Epilogue - Bardil
Her recovery was quick after the incident that had me rushing her to the hospital.
It just proves how strong she is and how fiercely she fights for what matters to her.
And I keep relearning, to my heart's content, that I am one of those things that matter to her. One of those things that she will always fight for.
This girl is everything to me, and since I've opened myself up to the truth of love, it's been consuming every waking moment of my life.
Nikita comes down the stairs, her hand resting over her swollen belly.
She's absolutely gorgeous with her growing baby bump and her hair looking more silky than ever before.
She sighs and pauses at the bottom of the stairs.
"Is today one of those days?" I ask, walking to her.
"It is. I'm exhausted. I'm tired all the way into my bones like my entire body wants to give up and sleep for all eternity," she groans dramatically. I chuckle and wrap my arms around her, letting her lean against me.
"What can I do for you, little rabbit?"
"A foot massage?" she asks, perking up.
I lift her off her feet and carry her to the sofa, setting her down gently, then sitting next to her and pulling her feet onto my lap.
The moment I wrap my hand around her foot and apply steady, smooth pressure to her sole, she groans with pleasure, and her eyes roll a little in her head.
"Oh… my… goodness," she sighs in heavenly relief. "You have no idea how good that feels."
"Do you want me to cancel tonight's dinner?" I ask, still rubbing her feet.
"No, I think I'll steal a little afternoon siesta and be fine later. At least they made the dinner early. What time do we have to be there? Five?"
"Yes, your brother wants us there at five. He's making steaks on the barbecue and thought it would be nice to have sunset views while we fired them up."
"Mm. Yes, it'll be ok. I can sit with my feet up there anyway. It's not like I have to run around and do anything."
"Alright, but if you get tired or want to leave at any point, you just give me the look, and I'll know," I grin.
"Are you trying to get out of my family dinner?" She raises her brows, teasing me.
A few months ago, this comment might have held some truth, but since her and I fully chose each other, I have been committed to making things better between her family and myself.
Four months. Four months of having this beautiful, special, unique creature in my life. Properly and fully in my life. Four months of watching our baby grow inside her and of sharing moments with her that I would never want to share with anyone else.
Four months of bliss and happiness greater than I thought possible.
I raise my brows and grin mischievously. "I was thinking of maybe declaring I have a sudden migraine. It just came out of nowhere," I groan, scrunching my eyes in agony.
She leans forward and punches my arm. "Oh, shush. You're terrible," she laughs.
I grab her hand and pull her onto my lap. "And you're beautiful," I whisper, kissing her perfect lips.
The sunset is absolutely stunning.
The delicious aroma of fired steaks fills the air, and I have the most beautiful woman in the world sitting on my lap, laughing.
Valery shakes her head and scoffs. "And that wasn't even the worst part!" she declares. "The guy then decided to give me his number!"
"He didn't," Nikita laughs harder, then grabs her belly and gasps. "You're going to make me pee!" she snorts.
"Hey, she's sitting on my lap, stop making her laugh!" I declare loudly.
Valery and Talia laugh harder, picturing the hilarity of me getting peed on by my pregnant girl.
"What? You're not into golden showers?" Talia teases.
I scoff. "What I'm into is absolutely none of your business!"
Her eyes glitter with mischief. "That's a yes. What do you think, Val? It sounded a little too defensive."
Nikita is laughing even harder now. She wiggles off my lap and shakes her head, holding her hand over her belly. "I'm really going to pee a little if they don't stop."
But her face is so lit up that I can't help laughing with them.
Matvei comes over and scans over us. "What's going on here? It sounds like the whole party is in this corner," he asks.
"We were just hearing about how Bardil likes getting golden showers from your sister," Talia informs him.
Matvei's blush is dark red, and the horror on his face is brilliantly amusing. His discomfort at the topic of conversation bursts a new roll of laughter from everyone.
"What is wrong with you guys? I don't need to know those things, sheesh, you know I can't stop picturing it now. Dammit. I'll never get that image out of my head, Talia!" Matvei groans.
