Chapter Ten
It was a week after the incident with Melody, and Lisa had been doing a great job of keeping to herself. Their breakfast had resumed its usual silence, and Lisa didn’t glare at him anymore from across the table. She knew that Nikolai would never let it go if she continued acting like she was hurt about him having sex with another girl right under her nose, so she did the next thing she was skilled at - act oblivious and indifferent. It was the only way she had survived staying with her foster parents and endured all the mean things that were said to her at school.
After breakfast, the housekeeper appeared to clear the table while Nikolai gave her a small nod before rising to his feet. Today, he was wearing his usual black suit, but he had ditched the loafers for a pair of suede Chelsea boots, and it elevated his already haughty look.
Dmitri walked in from the side door leading to the quarters. He greeted Nikolai and, as usual, totally ignored Lisa, acting like she wasn’t there. It would have bothered her, but since she had promised herself to act indifferent, she just shrugged it off.
Lisa watched them as they exchanged information in silence. The only thing giving it away was their intense stare and the subtle nod of heads. It looked like they were headed somewhere important, and Lisa wondered what it could be about.
“Can I go with you?” Lisa spoke up quietly, as they both headed to the door. Abruptly, they stopped and turned to look at her at the same time, holding different expressions. While Dmitri looked at her like she was the enemy, about to hatch her plans, Nikolai watched her with a curious expression. He narrowed his eyes, and took his bottom lip into his mouth.
“Why?”
“I’m bored.” Lisa sighed exasperatedly. “I’ve been in here for too long, and I just want to go somewhere different before I lose my mind.”
“I thought you didn’t want to work anymore at that restaurant.”
“I don’t, but I don’t want to stare at the ceiling all day long while you and your… while you and Dmitri go about your days leaving me completely alone. It gets lonely sometimes.” Lisa didn’t ask Nikolai how he knew she worked at a restaurant, because even if she didn’t tell him, at this point, she had started to gather the extent of his power.
“I’ll take you to the beach when I get back,” Nikolai told her. “You can’t come with us. I’ll be putting you in danger.”
Lisa nodded, and her face dropped. She knew Nikolai wasn’t going to let her go anywhere with him, but a tiny part of her still held on to the stupid idea that he cared about her. Lisa didn’t know how many times Nikolai had to hurt her feelings before she finally got the message.
“On second thoughts, though,” Nikolai suddenly said, causing both Lisa and Dmitri to look up in surprise.
“What? Wait—did you change your mind? Seriously?” asked Lisa.
“ Seriously? ” Dmitri repeated, seemingly in agreement with her for the first time since they’d met. “She’s coming with?”
“Yes.” It was the end of that discussion, if Nikolai’s tone was of any indication, but not for Dmitri. As they waited for Lisa to go to her room to change into something more appropriate to be worn outside, Dmitri faced Nikolai.
“What was that about? Why are you letting her come with us? I thought the reason you always go to the port alone is that you don’t want people you don’t trust wholly to know where you get your arms from. So why is this girl coming with us all of a sudden? Should I be worried, Nikolai? Is something I don’t know about going on?”
Nikolai resisted the urge to tell his bodyguard that the girl had a name. “Don’t be stupid, Dmitri,” he said instead. “Have you heard of the saying that it is best to keep your enemies closer than your friends? That is exactly what I’m doing with her. If you turn out to be right, isn’t leaving her in the mansion more dangerous?”
This was the first time Nikolai was taking someone other than himself and Dmitri to the port, and it had nothing to do with the bullshit reason he had just given his best friend. Lisa didn’t feel like an enemy to Nikolai in the least, and he only said that to pacify Dmitri and get him off his back. The real reason, however, was the way her face had dropped when he had declared that she couldn’t accompany them. For some weird reason, Nikolai felt that he had let her down, and the mere knowledge of that made him feel sick. If he had gone out of the mansion with her face ingrained in his memory that way, he would have had a terrible day. Lisa was beginning to affect him more than he thought. Melody hadn’t done shit to remedy the situation.
Maybe fucking her out of his system was going to do the trick. But he doubted that Lisa would allow him anywhere near her after the way he had dismissed her the last time.
When has the Russian Bear ever allowed something like that to stop him?
Dmitri stared at Nikolai in confusion. None of it made sense. But he wasn’t going to tell that to the Russian Bear. He had worked long with Nikolai to understand that he always had a backup plan for everything he did.
