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She was not here by choice. Nothing in me believed that she wanted to date, let alone marry Aleksei Smirnoff. It didn’t even matter if I had known them or not because I knew both their ages. Aleksei was thirty-three, and Kira was eighteen. How long was he even with her?
I couldn’t let her die. I couldn’t let her die because of that asshole.
She was a victim. She deserved a second chance.
“I think you should leave,” I got it out. There was not too much time left. I needed to get her out of here fast as possible.
Kira’s brows came together in confusion. “Did I do something wrong?”
The fact that she said that instead of telling me to fuck off annoyed the hell out of me. This was the way she was treated. She definitely didn’t deserve that. She deserved to live without Smirnoffs.
I reached for her hand and picked the cigarette. I threw it out and held her hands. She didn’t pull back but only looked at me with curious blue eyes. I knew I was never going to see a more beautiful shade of blue. I wanted to look into her eyes forever, but I was running out of time. “Kira, I know I am a stranger, but you have to trust me.”
She looked even more confused. “Trust you about what?”
“You have to leave here. Now. You have to leave and just go anywhere.”
“I can’t leave without informing Aleksei he’ll get angry.”
I didn’t even want to guess what he would do if he got angry. He was not going to get angry. He was going to die. Kira, on the other hand, was not.
I squeezed her hands. “You can’t tell anyone. I promise everything is going to be okay. Just take a taxi and go to Luigi’s Diner in downtown. Wait for me. I’ll make everything okay.”
She shook her head. At this point, her eyes were wide, but she didn’t attempt to get away from me. I could see it even better now. She was desperate. She was desperate enough to believe a stranger telling her they were going to make everything okay. She needed saving. I was going to save her even if it was the last thing I did.
Kira looked into my eyes for a second and then asked with a small voice, “Do you promise?”
She was just ready to believe my word, so I gave it to her, fully intended to keep it. “I promise.”
“Okay,” she nodded. “I’ll leave. I’ll leave now.”
And for whatever reason, I kissed her hands before letting go. The contact filled my whole body with electricity. I just knew I was going to be the one to kill Aleksei Smirnoff. I was going to be the one who gave her everything she deserved and more.
It was stupid. I didn’t even know her. Love at first sight was nothing more than a fairy tale.
I realized it not too long after I let her go.
We attacked the club and killed most of the influential Russian bosses except one.
Aleksei Smirnoff. He was not there. He got out with his girlfriend seconds before we got in.
A woman I had just met turned me into a dumb man that night. She cost me Aleksei Smirnoff. She betrayed my naïve young boy’s trust.
But she also made me tough. From that day on, I always believed everybody lived what they deserved. I was fucking ready to give her the world just after a brief conversation, and she still chose Aleksei.
But she was going to pay for it. She was going to help me get whatever she cost me years ago.
Chapter 2
Kira
Steaming hot water poured down on my body. It did burn, but after eight years of boiling hot showers, it was just a routine for me. First, I tried to scrub my skin very hard, but that never worked. I scrubbed until I was bleeding but still didn’t feel any cleaner. This, though… this made me feel better. This felt like burning their touch away.
The only good thing about them was that they didn’t bother me in the bathroom, so I had enough time to fix myself up. My skin was too red for Aleksei’s taste. I needed to flush some cold water to my face and put on moisturizer. He bought me all the best skincare products even though I didn’t care much for them. He wanted me pretty, and that was it. Nothing else mattered.
He didn’t let me get dressed in the bathroom, though, so when I was done with everything else, I had to go back inside to get dressed. He was still lying down on the bed, stark naked. I couldn’t even look at him. Maybe it was stupid since he was inside me just minutes ago, but I couldn’t. Looking at him made me remember everything he did to me.
I went to the closet straight away but still felt his eyes on me. I hated it. I hated him.
