Chapter 17
Katerina:
1 sat on a bench in the garden.
The bodyguards wouldn’t let me leave the Estate, and I knew that it was an order from Nikolay.
I touched my face, where she had slapped me, and I flinched as it hurt me due to the forming bruise.
My heart ached, and letting out my tears, I wrapped my arms around myself as I felt small.
First, I had to deal with a scandal that I didn’t even take part in. Nikolay chose a different woman, and I was forced to deal with it whether or not I liked it. And the worst part about it is, it is now being spread all over as their pictures were still being spoken about.
Second, there was the fact that I was called a bitch who stole another woman’s man when I didn’t even know that he was in another relationship.
Third, I was now forced to deal with all the disrespect that I was going through, whether from Nikolay, his mother, or even his girlfriend who will not stop attacking me if she was paid to do so.
I pulled on my hair, and shook my head as all these thoughts kept playing in my head, and despite wiping my tears, I sobbed.
“Katerina…” I heard Nikolay’s voice from behind me. He put his hand on my shoulder, and I flinched, not wanting him to touch me. He removed his hand, taking in the fact that I needed to be alone, and sitting beside. me, he put his hand on my knee, squeezing it gently. “The two of us are going to be leaving the Estate tonight, we’ll stay at one of the hotels until our things have been packed and brought to our house.”
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“Why? So your ex can come and barge inside the house again? Or so your mother can send one of her spies to stand by the door to spy on me again?” I asked, wiping my tears. My heart ached, and I looked at him, feeling small. I had to admit, never in my life did I feel as small as I did today. The anger, the pain, and regardless of all the rules and regulations. that I have been through with my family, the insults, the anger, everything. I don’t remember ever being forced into dealing with such situations where I lost my dignity.
“Katerina, I never meant for mom to hurt you, and the last thing I expected was for Anastasia to come to the house. The two of us have ended things, she ended things, and the next morning she was at Bali, how was I supposed to know that she was going to come?” Nikolay asked, and I shook my head at the man’s arrogance and ignorance.
“The woman broke up with you, begging for your attention, but it does not mean that she meant to dump you, Nikolay. She was speaking out of anger, and she has fought to stay in the relationship with you. She didn’t just fight the world to be with you, ignored her jealousy, her fear, and pain, to just break up with you. You were just choosing to be naïve about this.” I said, shaking my head at him. “Us leaving to a different house will not be the end of anything, and if anything, it would be starting more drama and shit for the two of us, something that I do not want to deal with.”
“Believe me, Katerina the last thing that you would want to deal with is mom’s temper and anger…”
“Do you really believe that I won’t be dealing with it because we left the house? Say, yes, the two of us would be somewhat away from it, won’t she come visit? Won’t we come here? I will be living through a living cycle of hell simply because the two of us are married, and for what? Nothing. I am not fighting you for your love, because you will not give it to me. I won’t be fighting for a family, because with you, I will never have it. So, what the fuck am I fighting for? Why the fuck would I try to make this marriage work when I know for fact that you as a man want nothing to do with me?”
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I asked, bursting out. I knew that breaking down the way that I was wasn’t the wisest of things, but I couldn’t help it. The anger that I was feeling was one that I couldn’t contain, and the thing that actually surprised me was that Nikolay was actually giving me the moment to listen.
He stayed quiet for a while before wrapping his arms around me, pulling me to his chest. I tried to push him away, but the man simply tightened his grip around me, pulling me closer as he kissed the crown of my head, allowing me to breakdown. I cried, falling limp in his arms, no longer able to fight. I have been married to the man for less than a month, and since then, I have been sleeping with tears due to all the stress that I have been through.
Me being his second choice was something, but me treated like shit was another thing, and the worst part was, I was both his second choice who he treated like shit for a woman that he promised to make me regret hurting. It wasn’t my fault that he chose to marry me, he could have said no, and it wasn’t my fault that he couldn’t manage breaking it off with her without putting me through it. Had it been me, I would have been on my own, insulted as if I was in charge of all the issues of the world, but being Nikolay, the man was protected by his family, by the people that surrounded him, his money, and even his media.
“I am so sorry, Katerina.” He whispered to me, laying his head on my cheek. “Everything that is happening right now is because of me, and for that, I am so sorry…”
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I woke up in a hotel room.
My head throbbed as I opened my eyes, and the smell of food that filled my nostrils only made me feel nauseous.
I looked up to find Nikolay entering the room and setting a tray of food on the bedside table before he sat on the edge of the bed beside me. The man
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frowned in confusion when he saw that I was awake, and instead of putting his hand on my shoulder to wake me as he must have intended to, he put it back on his lap.
“How?”
“You broke down yesterday, and dozed off in my arms eventually. I carried you to the car and brought you here. I couldn’t have allowed you to stay. home, and I didn’t want us to be there when you woke up to begin with.” He said, and I nodded. He nodded at the tray beside me, and looking down at the pillow beside me, tears fell from my eyes, falling on the pillow. “I know that you might not want to eat, but a few bites would help. you regain your strength, then the two of us can decide on the house that you want us to live in.”
“I don’t really care about where I would be staying, Nikolay.”
“You are just angry with me right now, and I don’t blame you for it. But I recommend that you shower, there are clothes for you inside the closet. The maids packed a few bags for you and should send in the rest of our things before the end of the week, then we can talk.” He said, not bothering to care about what I just said. “We will see and discuss where you want us to stay to ensure privacy, safety, and comfort. We also need to put in consideration that your parents could decide to come over, and I can assume that they would want to see their daughter living somewhere decent.”
“They wouldn’t care whether or not I lived on a barn.” I muttered, making Nikolay frown. “Is there anything that you need, Nikolay?”
“Relax, and freshen up, the two of us will discuss the details later.”
“Sure.” I said, watching as he got up from the edge of the bed. I stared at the tray for a few seconds, watching as he walked out of the room to probably the living room, leaving me alone. I sat up and shook my head at the tray as I got up to go to the bathroom. I wasn’t in the mood for food
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anyway, and the last thing that I wanted to think about right now was where I was going to be living with the bastard. I still didn’t even know how I would be handling his mother if SHE ever decided to visit, and not to mention my parents who I knew were still weary after the pictures that have been spread, especially since I didn’t bother calling any of them since. I broke my phone.
I entered the bathroom, frowning when I caught sight of my reflection to see how exhausted I was, and it wasn’t until I caught the bruise that formed on my cheek that I sobbed, allowing more tears to fall from my eyes, processing the fact that she really did hurt me.
Why? Just fucking why me?
I sniffed as I sat on the floor, allowing myself to breakdown for a few seconds before looking up, my eyes hardening as my tears dried down. However, I knew that they didn’t dry down being good, no, if anything, they dried down being a BAD thing.
I stared at my reflection for a few seconds before turning on the water faucet.
“You promised to make me regret this, Nikolay, didn’t you?” I said, taking a deep breath as I sniffed. “I give you my word that it would be YOU who regrets this, boss…”
But first, I was going to need to get myself a phone.
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