“Okay.” Dmitri got into the Range Rover they had chosen to take out as soon as Lisa walked out of the house. She took the back seat while Nikolai sat beside her. Her soft smell of strawberries teased his nostrils, and Nikolai chuckled suddenly, the growl from the vibration of his chest causing Lisa to wonder if he had really hit his head somewhere.
“What?” she muttered, rolling her eyes.
“You are rolling your eyes. It makes sense now.”
Lisa couldn’t be any more confused.
“You intentionally added more fragrance when you went up the stairs, didn’t you? You wanted to tease me, and I’m glad to tell you that you’ve succeeded. And then you rolled your eyes. That is the starter pack for being seductive.”
“How does that even make sense?” Was he trying to be funny right now?
“You’ll see it when I make your eyes roll for the right reason.”
Lisa’s eyes opened widely in surprise. She turned from Nikolai to Dmitri, who was driving, and back to Nikolai. Wasn’t he worried that Dmitri could hear him?
“He isn’t listening,” Nikolai muttered, following the direction of her eyes.
“Still.”
“Would you rather do this when he isn’t present?”
“I’d rather not talk to you.” Lisa folded her arms around her body and turned to look at the traffic through the closed windows. She knew no one could see her since the panes were tinted, and it made her feel safe, untouchable even.
“Because I make you feel rattled?”
“ Because …” Lisa turned back to look at him sharply. “Because you confuse me.”
Nikolai angled his head, silence resounding in the car. He brought down the partition slowly, blocking out Dmitri. Even though his best friend never seemed to listen in on his conversations, he still felt the need to protect Lisa from the slightest possibility of anyone hearing what went on in her head. She felt safe with him, and he wasn’t going to tamper with that.
At least, not yet.
“I confuse you,” Nikolai repeated softly, a stark contrast to his general outlook. “What part of me does?”
“Every part - from how you act like you want me one second to the way you don’t care that I’m in the room the next. And you don’t even care about how I feel after you do all that. You just act like everything is back to normal.”
“Oh! I want you all the time,” Nikolai said casually, like they were talking about the different tastes of the new release of wines. “And I am painstakingly aware that you are in a room, even before you walk in.”
Lisa opened her mouth to say something, then closed it back, stunned into silence. Before now, Nikolai had never admitted ever feeling anything for her, even in the slightest. He just acted like she was some sort of property that he could lay a claim on.
“Did I just stun you into silence? That is a first.”
“If you want me like you claim, why don’t you act like it?”
“Because if I did, krastoka , you would be unable to walk for a week. I was only being gentle on you the last time because it was your first, but in my head, I had already thought of the different ways I could make you pleasure me, and I you. If I did, krastoka , my dick would be buried so deep in you even now, and your pussy would hold on for dear life and try to keep it right there, as if it belonged there. Because it does. I’d fuck you hard until you have multiple orgasms, and even then, I would not stop. Your second hole would receive me gladly, and you’d wince in pain the first time, but you’d enjoy it; your limbs would shake in pleasure as you cum all over my dick. Yet, you still wouldn’t let go. I’d allow you to ride me, like my own little whore, with your hair messy from the assault of my hands. Do you still want me to act like it? I don’t think I want to stop, now. Your anger turns me on in the hottest of ways, and right now, I’m thinking of how hot you’d look below me on these new car seats.”
Lisa felt all the air from the car evaporate, even though the AC was on at its highest level. All the words were getting to her, and she pressed her thighs together unconsciously as the heat spread down there. Feeling parched, she flicked her tongue across her lips, and Nikolai’s eyes followed the movement. A low growl resounded from his chest, like a wolf pleased with the sight of his meal.
“Dmitri,” Nikolai called as he raised the partition, still holding Lisa’s gaze. “Handle it yourself.”
Lisa hadn’t even realized that the car had stopped moving. She looked through the window and saw that they were on some sort of pathway that led to an even narrower one. There was no one else in sight save a much smaller car parked beside them.
A deserted sight, maybe?
A few weeks ago, Lisa would be perturbed to be in a place like this, but she felt safe with Nikolai. Although he didn’t act like it, Lisa was sure he would not allow harm to come her way.
Dmitri got out of the car, obeying Nikolai’s instructions, and went down the path without asking questions. The Russian Bear didn’t even wait for Dmitri to be out of sight before wrapping a hand around Lisa’s waist and pulling her closer. He had never been one to bother with kissing a woman because he felt that it was a totally unnecessary part of sexual gratification. But with Lisa’s face so close to his that he could feel her warm breath, his eyes slid to her full lips, and he wanted to take turns pressing his lips to hers and then allowing her to suck his cock.
