Ivan has the fucking audacity to look offended. “I thought about your offer some more. And I’m… I’m willing to work for you. To pay off my debts.”
“That’s great, Ivan. Now I won’t have to kill you. But I don’t have time to discuss this. Your daughter was just taken by one of my enemies.”
Ivan has no reaction, like he doesn’t care about his daughter at all. “If you lose her, then you’ll have no reason to keep me alive.” That sparks fear on his face. Fear for himself. Not his daughter.
“Ivan, we’ll talk about this later. Now I have work to do, like saving your daughter.” I get into my car before he can speak more and rev the engine. I have to get to Irina in time. Before Alexei can hurt her.
And it’s obvious that I’m the only one who actually cares for her safety.
Irina
Alexei doesn’t say a word to me as we drive through the city but I can see the tension in his hands as he grips the steering wheel tight. He’s anxious… about kidnapping me. Is he worried Nikolai will come for me? Because I’m sure of it. My husband my still bea stranger to me in some regards but I know one thing: he wants me to be his. He’ll do anything in his power to get me back.
That’s a comfort I need right now. I should never have run from Nikolai. Yes, he spanked me and it hurt that he broke his promise to me but at least I knew he wouldn’t kill me.
But this man? Alexei. I have no idea what he’s capable of.
He eventually pulls the car up to a small house far outside the city. Its seen better days from the peeling paint to the dirty windows to the overgrown lawn out front. This is a house that people avoid.
What better place to take me to when you don’t want to be found.
Alexei pulls a gun from the glove compartment and aims it at my head. “Get out of the car and if you try to run, I will shoot you.”
I can only nod.
The moment I’m out of the car, Alexei grabs my arm – nowhere near as gentle when Nikolai would touch me – and brings me into the house. He doesn’t let go of me until we’re in a dirty bedroom. The mattress on the floor has stains on in and the carpet is riddled with garbage. It stinks in here.
I can’t stop myself from gagging.
“If you vomit, you’ll have to live with it,” he says. “So I suggest you don’t. You’re going to be here for a while.”
“How long?” I whisper. “What do you plan on doing with me?”
“I plan on making Nikolai give over everything he owes to me just to get you back.”
“But Nikolai and I have only been married for less than a week. He doesn’t love me. He won’t give up everything just to get me back.”
He brings the gun to my temple and taps it. I flinch. “Let’s just see about that. I’ll give him a few days to give everything over to me and if he doesn’t… well, then I’ll kill you. I won’t have anyother use for you.” His eyes flick down my body. “Unless you want to become mine.”
“Why would I do that?”
“Do you love your husband? I heard the story. That Nikolai brought you into his life overnight. That you two don’t love each other.”
“That’s none of your business.”
“So, you don’t love him then. If you did, you would have said so.”
I snap my lips together. I have to be smart about this.
Alexei smirks. “You can become mine. Become my wife.”
“I’m already married.”
“Then I’ll kill Nikolai and steal everything he has… including you.” He brings the gun down to my stomach. “I can fuck you. Claim you as my own.”
I shiver.
“Trust me… I’m a better fuck than Nikolai is.”