All Chapters of Don Nikolai: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

Throughout the whole car ride home, there was tension in the car. Nikolai kept his hand on my thigh, stroking it gently while he drove with one hand. I kept glancing at him and he kept glancing at me. The silence spoke all the words that needed to be said.The car stopped at the mansion that we were staying at and we got out of the car. We entered the mansion hand in hand. Our paces were not fast but they weren’t slow either. The anticipation was burning me from the inside out.Instead of guiding us to the bedroom, Nikolai guided us to the pool. I had never had pool sex before. I stared at the water wondering if it was safe.“ It is okay, I promise. You know that I would never purposefully put you in a situation where you would get hurt, “ he said and I believed him.Like I always did.I took off my cardigan and let it fall to the floor. Nikolai was taking off his clothes too whilst we stared at each other. There was something raw about taking off our own clothes slowly as we looked a

“ Viv? “ I called out after picking up the call.There was silence and then commotion on the other end of the line. It was followed by a string of curses, making me and Nikolai tense.“ Viv?” I called out louder.“ Siege-“ was all that we heard before the line on the other end went dead.I tried to redial it but it went straight to voice mail. My heartbeat was getting faster and faster as I tried dialing again.“ What did she mean by siege? “ I asked.The prospect that something was very wrong was getting more real. We knew what we had to do before he even said it. How could we stay there when there was a possibility that the others were in danger?Maybe the mansion had been attacked. But by who? Still, we would regret it if we didn’t go there and look if everything was okay.“ I don’t know, “Nik said while getting up and walking to a distance.He made a few calls and I went into the closet to change into more appropriate clothes. I wore a tee, sweats, and a jumper on top. All the whi

I stayed quiet as I sat in the backseat of the police car as it drove to the police station. There was pain in my wrists because of the cuffs and I put my head down as I cried because I didn’t want them to see me crying.Where was Nikolai when I needed him the most?When the car came to a stop, I wiped my face on my shoulder before keeping my head up. I wasn’t going to falter because if I did, they were going to prey on my weakness and never let me go.A police officer pulled me out of the car by my arm, using a little too much force than required. I glared at him making him gentler with how he was treating me. He took me inside the station and placed me on one of the seats.I waited as he wrote some things on a register before pulling me up again and taking me to the interrogation room. I sat there with my hands in front of me at the table. It reminded me of the first time I had been arrested.For some sick reason, I laughed a little. Did these men really think that they were going t

It had been three weeks since I went to the penthouse and drowned in my own pit of self-despair. My routine was eating, sleeping, and repeat. I was stuck in my bed, wanting nothing more than the nightmare I was living to end.Every day like clockwork, I called Lorenzo, and every day like clockwork, he told me they were close to finding Nikolai. I convinced myself that he was getting closer when deep down I knew that he was telling me that to make me feel better.Hope was a fickle bitch and for the past few days, it was hitting me how true that statement was. My phone buzzed with a text and I furrowed my eyebrows wondering who that could be.When I saw who had texted, I saw that it was an unknown number. I read the text and saw that it was Corinna telling me that she was at the entrance of the hotel room and she was coming up with the paperwork.Through the haze of it all, I had forgotten that I was a CFO of a multi-billionaire company that needed running. I sent her a quick text askin

Romano walked me back to his car and I sat on the seat with a lot of things on my mind.“ Where am I going to start? “ I asked him.He rubbed my back soothingly which was something so out of character with him and gave me a hopeful look.“ As long as you have me, you will always know where to start, “ he said.He drove me back to my penthouse and I expected him to go back to Milan but he followed me back.“ Don’t you have a business to take care of, old man? “ I asked.He glared at me because he didn’t like being called old and I only smiled mischievously in answer. I loved teasing him a lot.“ I am not old and I am not leaving you here without backup or a plan, okay? “ He asked. I nodded my head and placed my hand in his.When the elevator doors opened ad I punched in the code, I saw men in my living room. There were guards everywhere and Esposito was sitting comfortably on my couch looking like the place belonged to him.Not to mention he had a whiskey in his hand. These men and my