《Mine sinful fall》 1 Chapter dimir ¡°How long can we wait for you, Vov?¡± d¡¯s voice sounded at the door. ¡± Coming,¡± I grinned as I left the room, picking up my car keys. For as long as I can remember, that nerd has always been there for me, good or bad. Despite the fact that we were so different. I came from a wealthy family, used to getting everything I wanted out of life, since I grew up in luxury and wealth. And he was an orphan. Simplicity and sincerity, and even a degree of naivety. These three words can absolutely urately describe my best friend. We met at school, where I only cared about pretty girls, and his studies. That¡¯s how we got together, I dragged him to parties, and he even though he was younger, but did all my homework for me. Over the years, our friendship only grew stronger. d helped me at work, all yearned for a serious rtionship and create a family, unlike me, who did not miss a single skirt, and even now I am not particrly choosy in ¡°love. And the two of us are absolutely fine. I¡¯m the CEO of the bank, and he¡¯s my analyst. But he was not lucky with the girls. I sat behind the wheel, watching as a friend sits down next to me with a sour face and guessed that he was clearly something wrong. ¡± What was it again? ¡± I inquired, starting the engine. ¡± Sveta dumped me for some fitness trainer. Can you imagine? ¡± ¡± Fool¡±I concluded and in my head there was a perfect n to save the best friend. ¡± Listen, I¡¯ve been thinking about who to send on a business trip to Egypt, and I decided that¡­ ¡± ¡± Me? He looked at me dumbfounded.¡± ¡°You¡¯re the best analyst I know.¡± ¡°The best, but I still need an assistant. I¡¯ve been telling you that for months. I¡¯ve been trying to find one, but it¡¯s no use. If I go away for one month, who will rece me? There¡¯s still no recement.¡± ¨C Okay. I¡¯ve already had an opening since yesterday. I just didn¡¯t want to tell you ahead of time. And, of course, I want a beautiful, smart girl for the job. ¡± Okay, maybe separately that¡¯s possible. But smart and pretty in the same bottle? No, I can¡¯t imagine that.¡± ¡°Nerd. Promise me something.¡± ¡± What? d¡¯s tense.¡± ¡°Work work, but have fun for both of us.¡± ¡± Don¡¯t start. You¡¯re the one who¡¯s supposed to have fun.¡± ¡± I get it, but still,¡± we pulled over, and I pulled into the parking lot. ¡± I¡¯ll try,¡± my friend put on a smile and got out of the car. I hope I get lucky and some hot girl takes my best friend¡¯s ce for a while. Hear my prayers, God. Time flew by pretty fast today. There was a lot to do. It was Friday, after all. I wanted to get everything done so I could rest easy. I left the office, clutching the file, going to thewyer. Suddenly my eyes caught the girl. She stood nervously rubbing her jacket and biting her lower lip. A slender figure, breasts, hips, what a! A pretty face with plump scarlet lips. Sweet! I put the papers in front of Natasha, my secretary, and whispered in my ear: ¡± Who is she? ¡°She looked up. ¡°So they announced apetition for a job in the analytical department. d is going on a business trip.¡± ¨C Is he at work? ¡°He hasn¡¯t arrived yet, but he¡¯ll be here soon.¡± ¡°I get it, ¨C well, no, he¡¯s definitely not going to be able to handle her.¡± ¡°Go up to her and tell her personally that the CEO will interview her.¡±This content is ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡± But dimir Maksimovich.¡± -¡°Do it! And the questionnaire with her resume bring it!¡± I licked my lips, anticipating how I will undress this beautiful body, bite these plump lips, lick her breasts. Okay, stop! It was the wrong time to think about it. Later. 2 Chapter Lina The mirror looked back at me as a tall, beautiful woman with long, dark blond hair that fell in curls over my bare shoulders. My burgundy tight dress entuated my waist and hips, and my shapely legs slid down to my high-heeled shoes. I painted my lips with bright red lipstick. I looked carefully to see if everything was perfect in my appearance, and after making sure of that, I smiled at my reflection. I threw on my jacket and went forward. Towards my goal. I spent a lot of nerves, energy and time on my education, due to the fact that my parents did not help financially, and let me go on free floating when I was 18, which was a very good reason. As a result, I had been drifting here and there for several years. After all, without connections and experience, finding a good ce is pretty problematic. Today I was lucky enough to find myself in one of thergest banks, where there was an interview for the position of assistant analyst. This could have been a great step in my future career. I stood nervously rubbing my jacket, very nervous and worried, like a little girl before her first matinee in kindergarten. But I¡¯m an adult. I¡¯m already at the head office of Finance Stars. ¡± I¡¯m sorry. ¡± I was called out, and I turned around. ¡°Good afternoon, my name is Natasha. I¡¯m the secretary of the CEO. Come with me, ¡± a pretty girl waved me on the arm with a smile. I awkwardly took a few steps in her direction. ¡± Hello. The interview is supposed to be conducted by anal¡­¡± ¡°Yes, yes. But you see there are so many applicants that the director decided to help and talk to some possible candidates personally.¡± ¡± Please wait here. I¡¯ll report back to him,¡± she sat me down on the couch and went into the office, five minutester she came out, still smiling at me. ¡± He¡¯ll call you when he¡¯s done with the other girl.