LOGINTEN MONTHS AGONico had a red room. The classic red room that I saw in the movie Fifty Shades of Grey, except his was filled with more restraints than anything. There were ropes of all sizes and shapes. As well as restraints on the walls and even on the ceiling.Clearly, he enjoyed bondage more than anything. The room was illuminated red. There were red lights surrounding the bed and everything. The ambiance screamed sex and sin. I could already picture all the things Nic planned to do to me there.He had draped me in his shirt, and I was naked underneath since he had decided to rip off my clothes and take off my panties. I was a tall girl and I always dated men who were shorter than me, not that I dated often before I got married to Nico.He was huge considering his shirt swallowed me whole and almost sat at my knees and I was five foot seven. Nico wasn’t taking in the scene like I was. He was watching me carefully like he wanted to see my reaction as I took in everything before me.
PRESENT DAYI woke up in a daze in the hospital. I couldn’t remember how I passed out but I remembered seeing Nic. He must have had me admitted and sedated because he knew I am stubborn and that I wouldn’t easily do what he asked of me.There was no one in the room but Serena and I. She was asleep on my bedside while raining sounds played in the background.I hoped to see Nic but he wasn’t anywhere around. My heart sank and I tried to push it all away considering what I found out from Samson. If what he had said to me was accurate, then Nico was just bidding his time until he found the opportunity to put a bullet in my head.Serena must have sensed me waking up because she startled awake and looked around in confusion. When she saw me awake, she smiled.“How are you feeling?” She asked.If you had told us that the two of us would get along five months before, I would have called bullshit. She disliked and distrusted me and I disliked the fact that she was married to the literal devil
PRESENT DAYI had never felt fear like the one that was bubbling up my chest like that before. That feeling was so odd and uncomfortable that it made me want to shoot and kill anyone who dared stand in my way.I rushed through the hospital hallway while looking for anyone who could give me the information I wanted. The last time I was that scared it was because Tally had been shot at our wedding.The Bratva King, Alexei, was mad because I killed his son Viktor so it was retaliation. Viktor deserved it, though. He kidnapped Serena and tried to harm her. It was only right that he died a very painful and gruesome death.That day Tally was shot, I almost lost my mind. It sank in that the thought of loosing her was too much for me to accept. I would burn down the entire world if something happened to her. I didn’t know why I cared so much about her given the circumstance but I did. As soon as I saw a nurse, I grabbed his arm hard.“Where is she?” I asked.“I-I need you to be more specific
TEN MONTHS AGO Nico and I were supposed to talk about the circumstances around how we met and how we were going to move forward with everything but instead, his lips were on mine, he had me pinned to a wall, and my hands were raised above my head while his free hand alternated between fondling my breasts and touching my waist. He kissed me like he couldn’t get enough of me. Like he had missed me and he couldn’t stand taking another breath away from me. There was a passionate way he kissed me that made me feel the most wanted I had ever felt. The way he touched me like I was delicate made me feel like I was special in his eyes even though that was the furthest thing from the truth. Even though he had been seen with three other women in just that one week alone. But the minutes his hands were on my bare skin, his lips on mine, and his eyes on me only, I deluded myself into thinking I was the only one he was saying. For that one night, just that one night, I was willing to pretend we
PRESENT DAYI didn’t know Enzo very well, but I knew enough to know he didn’t trust or like me. He had said he wanted to get to know the woman who listened to the priest more than she confessed, but we were quiet during the ride.He was more concerned with looking around than he was concerned about looking at me or acknowledging me. Enzo was rough around the edges, quiet, and always brooding. He was very intimidating, seeing as he was covered in tattoos all the way to his neck.There wasn’t a lick of skin on him that I had ever seen that was not covered in tattoos except his palm and his face. His nose was crooked, which indicated it had been broken a couple of times before.He had a huge scar that sliced through his eyebrow, part of his eye, and his cheek. His dark eyes and dark hair made anyone with a brain stay as far from him as possible. He also didn’t bother with a suit like the rest of his brothers.He was always in dark jeans, a black leather jacket or a huge jacket, and cargo
TEN MONTHS AGOSeconds after we arrived, so did Nero and Enzo. I didn’t understand why he was there with us when he could have been with Serena. However, when we went inside, I understood why. Serena was there.She was in the living room in an oversized hoodie and a box of tissues on the table. She was watching ‘The Notebook’ and her eyes were red like she had just been crying. I felt bad for her, but that was the price you paid when you liked a man in the mafia.His duty to his empire came first before anything else. If Nico decided Nero was going to marry another woman and create more connections, then he would ditch her again and she would be heartbroken all over again. That was no way to live. I didn’t get a chance to be introduced to Serena before Nico grabbed my arm and pulled me away.“My fiance and I need to speak. Excuse us. We are taking back the master bedroom.”He led me to the master bedroom on the second floor. It was in shades of white and gold. I didn’t expect it to







