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Valentina looks at Nikolai to make them stop but he does nothing. Valentina runs out of the restaurant fake crying. 

Little did they know trouble is about to start.

Right when Valentina left things went smooth again. Nikolai holding Charlotte close to him. 

Nikolai could feel that his dove wanted to ask him a question. 

" Go on, little dove. Tell me that question in your head". 

" the other night at the gala. The children's hospital. You said that it was close to your heart". 

" I donate money almost every year to the hospital here, especially to the children because of my sister. She got sick when she was real young, she has a specific disease that could not be cure at the time. I saw her died, she was only 8 years old at the time. She would have liked you". 

" I am so sorry. What was her name?"

" Irina. I will show you some pictures when we get home".

" only if you want to. I don't want to put any pressure on Nikolai". 

" You are not my little dove. Not one bit". 

Nikolai leans to kiss Charlotte. All got up from their chairs and were going to leave but something stopped them all. 

The thing that stopped them was bullets. A car stopped in front of the restaurant and shot multiple bullets inside. All of Nikolai's men took cover, Nikolai jumped on his wife covering himself over Charlotte. Waiting for the bullets to stop. Once they did, Nikolai called out to his men to see if all were okay. 

All answered " all good boss". 

He reached for Charlotte to get up but she did not. He looked down and saw blood coming from her. 

" Charlotte. No, No, No, damn it Charlotte. Dove, look at me!" 

Charlotte got shot in her shoulder and side of her neck. She was in shock. Few of the men went to get the car and bring it around. Nikolai picked up Charlotte and got into the car to race home. 

The whole house went on lock down. Nikolai brought Charlotte to the table and took off her shirt so he could see the wounds. It took time but Nikolai was able to get the bullet out of her shoulder. Nikolai knew what he was doing when it came to stuff like that. 

After he fixed his wife up and changed her he put her in their bed. He had all of his men stationed at each and every door inside and outside of the house. 

Nikolai wants answers more so I want blood. Someone hurt his wife, his little dove. 

There is hell going to pay. Nikolai along with his men went to find the person who shot up the restaurant. It definitely did not take too much time to find who was behind it. 

Nikolai had Vladimir stationed inside the room where Charlotte was. Inside the house down in the basement where no one can hear anything or anyone. 

Nikolai was getting answers he wanted. He had a man tied to a chair begging to get out of his situation. The man gave Nikolai what he wanted. That someone called him that day, a woman. Saying that a waitress embarrassed her badly in front of a lot of people. And the woman who called him was Valentina. 

Nikolai made a plan to trap Valentina. He had the guy call Valentina saying that he did what she wanted, she wanted to meet somewhere to talk. Nikolai followed the man who spotted Valentina. 

" Well. Did you do it?"

" yes". 

" finally. That little bitch is gone. Now Nikolai can come back to me". 

Before the man could say anything else he dropped dead from the sniper that was placed by Nikolai. Valentina screamed. Nikolai followed. 

Meanwhile at home Vladimir and Charlotte were in the living room watching tv eating some fruit. 

Nikolai blocked Valentina in a corner. His face was like a stone. 

" Nikki plea-".

Nikolai shot her in the leg, cutting her words off. Nikolai stepped closer to Valentina. 

" You hurt my wife. Which hurt me. You are nothing more than a whore plainly simple. That is what you will be until you die. In your future, there is no husband, no children. I am not going to kill you, no. But you will wish that I killed you". 

Nikolai nodded and his men took Valentina away. Nikolai returned home to see his wife. 

Vladimir saw the boss walking in, moving aside. Nikolai nodded his head to Vladimir. Nikolai sat down on the couch and pulled Charlotte into his lap. Hugging her tightly but not too tight. 

" You look tired". 

" I am a little dove. I am. How about we eat dinner in the bed after our shower". 

" Okay". 

Nikolai and Charlotte went upstairs and took a shower together, changed into pjs and dinner was already placed inside their room. They ate, and watched some movies on the laptop. Before they knew it, it was 10 pm. Nikolai looked at Charlotte, they kissed which led them going 4 rounds that night. Peaceful sleeping together tonight. 

The next few months are going to be uneventful.

Charlotte's wounds are healing up and Nikolai keeps a close eye on her. He made a curfew for Charlotte just for a few weeks, he wants things to be safe for his wife. 

When Nikolai and Charlotte woke up from bed this morning and had breakfast in the front. All of the men were around, everyone was relaxed inside the house. 

Nikolai had the day off, he didn't need to go to the building for today so he stayed home. But he did work in his office at home. Charlotte went outside to see the garden. Turned out that she was out there for a few hours. Nikolai walked behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist kissing her neck. 

" I was looking for you little dove. You have been out here for a long time". 

Nikolai brings her to the front of himself, he wanted to see her face while he talked to her. 

" I need you to go get dressed when we are going out. We have somewhere to be. Dress nicely, it's kind of formal". 

Charlotte went upstairs to change. She took a shower, she did not put on any make-up then went to the closet. 

" Okay. Kind of formal". 

She thought the type of clothes would be the best choice. She goes downstairs and sees Nikolai in a simple suit. 

" damn little dove, you pull it off so well". 

" Well, thank you. You are always handsome". 

Her comment made Nikolai laugh. They head out to their first stop. Which happened to be a warehouse meeting. The car comes to a complete stop, Nikolai turns to Charlotte. 

" Okay, I need you to listen to me. This is a meeting in one of the warehouses I own, you might see things in there that you have not seen before. But I need you to stay calm. You will see more of the men that work for me there, everyone knows that you are my wife. I might have to do and or say something to you that I don't usually say to you, is that making any sense?" 

" yes. Only speak when spoken to. Don't embarrass you, no talking back, mine my own business, no sass, no.."