¡± It sounded a little ambiguous, but I didn¡¯t want to pay much attention to those words. I just had to wait. ¡°Come in,¡± I heard a rather pleasant low voice after five minutes and pushed the door open, finding myself in the office. Imagining an old shrunken grandfather with a beer belly I took a few steps and looked up, frozen in ce in confusion. Behind the desk sat a young man, looking a little over thirty, brte. He wore a ck zer and white shirt, which obviously hid his pumped up arms behind him. He looked up at me with brown eyes and smiled, emphasizing his cheekbones. ¡± Good afternoon,¡± he said. ¡± Hello,¡± I replied, trying to smile back and taking a few more steps forward. He rose from his desk, nodding at the chair in front of him. ¡± dimir Maksimovich. Director of the bank¡±. ¡± It¡¯s a pleasure to meet you. I am Angelina Rostova¡±. ¡°Likewise, you can call me Angelina,¡± dimir Maksimovich returned to his chair, put his chin on his hand, looking me over carefully and assessing me from all sides. Yes, I definitely arouse interest in the opposite sex. ¡± Great, d to be here. ¡± Although it got a little awkward, the too hungry stare went over my body, making me want to get up and leave. ¡°You¡¯re hired. Starting tomorrow, I¡¯ll see you at nine, and I¡¯ll personally take care of your internship.¡± I blinked confusedly and frequently. ¡± But I haven¡¯t even.¡± ¡± That¡¯s unnecessary. I looked at your application and your resume. You¡¯re exactly what I¡¯ve been looking for,¡± I clenched my hands into fists, because I didn¡¯t like the way he phrased it. ¨C ¡± Can I go now? ¡± I looked away.This content is ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡± Of course. Would it be too much to ask you to lunch?¡± ¡± I¡¯m sorry¡­ I got up¡± I still have to go¡­ ¡°You, Angelina, please. I can give you a ride.¡± ¡± It¡¯s not worth the trouble. See you tomorrow, dimir,¡± I hurried to the door, feeling shaky. It didn¡¯t seem like the best idea. Do I need it? The job was great, but damn, was I ready to sleep with my boss? I mean, his ambivalent attitude and his quick decision to take me on as an intern says exactly that. And I want to move up in my career, not be under the table, on my knees at the bottom! 3 Chapter dimir And the girl is not at all timid. My ability to dip any female in exactly five minutes, so that on the sixth she was ready to jump on you herself it did not work at all. Am I starting to lose my touch? No, you¡¯re not. And I¡¯m used to getting things done. And now it was my green-eyed and sexy Lina. Well, not really mine, but I¡¯ll make up for that misunderstanding soon enough. And this wild cat, will scratch my back with her ws, purring and moaning with pleasure¡­ Or pain. It depends on what the angel¡¯s preference in bed is. It¡¯s been a long time since I¡¯ve had someone like that¡­ A long time. Lina had already left, though, to be honest, she had run away from me. But I was watching her, and I noticed how nervous she was, how she was rubbing her jacket with her fingers¡­ She was nervous, and I was looking at her from different angles¡­ And as soon as my gaze stopped and hovered on her legs, in that tight rag called a dress, I just ¡­ No, I didn¡¯t cum, but I was very close to it and It¡¯s okay. It¡¯s okay. We¡¯ve all been there. She may be a saint and a virgin, but I know she was looking at me too. It¡¯s okay, tomorrow is our first day at work together, and I hope it will be more productive. *** I got home around 9:00 p. m. I had time to undress, take a shower, but when I looked in the fridge and saw, and to be more honest ¨C didn¡¯t see shit there, I realized. I was hungry, especially in all senses of the word. All right, if Lina had gotten me off with sex, then with food¡­ No! We should at least order to the house ¨C I thought, and dialed the 24-hour delivery service ¡°HOT FOOD¡±. I very rarely order food in such ces, but there are force majeure. The operator took my order: two pizzas, French fries, juice, sds, and rolls. Isn¡¯t that too much for one person? He promised me that in half an hour he would send it to me with a courier. Payment can be made by cash or by bank transfer, I asked which one was more convenient for me and I answered that it should be by bank transfer. I prefer to leave a good tip to the delivery staff.This content is ? N?velDrama.Org. Lina I walked up the stairs still being in shock after the so-called job interview. I don¡¯t know. I wanted to be an analyst. And now I clearly have a different role. I sighed heavily, getting the keys. Howplicated everything. My phone vibrated. ¡°Yes,¡± I answered without even looking who it was ringing. ¡°Lina, my darling, my sweetheart,¡± came the voice of my best friend. -¡°What now?¡±It didn¡¯t bode well. Masha was a ma for any problems and disasters. ¡± Ihave a dream date tonight, please take my ce.¡± ¡± Are you kidding me? I had a job interview today and I got an internship at the bank! And I get to deliver your food at night? ¡± ¡°Come on, sweetheart, please, they¡¯re gonna fire me.¡± ¡°This is thest time! And I mean it!¡± -¡°Thank you, I¡¯ll owe you one.¡± ¡°Considering I¡¯m always covering for you, that¡¯s ten centuries.¡± -¡°That¡¯s for sure. So they got you? Congrattions. I never doubted you for a second.¡± ¡°Yeah, well¡­ I¡¯ll tell you when I see you.¡± ¡°After the date, I¡¯ll be sure to stop by your ce and we¡¯ll have some wine, okay?¡± ¡°Well, if you¡¯re up for it, I¡¯m all for it.