登入Sergei stood partially concealed behind a hedge near the eastern side of the estate grounds, having stepped outside moments earlier for a cigarette and a brief reprieve from the endless responsibilities piling onto his shoulders.Instead, he had stumbled upon something far more interesting.Nikolai and Katya. He had been watching them for some time now, the anger piling in his chest as he saw them making out. Their relationship had progressed much faster than he would have liked or even anticipated. The fact that they could still go at it with each other like rabbid dogs despite everything going on was disgusting. She definitely had no shame to willingly be sleeping with the man who had kidnapped her after all. Just as he was about to walk away, he heard Nikolai speak. "I've been having a strange feeling lately." He said, “About what?”Nikolai hesitated for a bit, as Sergei found himself leaning slightly closer."About Sergei."For a split second, Sergei thought he had misheard.
KATYAI rolled on the bed one more time, opening my eyes.“Dammit” I mumbled to myself. “Don’t tell me you cannot sleep without him already, Katya.”I frowned now. More at me than anybody, as I stared at Nikolai's side of the bed, which was empty.For a moment, I simply lay there staring at the ceiling.Then a smile found its way onto my face despite myself. A lot had changed recently.If someone had told me a few months ago that I would be willingly lying in bed in a Russian mafia boss's room, wondering where he had disappeared to in the middle of the night, I would have laughed in their face.Yet here I was.And somehow... I was happy.The realization still felt strange to me.Ever since the library, it was like the walls that Nikolai kept around himself seemed to be slowly coming down. I had noticed it for a while now, but I didn’t know for sure.Not completely; I doubted they ever would, but enough for me to see the man behind them.A warmth spread through my chest just thinking a
NIKOLAIWhy couldn’t I stop thinking about her?Even now, as I sat in my office, my thoughts were entirely occupied by Katya.It was something that I couldn’t exactly make sense of.I leaned back in my chair and rubbed a hand across my face, as I let out a slow exhale.I had been with women before. Enough that this shouldn't have felt any different.Yet somehow it did. Somehow, Katya had gotten beneath my skin in a way nobody else ever had.I could still picture her smile right now. The way she looked into my eyes whenever she spoke to me, like it was a challenge or something.And her moans. Fuck. The way she yelled out my name while I thrust deep into her.It was all becoming a problem. A very distracting problem.Luckily for me, my phone rang at that moment, temporarily pulling me away from those thoughts."Boss, we might have a problem." One of my men said, as I picked up.I straightened in my chair."What problem?""It concerns Daniel." He said,My expression immediately darkened,
KATYA"Do you want me to apologize for that?" he said, as he pulled away from me. For a few seconds, I could barely think. I could barely even breathe at this point, as the words floated above my head. That kiss had blindsided me because I had actually not thought he would do it. I stared up at him now, as his eyes searched mine with that same intensity it always had. Searching for an answer from me. I shook my head.A slow smile spread across his face."Good," he said, his voice dropping lower. "Because I don't think I want to."He started to pull back at that point. And I could basically hear my body groan in protest. Where the fuck did he think he was going after doing that?My body moved before my brain caught up.I grabbed the front of his shirt and yanked him back to me, crushing my mouth against his. I felt his hands tighten around my waist as he pulled me off the shelf and flush against his chest. This kiss wasn’t like the first one at all; which was absolutely amazing s
KATYA“What are you doing here?” I asked, still standing in the doorway staring at him. “Last I checked, this was my house.” He said,“Right,” I replied, “I just… I thought you'd be in some meeting right now or something."Of all the places I expected to find him, the library wasn't exactly high on the list.Nikolai glanced up from the title he was examining."Normally, I would be." He said, I slowly stepped inside, shutting the door. "Then what happened?"He shrugged."Today I wasn't really in the mood for any of it."It was pretty obvious even now that there was a lot on his mind, and I wondered what it was. Actually, it was quite expected for there to be a lot on his mind, especially considering everything that had happened so far. He placed the book back on the shelf."I simply wanted to clear my head." He finally said, “And the library helps with that.”His gaze drifted toward the endless shelves.“Besides, I had a feeling I would eventually run into you here.” He said,"Oh,
KATYA Over the past couple of weeks, the library had become my favorite place in the entire estate. It was one of the few places where I could pretend my life wasn't completely insane, and I could get lost in the fantasy world for just a little bit. Escaping this reality fully. I had been really happy when Nikolai sort of relaxed the restrictions concerning my movements, even though it was still a lot some times. I was also happy that his recovery was progressing faster than expected. Apparently, nearly dying had done absolutely nothing to improve his personality. If anything, he had somehow become more overprotective. The man practically had guards following me with their eyes every time I left a room. It was ridiculous. Then again... I couldn't exactly blame him. His paranoia was definitely justified with how crazy the past days had been. Mine definitely was. I rounded a corner and now stopped, as a voice drifted through the hallway. It was low at first, but I could hear
KATYAI stared at the phone in my hand like it was a foreign object.How did this get here?I did not think Nikolai had put this here… no, there is no way he would risk me calling somebody so someone had put this here for me to find.Was it Sergei?I discarded that thought immediately.The man hate
NIKOLAII was right outside the second the door shut behind Sergei and a loud squeal echoed from inside Katya's room, jolting me.She was definitely excited about the arts supplies.Completely fucking ridiculous.A smile tugged at the corner of my mouth before I could stop it.For Christ's sake.It
KATYAAfter the disaster that was meeting my father and then finding out that Nikolai had a fiancee just right after we had almost kissed, I had been moved into another room entirely.It was better than being tossed back into the dungeons but it was just another prison.The guards remained outside m
NIKOLAII almost kissed her.The thought had followed me the entire fucking night like a curse.Even now as I walked down the staircase the next morning, I could still remember the exact way Katya had looked standing on that balcony wrapped in my suit jacket.I had spent the entire drive back from







