MAEVE About two weeks had passed since my experience with Maruska. We rarely ever spoke to each other. He was suddenly cold to me and as much as that bothered me, I was glad I could be on my own. I had a little bit more freedom. I could walk around the mansion without any guard stopping me. Every one of my attempts at escaping only brought me closer to the realization that it wasn't going to be possible unless there was a divine intervention. And tonight, I decided to forget about my worries and sit with Irina who I had grown fond of over the weeks. Around Maruska, she was a mere maid, but with me, she was sort of an older friend who filled me in on the happenings of her life. It also helped me forget about my own problems and tonight, while she cleaned, I enjoyed a glass of wine and laughter. Maruska did not return tonight so I stayed up late until I was really sleepy before I went to bed. ——— The next morning, I woke up with a terrible headache. One which eve
MARUSKA I spent the past two weeks dealing with unfinished business. Every man that roamed free after trying to scam me or disrupt our supply chains and operations. I didn't leave the ones who focused on taking outrageous taxes and stealing cargo and equipment from monthly shipments. Of course, a lot of people believed I sat at the top, barely ever looking down enough to see the nasty activities going on in the dark. I had Yuri to take care of these things and a few important members of the group had been trained to spy on and track illegal activities both virtually and in reality. And one of the people I owed a visit was Sergei. Cunning snake of a human. I drove past the wrought iron gates that led to his house, deciding to visit him on my own. I didn't have to come with a troop of my men. I wanted to make this a clean job. The last time I paid a visit to this mansion, Sergei was a good business partner and I appreciated his input. Yuri had warned
MARUSKA Running businesses took a lot of risk. Sometimes, I did things I didn't want to do and other times, I only acted out of pure anger. And for Sergei's Bertha, it was pure rage. I felt no ounce of guilt. I didn't kill her. She brought it upon herself. Yuri sent a few men to clean up and the butler was taken care of. There was no need to worry about him. While all of these happened, I drank at a bar, staring into space and getting lost in my thoughts. On this day, my mother had taken her life. On this day, her dead body was found in her bed, and someone still died on this same day. Talk about bad luck. I chuckled to myself and shook my head. The last time I paid her a visit had to be two years ago. And it was on a random day that didn't fall on her memorial. In the past few years, whenever her memorial drew close, I found myself going into a depressive mode I couldn't get out of. What I did to escape it was traveling out of the country and re
MARUSKA I fought back an eye roll and stood still, barely shaken by the idea that a gun was pressed into my neck and that my throat could be blown out any moment from now. "If you wanted me dead, you would have done that the moment you pressed that gun to the back of my head," I chuckled, already knowing who it was standing behind me. "Nice to finally have you around, Sergei. Did you get the news? I've been looking for you and am absolutely worried." "You vile demon!" Sergei growled, pressing the gun deep into my neck. I didn't flinch. Not one bit. I could get that gun out of Sergei's hand in a matter of seconds but just to make him feel like he had an upper hand in this, I didn't make a move to disarm him. A conversation with him wouldn't be a bad idea. "What did you do to my wife?" My brows furrowed in faux confusion. "Your wife? What number? You have quite a lot of them. Specify so I know." He pushed me so hard that it got me provoked. It took a lot of willpowe
MAEVE A day of playing detective, analyzing the mansion route and guards and any possible exit I may not have noticed before, all while action casual like my life wasn't about to go further down the drain had wrecked me so thoroughly that not even the thought that Maruska could return before I had a plan could keep me moving. But I knew I needed a way out before the truth got to him. Marina's deal was over a long time ago. There was no reward attached to this— I cringed at the mere thought. I wanted no part of anything involving Maruska and his finding out would mean the end of my escape plan. A damn mafia surrogate. Why can’t it be just me somewhere far, far away? Why can’t he just be unaware? But the doctor had been here, that alone would attract his attention. I knew Irina promised to keep the news from Maruska and had also promised to convince the doctor that we were going to relay the news to him ourselves, but what chances did we have against that.
MAEVE I could barely look at Maruska's face as he lifted me from my very awkward fall. My face flushed in deep embarrassment and I avoided eye contact with him. My feet hit the floor and pain shot up my right leg, causing me to stagger. Maruska caught me again, giving me a hard look this time. I looked down at my ankle to see it was starting to get swollen. Shit. All I had wanted to do was to act casual. How did I end up in this mess? "What are you doing down here this late?" He asked. This was the first conversation we were having in about a week. I had no idea why his tone had me disoriented. Or was it the pain I was feeling? "I got thirsty," I replied curtly and leaned against the banister for support. "You really did get thirsty?" He asked, raising his brows in askance. "You weren't trying to escape?" I scoffed. "I just fell, Maruska, but all you're concerned about is my escaping?" "I got a report that the doctor was called here today.”