¡± 4 Chapter Lina I stand in front of the door a few hourster, wearing a stupid cap and a T-shirt with the logo of the restaurant, wondering how to knock. I have two bags in one hand and two pizzas in the other. How I hate Lisa sometimes! I couldn¡¯t think of anything cleverer, I carefully kick the door, it swings open almost immediately, and I open my mouth and freeze in amazement. No, for the first two seconds I¡¯m surprised, then I turn burgundy under the damn logo, wanting to fall under the ground! ¡°Wow, what a bunch of couriers these days! ¡± dimir grinned, and quickly got over his surprise. Unlike me, I have never been so ashamed! I try to squeeze out a smile. ¡°Your order, ¡°I muttered quietly to myself, and handed it to him, and then I began to justify myself. ¡± You see¡­ a friend of mine asked me to¡­¡± Why? Maybe after that he will decide not to hire me, I must exin myself, but he does not let me finish, insolently interrupting: ¡± I told you to ¡°you,¡± dimir picks up his delivery and retreats back into the room, winking. ¡± Come in. Fate itself has decided that instead of lunch, you owe me dinner. Well, I like him less and less. Oh, my god! I¡¯m stumbling backwards.¡± Well, dinner¡¯s no big deal, as long as he doesn¡¯t ask me to stay till morning and make him breakfast. ¡°I don¡¯t.¡± ¡°Angelina,e in, I won¡¯t eat you. I don¡¯t eat pretty girls for dinner. And you¡¯re probably hungry, and I ordered a lot of food for one. I just have to share and feed you. You just eat your dinner and leave. I won¡¯t allow anything extra!¡± Yeah! Yeah, right! I think, but I still cross the threshold of his apartment, hoping that he will keep his promise. I look around his mansion, because there is no other way to call it a duplex. It is a duplex apartment with excellent and apparently very expensive furniture, the design of the room is in strict colors ¨C gray and pale blue. I immediately remembered that boys at birth are dressed in blue clothes, and girls in pink. And although dimir is not a boy, but everyone¡¯s color scheme subconsciously somewhere. I smiled at my idiotic thoughts. ¡°I like your smile, Lina. It¡¯s sincere, not fake. You know, when you smile with your soul, you get dimples.¡± ¡± I¡¯m sorry, I didn¡¯t mean.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry, I thought we had a deal. Do you like my apartment? You can look around while I set the table.¡± ¡± You know, you know,¡± she corrected herself right away. ¡± It¡¯s too much, I¡¯m in someone else¡¯s house and¡­¡± ¡± You¡¯re not in someone else¡¯s house, don¡¯t do that.¡± ¡°You¡¯re in your boss¡¯s apartment, if I may say so. ¡± ¡°It¡¯s notfortable, dimir.¡± ¡°Well, if you don¡¯t want to, sit down on the couch and watch TV,¡± the boss instructs me and goes into the kitchen with all the bags and boxes.All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. He was gone ten minutes at the most¡­ This whole situation seemed absurd to me. After all, Masha had to ask for my help today? ¡°Here I am,¡± dimir said as he came out of the kitchen and walked toward me with two trays in his hands. One had pizza on it, and the other had sliced vegetables and sushi. He put everything on the table in the living room and sat down next to me on the couch. 5 Chapter Lina In his presence I felt like a little girl who was afraid of everything. I was scared of his eyes¡­ So piercing and scalding. Till my knees trembled, which I automatically pulled up under me. ¡± Lina, eat.¡±This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . ¡°I¡¯m not hungry,¡± I stubbornly said, but my body strongly disagreed. My stomach rumbled. As always, all at the wrong time! ¡± You can¡¯t fool me, eat!¡± My boss didn¡¯t ask for it anymore, he insisted. Took one slice of pizza and took a bite, and he watched with amazement. ¡± Lina, tell me about yourself. Where you¡¯re from, where you live, who.¡± With whom,¡± but he never asked thest question. But I already guessed what he wanted to ask. Who am I sleeping with or¡­? ¡± How about some wine? ¡± He got up from the couch, and headed to the counter, on which there was a bottle and two sses. ¡± I don¡¯t drink¡­ ¡± ¡± Just a little, just a few sips?¡± ¡°Okay, dimir,¡± I agreed, and he poured our sses, we drank, and then¡­ Then I rxed a little, apparently so affected by the alcohol, and began to tell him everything about my life. After having listened to my almost fifteen minute story about my life he got a little bit sad. Of course he had got everything for nothing, unlike me. When I had to go to school for three years in a row wearing the same clothes and with a shabby bag¡­ When I was bullied because my parents didn¡¯t have the ability to give money for birthdays and school needs. I was very thin in 10th and 11th grade and weighed only 40 kg with a height of 168 centimeters. And all because all of my parents¡¯ money went to the heart surgery for Kostik ¨C my youngest and most beloved brother. Only for his sake I was ready to put up with all the humiliation and suffering. And in those moments when my peers were having fun in clubs, I was chewing the granite of science, to get to the budget. And my dream came true. I got a schrship, cleaned up, recovered a little, and became the best student in my ss. I was always on the first-name basis with numbers, because I had a mathematical way of thinking. And also I took part in all student beauty contests and always won first ce. Beauty and intelligence ¨C that¡¯s the main weapon of every woman. ¡°And how old is your brother? ¡°dimir asked. ¡± He¡¯s twenty years old. He¡¯s studying auto assembly at uni and works part-time at an auto repair shop. In a word: crazy. Recently he saved some money and bought a motorcycle, a second hand one, but of a good make. ¡± I also have a Ducati Monster in my garage, a present from my favorite aunt for my 30th birthday.¡± ¡± What about your parents? ¡± ¨C I have parents, but they live in America, they are used to it. And I can¡¯t. Especially Russia has the most beautiful girls in the world. And you are a direct confirmation of that. I looked at the wall clock, the hand of which was already showing 22:00. ¡± I have to go, dimir.