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“Vanina and Ira. Their father is Duarte. I know I won’t be able to take them with me because they’re his too…”
Duarte probably won’t even acknowledge the fact they’re Mona’s daughters. In his mind, Mona was his property, so the little girls were his property too.
“I don’t want to leave without them, Nazyr. They are my children too.”
“Taking them with us isn’t possible. I understand you’re their mother. I understand you want your children with you, but this isn’t something we’ll be able to do today. When we get them, it will have to be methodical, something planned out and executed well,” I state, realizing what I’ve done as soon as the words pass my lips. I’ve essentially promised Mona that I’ll get her children… and I am not the type of man who breaks his promises.
“So, you’re saying we can get them back one day, as long as something is planned out?”
I inhale slowly through my nose. “That’s exactly what I’m saying.”
“I didn’t expect you to say something like that. I thought you’d want me to leave them here… to forget about them.”
“I’d never expect you to forget about your own children. I have brothers who have children, and I would never expect their mothers to leave them behind.” I keep up with the thrusting and make it look like I’ve been fucking Mona this entire time. I’m certain we’re fooling whoever is watching the cameras.
As soon as I get home, I’m going to have to speak to Ruslan about this. I don’t want to let Mona down because I have just made a promise to her, though I’m not blind to the fact there’s a possibility I might end up inadvertently doing it. I just have to hope Ruslan will support me in getting her children back. I don’t know much about how she came to be with Duarte, but I’ll get the important details later. The only thing I need to focus on right now is making sure that she gets out of here alive.
Mona and I are quiet, pretending to kiss, and I bury my face against her neck again. I keep this up for a few more minutes before I come to a halt, making it look like I found my release. I fumble with my pants and make sure I’m all zipped up, proud of myself that I didn’t manage to get a hard-on in the process. I allow Mona’s dress to drop so the skirt covers her legs once more and look right into her vibrant jade eyes. “We need to change back to English,” I tell her, and she nods.
I step away from Mona, head back over to the door, and open it before we exit the room. Mona follows closely behind me, and I turn to look back at her, then over to Paulo. “Paulo, take Mona and wait for me by the front door.”
Paulo looks over at Mona and rakes his eyes up and down her body, a bit unsure of what’s going on, but he does as I ask of him. Soon enough, Paulo is walking away with Mona, and I head over to where Duarte is sitting on an oversized, modern couch.
“I’ll take ten thousand off the order price for giving me Mona, but that’s all I’m prepared to do.”
“That’s great. I appreciate the discount and you taking her. She’s done well for me through the years, and I really didn’t want to have to kill her. I would’ve if you didn’t want her, but I was hopeful you’d take one look at her and want her to be with you. She’s still young, so I’m certain she can be a good breeder for you as well, spreading the Umarova genes and all.” Duarte smiles devilishly, and what he calls Mona makes me sick. A breeder. Really?
I swallow hard, keeping back every single thing I want to say to the sick fucker in front of me. “Our deal is done then.”
“Yes, it is,” Duarte confirms.
Out of nowhere, the pitter-patter of feet comes up behind me, and a little black-haired girl jumps into Duarte’s arms. She has freckles spreading across her face, just like her mother, and the same vibrant jade eyes.
She speaks fluent Portuguese to Duarte, but I don’t know any of what she’s saying. Coming in hot behind her is a little red-haired girl who’s a bit wobbly on her feet. The red-haired girl looks up at me and smiles wide. She has Duarte’s brown eyes and freckles spreading across her face like her sister and mother do. While the two little girls seem so happy to see their father, I know their mother’s heart must be breaking. She’s going to be away from her daughters for quite some time until I can figure out how to convince my brother about how we can pull this off.
These little girls are just as much Mona’s as they are Duarte’s, but as I look at the children, I notice neither of them has scars like Mona has. She hasn’t told me how she got the marks, but I highly doubt she had them before she was with Duarte.
Duarte tells the little ones something, and they immediately stop smiling, then look at me. I don’t know what the hell he’s said, but they’re obviously not happy with me. “I’ve told them that their mother is going away with you for a while, and they should say goodbye,” Duarte explains as he rises from the couch. He walks through the house until we’re near the front door, and then the little ones go up to their mother, now crying. Mona talks to them and hugs her little ones. The sight in front of me is saddening. It’s even more reason why I need to reunite them as soon as possible.
“She gave me those two little gifts, and it’s something I will never forget. They have made my life worth it. They have given me purpose. Mona has served her purpose here, and now it’s time for her to move along.” What the fuck is this,The Handmaid’s Tale? He’s not even acting like Mona is a woman. He’s acting like she’s a fucking cow.
“Mona, you may go to your room and take whatever you’d like with you,” Duarte offers, but I’m not going to give him the pleasure.
Mona starts to get up, but I put my hand up. “That’s kind of you, but I’ll provide Mona with whatever she needs.” Duarte’s gaze is staring daggers into me, but I don’t give a flying fuck. He treated Mona one way, and I’m going to be treating her another way.
Considering I’m here on family business, I extend a hand, and Duarte takes it. We both shake, and things are still on good terms, I believe.
Mona’s holding onto her little girls, soaking up as much time as she possibly can with them. I know the clock is ticking, and Duarte is going to interrupt her, tearing her away from her children, but I’m willing to let her have these last few moments with her girls.
Getting them away from Duarte is going to be messy, but I’ll do whatever I can to reunite them again because they never should’ve been separated in the first place.
Chapter Six
Mona
I can’t believe I’m in a bed that isn’t somewhere on the Oliveria estate. I woke up so many times over the course of the night in a cold sweat, shocked that I was in a completely different place. I’m in a hotel in Lisbon, but it’s one I never thought I’d ever be in. It’s obviously five stars and more than I could’ve ever afforded when I was a college student.
The sun beams through the white see-through curtains, and I muster up the courage to get out of bed. I’m naked in bed, simply because I didn’t want to have to sleep in the dress from yesterday. I figure I’ll be wearing it today until we get to wherever we’re going, but as I sit up, I notice a few bags sitting by the door. They’re bags from boutiques, and a few feet away from them are two suitcases. I get up from the bed and mosey over, rifling through the bags.
