Chapter 131

Vladimir:

Mate…

I had to admit, I was curious. 

Who the woman was, and what she looked like. 

But the last thing that I expected from her was not to make a sound in my presence. 

Hell, the woman didn’t even call for help, nor did she react to me being in front of her. It was as if she was just studying who I was, and was probably trying to figure out what I was doing in her room in the first place.

I walked out of the room, knowing not to make a sound so as not to catch anyone’s attention.

The fact that she had Batrov, the man’s right hand, being here to supervise her told me that she would be getting in trouble if anyone saw me walking out. But that made it even more intriguing for me to enjoy. To say the least, there was always a little more fun when it came to danger like this one.

“Mr. Vladimir,” I heard from behind me. I raised an eyebrow, shaking my head in question as a woman walked up to me. She wore a white gown, and her hair was left over her shoulders. Her heartbeat was calm and her smile innocent as she looked down at her feet, avoiding my eyes.

“And you are?” I asked, shaking my head at her. The fact that she stood in front of the suite that Konstantin gave me told me that she was most likely sent by him. 

“Claire,” she said, her voice soft as she spoke. “I was told that you might need assistance. Considering that you just woke up from a coma and you might be weak.”

I raised an eyebrow at her, and I slowly walked up to her, putting a finger under her chin as I made her look at me. Her long eyelashes batted twice, before she tried looking down at her feet again, wanting to avoid my eyes. 

“How about you prepare a bath for me? I am guessing that you could help me out with that,” I said, and she nodded. Her cheeks reddened, and I removed my finger, taking a step back as I knew that there was no better way to get information than from a maid who worked in the house. Word, gossip, and rumors spread around easily between them and I knew that it didn’t take much for them to speak of what they knew. They just needed the right approach, and luckily for me, I was the type to have it.

“Do you like your water to be warm or hot?” She asked, and I smirked. 

“Whichever you can manage to join me in,” I whispered to her, leaning in to her neck. I let my lips brush over her vein, right on her sweet spot, and she held her breath, making me smirk. “I doubt that you planned on letting me take my shower alone, no?”

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“So, he tends to leave the Estate a lot?” I asked, and she shook her head.

“It just depends on the timing and seasons. Sometimes he is here a lot and work comes to him, and others, he leaves the house for months together. We never really know when he does intend to come back, but we all act as if he is here anyway.” She said, and I nodded. The fact that I was hearing of this for the first time was not something that I was going to deny. To us, Konstantin was always in the Estate, and when he did travel, it was to tend to things that we all knew, especially since he was mom’s brother and would be telling her about whatever he was doing.

“And his wife?” I asked, and her eyes widened. Her heart raced, and for a moment, I saw fear in them. “I doubt that you can’t tell me who the woman is, can you?”

“She is a taboo topic for us to talk about.” Claire said, and I raised an eyebrow. “He would kill me if he finds out that I even said her name.”

“My lips are sealed if yours are.” I said, and she blushed. I wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her closer to me before brushing my lips against hers. Her cheeks reddened, and she bit her bottom lip before I rested my forehead against hers, allowing our breaths to mix. “You can consider it as our little secret.”

“A secret, with me?” She asked, and I winked.

“You would be surprised by the number of things that I know,” I said, and she raised an amused eyebrow.

“I am curious,”

“Well, I will share one of them and you can share one from your side. Both our lips would be sealed, and we will be even.” I said, watching as she smiled. “Konstantin is my uncle, and I, being the only one who shares his blood, is his heir.”

“That is no secret though,” she said, raising an eyebrow. “He is a bastard son and my mother is the rightful heir of everything that is here.”

She smiled as she looked at me, and though this wasn’t a secret, I knew that it was a well known fact, but I had to make it out as one if I was going to have her speaking or opening up about something that I wanted to know.

“She was brought here when she was eighteen, and though she never wore a white dress, he called her his wife. We used to hear her screams and cries. She had a maid who was her friend, and he made sure to break the woman in front of her a few years back, one of the reasons why none of us chose to approach her.” She said, and I frowned. “She doesn’t speak anymore. Though whatever her reason is, we haven’t heard her voice, cries, or screams in years. Some of us believe that he hit her so bad that he tore her vocal cords, others have claimed that she had no tongue. Whichever the true version was, she a mute.”

“I see,” I said, and she looked down at the water.

“You’re not going to tell anyone that I told you, right?” She asked, and I smiled, shaking my head at her. I connected my lips with hers before pulling away to rest my forehead against hers just as I moved my cock to her entrance, brushing it against it before pushing myself inside her, causing her to gasp.

“I told you, my lips are sealed if yours are.” I whispered, stilling when I was completely inside her, allowing her to adjust to my size. “Now, how about we have a little fun, do you not agree?”