of it broke me apart.“I would love to, but my feet hurt from dancing a bunch
Russian Mob Kingpin’s Doll Chapter 133: Elope
[Erin]“Aren’t you supposed to be dancing?” My grandfather approached me while holding a glass of wine between his fingers as he made his way around to my side. He gave it a little stir before taking a swig, and then he questioned me immediately afterward. “Are you enjoying your night, cara?”I tried my best not to let any signs of anxiety show on my face as I gave him a warm grin and enthusiastic nod in response to what he said. “Of course, Pa. This night is wonderful. I just have to give my feet a rest. They’re swelling.”I pointed to my feet though they were covered behind my billowing gown. Pa seemed to understand what I meant. Surely, he must have seen me a while ago dancing nonstop, each with different men. “Oh, do you want me to call a medic to check your feet?” His brows dipped in concern, and he lifted his hand to brush the locks away from my face. “No, no.” I quickly dismiss the idea and let out a nervous laugh. My gaze veered over the crowd, looking for a man in a royal b
Russian Mob Kingpin’s Doll Chapter 134: Escaping the Guards
[Erin] I don’t know if my heart pummeling against my ribs with anticipation that I am incredibly nervous about the notion of us getting married in secret. I tilt my head, looking at the man that turned my life upside down. We are both far from being perfect, nowhere near actually. At the start, we were both people on the opposite side of the pole, impossible to begin with, but right at this moment, I could jump through the highest building with my head first, knowing that he was going to be at the bottom, waiting to catch me, and I would do it over and again just to be with him.“You’re shaking, doll,” Nikolai noted over my trembling body. I let out a shaking breath, clouding in front of us, hugging his coat around me. “I am.”I did try to keep my voice steady, but it didn’t come out well. Instead, I sounded a little bit reluctant and scared.“Are you having second thoughts?” …and I somehow hurt his feelings.I vehemently shake my head and assure him that that is not what I had in mi
Russian Mob Kingpin’s Doll Chapter 135: The Vows
[Erin]That was enough encouragement for him. He lifted one hand to my face and kissed the tip of my nose before he climbed out of his vehicle and assisted me afterward.I was greeted by the raucous noise of crashing waves as well as the brisk surge of cold sea breeze. The tip of my heels immediately sinks into the sand. Nikolai noticed my sudden discomfort and kneeled down, taking my heels off my feet, quickly massaging the balls on my ankles for a moment. I close my eyes for a moment, unconsciously moaning as the strain on my feet faded. Then Nikolai stood and ushered me in front of his car. We were suddenly bathed with the warm light of his car, providing us enough illumination to see what was ahead of us, and it was the endless stretch of the ocean lapping its waves to the shore. I didn’t even care that I was standing barefooted underneath my billowing gown.The sound of footsteps graveling on the sand caught our attention, and a man in a black suit came into our sight with a bri
Russian Mob Kingpin’s Doll Chapter 136: Woman
[Third Person's Point of View — Mikael]Mikael stares at the heavy Mahogany double door which is the last place he saw Erin before she vanished from his view. That woman.Everything he had worked for almost all his life was gone like a bubbling bursting into the air. In just a fraction of a moment, all was lost. The wealth and power within his grasp evaporated. That old man. He was supposed to be his heir—the sole inheritor of one of the biggest mobs in Italy.He could simply kill him. Make him bend to his will and change the documents transferring everything written to his name. Nevertheless, for some inexplicable reason, he retained a trace of conscience within him. He owed the man his life, and if it weren't for him, he wouldn't be standing on top of the chain right now. He was indebted to him.He wasn't lying when he said that he cared for the man. He treated him as his own and didn't look at him the other way like the starving street child he found many years ago. However, he
Russian Mob Kingpin’s Doll Chapter 137: Suspicion
[Third Person's Point of View — Mikael]Mikael’s brows furrowed. “And how do you know this?”Sabina laughed, a heartily laugh that makes the other couple dancing near them whip their head at them. “I am not blind, Mikael. I’ve known them. I can see the fire that they both have for one another.”That finally rings a bell in his head. He remembered the day when they were still in Russia. When Erin went out for a walk and he had escorted her through the snowy lawn. The time when he threatened her.He wasn’t surprised by the information, but somehow it tweak in his chest with uneasiness. It could pose a problem. How did Sabina knew Erin and Nikolai? Was she closed to them?“She loved the bastard.” He groused, placing his palm flat on her bare back, and guided her to the center of the dance floor.“Apparently, and so he does, and I am sure he'll do anything to have her back.”Nikolai is a formidable foe and Mikael sees him as a potential threat. If what Sabina was saying was that the basta
Russian Mob Kingpin’s Doll Chapter 138: Break In
[Erin]I don’t know if I would be sad that the time I spent with Nikolai is limited or be relieved that he had brought me back just in time Pa had sent out a word to look for me. I could sense that Mikael was behind all of it. I could see it in his eyes, the mischief that was gleaming in his gaze, which served as a reminder that he is really serious about sticking his nose into my affairs.“Fancy ring, you got there, and a coat.”Cold dread lingered on the back of my neck and my heart seems to have taken a plunge from a hundred feet floors.Shit! I know he’s keeping close eyes on me, but I hadn’t anticipated that he would literally watch me this close. Like everything that came to his notice, even the way I changed my breathing. He’s like a vulture prowling at the corner, waiting for the lions to leave the carcass unguarded so he can scavenge what was left.A greedy bastard.I acted as if his remark didn’t concern me and that it wasn’t something that would raise any suspicion.“Oh, t
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Russian Mob Kingpin’s Doll Chapter 146: Swiss Knife and a Gun
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Russian Mob Kingpin’s Doll Chapter 144: Under Attack
[Erin]He could end this now. He could talk to Mikael and hope to change his mind. The bastard told me once that he cared for Pa, and he respects him as he was the one that took care of him and pulled him out of the gutter.Guards surged inside right behind him, circling around us with their weapons drawn, most of them pointing at Nikolai and the rest at Mikael.“Mikael!” Pa barked out furiously. His eyes fixed on me with perplexity. “What do you think you’re doing!? Get that gun away from her!”Instead of listening, Mikael only snickered and bared his teeth to everyone, ignoring Pa’s order.“What are you all standing at!? Take that cretin immobilized at once!” He snapped his fingers and turn to his guards before he finally notices Nikolai standing in the middle and fixed his eyes on him in bewilderment. “And you, what the hell are you doing in my place?”He doesn’t know?No one spoke, not move. Even a pin drop could be heard in between. But the tension was so palpable in the air that
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[Third Person’s Point of View—Nikolai]Mikael Seraglios was the only one who stepped down from the chopper before it lifted back into the air and rounded the sky. “She’s not here,” Akim growled beside him, but Nikolai held up his hand to calm him down and motioned him to go according to his plan.Huffing angrily, Akim complied and take the speedboat to a safe distance right after Nikolai sets foot on the island.Something is definitely wrong.His shoes sunk into the sand and the soft waves crashing on the shore somehow counterfeit the tension burgeoning in the atmosphere.The armed men immediately went to surround him, pointing the nozzles on their guns, keeping their fingers on the trigger. “Where is she?” Nikolai didn’t hesitate to ask soon as he came face to face with Mikael.“Back in the palace. Living like a princess.” He shrugs and pushed his hand down to his pocket.Erin’s absence is quite understandable, knowing that the Seraglios know how to play their card, but what he was