MAEVE "I'm glad to see you awake." I jumped immediately and turned to find the doctor who was here yesterday standing by the bed. My eyes widened and I stuttered as I tried to maintain composure. "H-hello. I didn't realize you were here." He nodded. "I got a notification this morning that Mr Romanovich wanted me here immediately. I wasn't able to come last night due to a slight inconvenience. My apologies." "It's fine," I replied in a tired tone. "I am fine." "He said you weren't last night." "I was.” My brows knitted, did I even say that? “Well I'm fine now," I replied, feeling greatly uncomfortable that a man was staring at me just as I awoke from my sleep. "I'll check your vitals and also look at your sprained ankle. It's swollen." I pulled away from him and immediately he took my hand. "Don't touch me!" He sighed and leaned away from me. "I can't leave this room until I am sure you're fine. Mr Romanovich isn't also going to like the fact th
MAEVE Without thinking, I pushed my chair back and tiptoed towards the entrance of the dining room, my head peeking out as I watched Maruska cross the room, over to Yuri who stood with other guards. "What has happened to my cargo?" "Apparently, it was hijacked by a rival group," Yuri replied. "The Dark hides." Maruska burst into laughter. But it wasn't a laughter of amusement. It scared the hell out of me because I knew there was a murderous intent behind that laugh. "They're going to learn a lesson, and that's never to tamper with Maruska or anything that belongs to him. Have the men surround every one of their warehouses. I don't care what they do, but make sure they tear the warehouses down until they return my cargo. I have a meeting to be at." The men hurried out of the mansion. Maruska must have sensed my presence because he immediately turned to look at me. I stood frozen, too late to even hide as he already caught me watching from where I stood.
MAEVE His entrance was slow at first. He held onto my head and began to thrust in and out of me like he had control over every part of me. "Yes, yes," He moaned. "I love how perfect your lips look around my cock. So so fucking perfect. I love fucking your pussy. Do you know how good you feel?" "We already did this, Maruska," I sighed, looking up at him. He nodded. "Just for a little bit. The first time was magical. Where did you learn how to do this?" I could barely respond. He kept going and pulled out suddenly before bringing me to my knees. This time, I had the advantage to bob my head forward and backward but he didn't let me finish. He lifted me off the floor with ease and tossed me into the bed before pulling me towards him. His entrance was unexpected and fast. The mix of his length stretching me plus the hint of mint and ice on my skin made it a slightly painful combination which I somehow liked. He took off the gag and grabbed me by the chin, pul
MAEVE "What are you doing, Maruska?" I asked as I turned to face him. My eyes widened when I saw the BDSM tools he had come along with. "Maruska," I whispered. "I've never done this." "There's always a first time." He replied and pulled me towards him. Picking the nipple clamp, he loosened it and began sucking my nipples till they were hard. He clamped it around my nipple and I cried out, nearly grabbing after him. But he stepped back and turned me behind to face him again. "I won't show you any mercy, Maeve. Don't think I'd stop either." I'd never imagined being tied up and restricted in this manner. Though my friends had talked about enjoying BDSM, it was new to me. It was new, exciting, and scary at the same time. Although I wasn't worried about my baby bump because Maruska was being extra careful with handling me. I had no idea how he was able to rough handle me softly but I enjoyed it. I fucking did. Maruska had tied me up, and he seemed to enjoy torturing m
Maruska Today had been a plethora of activities I didn't even want to think about. We were drawing close to getting Marina apprehended and even if Venovic hadn't given a response to the email I sent to him, I had high hopes that he was going to give a response soon enough. All I needed was patience. And yesterday, when I had gotten the strangest reply ever, I didn't know at first that it was from Venovic. He had sent a spy and made sure the spy was caught and when it dawned on me later that this was him saying yes to the deal, I was more than happy. Fucking happy. And also wary as Venovic had proven yet again how fucking smart he could be. Like c'mon, he'd send a spy who put himself in the position to be caught. I had to give him his fucking flowers. And after that had been dealt with, I felt like myself again. The tension subsided and I found myself stable enough to need Maeve. I'd been an asshole to her. I remembered the look of excitement on her face whe
MAEVE I was successful in slipping into my room without getting caught. Once I shut the door behind me, I leaned against it, wondering what I had just witnessed. Maruska was putting his hands on someone. I mean, it was quite obvious but for what reason? I could go on pretending not to be aware of what the hell was happening but right now, I wasn't sure I could do that. In fact, I wasn't sure I could do that anymore. I wanted to know what was happening because I'd been kept in the dark for too long and it wasn't fair in any fucking way. A knock on the door had me jolting out of my thoughts and making my way towards the door. I stood there and took a few deep breaths, knowing fully well that this was Maruska knocking on the door. I wondered what punishment he had for me, in case he had seen me. My fingers curled around the door knob and I pulled it open. "You're not asleep," He said and took a step into the room. I backed away from him, standing to
