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I wastorturingher.
Those words dug a deep black hole into my soul, perhaps even worse than when she confirmed that she was cheating on me.
I’ve become insufferable in the past months. Every time I looked at her, I recalled that she let another man touch her, that she was protecting him from me, and my anger grew worse with each passing day.
It mounted and heightened and I took it out on her cunt, ass, and flesh. I marked her and hurt her to chase away the red mist.
But that wasn’t enough.
Whenever I finished, the mist returned with a vengeance, and all I could see was her opening her legs for another man. Her moaning and whimpering and crying in front of someone that’s not me.
My anger turned into rage and I had to take a step—or a few—back so I wouldn’t hurt her to the point of no return.
I hated what she had done.
I hatedhersometimes.
And because of that, I apparently tortured her, smothered her, and drove her to the edge of a cliff where death was better than being with me.
“Fuck,” I curse under my breath, running a hand through my hair.
How will I be able to take a step in a different direction now? Because I have to or I will lose her for good.
The door slides open, then closed. I don’t lift my head as heavy footsteps echo on the floor.
Both Kolya and Yan stand in my peripheral vision, hands crossed in front of them. My two guards have been with me since I was young because my father groomed them to keep an eye on me. Kolya is my age while Yan is a few years younger than Lia. They’re both orphans and originate from the slums of Russia, which made them the perfect target for Dad’s schemes.
What he didn’t count on was that I would form a connection with them and that their loyalty would be absolute to me. Not him. Not the brotherhood. Me. Or at least Kolya’s is. Yan has been switching sides between my wife and me ever since she came into the picture.
The fact remains, I trust my men. Not only did we go through my father’s tyranny together, but also our military training. A bond formed between us after we saw each other at our worst, and that can’t be bought with material things.
“Who was it?” I ask with apathetic calm. “Who helped her?”
“We traced the signal to thePakhan’s house before she headed to the forest,” Kolya says. “So she could’ve met anyone there.”
I tap my forefinger against my thigh. “Not Sergei since he dislikes her. If Vladimir was there, he wouldn’t have cared enough about her. That only leaves Rai.”
“What are you going to do about it?” Kolya asks. “If you attack her openly, everyone else might know about Mrs. Volkov’s accident.”
“I’ll find a way.”
“That’s not what’s important right now,” Yan snaps. “Lia almost died.”
My head tilts to the side to meet his harsh glare. “Watch your fucking tone if you don’t want your tongue cut out, and she’s Mrs. Volkov to you.”
“I don’t care if you cut my tongue or my limbs, but someone obviously needs to tell you this, Boss.”
“Yan,” Kolya warns.
“Shut the fuck up, Kolya. You should’ve told him this a long time ago, but you chose not to and blindly took his side.” Yan breathes harshly through his nostrils, his anger still directed at me. “She was suffering and you knew it, but you chose to believe she cheated on you and let her bear your ruthless wrath. When the fuck could she even cheat on you when we shadowed her every step? She lost her previous life and was adapting to yours. She never tried to escape after that one time, because deep down, she wanted to be with you and Jeremy, but you had to suffocate her.”
I release a long breath, choosing to ignore Yan’s insolence for now. “Are you done?”
“No.” He swallows, his voice losing some of the anger. “I don’t know why the fuck she said she cheated on you, but I’m guessing it was because she figured out you were using her for being Lazlo’s illegitimate daughter.”
I narrow my eyes. “She said that?”
“She didn’t have to. I could feel it.”
