로그인KATYAI 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
"I should have fucking killed him when I had the chance!" Lily yelledThe vase she just threw exploded against the wall as the ceramic shattered across the apartment floor.Lily stood in the middle of the destruction, chest heaving as rage burned through every part of her body.Another crash echoed through the room now.A picture frame flew from her hand and struck the fireplace.She didn't care about any of this right now. All she could see was Nikolai's face and everything that he had told her. "The engagement is over."“Who the fuck does he think he is to tell me those things?” She said to herself, “After everything I have done for that man.”She had spent years setting herself up to become his wife. Years of sacrifice and loyalty. All for it to be thrown away because he had found a new plaything. "Fuck!"Her voice echoed through the apartment as she paced furiously back and forth. Trying to think and force herself to breath so she doesn’t lose all control. Unfortunately, she
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
LILY“You cannot possibly be serious.”I stared at Sergei across the kitchen island while disbelief crawled through every inch of me.“She is in his bedroom?”Sergei looked entirely too calm for the conversation we were currently having.The man sat on one of the bar stools dressed in black as usua







