Elijah:“What is all this, Elijah?” Anastasia asked when she saw the girls coming inside the room with a bunch of dresses. The maids and dressers were entering with a bunch of boxes too, some which contained shoes, and the others which contained whatever accessory came with the dress.“Well, you are going to be attending an event with ALL the mafia families, and I’m sure that you won’t go around mentioning that you’re a cop who wants to put me behind bars. Those who would know who you are would be selected, but the rest would believe that you’re my woman and for that; you’ll need to look like you are” I said as the girls started hanging the dresses. The issue was that I didn’t know what she would like; therefore, I had a stylist come with a few dresses that might be fitting for the event.“Those would cost a fortune, Elijah, and I have my own dresses with me…”“I never complained about money, consider it as a gift from me to you. As for your dresses, believe me, when it comes to these
Anastasia:“You never told me whether or not you found anything on your search” Elijah said as he drove us to the gathering. I was quiet throughout most of the ride, simply enjoying the night’s air and peace as well as the soft music that played in the background.“That is because I was yet to find anything to begin with. Blake has either detected my access or has unlinked our computers with one another. Either way, I need to find a way to hack through his system, and for now; I didn’t have much time in my hands to be able to do so” I said looking at him. I was surprised that he didn’t let one of his driver drive, but it seemed like he didn’t even let Yaroslav join us. The man was in his own car and the two of us were alone in Elijah’s car.“Can I ask why you’re being as nice as you are? I wasn’t the nicest person to you…”“You got the wrong impression on who I am. Plus, I believe that you already know that I don’t hurt women, and judging by the fact that you are a woman; I wouldn’t g
Elijah:I kept my arm wrapped around Anastasia who tensed when she took sight of Vladimir, Nikolay, Eliana, and Kiara.“She’s the girl I told you two about” I said looking at the men who nodded.“You told them about me?”“Well, I wasn’t going to come breaking the news to them at the party. They too needed to make their investigations about you” I said answering Anastasia whose eyes avoided mine. I tightened my arm around her, pulling her closer, wanting her to relax.“I was actually surprised to see that you two would work together considering the fact that she did try to put you in jail a few times. But Sebastian and Viktor were more than willing to help her out. They’re waiting for her at the bar as to speak to her, they can make their arrangements there” Nikolay said looking at Anastasia. His eyes were studying her expression and body language before he shook his head at her “I don’t agree with this, and I’m not comfortable with an outsider given free access to the system, but seei
Anastasia:I sat beside Elijah as soft music played in the background.The two of us went out of the hall to the veranda because he wanted to smoke, and have been sitting there since.“Thank you for today” I said suddenly. Elijah turned to look at me, waiting for me to explain what it was I was going about. A glass of whiskey was in his hand and I smiled taking it from him, taking a sip. He smirked and took the glass from me, setting it on the table beside him.“It may not have Aphrodisiac, but I don’t trust you with alcohol anymore” he teased “and what are you thanking me for?”“Your patience, what you did, putting in a word, introducing me to the men you call your partners, speaking to them ahead of time” I said turning to face him as to look him in the eye. His eyes were fixed on my own for a second too long before he nodded.“I didn’t do anything. However, I am surprised to see that you’re showing gratitude” he said smiling.“Believe me, you’ve done me a huge favor. I know that th
Elijah:I leaned down to Anastasia’s shoulder, kissing it as she slept.I had been awake for the past ten minutes, simply staring at her innocent face as she slept.Her back faced me, and having rested my weight on my right arm as I looked at her, I kept running my finger over her arm, feeling her soft skin against my own.“Good morning, malyshka” I said gently. This was the first time I’ve seen her in such a vulnerable state. The woman who was usually both composed and fierce was begging me to let her reach her release last night, and no only that, but was peacefully asleep on my bed and in my arms. I had to admit, it was something that I never thought I would see, but judging by her tempting me the night before when she was under Aphrodisiac; I couldn’t help but become curious. The sexual tension rose to a maximum when I saw her in that dress, then us kissing in that balcony only made things harder as I felt the chemistry between us.“Good morning” she whispered turning around to fa
Anastasia:“You can’t seriously expect me to not call Blake after what you just told me” I said glaring at Elijah. Yaroslav left the room a while ago, leaving me alone with Elijah who got up from the couch. He walked over to me and cupped my cheeks, gently running his finger over my jawline “the man was killed yesterday; there has been another case and instead of investigating; he was working for publicity”“You need to learn how to be patient, malyshka. Plus, you don’t know what really happened; someone could have seen and reported the case. Your friend could have been forced to speak up” Elijah said gently. I sighed and removed his hands from my cheeks, knowing that he was simply acting the way he was after our night yesterday. I couldn’t have the two of us forget our target, who we were, and what we were together. Sharing a bed or keeping one another’s beds warm didn’t mean that anything changed between us. The man had his own perspectives and I had mine, and they both couldn’t mix
Elijah:I watched as Anastasia read through the contract before she signed it. Clauses in the contract have been arranged to suit her, and knowing that she would be working at the Estate’s office; she needed to modify things to work with that.We arrived to Los Angeles last night and met at the station early morning for things to get done. I was surprised that Anastasia didn’t bother mentioning her mom, and seeing as she was yet to mention anything about her; I knew that she was probably hiding her mom from me, not trusting me with her safety.She turned to look at me, and the two of us smiled when Sebastian handed her a badge and gun. It was funny that I was happy that she was becoming a cop when in reality she was supposed to be against everything I did.“Congratulations” I said wrapping my arm around her. I kissed the crown of her head and Anastasia ran her finger over my chest. Viktor smirked but didn’t comment as she pulled away to look me in the eye. I kissed her lips before we
Anastasia:“The man is mad if he believes that he could keep doing it without getting caught. He’s already leaving clues behind that are literally leading to him” I said looking at Viktor who nodded as looked at the map we had in front of us and each of the crime scene pictures. We were at the Volkov Estate working on the case knowing that the station wouldn’t be our base. Blake didn’t like the fact that we were coming in and leaving to simply get information, but he had no say in our decisions anymore. The station was now based on ‘normal or easy cases’.The map seemed to be a trail, a literal trail that he was following, a route of some sort. But where it lead; neither one of us knew.“Yeah, but now we have a lead and I am starting to believe that he’s actually leaving it on purpose” Viktor said walking toward the map. He took out his phone and started inserting the names of each street each body was left at. The sight of the pictures made my heart shatter for them, most of them wer