Everything felt so appealing right now, he wanted it all at the same time.
Lisa felt so small in his arms, so much so that she looked breakable. And a part of Nikolai knew that if he exerted too much pressure, he probably would. It was the reason he had yet to take her into his secret room, despite how many promises she had shown in satisfying his insane sexual drive, which started occurring the moment she stepped into his life.
Lisa wiggled closer to him, and that low growl resounded from Nikolai’s chest again. He never thought Lisa knew how to be submissive, yet here she was, showing that she wanted him without him making her see it. Although Nikolai hated to admit it, this woman was the perfect shade of intrigue. He had always been one to love a combination of a fighter in a woman as well as a submissive. All the fuckers he had been with all bowed at his feet, content for him to do with them as he pleased. Nikolai enjoyed those moments, but they bored him sometimes.
But not his krastoka.
Lisa closed the little space left, placing her lips softly against his. The kiss felt hesitant at first, because she was scared he would push her away since he had never kissed her before. But when Nikolai knotted her hair around his finger, tugging her impossibly closer, Lisa kissed him again, with more certainty this time. She loved how he moaned into her mouth and how he closed his eyes as if trying to store the moment in memory.
Suddenly, Nikolai broke the kiss and lifted her in one swift movement, so that she landed on his thighs, straddling him. A gasp escaped Lisa’s lips, and her needy eyes swept through his face. All of the emotions she had strived to keep at bay this past week after he had carried another woman up the stairs before her eyes came rushing back. Lisa ground her core to his growing erection through the cotton of their cloth, and she threw her head back in unabashed pleasure as her core began pulsing with need.
Despite everything Nikolai was and stood for, her body still wanted him. It was the most insane thing that had ever happened to her.
“ Krastoka ,” Nikolai whispered in her ears, pulling her flush against his chest. “Do you trust me?”
Lisa knew she should say no and run as far away from this man as possible. But she nodded at once, looking at him with expectancy. He loved the way her gray eyes watched him, and Nikolai took pride in the fact that she would look only at him this way. Nobody else would have dared lay a hand on her as long as she was his.
Nikolai flipped her around and brought her to her knees on the chair. He took the floor, going on his knees, too, and unzipping his pants. Lisa craned her head to watch as his hands worked with such strength and casual confidence.
“Hold on to the seat,” he instructed in a surprisingly clear voice, yet it still made Lisa shiver in anticipation. Her lips parted slightly as she raised both hands to the seat, watching, waiting. She felt Nikolai’s hands on her butt as he slowly caressed her through her clothes. Lisa wanted more, so she moved against his palms and pressed herself to him.
You’re so shameless!
“You’ve wanted me from the very first day I met you,” Nikolai murmured and slid a hand to the front of her pants. “I saw it in your piercing gray eyes, the way you drank me greedily like you were scared you wouldn’t get another sip anytime soon. You must have been over the moon when I asked you to come live with me.”
Lisa’s heart thumped erratically as she combed through her brain, thinking of the most suitable response. Even though she feared Nikolai was right, it was the last thing she was going to admit to him.
“You’re wrong,” she moaned, her eyes closed when she felt his hands on her panties now. She had no idea when he worked his way through her zipper. “I was just wondering what sort of creep orders strangers into their home.”
“Mh,” he mumbled, teasing Lisa through her folds and sliding two fingers inside her, listening to her gasps. She was ready for something new. “Then why were you dripping wet for me that day? I could smell your arousal every-fucking-where, and if I hadn’t had somewhere urgent to be, I would have ordered Dmitri out of that car and fucked you senseless until you screamed my name out like a fucking anthem.”
Nikolai was right about that, but it was one of the many things Lisa wouldn’t be admitting to him anytime soon. “Fuck you!” she muttered, knowing it would get him pissed.
And it sure did.
Nikolai inserted a third finger with brutal force, and pain shot through Lisa’s core and ended deep in her stomach. But she couldn’t tell which emotion she should focus on - the ravaging pain or the insanely growing sensation that had found its way to her aching nipples. She could feel them pressing against her bra, begging to be released. Lisa had never done well with pain, yet she liked this one. She wanted it.
“What did I tell you about following instructions?”
