Chapter 15


    Belle''s POV


    "Dimi, I''m hungry. Can you tell Niki or Alexei that the pregnant woman they are locking up is


    famished? Also, can you tell your Boss to get a divorce attorney? I just need to consult some very


    important matters."


    Silence.


    I swear Niki and Alexei are going to pay for this! I really don''t see the reason why I am being held


    hostage by my own family! If they have a reason for this, why not tell me!? Why keep me in the blind? I


    have the right to know the truth!


    I don''t have a phone and nobody is answering me anymore from the other side of the door. I am so


    mad and hungry at the same time. My stomach is already rambling. I need to get out of here.


    I scanned the room and the only way I can get out of here is through the windows. Luckily one window


    is open, but it will be approximately eight feet fall to the ground. Jumping out is not an option.


    And so I took the sheets from our bed and then tied the one end around the pole of the window. It did


    not really reach the ground but I guess it''s going to work. I tossed my high heels first and then my


    purse so I can free my hands. I slowly lowered down facing the window, my bum flying outside. My


    mesh dress is not helping my cause at the moment, but at this point, I really don''t care.


    ~


    After going to the next-door neighbors and reaching for their telephone line from one of their windows, I


    was able to call an operator to dial a restaurant that offers delivery for Palitos De Queso which is one of


    my most favorite Latin American food. When my father attends a meeting with some of the leaders


    from this part of the world, we would always be offered by the host their delicacies one of which is this


    yummy and cheesy soft breadsticks. Just imagining the chewy and gooey cheese makes my mouth


    water already. I''m so hungry and so as my babies I believe. Aren''t you little Volkovs?


    Yes mum! We are hungry! Said the little voices in my head.


    Geez. My hunger is real.


    I wonder why the neighbors aren''t necessarily strict when ites to their home security. It''s like I can


    just get in and take whatever I want and leave just like that. Maybe perhaps they are thinking that no


    one would dare take anything from them because they are the De Alba''s, the most powerful drug cartel


    in South America.


    Yikes. I hope they don''t find out I was the one who took their horse for a ride, ate some of their


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    icecream and borrowed their telephone for a while.


    Hmm-- no matter. Niki will take care of it if I get caught.


    In the meantime, while waiting for my food I decided to wait by the pool. I''m taking my form-fitting dress


    off to get ready to swim when all of a sudden I felt someone behind me. When I turned around my heart


    jump from my chest when he seemed to be extending his arms to hold me. I instantly turned to my


    defensive mode and recalled what my cousin Devon taught me. I kneed the man on the balls as strong


    as I can. He slumped on the chair in pain. And then I looked around for any object I can throw at him


    but I only saw my stilettos. I figured I will just stab his eyes with the pointed heels.


    I was about to lung at him but I was halted when he extended his arms. "No! Por favor! Ah! Shit." He


    eximed in agony. He is holding in his hand a brown paper bag and a tub of what looks like ice


    cream.


    Oh my god! It''s the food delivery guy!


    He looks too dapper for a delivery guy though. He is wearing a frigging perfectly tailored suit, a neatly


    trimmed beard, jet ck hair, and tattoos on both his hands.


    "Se?ora Arabe Volkov?" He asked, and he''s trying really hard to look unfazed but he''s obviously


    failing.


    "Yes. Oh my gosh. Is that my food delivery?" I let go of my stilettos and slowly step towards him to take


    my food.


    "Palitos De Queso, soda, and aplimentary chocte gto imported from Italia." He answered.


    "Uhm I am so sorry. You startled me. Here let me help." I took the tub of ice cream and ced it on top


    of his crotch to somehow ease the pain. I figured, Artan used ice before when I identally kicked him


    on his man parts as well. Maybe the cold will help. "I''m so sorry. What''s you''re name?"


    It took him a while to answer, in fact, I think he even thought of his name first. Geez Belle, you gave the


    man temporary amnesia by kicking him on his balls.


    "Sebastian." He finally replied.


    "Thank you Sebastian. Good thing the gto did not melt on the way here?" Is the only conversation I


    can strike given the awkward situation.


    "Ah. The restaurant is not far from here and the owner also owns this club." He replied.


    "Oh really? Axel De Alba?" I asked as I hurriedly wear my ck dress back.


    "Yes." He answered. "Do you know him?"


    "Not really. I just heard his name from around here. My husband knows him though." I opened the can


    of soda and gave it to him. "So um. You work for Axel De Alba then?"


    "More or less." He replied with a hint of a naughty smile on the side. What was that about?


    He looks a lot better now and the color of his face has returned to normal. Goodness. People should


    really stop startling me. "I am so sorry Sebastian. Please don''te up to people like that again. I


    really thought you''re up to no good."


    This time the man snorted as if I said something really funny. I just could not find the humor in my


    statement though. "Were you up to no good?" I asked, raising my eyebrows.