He shakes his head, but when Valery and Talia are laughing so hard they're crying, he realizes they're joking and joins in too.
"Dammit, I almost believed you," he complains. "I mean, I love you, man, but seriously, I don't need to know that stuff."
I put my hands in the air, gasping for air. "Dude, I'm right there with you. Certain things are not for family discussions," I agree.
"What is not for family discussions?" Diomid asks, arriving at the conversation late.
"No!" Matvei and I spout at the same time, cutting Valery and Talia off.
"Alrighty then, I guess I didn't want to know," Diomid smirks. "The steaks are almost ready to come off. Who's hungry?"
"I'll help you," I say, standing up and kissing Nikita on the forehead. "You ok? You need a bucket or something?"
She gasps in horror and grabs my arm to bite the flesh bit. I yelp and jump back. "Sorry, I was just trying to be helpful," I chuckle, rubbing the red teeth marks.
Secretly, I love it when she gets feisty. Her little nips and gently slaps. They're all a bit kinky. And she knows that the feistier she gets, the feistier I get in return. So whenever she does it, it's like an invitation for me. Her silent request to be bent over the bed and spanked.
"I'll help too. But first I'm going to pee," she says.
"No, little rabbit. Sit, relax. I will bring you a plate of food the moment it's ready," I tell her, declining her offer.
Behind us, there is a loud splash, a squeal of laughter, and a yelp.
We turn to see Jaroslav throwing Timofei in the pool, clothes and all.
Marlen is standing with his phone out, filming it.
Everyone is laughing.
Timofei surfaces and shouts, "I cannot believe you actually did it!"
"You lost the bet, man. Fair and square."
Tim throws his hands in the air. "Fair enough. Jeez, the water is great. Who wants to join me?"
Nikita was right all along. These are good people. Her family, the Shevs, they're all good people. I'm trying hard to earn their trust after everything that happened, and they are returning the favor by earning mine. It's taking time, but mostly, we're there. We're a family.
Marlen and Simon have completely let go of all the bullshit I did in the past. They're my brothers. They always were and always will be, and I think that going through this taught us that our family is much stronger than we gave it credit for.
The barbecue is a lot of fun.
But shortly after eating, I glance at Nikita's face, and she immediately throws me the look.
She's done so well. Anyone here wouldn't guess how tired she was this afternoon.
She's bubbly and happy and talkative. But now she's run out of steam, and I imagine a tummy full of food has her wishing she could crawl into bed. I nod, grinning.
Standing up, I take her hand and pull her to her feet.
"Thank you all for an amazing evening, but I am going to get this beautiful home to rest."
"Thanks for coming, guys. Don't forget next Saturday we have a pool party!" Diomid calls out from near the barbecue.
"We'll be there," Nikita says.
After waving a general goodbye to everyone, I walk her out to the car and open her door for her. She climbs in, and I can't help but notice the naughty smile on her face.
"What are you looking so mischievous for?" I ask, climbing into the driver's side.
"Nothing," she says, as innocent as ever.
"Mm… I know that look," I smirk.
"Oh, do you?" she teases, pulling her face straight.
I start the car and pull out of her brothers' estate, heading home.
"I know that look very well," I nod.
Luckily, we live five minutes from her brother's place. We're home before we know it, and already my body is humming with excitement.
Nikita climbs out of the car, and I walk around to meet her on the other side, scooping her into my arms as we walk up the stairs to our front door.
She giggles and nuzzles her face into my neck.
"If you didn't get me out of there so quickly, I might have pulled you into a back room and taken advantage of you," she whispers.
"Little rabbit, I would have been the most willing person you'd ever taken advantage of," I growl, kicking the door open and carrying her upstairs to our bed.
I set her down on her feet next to the bed and run my hands down her body. She bites her lip and her eyes heat with need.
"I want you to fuck me from behind," she mutters, her voice edged with a sweet purr.
"Little rabbit, you know how rough I get when you bend over for me. Aren't you too tired?" I warn her.