Lisa would have pointed out that she hadn’t particularly defiled any of his orders, but now, his hands had left her core and were tugging down her pants. He didn’t take her panties off but only shifted them to one corner, using a finger to hold them in place. Nikolai slid his hands into her mound again and stretched her moisture to her butt hole, filling it with her release.
“What are you doing?” Lisa asked with a shaky breath.
“Exactly what you want me to do. You want me to act like I want you? Have at it!”
He plunged his dick into her butt-hole at once, and a blinding pain overtook Lisa, making her scream out. Her vision was obscured by the tears that had sprung out of her eyes, and she found it difficult to see through them. She could feel her head trying to make sense of the pain, to single it out of the assault going on there, but it was all foggy now. There was a sweet pleasure arising, and the pain was lodged somewhere in the middle.
And Lisa thought she must be a weirdo at this point because she loved it.
And she hated that she did.
Nikolai’s hand still held on to her panties that he had tugged to a corner as he fucked her butthole, spreading his fingers wide enough to stroke her folds at the same time. He pounded into her, the hole tightening around his cock like it was made just for him. Nikolai was tempted to get lost in it, but he had to have control. He was a Davydov.
Yet, this woman made him think about it.
Nikolai grasped onto her hair with his other hand and pulled her to him until her back hit his chest. Lisa’s bare throat was exposed to him in response, and he splayed his fingers on her slender neck, putting just the right amount of pressure. She thrashed in his arms and moaned like a starved animal.
Heat rippled through Lisa, from the core of her stomach down to her mound, and she cried out in release as her whole body spasmed. Nikolai didn’t stop, neither did he remove his hand from her folds. Her cum spluttered on his fingers, and the heat made him impossibly harder. Nikolai felt his cock stretch inside her as he released into the hole. He pulled out immediately and used his other hand to stuff back his cum into both holes while he licked off her cum from his fingers.
“If any drops to the floor, we will start again,” he asserted in his deep-set voice when Lisa was starting to turn around. Biting her tongue to stop herself from saying anything, she knelt still as Nikolai released her panties and pulled up her pants. When she was fully clothed, he re-did his zipper, then asked her to turn around.
“Don’t tell me to show you that I want you next time.” Nikolai threw himself on the seat and looked out the window.
Lisa stayed quiet, not saying a word through Dmitri’s return to the car, nor during their ride home. She thought about the threat laced in the words he uttered and how it was ideal to listen to him. Lisa knew she was falling for the monster, because even after he made her cry, she didn’t mind having him inside her again. Her butthole felt sore as it rubbed on the leather when Dmitri hit a bump, as if reminding her of how feral Nikolai could be. In fact, the whole nature seemed to scream at her to run the other direction.
Yet, she cast subtle glances at him, wondering what went through his head. She was sure he wanted her as much as she wanted him, yet there was something else that was holding him back. Was it the fact that she thought he looked familiar? Had he recognized her from somewhere?
The instant they got back to the mansion and walked in, Lisa halted in her steps as her eyes took in the faces in the living room. The men there were hard-faced and dressed in dark-colored suits, just like Nikolai. But they were not as young as him. In fact, the youngest one of them looked over ten years older than Nikolai.
“Go upstairs!” Nikolai ordered without looking at her. It was the first time he was speaking to her since he fucked her in the car.
Tired and sore and not interested in starting a battle, especially before all the foreign faces, who were watching her closely with curious eyes and subtle smirks, Lisa stalked up the stairs, leaving Nikolai and Dmitri with the guests.
“New toy?” Andreyev asked Nikolai when he joined them.
“Keep your eyes to yourself,” Nikolai retorted as he sat on the edge of the couch facing them. He knew why they were here. The Petrova family was getting Nikolai more tense, especially since he had heard nothing from them since the last time.
“You seem to be particularly feisty about this one,” Andreyev drawled in a strong Russian accent, looking in the direction of the stairs. “I don’t think you’d want to share her like the others, would you?”
Folding his hands into a fist, Nikolai refrained from punching his face in, not stopping until the crunch of his bones resounded in the air. He remained that way as the members of the Leadership family brought him up to speed about the Petrova family. They were closer than he had thought, and if he was going to fight them, he had to be prepared. Nikolai knew his mansion was adequately fortified, so they wouldn’t be able to gain entrance from there.
The only option available to them was to do so in public.
And if they tried it, Nikolai would be ready for them.