¡± ¡± I embarrassed you with my answer? But it¡¯s true,¡± he brought his palm to my face, lightly touching my cheek with his fingertips. ¡± ¡°Not embarrassed, just. I really have to go,¡± I pulled away from him and rose sharply from the couch. I have to go before it¡¯s toote!¡± ¡± Okay, okay, I¡¯ll take you home.¡± ¡± No! I have a car! But it¡¯s not my car, it¡¯s the restaurant¡¯s,¡± I blurted out. I wonder why I was so afraid of him. He¡¯s not ugly, he¡¯s very attractive, and he¡¯s a very sexy man. Maybe because I haven¡¯t had sex in seven months? Or maybe I just don¡¯t want to turn our working rtionship into a one-time thing? ¡± Okay, okay. But can I at least walk you to the door and leave a tip?¡± ¡± That¡¯s okay,¡± he handed me a few bills and opened the front door. ¡°See you tomorrow, dimir.¡± ¡°See you tomorrow, Lina Rostova. And please, don¡¯t bete on your first day of work. All right?¡± ¡°I¡¯m a punctual person.¡± ¡± Well, then we¡¯ll definitely work together, see you tomorrow,¡± he repeated before I left his apartment. When I turned around, he was already inside, and only after that, I could breathe a sigh of relief. Today had been full of surprises. I was so d it was over. 6 Chapter dimir When the door closed, I looked thoughtfully after the angel. Very interesting, mysterious, mysterious. Already anticipating our working moments. This time I must have been a hard nut to crack, but I¡¯m the boss. I¡¯ve cracked more than that. She¡¯ll be moaning under me sooner orter anyway. The sooner the better. All I have to do is cate her with a nice courtship and she¡¯ll be mine! My iPhone rang, and I yawned and answered the phone. ¡°Are you out of your mind?¡±d yelled. Oops. ¡°I¡¯ve been fighting off these maniacs all day who don¡¯t know shit about anything but sucking my dick, and you¡¯ve already got someone?¡± ¡°It¡¯s stupid to turn down a blow job, by the way. I would have taken the opportunity,¡± he grunted in response, sinking down on the couch and putting his feet up on the table. Catching myself thinking that Lina¡¯s scent was still lingering in the room. What on earth is that? ¡°Come on, you know I don¡¯t need this! I¡¯m worried how you¡¯ll be without me.¡± ¡°The girl¡¯s smart and beautiful. Just like I wanted. You have nothing to worry about.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think so. Couldn¡¯t you at least tell me?¡± ¡°Sorry, I really forgot. I can¡¯t think straight around her.¡± ¡°Really? Was the sex that good or could you use a vacation, too?¡± ¡°No sex. Yet. But she¡¯s really good. In every way. She¡¯s both beautiful and smart.¡± ¡°I know your nothing.¡± ¡°Fly with peace of mind and rest.¡± I¡¯ll pick you up in the morning and take you to the airport. I was in bed for a long time, unable to sleep. I had just dozed off when the rm clock rang. I had to get up, after all, my best friend would be gone for a few months. Coffee cheered me up a little. I was surprised that d opened the door for me in a panic. ¡°Can you imagine, for the first time in my life, I overslept!¡± I grinned.This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . ¡°It happens to everybody. An hour before the flight, you¡¯ll make it,¡± I entered the apartment and looked at the mess on the bed. ¡°Aren¡¯t you packed yet?¡± ¡°I¡¯ll make it!¡± he was feverishly throwing the clothes into the suitcase. ¡°Tell me about this clever and beautiful girl.¡± ¡°She¡¯s amazing, d,¡± he said, amazed at his own words. My friend smirked, and then looked at me. ¡°Really? Really, in some century you have fallen in love? I don¡¯t believe it.¡± ¡°God forbid!¡± Iughed. ¡°But you¡¯ll definitely have to meet her.¡± ¡°We¡¯ve always had different tastes. The girls you thought were perfect, I thought were ordinary.¡± ¡°I just want to get her into bed and make her scream and moan and thrash about the bed while I fuck her.¡± ¡°That¡¯s nothing new in a case like this. But I¡¯m more concerned about the professional side. Is she really qualified for this position? After all, I could have hired a secretary for a quick desk job and not have to worry about it at all.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sure she¡¯ll be fine. I don¡¯t need a secretary.¡± d came over and held out his hand. ¡°Keep me in the loop.¡± ¡°Of course, as soon as I¡­ ¡± ¡± I don¡¯t remember anyone ever saying no to you, so I probably won¡¯t even be in the air yet, and you¡¯ll have alreadyid her out.¡± ¡°Hey,¡± I tapped my friend on the shoulder, not hard, but not weak either. ¡°Vov, that¡¯s all you are. And you were ttered by my words before.¡± ¡°They tter me now, friend,¡± I smirked back, seeing my friend off with the packed suitcases and following him. After all, I have to take him to the airport, and with this cab, he¡¯ll bete for sure. I wonder if Lina will be there when I get back to the office. And what will she be wearing today? Conservative or provocative, as girls are supposed to do when they work next to a charming boss like me? 7 Chapter Lina A cup of espresso, cheese toast, and a warm shower. Three of my favorite things in the morning. Yesterday I had a difficult day, but an equally difficult evening. dimir Maximovich. He¡¯s so cocky and arrogant. Probably already had time to imagine more than once before his eyes the picture of me sitting on his desk with my skirt up and my legs spread. I think that this fate befell all his secretaries, or other female employees who were too weak on the front end. But not me. And he¡¯s certainly not going to get that from me. I¡¯m not going toe into his office at his first call, get on my knees or sit on his desk. I¡¯m going to work and only show my professional skills. So, big boss, today I¡¯m going to wear the closest, strictest gray suit where instead of a tight skirt, pants. And I won¡¯t even wear any makeup, just some colorless lip gloss and some eyshes. Yes, that¡¯s right, Big Boss. I saw the way you looked at me yesterday, but I¡¯m sorry, I don¡¯t want to be your doormat and a stress reliever in my ns at all. s! I was so confident and determined. But when I stopped in the elevator and closed my eyes, a voice came from behind me. ¡°Good morning, Angelina.