Chapter 51

•Evangeline•

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A week had passed since our kiss in the gym. Nikolai had to go out of the country for his business or his mafia, I wouldn't know. He doesn't tell me anything about what he does.

I went to the gym a few times alone but it didn't feel the same or right without Nikolai. Since Grace and I were alone in the house, I realized she wasn't so bad. She could be described as over-friendly something I'm definitely not used to. After my parent's death, I have spent most of my time with Nikolai and Scott and they were the least friendly people on earth.

Right now, Grace and I were reclining on the lounge chairs while she babbled continuously about ex-boyfriends. Grace had a long loss of ex-boyfriends, all of them were of mafia backgrounds.

Her father was abusive towards her mother, he beat her up a lot, so Grace was used to getting slapped around by her stupid boyfriends. She was surprised and ecstatic that her father had paired her up with Nikolai, she couldn't ask for a bet