"Shhh, I'll remove my hand but you won't scream, if you do the consequences will be bad, " Alexander said and dug the gun more in the back of my head.
"you understand?" Alexander asked.
I nodded my head and he slowly removed the gun and his hand away.
"Why are you here? and what did you do to Jake?" I asked my voice is shaking but I didn't care.
"I'm here because I want to be here, and your precious Jake has gone to the lab that was set on fire," Alexander answered and started exploring the room.
"what do you want?" I asked.
"who is Jake Andrews?" Alexander asked while looking at a photo on mine and Jake's wedding.
"you want to convince me that you couldn't know who he is?" I asked humorously.
"I did my research and found that he is a billionaire businessman," Alexander said and sat on a chair beside the bed.
"then why are you asking me?"
"because sweetheart I need to know how did he become a billionaire," Alexander said.
"he's a successful scientist and he got a lot of labs working for him," I answered.
"See, that I don't believe, no one can become a billionaire by being a scientist there should be another way he got his money from, " Alexander explained.
"enough Alexander, get out of my house or I swear I'm going to call the police." I threatened him.
Alexander laughed and said, "go ahead call them, but be careful because I might have a slip of tongue and tell them that you faked your death."
just as I was about to answer him I heard the door get open, and Nick called me from downstairs "Tasha where are you?"
"I think you should get going," Alexander said and smiled.
I went downstairs and found Nick in the living room.
"Nick, what are you doing here?" I asked and hide my anxiety.
"lady Eleanor asked me to come and get you," Nick answered.
"which Eleanor exactly?" we have 2 Eleanor's in the family one of them is my mother-in-law in law and the other is Jake's niece.
"Both actually, Mom is worried about you and Eleanor missed you," Nick answered.
"Okay I'll go change, you wait for me in the car if you want," I said.
"Okay," Nick said.
Nick went outside and I went back to my room, Alexander was gone and I sighed in relief, I changed and went to Nick and got in the car.
"How are you feeling?" Nick asked me.
"better, don't worry I'm fine, " I answered.
"Nick," I said.
"Hmm," he answered.
"How did your family start the business?" I asked because to be honest Alexander's words kept ringing in my head.
"What makes you ask that?" Nick said and tried to hide his anxiety but it appears for a split second.
"Just curiosity, why? I shouldn't have asked?" I said.
"no, no, it's just no one asks this question usually," he said
"well you know, my father started with the security company and then what you know, " Nick answered and I'm sure as hell, he is lying.
I didn't ask anything else because I just realized that I'm an idiot who believed Alexander. we arrived at the family home and as soon as I entered it Eleanor ran to me I picked her up and hugged her.
"baby, " Jake came to my side and kissed my cheek.
"How are you feeling?" Jake asked.
"better, " I answered.
we went to the living room and sat there, I asked "so where is your mother?"
"she is upstairs with dad, they are up to something, " Aria (Eleanor's mother) said.
"Hey, Aria, how are you?" I asked.
"I'm the one who's supposed to be asking that, " she said and hugged me.
we waited for 10 minutes and they still didn't show up. "mom dad where are you?" Aria yelled and then went to see them while I was playing with Eleanor, I looked in Jake's direction and found him looking at me with soft eyes.
another 5 minutes have passed and there was no voice upstairs, "something is off, " Nick said and went upstairs, Jake and I followed with Eleanor with us, we didn't find anyone in the room, we only found a note saying :
(you know what I want, give it to me or else you won't see your family again, and you know when and where) I read the note.
"Jake, what is this?" I asked.
"Nothing, honey you just go get Eleanor and go home," Jake said.
I wanted to protest but suddenly gunshots flew everywhere Nick shielded Eleanor, I was about to get down but I felt a sharp pain in my stomach when I looked there I saw my shirt filled with blood, I put my hand there and hit the ground, Then everything happened in slow motion, gas bomb entered the room and Jake and Nick fell to the ground and I went unconscious.
