MasukChapter 040IrinaI had never seen that look on my brother's face before.It was true that I no longer loved him. I had no feelings for him anymore, nor did I feel any bond between us.But something twisted painfully in my chest when I saw the shock on his face.He didn't say anything. He simply placed the box of chocolates on the table and left.Anastasia and I stared down at the box without saying a word.It seemed he had come to see her. Those were among Anastasia's favorite chocolates."Do you think..." I began, then hesitated. "Maybe you should go and talk to him."She shook her head, her eyes already glistening with tears. Then she jumped to her feet and headed for the door.On her way out, she hit her leg against the edge of the table, but she didn't even stop.I knew she was going to lock herself in her room now.She always did. I also knew that an hour or two later, she would come out as if nothing had happened.That was Anastasia. She had always been like that.And maybe tha
Chapter 039IrinaMaybe marrying Xavier wasn't that bad.Three days ago, he had come to the mansion after my father told him he had agreed to the marriage.From their conversation, I realized that Xavier was essentially buying me from my family in exchange for helping them with a shipment.That didn't bother me. If getting out of the Malakhov mansion meant enduring disgusting sex with that old man, then so be it.At least I was back in my room. Sleeping in my own bed, eating good food, wearing decent clothes, and showering in my own bathroom."I cannot believe you're actually going to marry that old man, Irina!" Anastasia exclaimed, pacing around the room.I sighed as I applied a moisturizing mask to my face."This is heaven for me, Nastia."She stopped in front of the dressing table and studied my reflection in the mirror."You know I can help you escape after you marry him, right? It would actually be easier than escaping from this mansion."I smiled as I met her gaze."No, darling.
Chapter 038MarcoThe thing was, that in this fcking underground world, alliance change in matter of seconds. It was all depending on the benefits.In several past missions, Dmitri and I stood side by side, even though he was on my black list of revenge. But seeing him defending his sister like this, made me feel relieved, but he didn’t know that he was standing on the wrong side. When that woman told me that her husband recognized Irina as the Bratva princess, I texted the Black wolf team immediately and what they told me, made me drag her back to the mansion.The Pakhan had already sent two hundred men to cage us there in that apartment. And if I didn’t bring her back to the mansion, he would killed us both on the spot.The black team suggested I offer I take her as a slave and tell him he would never see her face. And according to he didn’t want to marry her to Xavier and rether to kill her, he would agree.But now!“I’ll marry Xavier,” Irina said.I closed my eyes.Fck. Fck. Fck
Chapter 037IrinaIrina“As if you have a choice,” my father said.For a moment, I simply stared at him.What was I even thinking?Did I really believe I could decide whom I would marry? After everything he had done to me? After disowning me, humiliating me, and putting a billion-dollar price on my head?Of course not.The door swung open again.This time, Dmitri walked in.He stopped the moment he saw me.His eyes widened, and for a second, he looked as if he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.“Irina!”My name came out of his mouth with something I hadn’t heard from him in a long time.Concern.Then his eyes moved to my father.“Pakhan, don’t decide about that marriage yet. That Xavier is only trying to—”“In fact,” my father interrupted, glancing at Ghost, “Ghost claimed her. He brought her back and said he wants her.”“Wants her?”Dmitri’s voice changed.His footsteps echoed across the floor as he moved closer.“What do you mean by he wants her?”Then he turned toward Ghost.The
Chapter 036IrinaI was on my knees.I was waiting for a slap, a kick, a gunshot.But after five minutes of kneeling there, nothing happened.I raised my head again. Father’s gaze was different now. There wasn’t all that hatred I had grown used to seeing lately. It wasn’t as if he was looking at me with tenderness or love, either. But it was almost as if he wasn’t happy to have found me.“I found her in some lowly neighborhood, Pakhan,” Ghost said.His voice was too cold and ruthless, as if everything we had shared over the past few days meant nothing. As if he had just been playing me all along.“Thank you, Ghost,” Father said. “You will be rewarded.”Then he looked at the guards.“Take her to my office.”That was all he said before disappearing.One of the guards grabbed my arm, dragged me to my feet, and then pulled me toward the Pakhan’s office.Ghost was nowhere to be seen.He had disappeared.As I entered my father’s office, I was surprised when he pulled out a chair for me.“Si
Chapter 035MarcoFour days had passed since I found Irina.Every single day, she asked me if I was Marco.I was sure she already knew the truth. She just needed confirmation. She needed to see my face.But I refused to take off my mask.I also refused to leave her apartment. At one point, she told me she would agree to let me stay if I pulled the mask up.She even tried to pull it off while I was asleep.I almost laughed when I remembered it.But there was nothing funny about the situation anymore.“Capo,” Naila, one of the Black Wolves soldiers, said. “We found some dangerous information about Victor Malakhov.”I looked at her through the screen.“He killed his own father to take control of the family.”“Interesting,” I said.“That was only the beginning,” Zain, the team's leader, added. “We suspect he was also behind his wife's death.”My expression hardened.Victor hadn't simply inherited his power.He had murdered his way into it.Alex leaned closer to the screen. “This is the r
Aunt Miranda spat in my face as she snarled, “You filthy little devil. I don’t know why my brother Gerald brought you back. He should’ve thrown you out into the streets where you belong.”This wasn’t the first time Aunt Miranda had insulted me—I was used to it by now.But this was the first time sh
I rose from the bed after wrapping the bed cover around my bare body.I scanned the room for my clothes. They were ripped and shattered everywhere on the ground. But then I froze; a scent lingered in the air. It was familiar. The perfume somehow reminded me of Luca, my guardian angel.The cracked
It took me seconds to realize the situation I was in. There was a man over me—smells like shit—his disgusting breaths on my bare neck as he was trying to tear off my pants.I pushed him with all the strength I could muster, forced by a wave of adrenaline. And he staggered a few steps back, but it w
Nearly Four Years Later…“Mammy, can I have a piece of candy?”I looked through the reviewmirror at the grinning angel that was sitting in the backseat. “Nope, sweetheart, not yet.” I grinning back at him.He pouted and stuck out his lower lip, making my grin grow wider.This stubborn child came i







