Eliana:I paced around my room as I waited for Vladimir to come.The man was mad for coming here, and I would be lying if I said that it didn’t take everything in me not to wrap my arms around him, hug him tightly, and kiss him senseless. The way the two of us looked at one another, shared a glance, then forced ourselves to remain calm was painful, but it had to be done.The bedroom’s door was knocked twice before it was opened, revealing my husband who was escorted by two maids. The maids were outside the bedroom. They helped me get dressed in the black sleeveless dress that I was wearing before leaving the room, leaving me to wait for my husband.He stood by the door, waiting for the maids to close it before he turned around and locked it. His eyes looking me up and down before he opened his arms for me to walk into. I ran toward him, ignoring my aching muscles. The bruises that Lorenzo inflicted on my body were yet to heal completely, but I was thankful that I was at least somehow
Vladimir:Eliana and I walked toward the dining room. The two of us playing the cold act despite the love bite on my beauty’s neck. If anyone told me that my longing for her would drive me into a full night of sex before; I would have told them that they were crazy, but fucking hell did I miss her a lot.Having skipped dinner yesterday, we knew that we shouldn’t skip breakfast. Otherwise, Lorenzo could be disgusting enough to try and enter the bedroom to see what we were on about.We entered the dining room. The maids having opened the door for us, neither one of them bothered saying a word, I don’t even think that they were allowed to. Lorenzo’s eyes met mine and he smirked, placing his hands on the table and resting his chin on them “I take it that you too had an active night”“I don’t think you missed us too much. Plus, you would have needed time to digest the fact that you’d be seeing me every day” I answered coldly. I nodded at Eliana to go and sit, and nodding, she played the ac
Eliana:I stared at the wall in front of me as I sat in the bedroom, waiting for Vladimir. The anger that I felt at both myself and the man who thought that he had every right to break me was one that I couldn’t just easily get over, and knowing Vladimir; I knew that things wouldn’t just slide like that.I knew that he would mostly be furious with what Lorenzo said and tried to do. But he was a lot calmer than I was at that point, controlling his every emotion as not to break the bastard’s face.The door was knocked twice before he walked inside. He closed the door before he walked toward me, his steps quick before he threw the file on the bed and pulled me in for a hug. Vladimir kissed the crown of my head, letting his lips linger there for a few seconds “I’m so sorry”His voice was above a whisper as he spoke, and I had a feeling that his regret had something to do with the fact that he took a glimpse of the hardship I lived through when he wasn’t here. Lorenzo was a cold man, one t
Vladimir:“You have lost your mind” Elijah said shaking his head. Anastasia ran her fingers through her hair, clearly not liking what I was suggesting. They would have shared the same opinion if they saw what I did, but considering that neither one of them knew what my wife lived; neither one of them understood that I had to do so. If they did, they would have most probably killed Lorenzo for even approaching Eliana.“I had no better option, and I’m glad to have been there. The man has been physically abusing Eliana, and actually dared to almost do that in front of me” I said glaring at the wall. The memory of him standing up, threatening Eliana as he did was still fresh in my head, angering me even more. Anastasia heaved in a sharp breath. If anyone was against Eliana doing this, it was her. The woman fought me, Eliana, and even her husband Elijah to stop this, claiming that it was madness, and in a way; I knew that it was. However, a sacrifice must have been made, and this was one o
Eliana:I leaned in to my husband’s touch as he wrapped his arms around me while I stared at myself in the mirror. The bruises on my face made my chest ache as I remembered how coldly he was able to hurt me with no remorse or mercy. But then again, after being locked for God knows how long, being whipped, burned, kicked, and beaten, what else would I have expected, right?I just didn’t like the fact that Vladimir had to see me in this state when he came back yesterday. Despite not saying much about it, I knew that the subject was still playing in his head, making him regret ever sending me here, or ever agreeing on me coming here. But the arrow has been shot from its bow, there was no turning back from this now. We were going to deal with whatever consequences we were put in front of, and we were going to come out of them as winners.I was getting ready to leave the room and head to breakfast. Having skipped both lunch and dinner yesterday; I really wasn’t in the mood to face Lorenzo,
Vladimir:“I need everything that you can find on Helena” I told Luka who nodded. His eyes were on his computer as he searched for the information I asked for. We knew that the woman was last seen here in the States, though where she was seen was beyond me, and judging by the fact that she wasn’t dumb enough to stay in one place; it would be a little complicated to just simply find her waiting around for us “if the bastard plans on sending Eliana to do his dirty work; I might as well know what to prepare myself for. She knows how to fight, but with a bitch like Helena, things can get a bit too complicated”“You do realize that she can get herself in danger, right? Lorenzo wouldn’t be sending her there if he didn’t know that Helena could easily kill her, and Eliana would have to kill her. Her failing isn’t something that would easily pass Lorenzo, especially since he’s looking for the slightest chance to hurt her” having told Luka about what happened. The man wasn’t thrilled that I was
Eliana:I smiled when I saw Vladimir entering the room.Wrapping my arms around his neck, I hugged him tightly as he kissed my cheek.“How are you? How did things go?” Vladimir asked gently.“They went well, Lorenzo believed that I was loyal to him and him alone. So far, he believes that our marriage is still somewhat rocky. He introduced me to one of his security guards. The man would be working with me on the Helena thing and I believe that it is to ensure that I don’t do anything foolish. His name is Leonardo” I said explaining how things went today “we searched for her and came to find out that she’s at San Francisco, at least, that’s where they last saw her two days ago. She doesn’t stay in the same place for too long, but it seems like she has work there”“You’ve been active” Vladimir teased running his finger over my side. I laughed and nodded. I have been working throughout the whole day as to make him proud. The idea of getting things done for him kept me on my feet for hours
Elijah:“Everything between us has been set for now” I told dad who nodded. I handed him a copy of the file that both Lorenzo and I signed last night, and nodding at the new added conditions, dad seemed to be impressed that I managed to get things done our way without causing an issue with the idiot Lorenzo.“He agreed upon giving you half of what he has in the business?”“You know, when you put in the ‘your grandchildren’ would be taking care of this later kind of sentence. The man eventually weakened and went all out into signing. He doesn’t know that we’re aware of his son’s existence. We are acting upon that, using weak spots when it came to wording as to either have him collapse and say that he does have a son, or give us everything and just not care about how things would go, when they would happen, or how” I said and dad nodded handing me the file.“Just be sure not to underestimate Lorenzo. The man can give you everything to take it all away in a blink. He has no remorse or de