I woke up on the sound of heart monitor again, I recalled everything that happened, the note, gas bombs, getting shot. I looked around me and found Alexander sitting beside me and I tried to sit up but Alexander stopped me immediately."stop, Natalie don't move, don't push your luck. " Alexander said."what are you doing here?" I asked Alexander."I saved your life, after the shooting I brought you here," Alexander said."Jake, Nick, Eleanor where are they?" I asked."The brothers are nowhere to be found, and the little girl is with this Ella of yours, " Alexander answered."thank God," I said."now do you believe me? do you believe that your husband is just as dirty as us? " he said and took a lock of my hair in his hand."That depends on who's us, " I said.Alexander laughed and said "me, you, your family, my family, every single one of us is dirtier than the other, ""then why save me?" I asked and
"All this time, I thought it was a car accident, " Danielle said while she was crying."Yeah, me too, " I hugged her, for the first time in five years I hugged my sister again."we'll make them pay, right?" Danielle asked and looked at me like she used before, the look of believing in me as a big sister and I nodded and hugged her again.I waited until Danielle calmed down and slept, I went to the balcony and dialed ...after the fourth ring he answered and I said " can we meet?"I went out and headed to the park and waited, 10 minutes later Alexander showed up and sat beside me."you were right," I said and fought back the tears that threaten to fall."About?" Alexander asked."He killed my brother, Alex, he killed my big brother, Jake killed him," I said and cried.Alexander looked at me and anger and saddens were obvious in his eyes and I got up and started pacing around."It hurts, it hur
"you're still alive, " I said with a smile, and I really felt that I'm back to who I was before, the strong, bad girl."you are still my wife, " Jake said and grabbed my arm and squeezed.I released my arm from his grip and said "no Jake, Natasha Andrews is your wife and I'm Natalie Salvator,""How did you turn Roman on me, " Jake asked. "Detka," I said baby in Russia and continued "Roman wasn't even with you, ""He was your father's man wasn't he?" Jake asked and looked hurt. "look, I don't blame you, I didn't know till a week ago, " I said and smirked."so you're back with Knight," Jake said. "what can I say, I suppose true love never dies, " I said. I remembered who told me this... Nicholas, I looked at Jake and asked "why did you kill him. "before he can answer Alexander entered the restroom and his gaze was on Jake, he came and stood in front of me, he really was like a knight in sh
Natalie's POVI woke up and I was still feeling yesterday's pain, I got up, took a shower, and went downstairs to have breakfast, everyone was on the table except Alex."where is Alex?" I asked and Danielle answered, "he is still asleep.", I went to Alexander's room and sat on the bed."Alex, ""Hmmm,""Alex get up, " I said and he didn't answer, I looked around in the room and found a water bottle, I went and opened it and emptied it on Alexander.he got up gasping and coughing water out of his mouth and I couldn't help but laugh, he said "Chto za chert " what the hell in Russian."you had it coming, the next time I ask you to wake up, you wake up, now come on let's eat breakfast, " I said and went downstairs.we ate breakfast and went to our meeting room, to see what we got from Aria's phone."so Danielle what do we have? " I asked."Nothing," Danielle answered.
This Chapter contains violence read at your own risk .have you ever died more than once? I know it's impossible for you but not for me because I died three times, the first time I died was when they took my brother away from me, the second time I died was when I left my loved ones, and now I died the third time, it feels like your soul is being pulled out of your body, or maybe it feels as if someone is holding your heart in his hands and in one move they ripped it out of your chest, I watched my loved ones being exploded in front of my eyes and I couldn't do anything, I guess this is the benefit of living in a world like mine because this is what always happens, I watch my loved ones die.I cut my ropes and got up and sent my punch straight to his jaw, he fell to the ground, and I suppose we were alone here because no guards showed up.he got up and I stepped back, balancing my weight on my left foot, and threw my right fist out i
2 months have passed since the explosion and there is no news on the Andrews, Everyone is having a hard time understanding their conditions, Danielle is shutting everyone out, the doctor said this might happen to her, Dominic is holding up well, Ella is good but she is still scared to get out on her own, Roman wasn't damaged a lot and his and Danielle's relationship have grown because Danielle only talks to him, Alexander is by my side all the time and our relationship has gone back like it was before.I went to Danielle's room to give her some food when I entered it Danielle didn't even look up to see who it is, I put the food on the nightstand and sat on the bed, I looked at her."I don't blame you if you hate me by now, you're in this condition because of me, " I said."nothing is because of you sestra (sister), " Danielle said and gave me a comforting look."I'm the one who is supposed to be in your place, " I s
later that day after choosing the engagement party location which is in Russia in our house, we were sitting on the balcony drinking Nescafe while our maids we're preparing our suitcases, then someone rang the doorbell and I went downstairs to open the door.when I opened the door I found a woman with 7 years old girl with her, I said "hello""hi, are you Natalie Salvator?" the woman asked and I answered, "yes, who are you?""I'm... I'm Varushka Salvator, Nicholas's wife, " She said and I froze."but my brother wasn't_" she interrupted me and said, "I know he didn't tell any of you but that's the truth, please may I talk to you?""come in," I said and stepped away so she could enter the house, I led her upstairs and to the balcony, everyone turned to us."everyone this is... well that's what she said... this is Nicholas's wife... Varushka." I said and everyone went silent.
We've been having breakfast when I started to feel sick, my stomach was hurting me so badly when Mom noticed that I wasn't eating she said "sweetheart, are you okay?""Yeah, I just think I caught a cold, I'll go rest, " I said and went upstairs and to my room, a few moments later there was a knock on my door."Come in," I said and Varushka entered my room, and sat on the bed."are you okay?" she asked. "Yeah, I'm just feeling pain in my upper stomach, " I said."like a sharp pain?" she asked."Yeah, " I answered and she hummed."I know it's none of my business but I used to feel. this pain when I was pregnant with Aniyah, " she said and my eyes widened."you think I'm pregnant?" I asked."I mean maybe but you won't know for sure unless you do a pregnancy test, " she said and I answered immediately "how we can't get out of the house, " and the pain started to get sharper and I clutched