Chapter 4 Chapter 4
Isabella's throat tightened. Her cheeks pressed firmly on Nikolai's chest.
The room door swung open and Sergi rushed in with other men, "We heard a gun fire. Are you okay, boss?"
Her eyes caught her sister, standing beside sergi.
''Let me go!" She elbowed Nikolai's abs forcefully.
He freed her, pushing her away from him and she staggered.
"Fucking asshole!" She rolled her eyes at him, rushing towards her sister and dragged her arms from sergi. Thankfully he wasn't holding her tight.
She crouched down to her level. "Are you okay, Daisy?" She wiped the residue tears away from her cheeks.
Daisy didn't say a word, she just held onto her sister's clothes, nodding frantically.
Isabella stood, pushing Daisy behind her back.
"Listen, you brought your fucking men into my house and now a gun was shot in this room because of you! You better leave before I call the police. I've tried reasoning with you but you're insufferable and can't be reasoned with!" She said through gritted teeth as she backed up holding Daisy before her.
Nikolai didn't say a word, he just stood with furrowed brows taking in her words bitterly.
How dare she?
"You know what?! I've changed my mind. Pack your things we're leaving for Moscow."
"And don't you dare try to play your stupid games on me unless you actually want to see your sister getting sold!"
He gave her one final look, "You have 15 minutes, only." He walked out with Sergio right behind him and other men.
He looked towards sergi, he mostly never needed to ask his questions before sergi understood and now was one of those moments.
"We were unable to catch the person that fired the shot. As soon as it went off, I sent one of the men to check around the perimeter but found no sign of a person." He paused, bringing out a piece of paper.
"This was what he found lying on the floor." He handed Nikolai the piece of paper.
Nikolai took the paper.
There was nothing written on it, just a shady picture of Isabella on it.
He looked at sergi who looked at him also.
"What does this mean?"
"I don't know. You probably weren't the only one hunting this family. You aimed for the father while another one aimed for the daughter. Hmmm..." sergi mused.
Nikolai eyes darkened. Not because someone had planned to kill Isa but because this New york shit was pissing him off.
If only Richard hadn't gone against his words, he wouldn't have stepped foot in New York. Now, his daughter was inadvertently dragging him into some fucked up mess.
He had his own problems waiting for him in Moscow. A few of his shipments were missing and he had to find out the reason because his Volkovskaya bosses were beginning to question his position as their pakhan.
He crumbled the paper in his hands and threw it to the floor.
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Isabella acted fast. She had only fifteen minutes.
She yanked down the heavy curtains, tying one end around the window iron bars firmly, she pushed the windows open and let the other end reach the floor.
She didn't care whether there was a shooter ready to pull another trigger. Getting Daisy to safety was the only thing on her mind.
She held Daisy in her left arms, and swung her fett over the window sill, then began descending whilst gripping the curtain tightly in her right palm.
Fortunately, it was a one-storey building so it wasn't very difficult for her. She gritted her teeth hard, enduring the pain shooting up her nerves.
Her feet met the cold floor. Her breath came out in heavy puff as she made her way towards the back gate.
she wouldn't make the mistake of following the front gate while Nikolai was there.
She didn't look back, she clutched Daisy tightly to her chest and bolted for the gates.
Thud
Before she could cross the gates, her head collided with something hard.
"Ouch!" She winched, staggering a bit.
She looked up, eyes growing wide as she saw Nikolai standing in front of her.
She didn't think, she turned on her heels, ready to use the front gate, her heart slamming against her ribs.
Before she took another step, sergi was already behind her, with other men.
She couldn't fight them all.
She bit her lips, her body trembling, hair sticking to her neck and clothes from sweating.
She closed her eyes, praying for a miracle. But none was coming.
Daisy's soft whimpers reached her ears as she felt her holding onto her shirt.
She sighed, sobs choking her throat but she swallowed it.
"Do you take me as a fool?" Nikolai asked, his neck veins popping out of his neck.
Bella shivered under his cold tone. She could no longer breathe, move or speak.
Nikolai took one slow step closer, "Enough time has been wasted. We're not children playing games, Isa."
"Tell me one reason why I shouldn't put this bullet through your skull?" He asked, his voice slicing through the air. Cold and lethal.
Isabella looked around. Nikolai was the only one standing in front while the rest stood behind.
She bent, dropped Daisy to the floor and whispered something into her ears.
"You can do it right?" She smiled, caressing her cheeks.
Daisy nodded.
Good!
Bella stood, her eyes sharpened, hands fisted beside her.
"No reason, asshole." With that, she jumped straight at him.
Her legs wrapping around his waist, she leaned in and dug her teeth sharply at his neck, biting and dragging at his skin.
Daisy took that chance and ran as fast as she could. Hot tears staining her cheeks.
Nikola growled angrily, he wasn't expecting her to do that.
His men quickly advanced to bring her down but he raised his hands in the air, halting them.
Bella's vision blurred, tears swirling around them as she held Nikolai's shoulder, tearing at his skin until she could taste his blood on her tongue.
She jumped down from his body and wiped her lips.
"Now you can pull the trigger." She said defiantly, lifting her chin as she felt a thrill rushing up he veins.
Daisy was safe and that was all that mattered.
Waiting for him to pull the trigger, she watched his eyes darkening, lips stretched into a wide grin and then she felt a prick at her neck.
Something warm and cold flooded her veins.
Then darkness.