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
Kiara:“I called Keram” I said walking out of the bedroom. Nikolay was speaking to Vladimir, Alexei, and Viktor who came a while ago while I was speaking to Keram. I nodded at the three men and they smiled at me as I walked toward my husband and sat on the armrest of his couch beside him “he’s willing to help with whatever we need. But I haven’t told him that we would be working with Richard, he’d have to find that out later”“Don’t worry about that. He’ll just have to see Richard himself. The man might snap or even try to kill Richard, but we’ll just have to find a way to stop him from doing so” Nikolay said and I nodded looking at the three men who kept their eyes on me trying to read my expression.“I’m not hostile yet, don’t worry” I told them rolling my eyes before getting up and heading toward the bedroom “I’ll be in the room if you need anything&rdq
Nikolay:“Are you sure that you’re okay with this baby?” I asked Kiara. The two of us were going home despite me not wanting her to be around the house for a while, the two of us knew that we needed to be at home for more security, to ensure that everything was confidential, and that no one was following any of us.“You and I both know that it has to be this way Nikolay. We’ll try to arrange something with Harry for him to get the Ritz under Mafia Safe grounds, only then can we meet there and know that no one will be watching or actually daring to harm any of us” Kiara said answering me and I nodded taking her hand in mine and intertwining our fingers.“Are you happy being my wife Kiara?” I asked softly. The question has been running through my mind since yesterday when Grace, Claudia, and Richard were over. Then what she said to Vladimir, I hadn’t opened my mouth to speak of the subject in front of the men,
Kiara:“Come, sit beside me dear” Uncle Dimitri said softly. Sitting on the couch and tapping the spot by his side. Hesitating for a second, I walked to his side and sat down by his side where his had was a few seconds earlier and he smiled. His eyes were gentle as he looked at me. He took my hand in his and squeezed it softly.“You know, Mia got pregnant a few months before she was pregnant with Nikolay” Uncle Dimitri said gently. His eyes staying on mine as he spoke, his thumb softly running over my finger “she lost the child a month after we found out about him. She was just as broken as you are now. If not more…”“Need I ask why you’re telling me this?” I asked wanting to remove my hand from Uncle Dimitri’s but Uncle Dimitri tightened his grip on it, though he made sure not to hurt me. I raised an eyebrow at him and he smiled.“You’re just as impatient as Nikolay” Unc