¡± I even jumped with surprise. ¡°Sorry, didn¡¯t mean to scare you.¡± dimir measured my view with a curious look. My heart was ready to jump out of my chest. ¡°That¡¯s all right. Good morning, dimir Maximovich.¡± Looks like my n didn¡¯t work out. Even if you put a garbage bag over yourself, he will still devour my body with a hungry stare. ¡°Are you nervous?¡± ¡°No¡­ Yes¡­ ¡± I tried to smile. ¡°I don¡¯t know. Should I be?¡± ¡± Nerves are bad. They distract you and make it hard to concentrate, so no. Definitely not worth it.¡± ¡°In that case, I don¡¯t get nervous.¡± ¡°That¡¯s what I mean by zeal for work. The main thing is to listen to the right settings and to achieve your goals,¡± he moved closer, and I got goose bumps running down my spine. ¡°I¡¯ll remember,¡± I said quietly, and the elevator doors opened and I got out first, dimir followed me.All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. By lunchtime, I wasn¡¯t sure if I needed the job at all. In terms of process everything was fine, I was grasping on the fly and quickly learning their system. I respected their chief analyst. But dimir. dimir practically wouldn¡¯t let me rest. Almost all the time he was there! Every now and then tried to touch or cuddle me. I was amazed at his insistence and stubbornness. But when we ran into each other again in the elevator during the lunch break, I didn¡¯t say anything. ¡°dimir, let¡¯s draw some boundaries. I understand, but we can¡¯t go on like this. It¡¯s too much. Yes, I¡¯m used to being looked at, but not so tantly.¡± ¡°Well, well. I¡¯m all ears,¡± he smiled as he leaned against the wall, keeping his lustful eyes on me. Again! What is wrong with this man?! ¡°I¡¯m not going to sleep with you,¡± I switched to ¡°you,¡± and clenched my fists, expecting to hear in a second that my internship would end right now. But he froze slightly in ce, apparently amazed at my sincerity or fearlessness. ¡°That¡¯s straightforward,¡± he said after a few seconds, and then he walked up to me. 8 Chapter dimir ¡°And what is so clearly visible that I want you? What makes you think that, Angelina?¡± I reached out, tucking a curl behind her ear. And grinned as I watched her flinch, back away, and press herself against the wall. Just to get away from me. So funny in these moments. She¡¯s worth keeping for that reason alone. ¡°Clearly. Apparentl§å,¡± answered without thinking long about my question, keeping her clear gaze on me. I took another step forward, almost pinning her down with my body, but froze, putting one hand near her shoulder on the wall. ¡°And why was that?¡± I leaned in slightly, feeling and feeling her breathing hitch, getting heavier. The little angel is silent. But I understand that I already caught in my a goldfish. I wrapped my fingers around her chin and lifted her, forcing her to look at me again. That look. Everything inside shrank, and my pants were getting tight. What are you doing to me, girl? Yes, I have to admit that I like this kind of game. Not a virgin, but she¡¯s got a certain trademark. What¡¯s she doing, putting a price on you? Getting fired? No, you won¡¯t get fired even if you can¡¯t put two and two together, Lina. Challenge epted. ¡°I won¡¯t fire you, you¡¯re good at your job,¡± I say, hoping to reassure you. ¡°I would never hurt you. But the question remains. Why? Is there someone else in your life? Is someone fucking you?¡± Her parted lips beckoned, and I could barely contain myself from attacking her right there. But I waited patiently for an answer. ¡°There must be a good reason to sleep with someone, and theck of desire is normal. Especially when it¡¯s someone you don¡¯t know very well. I¡¯m not a proponent of fleeting liaisons. This is not for me, dimir Maksimovich,¡± she admitted, bravely looking into my eyes and slowly pushing my hand away. I turned away, trying to control myself, though it was hard for me to control myself in the fall. It was really hard. ¡°What was a good reason to sleep with someone?¡± I asked a leading question. ¡°It¡¯s simple, dimir Maximovich ¨C love, ¨C at that moment the elevator stopped. As soon as the doors opened, she jumped out, leaving me to stare thoughtfully in her wake. This is going to be harder than I thought. But it was more interesting this way.¡± The familiar ringing of my iPhone sounded. I nced at the screen and immediately epted the call. ¡°Yes, d.¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong with your voice?¡± I heard a worried tone from my friend. ¡°Everything is all right. ¡°I put out my hand and pressed the button. I did not feel hungry anymore. But it is necessary to relieve the tension. ¡°Did you have a good flight? Are you lighting it up already?¡±This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . ¡°Yes, I¡¯m fine, I¡¯m going to do some paperwork.¡± ¡°Workaholic.¡± ¡°How are you doing? How¡¯s Lina¡± , or whatever her name is? ¡°Mysterious and overly smart.¡± I said it back. ¡± What do you mean? ¡± ¡°In the tub,¡± I answered irritably. These leading questions piss me off. ¡°What kind of childish questioning is that? Or are you telling me there¡¯s a woman on this who told you no?¡± ¡°And I¡¯m telling you straight out.¡± ¡°I will not sleep with you,¡± he repeated the words of Leena and became ridiculous. ¡°Holy shit! Did you fire her?