MAEVE Last night had been a mix of amusing and absolutely annoying because why the hell had he been a bit nice before he bit me with his words? He'd been acting strange since he returned last night and thankfully, I didn't think too much of it. I decided to believe he was having a really bad day. I was glad that he hadn't followed me to bed so I just watched a movie till I fell asleep. I woke up to my face on the screen of my phone and sunlight was pouring into my room. Squinting, I shielded my face and turned to the other side, yawning as I slipped out of my bed. I walked to the window with the intent of pulling the drapes close. I hated too much light. Alesya must have pulled the drapes open while I was out. But when I got to the window, I was stopped when I saw a familiar body moving through the pool. I squinted towards the pool, eyes widening when the swimmer stepped out of the pool. Maruska. It was illegal for anyone to look that hot and I wond
Maruska I felt her before I saw her and the urge to smell her rushed through me. I couldn't control myself. Immediately I saw her wearing that dress and looking sumptuous, all I wanted to do was touch her, inhale her heady scent. These past few days of running around and fishing for information from nearly every source ad been really shitty. Nothing seemed to please me right now and I was neck deep into work. And while I did these, I realized that somehow, I was starting to slowly obsess over her and it was scary. Fucking scary. I had immersed myself in work, hoping I would forget about her in a day or so. But it was impossible. At every waking moment, all I thought about was her; the smile, the twinkle in her eyes, and my child. I found myself wanting to know everything about her past. I thought the ones I knew were enough but it was only a scratch on the surface of the life she had experienced and I wanted to know more. I really wanted to. I was the least
MAEVE Well, today ended on a good note. Yuri drove us to the Italian restaurant and booked us a table. He had offered me just a seat, asking me to order whatever I wanted so he could leave the card with the cashier and wait in the car. It felt odd, to be honest. One, I didn't want to be alone in this exotic restaurant and two, it made no sense that he would stand outside and wait for me. Maruska wasn't here for him to do that and I wanted to have a conversation with someone. I knew Yuri wasn't the type that talked or regarded me more than Maruska's mistress, but still, I believed I could break through his ice. Well, I disagreed. I couldn't sit here alone. Not when it had a lot of people. Now that I thought about it properly, I had a little dose of social anxiety. Why couldn't I just sit without tapping my feet on the floors or playing with my fingers? I decided that I couldn't sit alone so I pushed back my seat and walked over to where Yuri stood before the coun
MARUSKA Yuri left minutes ago to be with Maeve. He was the only one whom I was sure she felt comfortable around and if I didn't want her having any suspicions, Yuri had to be there. I loved having him at meetings like these because he always had something insightful to chip in, but I could do without him for just one day, Thankfully, all members had arrived, including Cedric who was our secret informant. As soon as I walked in, they all rose to their feet and bowed in respect. Cedric left his seat and came to shake hands with me. Although I wasn't interested in the boastful display of familiarity, I still shook hands with him. There was no need for anything else as I was more interested in getting this meeting over with. I slipped my phone out of my pocket and quickly sent a text to Maeve, who I was sure would be worried about my whereabouts, not because she cared but because she was scared. She didn't reply to the text I sent to her. I didn't bother checking i
MARUSKA Things were finally coming together. Although I wasn't sure what it was going to be for Maeve and me, I was sure as hell that I wanted to bring Marina down. And I'd been threading carefully as I knew how dangerous it could be when it came to her. She was the daughter of a top politician in the country and messing with her was the last thing I wanted to do. So I was going to operate in the shadows. Yuri had sent spies after the stripper Marina employed. That night, she had successfully seduced three of my men. And it was three because she couldn't seem to get them to succumb to her temptation. Well, Omar fell for her whims but it was only because he knew what she was after. Maeve stirred beside me and I looked at her, a small smile spreading on my face. I hated that I had to move her around but it looked like she was having fun and she seemed rather relaxed. My eyes darted to her belly. It was starting to push out. A small pouch that had my-our chil