CHAPTER 27

NICOLE’S POV

My once quiet life was in shambles. In a matter of days it turned from the most lovely, sunny day into a series of hurricanes circling above my head. Things happened quickly, from my ex boyfriend Herrera, John, the bastard I was supposed to give a lap dance, the contract to me having a marriage contract with Alexander.

That was too much for my body to digest. I just needed a shower and sleep till morning.

That was my plan as I walked upstairs to my room but that immediately changed at what I saw.

My gut twisted at the sight in front of me. There he was, Alexander, leaning against my bedroom door with his hands folded against his chest.

“Where are you from at this time?”, The question that came out of his mouth, made my anger to increase.

“”Why do you want to know where I am from?” I asked sarcastically and he scowled and ran a hand across his face.

“Don’t answer a question with a question”, He rudely said that.

I gasped when my eyes met with his ocean blue ones, cold and furious as they seemed to look through me. “Uhmm”, I scowled and tried to push him away from my bedroom door but he wouldn’t budge.

“Ask that to whom you have authority over”, I rolled my eyes.

His hands tightened around the rail, the whiteness of his knuckles were showing.

“You from the club again?, Have you forgotten that you signed a marriage contract with me?”,

I watched him in disbelief as the words spewed out of his mouth. I just wanted him to shut up, I wanted him out of my sight.

“Shut the fuck up, You have no right over me. Whatever I do is non of your business” I snarled, inches from his face and that made him to instantly lose it because out of the blue, what I knew my chest was pressed against the wall.

“Alexander, let me go.” I said, pushing him away but he just looked at me indifferently with his body against my back.

He placed both his hands behind me against the wall, preventing me from leaving. His jaw flexed even harder as his eyes dilated on me.

“What are you doing Alexander, leave me alone.”

I wiggled slightly only making him tighten his grasp to my wrist behind my back and push until my breasts were pressed against the wall.

My eyes closed lightly, taking in the new position he had hold of me in.

“Don’t get on my last fucking nerve, I swear to God. You won’t like what I will do next."

His free hand roamed my down my sides and wrapped around my hip to steady me.

I knew he could feel my heart racing in my chest. I could barely breath, only able to think about his body being against mine.

“Speechless, huh!”, He leaned in near my ear, lips brushing against it and breath so warm, I couldn’t help but let my eyes flutter shut.

“Tell me, Nicole” He whispered in a low, husky voice that had me gripping the wall.

He sucked in a soft breath, lips brushing down the side of my jaw while his other hand came up to brush his fingertips on the other side of my jaw. His teeth then gently scrape over my earlobe, and I gasped so loudly that my entire face flamed up with humiliation. I was letting him manipulate me.

“Do you want other men touching you like the way I have?” He asked, his tongue dripping of jealousy that he hid all too well most of the time, but not now.

“Couldn’t hurt to keep my options open. You did say being with you would be toxic.” I admitted dryly, hiding my own feelings of arousal at his dominance.

“It would be.” He agreed quickly with a soft tone that told me just saying that was difficult. His hand left my hip, moving under my shirt and up my back, trailing up my spine and dragging the thin cloth with him until he was able to grasp the back of my neck.

“Then why be so.. so-

“Overprotective?”

“Am not, am just suspicious. But fuck that. You can screw whoever you want after all that’s your job”, His grip on me loosened and walked away from me.

“What have you said?”, I turned to face him with anger rising again.

“There is nothing innocent about you and your mother, You all gold diggers who can’t be trusted, You filthy dogs that need to be put down,” That was his cold reply.

I flinched at his harsh words. “Filthy dogs? Is that what he thought of me?. I knew why he was saying so but I didn’t even have anything to do with the Mafia until now. I never knew that one day, I will be involved in mafia issues. I was completely oblivious to this.

“Call me whatever you want but don’t involve my mother in this stuff”, I hissed trying to be strong.

“You all the same. How can she allow you to go and whore around in the club?, sleeping with different men just because of greediness of money”, His words immediately made me shut up, my mouth became dry and my palms became sweaty. He was really mean. He knew nothing about me but he was judging me.

I felt those words sink deep in my head that I felt tears brim in my eyes.

“You and Blair can go fuck off together. Only reason I’m still here is to figure this out then I’m gone. You two will never have to deal with my shit again. I’m sure you’ll be relieved when that day comes.” I hissed out with anger boiling in my body then turned to leave but before I could head towards the steps that led to the living room, Alexander immediately gripped my hand.

“What?, Did I say anything wrong?, It’s the truth”, He emphasised the word ‘truth’ and I felt my heart break more.

“Let me go, you son of a bitch”, He didn’t refuse, and at that I ran out of the house with tears already falling down my eyes.