¡± ¡°No.¡± The elevator opened and I headed to my office, nodding to my secretary. ¡°In ten minutes, my office.¡± ¡°What are you gonna do?¡± -¡°We seem to have a princess who believes in fairy tales of love.¡± ¡°Vov, it¡¯s you who doesn¡¯t believe. And girls dream of meeting their prince. That¡¯s what they¡¯re taught from childhood to pursue. All fairy tales have happy endings.¡± ¡°Anyway, if she wants a prince, she¡¯ll get a prince.¡± ¡°I seem to be missing the best part.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll call youter,¡± I dropped the call when Natasha went into the office and locked the door behind her. 9 Chapter Lina I was pleasantly surprised. But after the conversation in the elevator, I did not see dimir for the rest of the day. I could hardly even believe that he so easily put up with my refusal. As if the calm before the storm. But the next day, entering my office, I gasped with delight. A huge basket of roses in bright red was standing, taking up almost the entire table and filling the whole room with a pleasant fragrance. I walked over, no note, no card. Decided to change tactics. I took a seat at the table. Did he have any idea what all this looked like from the outside? Is he trying to buy me off? No, he didn¡¯t. The day went pretty smoothly. Today apparently the boss decided to let me work normally, which I was immensely happy about. Or did he think I woulde to him with my own gratitude? On my way out, I nced at the bouquet that I put in the corner of my office, so it wouldn¡¯t distract me. No, I¡¯m definitely not taking it home. I left the building, heading for the bus stop. But almost in front of my nose stopped a car. I froze. The window rolled down, and I heard the voice of dimir Maksimovich. ¡°Can I give you a lift?¡± I weigh the pros and cons and confidently answer. ¡°No, thank you.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be silly, Angelina Nikevna Rostova, I just give you a lift.¡± ¡°It is not worth the trouble. Especially me to another part of town.¡± ¡°What a stubborn woman you are,¡±gets out of the car andes up to me. ¡°I see you didn¡¯t like the flowers?¡í ¡°dimir Maksimovich, do you understand¡­¡±This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . ¡°Don¡¯t,¡± he interrupts me, smiling. Opens the door. ¡°Please, I¡¯ll just give you a lift. Nothing more. Stop being afraid of me, I won¡¯t bite.¡± I sigh heavily. ¡°I do not know.¡± ¡°Let me get this straight, what¡¯s the big deal? It¡¯s just polite. And yes, we are on our way today. There¡¯s a mall near you, and I just need to go there. So there¡¯s that.¡± What a liar. There is a mall, but I doubt my boss shops there. ¡°Okay,¡± I take a few steps and get in the car. dimir turns on the music and starts the engine, pulling out. ¡°Coffee?¡± ¡°dimir, we agreed,¡± I answer angrily, turning away to the window. ¡°No, so no.¡±dimir shrugs his shoulders. I stare at the passing lights and carefully pretend not to notice the attentive nces he throws at me. We¡¯re both silent for a while. ¡°You still haven¡¯t answered my question, by the way,¡± he breaks the silence by tapping his fingers on the wheel to the rhythm of the track. ¡°What question?¡± I turn to him. ¡°Do you have someone?¡± I close my eyes, breathing in a full breath. No matter what, I¡¯m not allowed to be rude. And oh, how I want to! ¡°Why can¡¯t we respect the chain ofmand? ¡± It stilles out rather sharply, so I add trying to soften. ¡°Tell me, please.¡± ¡°It¡¯s boring, isn¡¯t it?¡± He stops in my driveway. I roll my eyes and try to open the door, but I realize it¡¯s locked. Damn it! ¡°Open it,¡± I say, looking at the panel with a lot of buttons and catching a mocking look. ¡°I will, after I hear the answer to my question.¡± ¡°Yes, I do,¡± I brazenly lie, looking into my eyes. Just let him go! ¡°You lie.¡± ¡°Why is that?¡± I can feel myself trembling and blood rushing to my face. ¡°Your cheeks are glowing.¡± ¡°Okay, no one¡¯s here, are you happy? ¡°I squeezed out irritably, trying to put on a smile. ¡°Why are you so tense? Rx,¡± he reached up and ran his hot fingers over my cheek, sending shivers down my skin. ¡°What are you¡­¡± ¨C he says slowlying closer, and before I can even blink he¡¯s kissing me. dimir Was going to really just a ride! But what a beckoning her lips¡­ I couldn¡¯t take it anymore! And they meet all my expectations, so sweet¡­ Except that she clenched her teeth, pushed me away, and raised her hand and pped me with a good p. It was a good p, no doubt about it! It¡¯ll probably leave a mark for days. ¡°You said you were just gonna give me a ride! ¡°She hisses, nervously twitching her arm and pulling away as far as possible. ¡°I couldn¡¯t help it. Sorry.¡± ¡°You¡¯re sorry?¡± She asks me again, looking at me angrily. How funny this whole situation amuses me. I didn¡¯t think there were any girls that decent¡­ I should put her in the red book. Worth it. Yeah, now I¡¯m really worth it! Shit! ¡°Is my apology epted?¡± I raise my eyebrows questioningly. She¡¯s breathing hard, she¡¯s angry. How funny she is now, she¡¯s a big girl. ¡°If you promise not to do anything like that again.¡± ¡°I can¡¯t promise something like that. It¡¯s not my fault you¡¯re so beautiful. It¡¯s not my fault I¡¯m so attracted to you. Attraction, Lina. A beautiful girl and it¡¯s understandable.¡± ¡°You¡¯re unbearable. Open the goddamn door. I want to get out of this car and out of yourpany.¡± ¡°Am I expecting you at work tomorrow?¡± She doesn¡¯t have time to answer and I confidently continue. ¡°I expect you at work tomorrow. Don¡¯t worry, I have a lot of things to do, so we won¡¯t see each other for at least a week.¡± ¡°That¡¯s wonderful news!