"Who won?" Dinara asked chirpily as she came to a halt beside Aria and Aaron and both of them turned their heads to her. "What do you mean?" Aria asked her."You guys are playing a game right? Who blinks first. So who won?"Aria frowned. "No. We are not playing any games here, Dinara." She told her, looking at her intriguingly. Dinara thinned her lips. "So why are you staring at each other if you are not playing a game? I don't understand," she looked at Aaron. "Can you tell me, Mr Knight?" Dinara asked her father-in-law who looked at her uncomfortably. Bella cracked up at her innocent question and patted her cheek softly. "Because they are too proud to hug each other." She commented.Dinara laughed, "hot-headed," she pushed Aria to Aaron. "No one should be too proud to forget their loved ones. Hug your Dad, Aria. Some people never get to do it." Dinara's voice choked a little at that as she never gets to hug her father like this. Aaron held her daughter in his arms and hugged her
Aria's whole body went into a shrill of anger when her husband's voice fell in her ears. She turned around and found him walking arrogantly towards her as if He owned the place. Behind him was his most trusted man, Mikhail and his cousin, Igor along with his wife Leigh. Dinara's eyes sparkled and lips widened in a smile when she saw her family walking to them. "Bratan?" She greeted him happily and hugged him from the side. He kissed her forehead and stopped beside her. "You all came?" Aleksandr nodded before setting his eyes on his in-laws."I wish you both a very happy wedding anniversary, Father-in-law, mother-in-law."Aaron's eyes hardened and he rested a protective hand on Bella's waist. Leonus moved and came to stand beside his father. "What are you doing here?" He demanded. "How dare you come here!" "Why, I am an invited guest today, Brother-in-law," He said with a confident smirk. Dinara stepped beside him and turned to Leonus. "Yes, I invited my family. I think it's time w
Aria was silent during the ride to Fedorov's mansion. She was silent when they stepped out of the car. She was silent when they walked inside the house. But her silence was holding a typhoon of fury inside it. She couldn't wait to go into their room and tell him what she feels about the little stunt He played at her parents' house.She was striding towards the staircase when she noticed that her husband was walking to his office room. Her fury rose tenfold when He closed the door of his office without even glancing back at her. Aria once again felt insulted by him. And rage took over her rationale. She gritted her molars tightly and strode into his office before opening the door without knocking. Fuck mannerism! Aleksandr was on call with one of his leunitants in Russia when the door of his office busted open and his wife strode through it angrily. "Call me in an hour," He ordered Boris and ended the call. "You can't enter my office without…" Aria didn't let him finish the senten
"You have done fabulous work for the welfare of orphans. Fifty million for the donation of orphans, rarely do people show this kind of compassion towards humanity, Mr Fedorov." The Orphanage welfare association head said while greeting Aleksandr and leading him to the hotel where the award function would take place. "I believe in giving as much as possible to the needy, Mr Jane. The world will be a nice place if we try to think about others with ourselves," Aleksandr said with a smile. But inside He was rolling his eyes. He had to do a lot of stupid things to keep the image of a good-hearted businessman in front of the world. Like, suffer this idiot man's presence for a few hours. A few hours of his time was worth a few hundred million. "With good people like you helping us, we will definitely achieve that goal one day, Mr Fedorov." He said and smiled for the photograph. All the media personnel clicked their pictures for tomorrow's breaking news. Aleksandr could foresee the headlin
“How do you like my surprise, Baby?" Aria asked with a soft smile and equally soft gaze as she broke the hug and looked at her husband with proud gleaming eyes. Aleksandr clicked his tongue in his mouth and raised his brows before nodding curtly. "Amazing. I never thought you could do something like this,” He said in an over-sweet tone, people were gushing at their romance. "I am glad that I agreed to help you with your surprise, Mrs Fedorov," The governor's wife said to Aria who gave her a perfect shy smile as she leaned against Aleksandr’s shoulder. "Thank you for agreeing to this, Mrs Nelson.""Shall we start the ceremony, I can't wait to go home with my beautiful wife," Aleksandr said and once again the auditorium erupted with laughter. Aria with the Governor and his wife presented the certificate of honour to Aleksandr. Aleksandr behaved like a dotted husband. He was stuck with the situation. If He made a scene today, it would reflect on his image and his image is everything f
Aleksandr’s blood turned cold seeing Aria's body falling backwards. His heart stopped beating but soon He came to his senses and moved forward to catch Aria. There was a total mess all around the auditorium. People panicked and started running here and there to save their lives when it was not even in danger. Screaming and police' orders to remain calm added with the sound of sirens filled the whole place.The governor's security took over the place, their first and foremost priory was taking the political couple out of the place. The police personnel went into action immediately. The ambulance was called there, ready to take the injured to the hospital. Mikahil called his security team and asked them to be on high alert, his bodyguard's came running immediately there. But Aleksandr didn't care about all the hassle going on around him. No, his attention, his mind, everything on the injured woman in his arms. Injured. Bloodied. Shot. Jolting in pain as she struggled to breath. "A
Aleksandr grabbed his jaw before Mikhail could finish and gave him a hardened glare "Don't give me any ifs and buts Mikhail. I want Diego, bring that son of a bitch to me anyhow. Even if you have to bring him from the fires of hell!""I am trying Pakhan…" Mikhail said and Aleksand left him. "I will kill you if you fail this mission, Mikhail."And Mikhail knew his Pakhan was not joking. He would kill him without blinking an eye. He was not only merciless but a heartless monster too. "Pakhan…" Mikhail started but just then Igor came there running. "Pakhan, NYPD is here. We could no longer stop the detectives from entering here. They have a special permission from the commissioner of police and want to ask some questions. But I have already called our lawyers. They are coming there asap.""Mr Fedorov?" The hospital official walked up to him. Igor and Mikhail both stepped aside and Aleksandr stepped up to the man. "What? How is Aria?" He snapped on him.The man didn't answer and instead
“I was not aware that the NYPD thinks this much about the citizens, Commissioner." Aleksandr commented when the police chief himself came there with a few detectives behind him. "I take my duties very seriously. But today I am here more as a friend rather than an official on duty," Val Austin said with a small smile on his face which he tried to make look friendly but it ended up being cunning.“But now that I am here, I want your statement so that we can prosecute the person behind the attack. It will save the time and resources of the state. Also, This is a high-end matter after all, the Governor of the state could have been shot, so could be his wife. You can see the seriousness of the case, Mr Fedorov."Aleksandr forced himself to remain calm. "Every life holds the equal value in the eyes of the law, Commissioner." He clenched his jaws at him. "But as you can see, I am in no state of giving you any statements today. So I want you to show some empathy to me and come back tomorrow.