•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌Uncle Luca, Leo, and I laughed at an overly lame joke the President of the Senate had uttered. We had invited the man into our house for dinner, he had been on good terms with Uncle Luca when they were young, they both went to the same school in Sicily but then drifted apart later in life. Uncle Luca had decided to rekindle their lost friendship because I needed something from this man. Apparently in New York City, I was still the missing girl and Leo was still on the list of most wanted criminals. My so-called parents were still looking for me and my name had been stamped everywhere, the government officials were on high alert for anyone named Evangeline Bolton. The second I'll set foot in my country again, the first thing the American government will do is to cage me in a cell, arrest Leo, and alert my so-called parents. And we all know who those so-called parents work for. The second they'll know, their next stop will be Nikolai Costello—the tornado of dar
•Nikolai•╌═❁═╌I stared at the box placed in front of my door. A plain black box with a pink ribbon tied to it neatly, like a birthday present. I could imagine it was the return gift for the package I sent over the Moretti's territory. Lorenzo raised an eyebrow. "Do you want me to open it?" "It could be a bomb that can detonate the second we'll open it" Scott voiced, lightly kicking the box. "I don't think so," Marco added. "Lorenzo, open it" I ordered. Lorenzo dropped to his haunches and pulled the pink ribbon off the box, he took off the lid and we saw another box inside it. This one was wrapped up quite badly and it was enclosed in plastic wrap. Lorenzo pulled a cutter out of his pocket and stabbed the plastic wrap, cutting it, and making blood spill out of it. Fuck! What was it? An animal? The stench of blood hit my nose, and Lorenzo pulled the plastic off, and a decapitated head dropped out of it. It wasn't any decapitated head, it was the severed head of my informant from
•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌The plane hit the tarmac and I closed my eyes, taking a deep breath. We stepped down the air stairs and a line of black SUVs were parked out front for me and my men. Enzo had taken care of everything, Uncle Luca had a lot of property in the united states, a few of which were apartment complexes. We drove to the buildings, I checked my cellphone a couple of times as a certain restlessness ghosted over my skin. Enzo placed a hand over the small of my back and led me to the elevators. He pushed a button that took us straight to the top, straight to the penthouse suites. My men put my luggage and stuff into my room and went back down, leaving me and Enzo alone. "If you need anything, just call me, my suite is right across from yours," Enzo said before turning to walk out. "Enzo..." "Yeah?" "Find out where Nikolai Costello is right at this moment" Enzo frowned. "Why? It was a long flight, you should rest, we will do something about him tomorrow" I squeezed my
•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌I got out of the car and slammed the door shut. I watched my men getting on high alert as they noticed a shift in my behavior. I was pissed off! I could hear Enzo calling me from behind but Marcello pressed a hand to his chest, pushing him back. "What did you do?" he turned to me. "Boss, what did he do?"I glared at Enzo and then shook my head. "It's alright, Marcello, let him go" Marcello stepped out of his way and Enzo followed me into the building. I stepped into a different elevator to get to my floor, I really didn't want to be in such a small space with him right now because I might commit a murder. With a ding, the elevator doors slid open and I walked to my penthouse suite. I swiped the key; entered my apartment and I was about to close the door, Enzo stuck his foot between the door. I glared at his foot and raised an eyebrow. "What?" "I was worried" I pursed my lips as irritation gnawed at my skin. "You were worried because you think I couldn't handl
•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌It belonged to my husband. I heard him breathing heavily into my hair, the warmth of his breath was like fire against my skin. I smiled, my hand went behind my back and I ran them up and down the side of his thighs. "Enjoyed the show?" I asked"I'm going to fucking kill you..." was all he sneered in my ear. I breathed out a laugh as his grip on my neck turned bruising, almost suffocating. "Not if I kill you first..." I managed to say. Then I felt it, his teeth clamping down my earlobe painfully, that fucker wasn't holding anything back. "You have grown some balls, Evangeline, stepping into my territory and blackmailing me in broad daylight. No one had ever done that before, I gotta hand it to you, I'm impressed, princess" A stinging slap against my butt made me jump, I clenched my jaw, no, he did not. "How the fuck did you get in?" He again landed another slap. "Someone needs to teach you how to properly use that pretty little mouth of yours and trust me, it'
•Nikolai•╌═❁═╌A sharp pain filled my body and radiated through my arm. She shot me?! I don't know if I was in shock, or incredibly pissed off or I wanted to murder her or fuck her hard till she passes the fuck out. Maybe all the options above together. I pulled my hand away from where she had shot me and saw nothing but blood. I still couldn't believe that Evangeline had shot me. I don't think I have it in me to shoot her in return. I looked at the blood on my hand again and then back at her, sitting on the bed, holding my gun lazily as if it was normal for her to handle guns. She stood up and all I could do was fucking stare at her. She stepped closer and tucked my gun back into the holster. "Here, let me help you before you bleed all over my carpet," she said before moving out of the room and I followed her. "Where the fuck did you go?" I asked. She looked at me from over his shoulder as we entered the kitchen. "Away from you" "Why?!" She pulled out a first aid box from
•Nikolai•╌═❁═╌"I don't want to be with you, I can't live like this..." I nodded, looking down at the floor. "Evangeline..." "Nikolai..."Whatever she was going to say got interrupted by the knock on the door. Sighing, she stood up and walked to it. The fucker from the morning entered her apartment, the one she called her boyfriend, the previous warmth left my body as the resentment took over in mere seconds. What the fuck was he doing in my wife's apartment at this time of the night?! "What are you doing here?" she asked, sounding a little shaken up. "I couldn't sleep, I wanted to apologize..." he trailed off before he frowned and touched her neck, "Wait, is that blood? Are you alright?!" "Enzo, now is not the good time—" "Why?" I couldn't fucking take it anymore as I decided to intervene. "Because she is with her fucking husband right now!" His eyes went wide and he pulled out his gun in a second. "What is he doing here?" "I could ask you the same fucking thing!" She came
•Evangeline•╌─═❁═─╌I sat in the restaurant looking around the people, waiting for Bianca to show up. It was the same restaurant we used to meet at all the time. My eyes wandered around and I saw my men sitting over tables far away from mine, they were keeping their eyes on me. Last night after Nikolai left they all couldn't understand how the hell he got into my room. Then they went to the rooftop and saw the soldiers patrolling the rooftop passed out and wounded, fortunately, he did kill them. If he had he would have initiated a war that I didn't want to be a part of. I may have killed some people but only those who actually deserved it. I don't like to spill blood for no reason at all, I wasn't stupid enough to go on a war with Nikolai in New York City, where Nikolai Costello is the King of the dark world. The men all around me had families and friends that cared about them and when Uncle Luca passed on their loyalty to me, it wasn't a one-way street for me. If they were loyal t