LOGIN“You?! What the hell are you doing here?!”Riona became startled and Nadia had to pat her back to calm her and prevent her from crying.“Lower your voice, Ivanova.” Nadia didn't have a smile on her face when she looked at Ivanova. It was because of her that Nadia's life had been ruined right from the very start of when she'd been forced to marry Anatoly.“Excuse me? How dare you tell me to lower my voice! This is my fucking house and I can yell out as much as I want!” Ivanova gritted but Nadia didn't want to stay there. She felt Riona's expression turning into a small pout and about to cry from Ivanova's screaming.“Hey, what's the yelling about?” Leslie came down. She was half ready but had to come downstairs after hearing Ivanova's yelling.“Mind your own fucking business!” Ivanova yelled again before darting her eyes back to Nadia. “Why are you here, Nadia? Have you come to further rub salt in my wounds? To tell me that you are living the luxurious life by being Anatoly's wife?”B
Nadia wiped her tears once she'd stepped out past the gates. But then she couldn't help but turn around and stare back at the mansion. And for a moment, Nadia wondered if Riona meant nothing to Anatoly because they were both out alone in the night. Nadia recalled everything she'd done to try and bridge the gap between Anatoly and his daughter. She tried to include him in everything about Riona's growth. But yet, it had seemed that nothing paid off in the end because Anatoly simply didn't care enough to allow her and Riona to walk out of his life. But then the gates were automatically closed and Nadia turned around. She didn't want to look back again but instead start anew. She looked down at Riona's head on her shoulder and smiled a little. “Everything will be okay, my baby. You and I will be enough for each other. And we won't need anyone else because I will do my absolute best to give you the best life.” Nadia whispered, knowing in my mind that Anatoly didn't deserve Riona. Her da
The slap echoed in the dark silent hallways. And for a few long seconds, Anatoly's face was still whipped to the side. He was stunned and he couldn't stop blinking as if replaying the event again and again in his mind. And slowly, he turned to look at Nadia. The shock on his face had vanished and now bloody anger surfaced. But Nadia wasn't scared anymore. She wasn't going to let him think that he could hurt her anymore. “I've had enough. I've had it up till here and I'm tired of trying!” Nadia gritted carefully as not to disturb Riona from her sleep. Nadia looked at Anatoly and continued. “How dare you walk through that door and ask me why I left the party? Are you serious?! What do you take me for? A complete fool and an idiot?! Because I'm done playing that role.” Anatoly was shaking with anger but at the moment no words came out of his mouth. He still seemed shocked by the hard slap and the slap still stung his cheek, nearly missing him by the eye. Nadia couldn't help the tear
The air in her lungs suddenly felt tight. And the breeze around in the open space suddenly felt chilly. Nadia stood where she was, frozen in place as she saw them kissing. Anatoly's back was facing her and Valerie was the one with her arms around Anatoly's neck and kissing him deeply. Nadia felt the tears running down her cheeks and she didn't stay there for another minute. She immediately took to her heels and left. For a moment everything blurred before her eyes. Nadia held Riona close to her as she picked up her pace to leave the venue. Everywhere around her suddenly felt suffocating. The people, the ambience, the air. It all felt suffocating and Nadia couldn't breathe. Her mind didn't stop thinking about what she'd seen. And everything since the last six months flashed before her eyes. Nadia didn't even know why she was even surprised right now. Of course something was going on between Anatoly and Valerie long before tonight. But Nadia didn't want to believe that was true. She t
Nadia smiled and took a picture of Riona. She looked so cute in the beautiful pink dress. It was already evening and Nadia had gotten ready. The make-up artists did their work on her and made Nadia a completely different woman. And a few times Nadia would look at the mirror again to be certain the woman in the mirror was actually her. Nadia didn't know if Riona was invited as well but she knew she couldn't leave her baby all alone. Over the past months, Riona had grown more sensitive and aware of her surroundings. And the only person she knew all the time was Nadia. If Nadia wasn't around then Riona always cried as she felt unsafe without her mother. Anatoly didn't come home after it was past six and Nadia felt Riona feeling sleepy. But then after half an hour, the telephone rang and it was from Anatoly's secretary. She called to inform Nadia that the meeting at the office had ended late and that Anatoly wasn't coming back. Nadia was also informed of a car arriving to pick her up and
Nadia didn't even know when she got seated in front of a computer screen in Anatoly's study. Her fingers moved on the keyboard and Valerie Hampton's name was shown on the screen.Nadia inhaled.And then she hit search on the Google engine. And in less than seconds, floods of pictures and a Wikipedia of Valerie filled the entire computer screen. And Nadia inhaled again the moment she stared at Valerie.“She's... really beautiful.” Nadia's mouth opened slightly both in awe and the words flew right out of her mouth. And then Nadia remembered Sean informing her how she was with Anatoly in Madrid.Nadia couldn't help but look at more pictures of Valerie online. She was a sensation and she had everything from the golden locks of her hair down to the expensive new brands for the heels she wore on her feet. Nadia always made sure to look at her legs.She had two complete legs and they were slender like a model's. Everything about Valerie screamed perfection and Nadia couldn't help but suddenl
Anatoly glared at Nikolai before his eyes slightly narrowed. He hadn't yet forgotten what Nikolai had said to him that very day - about Nadia never coming back to him. “You? What are you doing here?” Anatoly asked, with clenched jaw. It was clear he didn't like anyone interfering in his business. A
Anatoly stared at Nadia for a while. He didn't move an inch from the doorframe. A thousand things ran through his mind in that exact moment. So many things. He wanted to hurt her. He wanted his two hands around her neck. He wanted her to shed tears and feel the pain she had made him go through i
Nadia woke up again and winced with a throbbing headache. She opened her eyes to a white ceiling before the images of Anatoly, Natasha and Roy flashed before her eyes. Her body panicked in response almost immediately. Her eyes leaked out tears just thinking about everything before she tried to move
Anatoly grew extremely furious when the call abruptly got disconnected. Had Nadia dared to hang up on him. He was fuming and the gun is in hand was oozing out steam out of its mouth after piercing a bullet through the brick wall behind Natasha. Natasha trembled, holding Roy in her embrace. She was







