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“Oh, let me guess … to your friend Matt? That won’t be necessary anymore.” He snickers.
“How do you know about Matt? Oh God, what have you done with him?” I put a hand over my mouth and tears fill my eyes.
“I know everything. And Matt is no longer your concern.”
I look down at the floor, my heart jackhammering in my chest. My pulse pounds through my veins like it’s coursing to the beat of bongo drums. I inhale through my nose, trying to control the nausea that keeps swelling like an angry ocean and threatening to consume me.
Oh shit, poor Matt, he was only trying to help me. This could be the end of me now. How could I forgive myself that this cruel man killed an innocent man?
“You’re a fucking psychopath! This is your baby, our baby, and I will not let you fucking torture me!” I scream at him.
Maybe he will care about our baby. Maybe he will realize that he needs me. If he sees me caring for our child, he won’t hurt me.
Sergey chuckles from deep in his chest, and closes the distance between us, making me nervous and excited at the same time. He puts his hands on my neck as he presses me back against the wall. His fingers hold me tight, but his thumbs run up and down the front of my throat. Instead of being afraid, I find it ridiculously seductive.
My stomach plummets to my feet but it would be a lie to say there was not a rush of desire consuming my body. I should be terrified, but instead, I’m throbbing. I hate myself for it.
Why am I so attracted to the man who wants to kill me? I should have left any feelings I had for him back in New York on that plane where they belonged. But the truth is, I missed him.
Sergey’s fingers squeeze so tight I’m sure that there will be bruises. Each breath I take feels like swallowing a mouthful of sand.
His lips brush against my ear. “Don’t provoke me. If you try anything stupid, I will cut that baby out of you and then kill you. Fucking try me one more time, Anna!”
He steps back, giving my neck a final squeeze before walking away from me. He nods to Denis and leaves the room.
Another man the size of a brick house comes through the door. His forehead wrinkles as he looks down at me. “I thought that she’d be unconscious. The boss said he wants her tied up and ready for him.”
They were going to tie me up and take me somewhere to be killed.
For a moment, this feels like it can’t be real. It has to be a terrible nightmare.
I dig the heels of my hands into my eyes, rubbing them and trying to wake up. When I do, my surroundings fade into my childhood bedroom and nothing horrible ever would have happened to me. I would be back with my father, and I would have never met Sergey.
Denis sighs and yanks my hands away from my face, bringing me back to reality. “If you make this difficult, I will drug you and transport you that way. Now move through the door, or I'll have Henrik tie you up so tight that the blood will only flow to the baby.”
Tears spring back into my eyes, flowing down my cheeks as I cast one last look at the picture on the ground.
I’m so sorry, Dad. I tried to get away.
My heart rips itself in two as I follow Henrik out the door and down the hall.
This was supposed to be my chance to escape. I was going to get to live a free life without the Bratva hanging over my head. It was what Dad wanted for me.
It was his dying wish.
I failed him. I broke my promise, and it hurts more than the knowledge that I’m now a prisoner to a blue-eyed demon.
Chapter 14 - Sergey
The monitors that line the back wall of my office highlight different sections of my home. I slam against the keyboard in my lap, looking through the camera feeds until I find Anna.
She’s only been at my home for a couple of hours and already I am exhausted with her being here. I can’t get any work done.
Every time I try to address a problem with the books or an incoming shipment of guns, I find myself turning back to the camera just to catch a glimpse of her.
It is a shame that she has created so many problems for me.
I must make her pay.
