LOGINJEREMIAHThe monster inside me was still roaring, my heart still clamoring behind the ribcage as the thought of him leaving us kept digging its poisonous claws.How dare he?After everything I did to reassure him.I fucking splayed myself open to not to make them question my feelings. But apparently it wasn’t enough for my little shadow as it was for Lisichka.Do I need to take a bullet for him to make him believe me?“Jeremy?”“Try again.”From his position where he was blindfolded and bent over with his arms tied behind him, Lachlan murmured, “For how long are you going to punish me, moy korol?”I smirked. “I haven't even started yet and you’re already tired?”He shifted on his feet and I stood there, watching him squirm. As much as I loved my wife and enjoyed our predatory games, having her submission is as beautiful as the warmth of the sun in the winter morning. But to get my little shadow to submit and give up his control was totally another feat. Watching the chains of his c
NINA “What are you looking at, il mio cuoricino?” I walked to where my son stood near the window, looking out. After the celebration and the early dinner everyone left, leaving behind a calm and a peaceful house. Jonathan and Mila went back to the penthouse as their two months old son was fussing. Kayne and Anastasia once again got into an argument that will probably go on for days or until the next time I see her with swollen lips and well placed bite marks around her throat, reminding everyone she already belongs to someone. And Xavier was probably terrorizing the women at the club. On the other hand Olezka was busy, trying his best to pursue Valerie to marry him. He was the only one I worried about, because like Jeremiah, I also thought there might come a day when he might get tired of being what he was not. But tomorrow morning they will all be back again for the breakfast. And as much as I loved having them around, to finally have a bunch of people, a big family to
LACHLAN “What do you want me to do?” Jeremiah’s eyes narrowed on me. And then, he stepped down from the makeshift dais and walked toward me. When he was close enough, he grabbed me by the back of my neck and pulled me closer with a jerk. “I want you to fucking drop the idea that you’re ever going to escape me.” My eyes widened like I was some clueless teen in a young adult drama. He gritted out, “You think I don’t know what the fuck is going on in that head of yours? You think you can hide from me? From us?” My eyes shifted to Nina as she too made her way where we stood. She took my hand in her small ones as she stopped beside me. “You promised me that I’ll never be an outsider, but it seems somehow we made you think you’re one. And I am sorry.” “No.” Jeremiah growled, “We didn’t make him think that. It was him and his mind that went against him and he let it.” Nina cupped my cheek. “Don’t mind him. He’s just scared that you’re going to leave us.” “I am—”
A few weeks later... LACHLAN There was something wrong with me. I couldn’t pin point it. But there was a sort of melancholy surrounding my heart for some reason that I didn’t want to look too deep into. It was born on the day I came back from Italy with Juhan. It was just a fleeting thought at the time, something I used to brush off and even hated to have that vile thought in my mind to begin with.I fought it, buried it and tried to even suffocate it. But with each day that passed that thought has become a thorn in my side. A sick, twisted, voice that keeps haunting me. Telling me that I didn’t belong here anymore. That they both have each other. They are a family of three and I was an outsider. No. They didn’t make me feel like that. No. They didn’t say or do anything to make me have such thiughts or to hurt my feelings. I was the one hurting myself. I was the one who couldn’t hold myself steady while each day pushes me into a spiral I didn’t think I could com
Four Weeks Later… NINA Morning sunlight spilled through the tall windows, warm and golden, stretching across the length of the dining table. For a moment, I just stood there at the entrance. Watching them. The three people who meant everything to me. They were my entire world. Juhan sat between Jer and Lachlan, his shoulders relaxed in a way that made something inside my chest loosen. He looked like he was finally free of unseen responsibilities that had always weighed him down. And not just in how his features has relaxed, but he smiles more often, behaved like children of his age. But at the same time I have noticed how his body language had changed since he came here. It was like he has adopted mannerism of both Jer and Lachlan. Like he had been watching them from the very beginning. And I noticed that more, when a week ago Jeremiah had hosted a grand gathering to introduce Juhan to the world he belonged to. And my little baby, my little heart, hadn’t faltered. H
NINA I stood in the middle of the library. My fingers curled into fists to stop the trembling in them. Juhan was upstairs, in my old room. To my surprise, he seemed to accept this life changing circumstances without any effort, like he also knew he was meant for this life. Like this was exactly where he belonged, to something big, to inherit an empire his father was building. But here I was… waiting for a verdict from my husband and the man who’d always been there for me without any conditions. Because even though Jeremiah didn't react the way I thought he would, he didn't accuse me for deliberately hiding Juhan and lying to him all this time. But I knew I still needed to apologize and tell him the fragrant of memories that I got back. He deserved to know. I lifted my gaze from the unfinished chess game, looked at Lachlan who sat in one of the chairs, his green eyes seemed to be lost in thoughts. And on the other hand, Jeremiah stood near the windows with his back to th
JEREMIAH “She just fucking disappeared!!” Kayne raked his fingers through his hair and even as rage wrapped around him, there was fear in his eyes he couldn’t hide. “Come on, let's sit down,” I said, noticing he was close to spiralling. I hadn't ever asked him about what kind of relationsh
NINA My husband was hugging me. Who would’ve thought? Certainly not me. But I didn’t care at the moment, I sunk into it. I was melting in his arms like a butter as he engulfed my shaking body. His hold was so tight, almost crushing, and his embrace so warm, I snuggled into his chest. “F
NINA “Oh, kotyonok. You are such a good girl.” My heart melted at his words, and not just the words, his green eyes and the softness in his voice nearly undid me. I parted my lips, opening my mouth as far as it would. Lachlan looked over my head and shared a look with my husband. Then he gr
JEREMIAH Fuck. It was the first time my wife would see Lachlan on his knees for me. The first time she would witness me coming undone. And I was going to. That is, come undone. Utterly and completely. I’d been holding myself together for far too long, choking back the urge to throw her



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