She shakes her head and turns her back to me, dancing against me and rubbing her ass against my cock. I watch her in the mirror on the wall in front of us. Fuck sakes, she's gorgeous.
I growl with warning and pull her harder against me, pushing my cock against her body.
"Don't say I didn't warn you," I whisper against her ear.
She shivers with delight as I reach down and grab the hem of her dress and slowly pull it up over her head.
"No underwear?" I snarl. "The whole night?"
"No, I took them off in the car," she grins.
"Baby girl, you are teasing me too much," I murmur, walking her to the edge of the bed and pushing her forward. She bends over it, resting her hands on the blankets and arching her back in the most beautiful way. Her pussy is on display for me, and she's on her tiptoes.
I stand with my feet on either side of hers, forcing her to clamp her legs closed.
From this angle, with her bent forward like that, her pussy is mine for the taking, and I love how it wraps even tighter around me when she stands like this.
I tug my pants open, watching her as she glances over her shoulder at me. Her dark hair spills like silk over her back and onto the blankets.
She moves to touch herself, and I snarl. "Don't you dare. That's my pussy. You only get to touch it if I give you permission."
She bites her lip and touches herself anyway. I grab her wrist and lean over her, pinning it against her back.
"What did I just tell you, little rabbit?" I demand.
She giggles.
The sound ripples through me in the most delicious ways.
I release her hand and stand up again, pulling my cock free of my pants as it throbs and pulses in my hand. I stroke my hand back and forth over my shaft as I watch her.
"I dare you to disobey me again," I say.
She doesn't hesitate. Her hand slips between her legs, and I watch her fingers dip into her pussy and come out slick with her honey.
I slap my hand hard across her ass cheek, and she yelps and withdraws her hand.
I love how much this turns her on. She's so feverish with lust now that I can visibly see her pussy swelling. It's so fucking beautiful.
I slap her again, this time right against those perfect, swollen pink pussy lips.
My hand strokes across her sensitive flesh, and she cries out louder but arches her pussy higher toward me. Begging me to fuck her.
Slick wetness drips from her pussy, and I groan in pleasure at the sight of it.
I step forward and rub my cock over her clit, rubbing that honey onto my shaft.
She shudders as my cock slides over her.
The sounds she makes… my fuck… they could bring me to my knees.
Nikita wiggles against my cock, and my tip slips inside her. Sneaky.
Cheeky.
I want to pull out to punish her, but it feels so fucking good I can't.
So instead of pulling out, I thrust hard into her.
My hips slam against her ass, and she gasps, fighting for breath as my cock fills her up and goes deep inside her. She loses her mind for a moment.
I pull out and thrust in again.
"Fuck," I groan, trying to control myself, but I can't.
I grab her hips in both hands and fuck her harder and faster.
Her moans are loud and in time to every thrust. Her fingers knot in the blankets as she screams with pleasure as my cock grows even harder inside her.
Her pussy is already pulsing over me. This is what happens with us. There is so much desire, so much lust, so much passion… that when we fuck the first time, it is hard and wild.
It's the second time that lasts hours.
Nikita is rocking back against me with every push into her. She's moving faster, and her pussy is tightening.
I can't hold back anymore, and when her pussy convulses over my cock and she sprays her beautiful squirting come all over me, I explode with force inside her.
I keep fucking her until she stops squirting. And then a little longer.
She collapses onto the bed on her back and grins up at me.
"I think I might need a little snack before we start round two." She smiles.
"Pizza?" I ask, smiling down at her.
"What do you want?" she asks.
"Marry me," I demand.
She sits up, her eyes wide with shock.
"What?" she stammers.
I lean over her and grab her jaw in my hands. I pull her face toward mine and kiss her. "Marry me, Nikita," I demand.
She laughs, tears spill from her eyes, and she nods. "Ok," she stammers. "I will."
"It's not like I was going to give you a choice, but it's nice that you said yes," I smirk.
She wraps her arms around my neck and pulls me onto the bed, onto her.
"Forget about the pizza. I'm ready for more," she whispers.
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THE END