¡±She snorted. I would have been angry at that outburst, but I have to let her go as soon as possible, while I¡¯m still in control. I click the button that unlocks the door, and Angelina¡¯s out the second she¡¯s gone. ¡°I¡¯m never getting in your car again,¡± she throws in herst words and ms the door loudly. 10 Chapter Lina She got out of the car and wiped her lips irritably from his drool. What a bastard! As if the whole world should lie at his feet! I can not, how angry! The self-righteous jerk! Maybe I should quit before he managed to drag me into the corner of my office and. From thinking interrupted Mashka, who stood in tears at the door to my apartment. ¡± Linochka.¡± ¡°What is it this time? ¡°I hissed, took out the keys and opened the door and went inside. ¡°Another goat.¡± ¡°I see,¡± got rid of her shoes and went into the kitchen. I opened the fridge and took out the wine. Everything is the same as usual, nothing changes. Masha keeps dreaming of a big love, but at the same time she freely gives herself away right and left¡­ Sighing, she opened the bottle and poured the alcohol into sses, one ss gave her friend, the second took it for herself. ¡°Why are you so not cheerful? Your lipstick is smeared. Have you been on a date or?¡± ¡± Or. Let¡¯s not talk about it,¡± I ask her and take a few sips.¡± ¡± Let¡¯s do it. Tell me about it!¡± She kept asking me about her friend. Well, what can I tell her? ¡°The Chief,¡± I spit out, took another sip. ¡± So. Wait. Are you saying that you kissed the CEO of your cool bank?¡± Suppressed a desperate sigh looked at Masha. Yes, she¡¯s just a psychic! ¡°It seems that I wanted this and I liked it?¡± ¡± §°. He. Hmm. Old and ugly? Poor mo¡­¡± ¡°No, he,¡± interrupted hastily and stumbled. ¡°What?¡± ¡°Young and handsome.¡± ¡°Really? He¡¯s also rich, yes indeed. How dare he touch you?¡± ¡°Come on! I won¡¯t sleep with my boss! It¡¯s taboo for me!¡± ¡± Sometimes your rightness makes me sick, my friend. When was thest time you had a man? At this rate, you¡¯re going to starve to death. Young, beautiful, sexy. Smart, which is not insignificant. But you like to put yourself in limits. Why?¡± ¡°You narcissistic, self-righteous bastard! So.¡± ¡°And you¡¯re the boss! What a shame! ¨C My friend is just throwing up her hands.¡± ¡°You¡¯re dreaming of a career, aren¡¯t you?! So take advantage of the opportunity life gives you!¡± ¡°Really? It¡¯s not my dream career as a doormat¡­¡± ¡°You¡¯re incorrigible.¡± ¡°Just ept the fact that princes are all extinct these days.¡± ¡°I¡¯d rather stay true to myself than spread my legs to the first man I meet. Even if he is sexy and has a certain power. All he¡¯s interested in is my body and I¡¯m not satisfied with that. ¡°You¡¯re a fool! Why don¡¯t you introduce me to him?¡± ¡°Please, maybe you can satisfy his sexual hunger and get him off my back.¡± Let him have it, I don¡¯t mind! Another ss of wine and sleep. dimir There you go! However, it will be much harder than I thought ¨C was spinning in my head when I held the elevator in the morning, what would Lina came in. But I was politely dispatched by her. For several days now! For a week and a half I restrained myself from touching her. At night I tried to forget myself in the arms of another girl, but none of them gave me the sensations I wanted. There was no point in fucking the others, I only wanted to fuck Lina. With her I only said hello and discussed work stuff. But for thest two days this girl had been trying to ignore me. A dry greeting, that¡¯s all. ¡°Good morning, but I¡¯ll wait for the next one.¡± This was already directly infuriating. The phone vibrated. ¡°Good morning.¡± ¡°Hey, d. How are you?¡± ¡°I¡¯m great. How are you?¡± ¨C Not good! I¡¯m exhausted! ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°Angelina Rostova!¡± ¡°§°¡­ What are you nning to do? Your n with the prince didn¡¯t work out?¡± ¡°It¡¯s not a role that suits me at all.¡± ¡°That¡¯s true.¡± ¡°Hey, you¡¯re supposed to be supporting me!¡± ¡°I¡¯m all for you, you know! You can do it, it¡¯s you.¡± ¡°It¡¯s true. I always get what I want. Get some rest.¡± A n arises in my mind. Well, girl, do you want to y? Let¡¯s y! I hide my hands in my pants pockets, walking into my office. ¡°Prepare the documents for the dismissal of the analyst¡¯s assistant,¡±I throw to the secretary. ¡°dimir Maksimovich, but.¡± ¡°Let her know, too!¡± ¡°And the reason?¡± ¡°She knows herself,¡± I wave my hand to save me from unnecessary questions. If you don¡¯t want to do it well, you¡¯ll do it badly. That¡¯s corny, isn¡¯t it? Yeah. But I¡¯m the boss. Let¡¯s see how you sing, Angelina. Either way, it sucks for your career. First job in less than a month.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. 11 Chapter Lina ¨C Angelina, the boss is in a really bad mood. I don¡¯t even know what you¡¯ve done, but he asked me to tell you that you¡¯re fired. What?! That bastard! He¡¯s taking advantage of his position?! I¡¯ll give it to him! ¨C I don¡¯t answer the receptionist and quickly cross the distance from her desk to Big Boss¡¯ office and barge in without knocking. ¨C Exin to me what this is all about! ¨C I p my palm on the wooden surface of the desk as I approach. dimir flinches. The boss looks at me, and there¡¯s a smirk on his face. Smug and triumphant. ¨C What does that mean? Just that you¡¯re failing in your duties, you¡¯re not. ¨C I¡¯m failing? I thought you were the kind of man who still took rejection appropriately, rather than using such petty methods to. ¨C To do what?! What are you talking about? First of all, weren¡¯t you taught not to interrupt your elders? ¨C He speaks calmly, but in such a cold tone that it gives me goosebumps. ¨C Secondly, you