    He disconnected his gaze momentarily because he got a message on his phone. He then stood up


    casually and slid on the table a ck calling card with no name on it but only a set of numbers.


    "Not this time. Not with you, mi amorcita." He answered with an inexplicable mix of sweetness and


    arrogance in his voice.


    ~


    I''m trying to climb my way back up using my escape route but it is so damn hard especially when I


    have just eaten a tub of ice cream and three orders of cheese sticks. Dammit! I''m not even a foot


    higher from the ground. This is so hopeless.


    And then to my disappointment, I hear the voice of the devil himself, Niki. "I probably should have


    handcuffed you to bed, woman." He said while extending his palms to my bum because I''m already


    wobbling.


    Alexei lowered me down and wrapped his arms around my waist until I was able to stand on the


    ground. "Princess, what were you thinking? You could have seriously hurt yourself and the babies."


    "Well if I wasn''t locked in that room with no means ofmunication and food and no exnation


    whatsoever for incarceration, I wouldn''t have escaped!" I replied in all conviction.


    "The fuck was Yuri doing when you were escaping?" Asked Alexeipletely ignoring my fit. He


    looked pissed and the target of his agitation is none other than Yuri. The man that he swore he would


    kill if Yuri continues pursuing me.


    "Alexei, this is not Yuri''s fault. Perhaps he was busy with some other things. You know he takes care of


    a lot of things for the Mafia. And besides, it wasn''t really Yuri guarding the door. It was your other men


    and Dimi and they did not budge to my requests in all fairness to them. It''s just that I got lucky with that


    one window." I said, trying my best to ease him down.


    "Dimitri was with Matushka. Yuri was in charge of your security." Alexei answered.


    "You mean Yuri was the one guarding the door?" Oh my goodness. I might have given the worst love


    advice to that man. If it was Yuri, I swear to god.


    "Yes. It was Yuri at first. Why? Did he do something again? Tell me." He asked like he''s just waiting for


    a reason to brawl with the man again.


    "No Alexei. Will you please stop treating Yuri like he''s the enemy. He''s not. It will break my heart if


    anything happens to him because of me." And I won''t be able to forgive myself if this costs Yuri''s life.


    "If anything happens to him it''s not because of you. It''s because he''s a fool. He knows he can''t touch


    you and yet he fucking had the nerve to kiss you in my own fucking house? He saw that we were falling


    apart and the second that he had the chance, he betrayed me and undermined my position." Alexei


    answered clearly conveying the message that he is not ready to forgive Yuri.


    I did not press any further about the Yuri situation because at this point I know that there is no


    convincing Alexei.


    I held on to Niki because he is having a hard time walking even if he has a cane. No matter how


    mad I am with him, I just can''t bear watching him struggle like this because of my own doing. We dialed


    Dimitri to bring a wheelchair for Niki. I insisted that we take a little breather so the two can rest from


    worries or whatever stress our family is facing at the moment.


    It''s already dusk, we can already hear the sound of birds and crickets in the garden. Iid on the grass


    in front of Niki and yed with Petrushka and Valkyre. The two huge fluffy wolves are too adorable


    and sweet despite having different personalities. Valkyre is more silent and uptight but really touchy


    and sweet. He would just sit and behave while I''m using him as my pillow and he likes belly rubs and


    kisses. Petrushka on the other hand is a menace. He runs back and forth and around Niki and


    Alexei. He also likes bothering his brother but thetter is apparently very patient when ites to his


    sibling.


    Iy on my side to face the two most important persons in my life. We just looked at each other not


    saying a single word. Alexei is sitting and resting his back on the legs of his brother. I threw a flying kiss


    to the both of them. Niki acted like catching my kiss and ced the palm on his chest. He then


    slipped his fingers inside his jacket and tapped his chest several times like a beating heart. God, he''s


    so corny.


    Alexei on the other hand isughing at his brother''s apparent silliness.


    "The three of us forever and ever?" I asked.


    "The three of us forever--" Said Niki.


    "And ever." Continued Alexei.


    On the way back to the Vi, the two exined to me the whole situation. Yrina''s mother, Laura


    Yvanislov a former Conglomerate wife before they were banned and hunted by the Russian Mafia, had


    been seen to be meeting with her friends who have influence in the Conglomerate wives. They found


    out that her motive was to make my official entrance to the Conglomerate as unweing and as


    unpleasant as possible. Ultimately, she wants to get to me and to use me as leverage so she can get


    her daughter back.


    Niki and Alexei think that her husband Sergey Yvanislov was involved in this and that someone in


    the Conglomerate is helping the Yvanislov''s. But Axel has already denied involvement and that he


    assures my safety while in his territory. Still, Niki and Alexei are skeptical. Someone of huge


    influence must be behind the attempts against the Volkov Mafia.