•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌I woke up with my arms and legs wrapped around his body and a smile instantly spread across my face. My head was resting on his chest while my legs were entangled with his. I looked up at his handsome, chiseled face, he was only wearing his black boxer briefs leaving me to appreciate his naked chest. I slowly pulled myself out of his hold and went to the bathroom to freshen up. I brushed my teeth, took an hour-long, relaxing bath, and then wrapped a towel around myself before stepping out of the bathroom. My eyebrows pinched together as I saw Nikolai sitting on the edge of my bed, he was dressed up in a black tuxedo, and his hair was still wet hinting that he had just taken a shower. I think I just spent a lot of time in the shower. "Nikolai..." He looked up from his cellphone and his lips curved into a slight smile. He patted beside him on the bed and I noticed a simple white dress. "Wear this" he ordered. "Why? Are we going somewhere?" "Yes, and we only h
•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌Have you ever attended the wedding of your own husband? Well, I was about to. I ran my hands down the light blue dress I was wearing, smoothing the perfectly ironed dress. I looked at myself in the mirror and sighed. The diamond ring shined on my finger reminding me what had happened yesterday, reminding me that I belonged to Nikolai Costello—the dark king of the underworld—and he belonged to me. The dress perfectly hugged my figure, it had a long slit on the side that showed off my leg and a plunging neckline. The dress was beautiful, perfect, Nikolai had bought it for me to wear on his wedding with Grace Russell. Tears pooled in my eyes but I didn't let them fall instead I put the last pin in my hair and walked out of my room. Nikolai had left already to get to the venue and I was supposed to go there with Scott. Scott offered me his arm with a smile on his face, I gave him a weak smile before walking with him to his car. We settled in his car, soft music pl
•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌"DAD!" "PAUL!" Grace and her mother screamed in unison. My entire body jerked to a stand still. Everything happened so suddenly, screams and gunfire sound resonated all around the place. I was stuck in my seat watching the blood gushing out of Grace's father's head, the blood filled the plate full of food that her father was eating earlier. Gunshots rang out throughout the ceremony, and the guests were panicking, they were screaming and running here and there trying to find cover. Some people crawled under the tables while others were moving inside the building. Nikolai stood up and pulled out a gun from behind, he gestured to Scott. "Scott, take them inside" I don't know when Scott pulled me up and dragged me inside the building. He slammed open the door and yelled at everyone to get inside. He hauled me inside the building with a few of the other guests. I looked around and saw hysterically crying Grace, her mother, Nikolai's father, Grace's uncle, and a f
•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌I sat before Bianca in a crowded restaurant as she just looked at me with her eyes wide open. She then looked around to see Nikolai's soldiers standing all around us. Her lips pressed into a thin line as if she was disappointed in me or something. I shifted in my seat, clearly uneasy by the way she was looking at me and the way she was reacting like I had committed a crime. "Say something!" I snapped at her. She shrugged her shoulders up. "Um... wow..." I rolled my eyes. "Really? That's all you got to say?" "You're not Evangeline anymore, you're Mrs. Nikolai Costello" she moved her finger around the restaurant, gesturing towards Nikolai's men. "I can clearly see that!" I cringed at the way she uttered that sentence, she said it like I'm not a normal human being anymore. "I'm still Evangeline, Bee" "No, you're not. In our world that makes you my queen. I don't know what our friendship status is anymore. What I can say or cannot say to you" she said, looking pi
•Nikolai•╌═❁═╌I watched as her eyes rolled back in her head and she completely lost consciousness. "No! Evangeline, wake up, it's gonna be alright, fucking stay with me!" Her body went limp as I covered her, and put my weight on my elbow, I didn't want to crush her underneath my weight. I held on to the bullet wound on her forearm. She was losing a lot of blood. Fuck, she already looked so fucking pale. "It's clear, Don Niko, the shooter is down" one of my soldiers informed me. A muscle in my jaw twitched. "Dead?" "Wounded, I know you would want to keep him" he informed. I got off Evangeline and scooped her body in my arms. "Take him to the warehouse, I need to take my wife to the hospital" "Yes, Don Niko" While the shooter was moved to the warehouse, I took Evangeline to the nearest hospital. The hospital was in little Italy half of the doctors there were on my payroll. It meant fewer meaningless questions and more work. It meant no fucking police investigation as well. I pl
•Nikolai•╌═❁═╌*Splash*"Rise and shine, fucktard" Aaron announced splashing a bucket of water onto the shooter's face. Blonde, hair blue eyes, and a British accent. I didn't have to think twice to know who's man he was. Russells had some fucking nerve to mess with me, to mess with my wife. His hands were bound to the ceiling and his feet were tightly bound to the floor in a dingy cell. His face is bruised and he may have a broken bone or two. He whimpered in pain as ice-cold water trickled down his bloodied face and body.I bet he was feeling good when he shot my wife. The shooter looked around before his eyes settle on me. He knew who I was and why I was here. He took in his surroundings when another bucket of ice-cold water was thrown over his face, followed by another and another. "Stop!" he said, his breathing ragged and short. "Please!" he begged while coughing out water that entered his lungs. "Who sent you?" I asked "You know who sent me" he coughed. "Who gave the order
•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌I have been awake for the past hour, Bianca was here with me, scolding me, telling me that this was the reason she was against the idea of me and Nikolai. I asked her multiple times if she knew who shot me but she evaded the topic like a plague. "I had them call Niko, he will be here soon" "Thank you, I really need to see him. He is not hurt, is he? The last thing I remember is blood. There was just so much of it, I didn't even know who it belonged to me or Nikolai." Bianca shook her head. "Niko is fine" Just as the words left Bianca's mouth, Nikolai entered the bleak hospital room and I breathed out in relief as I saw him. "You're here..." I whispered. Nikolai glanced at Bianca and she awkwardly got up. "I'll leave you guys alone" The second Bianca stepped out of the door, Nikolai came and sat beside the bed on the chair. He held my hand as his thumb stroked the back of my hand gently. "How are you feeling?" "Good..." I smiled at him He leaned over and p
•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌I was still shaking as I stepped into the bedroom; my arm ached so bad that I couldn't move it as I clutched the towel with one hand. I went straight to the closet and sat on the ottoman, shaking off the shock. I had no idea what had just happened. I couldn't understand why he'd react like that. Why would he ask me about dad out of nowhere? And what was he trying to get out of me? Did something happen between my dad and Nikolai? Was it the reason he got murdered? I gently dried my body and changed into oversized, comfy clothes so they wouldn't hurt my arm. I walked out of the closet and found Nikolai running a hand through his hair. He was dressed up in a clean suit now. He stood right outside the closet door. "You need my help with something?" he asked. I shook my head and looked him straight in the eyes. "What was that, Nikolai?"He walked closer to me, cupping my cheek. "Forget about it, Evangeline." I stepped back. "No, there's something going on in your m