Chapter 21
Katerina:
I woke up in Nikolay’s arms as he held me to his chest.
I don’t even know how I ended up sleeping on his chest to begin with. But all I could really remember was us watching a movie, under the blanket as it grew colder, and then I woke up.
The TV was still on, and the mugs were still on the table in front of us, and I couldn’t help but smile as I looked up to see him sleeping peacefully as he took deep and slow breaths.
I ran my finger over his scruff before I could actually stop myself, and looking down at his chest, I couldn’t help the blush that formed on my cheeks as I recalled our conversation yesterday.
I knew that it was wrong of me to threaten him, or more specifically, warn him the way that I did. The man had every right to do what he wanted considering the fact that the two of us agreed to marry on a contract or deal, but I had to admit that it still hurt to know that it was that easy to cheat on me the way that he did.
“Morning.” Nikolay said, tightening his grip around me. He opened his eyes to look at me, his voice deep with sleep, and I couldn’t help but blush when I saw him giving me a gentle smile. He looked up at me, sitting up as he pulled me with him. He looked down at me, running his finger over my cheek as he smiled.
“Good morning, Nikolay.” I said, putting my hand on my chest as I pushed him away. He looked down at my hand before sighing and letting me go, watching as I sat more comfortably.
His eyes met mine, and he removed my hair from my cheek, tucking it behind my ear. “It seems like the two of us ended up dozing off.”
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“I am aware, though when it happened, I have no idea. But the two of us dozed of, deep enough to not even notice how cold it was in the room.” I said, and he chuckled. It was indeed cold, due to snowing, the weather inside the house was freezing. We didn’t really turn on the heater, wanting to open it when we were done with the movie considering the blanket and clothes that we were wearing, but it seems like we just fell asleep without bothering.
“Explains how we ended up cuddling.” Nikolay said, making me laugh. My cheeks reddened, and he smiled.
The house’s landline rang, breaking the conversation, and I knew that it was housekeeping, calling to ask for permission to come and clean. There were two maids that would be coming in a bit as well to do laundry, and that meant that Nikolay and I needed to get moving if they were going to come to ensure that they didn’t see us laying the way that we were.
“I’ll let them inside, and give them the instructions on what to do.” I said, and he nodded. I watched as Nikolay got up from the couch as I answered the landline, opening the elevator without needing to check who it was.
The elevator’s door opened, and I frowned when I saw who walked out, FOLLOWED by the maids. Nikolay, who was still picking up his phone frowned, wrapping his arm around my waist as he pulled me behind him, and glaring at the woman, he squeezed my waist gently, assuring me that he wasn’t going to let her hurt me.
“I believe that the two of you are done playing house.” She said, crossing her arms over her chest. “It is time for the two of you to come home.”
“We are already home, and we will be moving to our place soon enough.” Nikolay said, his eyes and tone darkening as he looked at his mother. The woman looked behind her, at the two maids who were in the room, and I nodded at them to leave, giving us our privacy. I would be calling them to come back later, and she raised an eyebrow at me.
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“You are starting to learn how to act like a wife and a lady of the house, impressive.” She said, mocking me as she spoke, I had to admit, the slap that she gave me was not only fresh in my head, but the bruise that she gave me was yet to even heal; therefore, for her to be in front of me right now was not something that I accepted.
“I’ll have you know that I went to the hospital, and I got a report to have been hit.” I said, glaring at her. In fact, it was actually Nikolay’s idea to do so. Whatever his reason was, I didn’t really ask, but considering the fact. that he asked me to do so, then he must have a valid reason for it.
“You did what?” She asked, glaring at me. Nikolay stayed quiet, looking at his mother whose eyes were wide in surprise.
“I have reported the fact that you hit me, but I chose to keep the case open without pressing charges. However, I am put in a protection program, you would be getting the notice of it as soon as my lawyer gets everything set, I figured that I would let you know about it myself before the legal team does call you.” I said, my tone hardening. Again, this was Nikolay’s idea. The man, for some reason, wanted to protect me from her, and I can only assume that he predicted the fact that she would be finding and coming to us. This would be making the whole thing a lot easier for the two of us.
“And you agreed to this?” She asked, turning to her son whose eyes hardened. “My own son, you agreed for a slut of a wife to do this?”
I frowned at her words, but chose not to say anything. If I were a slut, then I knew that her son would be very well aware of it, and not only that, but I knew for fact that he would be resenting any form of interaction with me. Nikolay, up until we came to this hotel after what happened between his mum and I, avoided all sources of communication with me; therefore, the last thing I expected was for him to think of talking to me if he knew that I was a slut.
“You brought her to be my wife. You arranged our marriage, and made sure that I didn’t get out of it because you believe that the woman is ‘good‘
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for me as a bride. Now that she has stood up to you, she is a slut?” Nikolay asked, raising an eyebrow. “You crossed all moral lines when you laid your hand on her. And I do believe that you are aware of it. The woman is not your daughter, and even if she was, she is an adult to be respected, but then again, what do you know about that, right?”
“What is that supposed to mean?” She asked, frowning in both anger and confusion. I had to fight back flinching as I saw her anger in her eyes; however, it didn’t seem to matter to Nikolay who was glaring at her as if she’s grown a second head. The woman’s eyes flared with anger and rage. My heart raced, but I chose to keep my eyes on her.
“You should look back at the past that you made us all live, and I do believe that you know very well what I mean. You are just too frightened right now to actually admit it.” Nikolay said, glaring daggers at her. “You made us all live through hell, under your shadow because of your egoistic reasons, and now, I am not going to allow you to do that to the woman that I married, or more specifically, the woman YOU chose for me to marry.”
“So, you chose her over family? Is that what I am understanding?”
“Are you going to threaten me with money again?” Nikolay asked, smirking at her. “Because I will have you know, the difference between Katerina and Anastasia is that she would take me with nothing but my name.”
“You won’t even have a name to value though.” She said, and Nikolay smirked.
“I’ll take that as a challenge.” He said, before turning to kiss my temple. “If you have nothing else to tell me, my wife and I have things to tend to…”
