Richard:
“Have you two lost your minds?” Grace snapped, her and Sebastian entering the office.
“Hello to you too Grace, how are you?” Claudia asked raising an eyebrow at her big sister who turned to glare at her.
“You appeared in front of Nikolay and Kiara in their new club!” Grace snapped “the games weren’t supposed to begin for another few months”
“Louis’s orders Grace. He’s aware that the podium is ready, he even put in a few millions just to make sure that the games start in the next few weeks” I said looking at Grace who ran her fingers through her hair in frustration.
“We are supposed to protect Kiara and Nikolay, Richard, we are throwing them in the face of danger!” Grace said looking me in the eye, her blue eyes met my green ones and I could see worry and exhaustion in her eyes.
“I am trying Grace. But Louis is not stupid, he knows that I’m stalling, he took matters into his own hands and is doing everything in his power to sta
So, what did you think of the chapter? Did you expect the twist? How do you feel about it? Waiting to read your opinions about it... hehe.
Kiara:“Nikolay!” I whined at my teasing husband who has been driving for the past hour refusing to tell me where we were going. He kept smiling at me whenever I asked, giving me the same answer over and over again, or kissing my cheek, hands, or just taking my hand in his and simply squeezing it.“Yes, baby girl?” Nikolay asked already knowing what I was going to ask. Yet, he was determined to tease me. He was not opening his mouth to tell me anything. Taking my hand in his, again, and kissing my knuckle making me smile and shake my head.“Why won’t you tell me where we are going Nikolay?” I asked. I was still tired after everything that happened, and it wasn’t me being physically tired. No, that wasn’t the issue, my body was far stronger than that. I was trained to be able to take pain, the physical pain I went through as I grew up was more than a girl should take, but it toughened my body. I was just emoti
Nikolay:“Nikolay, can you help me with my dress?” Kiara said making me smile. I was fixing my shirt as she was fiddling with the zipper of her flaming red dress.She walked toward me and turned around waiting for me to zip her dress for her which I did happily, making sure to let my finger touch her back as I did making her shudder. She smiled at the mirror looking at me and I smiled at her softly kissing her bare shoulder. Kiara put her hand on my neck pulling me closer to her and I smiled.“You know, we can always skip going and stay here, go down to the restaurant, have a nice dinner, dance a little, drink maybe, I miss hearing drunk you whine about telling me your deepest secrets while I tried to kiss you” I teased and Kiara laughed turning around in my arms and wrapping her own around my neck. I smiled and leaned down to kiss her, my forehead resting against her own for a second after we pulled away before I feather kissed her nose.
Kiara: I sat down beside my husband. His arm wrapped around my waist as Timur, Nikita, Vladimir, Uncle Dimitri, Mia, Uncle Ivan, Keram, Daphne, and Grace sat with us on the couches as we talked. “Are you okay baby girl?” Nikolay asked me softly. I had been quiet since after the encounter with Mia, even she knew that I wasn’t talking anymore. I was here for a reason, I wasn’t here to fight and if her and I spoke. It would end up with us getting into an argument. I smiled at Nikolay and kissed his jawline, but even he knew that I did that to tell him to drop the subject. Mum and dad were here, we had greeted them and thankfully neither of them saw the bullet wound which was starting to hurt me as the painkiller’s effect was starting to wear off. I got up from Nikolay’s arms and he frowned in confusion, but putting a hand on my shoulder letting him know that I needed to go to try and kill the pain before it got unbearable. Nikolay nodded and smiled at me
Nikolay:I kissed Kiara’s forehead and she laid her head on my chest hugging me tightly.The news that she heard was heavy for her despite her staying composed in front of Richard. I knew that what he told her killed her, the fact that her father put her and everyone who was in the games in danger. The man watched people die in front of him, his own daughter almost died in those games and he watched her with a cold heart.“He… Nikolay, I can’t believe I’m saying this. But I hope Richard is lying about what he said” Kiara said in my arms. I kissed the crown of her head and took a deep breath, Kiara’s hand fisted my shirt and I tightened my arms around her. I wanted to say that Richard was lying, but if I knew Grace. I knew that my sister would not be associating in such matters if they weren’t real. Richard was telling the truth and it hurt me that my wife was going through this much pain. It was like getting bulle
Kiara:“You three have been working together since when?” Nikolay asked his sister with wide eyes. Richard, Grace, and Claudia were at the Ritz in my and Nikolay’s suite.Flashback:Nikolay and I entered the suite. Taking off my scarf, I put it on bed and took off the dress putting on grey sweat pants and Nikolay’s long sleeved black shirt “I see someone’s taken over my clothes”“I didn’t think that you’d mind, you know, judging the fact that Richard is coming in a bit. I assumed that your possessive-self would like it this way” I said looking at Nikolay from the mirror of the dresser as I took off my earrings. Nikolay smiled and walked toward me, wrapping his arms around my waist, resting his chin on my shoulder. He kissed my cheek and watched as I took off my bracelets putting them in their box, all while he made sure to keep holding me to him.&ldquo
Nikolay:“And how exactly do you plan on us starting the fire, even if we do say that it is a little electrician issue. There are cameras everywhere, we can’t just go and light up the place” Richard said looking at Kiara with a raised eyebrow.“We won’t be doing anything, I’m guessing almost everything is somewhat robotic, you used the highest tech technology in the previous games” Kiara said and Richard nodded. I looked at the two of them and couldn’t help but feel a clench in my chest, okay, I knew that the man saw her as a friend. The idea of him being in love with her was somewhat off my mind, but that didn’t mean that I liked the fact that he knew her more than I did. The two had a past, I knew and understood that, but…Yeah, I was being a possessive, jealous husband, I needed to admit that. I can’t help it though, and I won’t do anything to stop that. She is mine, and she’ll alw
Kiara:I held on the blanket. My back to Nikolay as I laid on bed, pretending to be asleep.Nikolay raised himself and put his hand on my bare arm. I was wearing a crop top and pajama shorts. He ran his finger on it softly before leaning down and kissing my shoulder “I know that you’re awake princess”I didn’t answer, my mind racing with what I heard Claudia say. My father wed me to a man wanting to ruin both my and his life, he really wanted me to betray the man I married despite threatening me to kill mother if I did anything that would ruin the peace treaty between the Brook and the Ivanov family. Mum’s life was on the line, but he expected me to go mad and try and betray my husband, negotiate with him against Nikolay. Then there was Grace who initially wanted to kill me. Claudia who was spying on me. What the hell was I living?“Baby girl” Nikolay said trying to turn me around, but I tensed not wanting to face
Nikolay:I wrapped my arm around Kiara who sat in my arms. Her head on my chest as I read through the papers I had to check. Vladimir sent me the papers as to review them, there were things that needed taking care of in the clubs back home in the States. Caruso sent us the documents of everything going on back home. Things were well, but we needed a higher budget of money, that shouldn’t be an issue. The things just needed my approval.I smiled at Kiara who was reading her own book on her tablet. She was too focused on it that she didn’t realize that I was looking down at her. I kissed the crown of her head making her look up at me and smiling. She raised herself to kiss my lips and I smiled into the kiss “do you want to go out for a bit?”I rested my forehead against my wife’s forehead and she smiled at me, looking down at the papers that were in my hands raising an eyebrow at me “don’t you have work to take care of?&rd