MAEVE There was a gash on my lips from the skin-splitting slap I'd taken from an engraved Marina. The sheer hate I saw in her eyes scared me to my bones because I knew she was capable of doing more than I thought she could. But to what end? Why did she make me do all these, knowing fully well her husband was this person? Was it to destroy my life? Because it made no sense. Her marriage to Maruska, how she spoke of him, and how he didn't seem to care about having sexual relations with other women said a lot about how they saw each other. Her phone rang and she snapped her head up "Take her back to the cell." Marina waved me off like I was nothing but a fly. I was pulled back towards the wooden door. I didn't have an ounce of strength in me to actually struggle against them. I was thrown into the cell. My knees grazed the rough ground as I crashed to the ground. The gates were immediately locked and I found myself staring at the men walking away fr
MARUSKA I paced from one end of my study to the other, steeling my emotions and trying to contain my rage, but it was almost hard when you did everything possible to prevent something and it happened twice as badly. "Where are the guards in charge of keeping the house? Where are the servants?! Bring them all here!" I growled at Yuri in anger. He turned and walked out of the office with one nod. I pushed my trembling hands into my pocket. It was rage and I could literally feel it coursing through me. Anyone who met the end of my fist today would regret ever provoking me. After I got that news from Doctor Ivan, all I wanted to do was rush back here and confirm that Maeve was pregnant, to look into her eyes and to look at her body. How did I miss it? It was glaringly obvious. It had been hidden from me. I wasn't a fool to know that Irina played a part in all of these. Watching her movements and how she looked at Maeve with sympathy, the women had probably
MARINA What I wasn't expecting as I stepped out of the mansion was a call from Maruska. My heart did that skip it usually did whenever I knew Maruska was in on something I had done or was planning on doing. And I knew he knew. But as usual, we were going to pretend and act like neither of us had an idea until he directly addressed it. Ever the avoidant person, whatever reason he was calling me for would tell me if he really cared about this woman or not. "Hello, honey," I greeted in a cheery voice. "It's a surprise to see you calling me today." He chuckled. "You don't want me calling?" I glanced at Thonet who now stood by the door. Of course, I didn't want him calling me. All I wanted to do right now was have fun and something was coming up soon. All I needed was to know if he was in. For the first time, I wasn't forcing anyone to do anything. It was strange that I had to wait for Thonet to think about what I told him and get back to me. Sighing, I
MARUSKA I was ready for whatever mental gymnastics she wanted to play in. All I needed was to get the truth out of her and if sex was going to do it for her, then who the hell was I to not give it to her? I could count how many times we'd had sex since we got married and on some days, I believed she was out there, getting it somewhere else, just like I was. And I didn't even care what she was doing to get her satisfaction. She could be fucking one of her guards and I wouldn't even give a flipping fuck. I didn't realize how attached I'd grown to Maeve and now she was gone, I was ready to do anything to get her back and if that involved fucking my wife, I could inconvenience myself for that. I pulled out a seat for her, maintaining a smile on my face. Then I pushed her chair in, took a step back, and smiled at her figure from behind. She was always dressing to seduce. Always dressing to look the part and I liked that for her. My fingers brushed her skin and I
MAEVE Being locked in here and against my own will had been a gratingly terrible experience. The other girls kept being taken away one after the other and we never saw them again. This did nothing but increase my anxiety. I knew it would eventually be my turn and I'd be fine forever because hell, I knew Marina wasn't releasing them. She was killing them off. In a span of two days, everyone else was gone, leaving just Attaliah and I to wonder if we even had a chance at survival. "What do you think is going to happen to us?" I asked one silent morning. The sun was piercing its light through the cracks on the wall and heating my skin but it was all I needed after my bouts of nausea. "I don't know," She shrugged. "So long as I am out of here, I don't think I care what's done to us. You understand me, right?" I nodded. She had her own reason for wanting to be out of here but I wanted to live. I didn't want to die. It was a scary thought to harbour. Existing
MAEVE Maruska helped me into the car he came with. The driver's seat was occupied by his guards and so was the passenger's seat. I sat there, breathing heavily and fighting back the bout of tears that threatened to escape my eyes. I was overwhelmed. Extremely and oddly overwhelmed. I'd never felt so much fear, so much will to survive in a hot minute and that experience back there left me thinking about a whole lot of things I'd never thought of before. I had been in near-death situations several times, especially with Zhenya, but it was different this time. As the conveyor belt propelled the car I was stuck in forward, guilt dealt terribly with me, because no matter how I tried to sugarcoat it, I had wronged Marina. No matter how terrible their relationship was or how strange they were as a married couple, I had come in between them. I had breached their contract. But she took it to the extreme when she had me kidnapped and for the first time, I saw her for who she
MAEVE "Tell him he is fired!" Maruska's angry voice from outside the room made me flinch. The door burst open and Maruska walked in, his expression stone cold. I could see the rage brewing behind his eyes and when I tried to sit up, he gave me a stern look. "Stay put," he commanded gruffly and picked me from the bed. Confusion set in as he walked me out of my room and down the hall. I couldn't say anything as I was too busy nursing the pain building up in my belly. "It hurts," I whimpered. "My belly. It really hurts." He looked down at me, his eyes marred with worry and even in that moment, I hated that he was worried at all. I needed him to be cold, towards both me and the baby I was carrying. "You're going to be taken to the hospital. It's going to be instant, I promise." His footsteps quickened and once we got out of the mansion, the door was pulled open by one of the guards. Maruska gently placed me in and slid right in before the car zoomed out of
MARUSKA I left during the early hours of the morning, when I was sure she was fully asleep. Yuri was waiting by the car as usual and as soon as he sighted me, he hurried over and bowed to show his respect. "Have they all been assembled at the warehouse?" I asked, taking off my jacket which I handed over to him. "Yes, sir, they have." He replied curtly and pulled the door open. "Also, do you want me to keep tabs on your wife?" My wife. It really sounded odd now that I thought about it. Especially when that tag came with being married to a psychopath. Thinking about her made me terribly livid to the point where all I wanted to do was take her out of the story. But I couldn't do that. There was a reason we were both married to each other and honestly, it wasn't worth risking over. "Not yet," I replied as I slid into the car. "She's probably going to go on a vacation. She likes to do that to avoid me." "I know that," Yuri chuckled. "She'll be back
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