are, after all, in the principal¡¯s office, so talk appropriately. And third, you¡¯re really too inexperienced for this job. It¡¯s nothing personal. I straighten up at a loss. ¨C dimir, you said I was good at my job¡­ ¨C I squeeze out uncertainly. ¨C I made a mistake, everyone makes mistakes,¡± he shrugged, getting up and walking to the window. ¨C But that¡¯s not true. Are you making fun of me? ¨C You¡¯re mocking me by taking up my time. You want me to exin to you in detail what¡¯s wrong with the job? ¨C Yes, I do! ¨C I say with a firmness in my voice, as I am sure that he will have nothing to show for it. But to my horror, hees up, keeping his eyes fixed on me, and sits down at the table, gripping his mouse. And what follows is a rather lengthy list of words that are not being digested in my head at the moment. Lina ¨C Is that enough? Or is there something else? ¨C What are you trying to do? ¨C I hissed, finally losing my temper. ¨C If it¡¯s so bad, why did you hire me in the first ce? ¨C You¡¯re just hoping to get lucky. ¨C Stop it! Tell it like it is! ¨C What is what? ¨C That you¡¯re firing me because you want¡­ ¨C I can¡¯t say it halfway. ¨C Because I want you? Is that what you¡¯re saying? ¨C Yes! [Laughs] ¨C That doesn¡¯t make sense. It¡¯s more like I took you for that reason. But no, you didn¡¯t. That¡¯s very hurtful to hear! I can hardly hold back my tears.This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . ¨C You are cruel¡­ ¨C I squeeze out and turn to the door. ¨C Wait a minute. ¨C What now? ¨C I turned around and watched as he got up and walked toward me. ¨C It¡¯s really just for the sake of curiosity, what¡¯s wrong with you? ¨C What do you mean? ¨C You don¡¯t know me. ¨C He put his hand on my cheek, making me flinch. Why do you reject me? ¨C Because. ¨C Come on, tell me, I want to know the truth, not another one of your excuses, Lina,¡± he stroked my skin gently with his thumb, and the shivers began to run down my back. ¨C I don¡¯t know. ¨C approaches my face. Slowly, this time apparently giving me time to stop him or let him continue. But I freeze, closing my eyes. ¨C It¡¯s not right. ¨C I add in a whisper and pull away. ¨C How so, Angelina? ¨C Immediately. People need to get to know each other first. ¨C Do I mind? You¡¯re always running away from me, and I¡¯m formunication. I sobbed and looked up. ¨C Aren¡¯t you going to fire me? ¨C No, don¡¯t cry. Come on, I¡¯ll take you home. 12 å°�hapter dimir ¡°Just dinner, though,¡± I cast a promising nce at her already in the car. Today¡¯s conversation made everything clear. She does not know what she wants. She builds fences around herself, but why? When you can just let yourself go and enjoy it? Okay, she doesn¡¯t want to do that in the office. Okay. We¡¯ll fuck in designated ces. Like at my ce. ¡°You¡¯re not gonna say no, are you?¡± I know you will. You don¡¯t have a choice, baby. ¡°Lunch?¡± She asks me again, nervously fixing her hair. I nod silently. ¡°I guess I can.¡± ¡°Maybe?¡± ¡°For lunch,¡± she gritted out through gritted teeth. ¡°Why do you have such a problem with me? ¡°I asked her irritatedly and started the engine. ¡°That¡¯s not the point,¡± Lina turns away. ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°I already told you the reason. Sleeping with the boss is low.¡± ¡°So I still need to fire you?¡± I¡¯ve been watching her carefully for her reaction. ¡°dimir!¡± She almost snarls at me with her gaze. ¡°Please, stop it. I really need this job! But do not make me overstep my principles. Give me time! That¡¯s enough!¡± ¡°Stop what?¡± ¡°Harassing me!¡± ¡°Oh!¡± He burst outughing. ¡°When did I ever molest you?¡± ¡°You kissed me!¡± ¡°You pped me in the face, and I didn¡¯t say a word, and I apologized.¡± ¡°You¡¯re right. I¡¯m sorry.¡± ¡°Now we¡¯re getting somewhere. Let¡¯s start over, shall we? I don¡¯t do anything you don¡¯t want me to do, and you stop ying the patriot chick, okay?¡± ¡°dimir!¡± ¡°Rude but true,¡± he says, and finally we¡¯re moving. dimir ¡°What cuisine do you prefer?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t care at all.¡± Given all her modesty and restraint¡­ Oooh, why is it so alluring and turns me on much more than some mboyant whore? Inessibility has always seemed¡­ What am I talking about? She¡¯s really the first one to reject me. The others were ready to spread their legs at the sight of me. Am I getting old or was it just her? We drove in silence, each of us immersed in our own thoughts. I parked in front of a small restaurant. ¡°How was your brother? ¡°I asked her gantly opening the door. ¡°Fine, thank you.¡± Lina I was pleasantly surprised that he remembered that I had a brother. Yes, and I already thought that he would take me to some luxurious ce in which I would feel ufortable and inappropriate, but once inside I breathed a sigh of relief. Nice atmosphere, not too crowded. ¡°It¡¯s cozy in here.¡± ¡°I knew you¡¯d say that,¡± the boss snorted, nodding to the farthest table. Slowly I moved, realizing that my stomach was twisting into a knot inside. Not a crumb in my mouth today, and I was so nervous¡­ Sitting down on a chair, I watched as dimir sat down across from me, taking the menu in his hands. And really, what¡¯s wrong with me? Rich, handsome, sexy¡­ But for something other than fear and resentment, he does not cause anything at all? ¡°What are you thinking about?¡± He asked me without looking at me. ¡°Order ording to your taste, ¡± I said, propping my face with my fist, continuing to look at him. ¡°All right. But you didn¡¯t answer my question.¡± ¡°I think there¡¯s something wrong with me.¡± ¡°What do you mean? There is something very much wrong with you.¡± It made me roll my eyes and lean back in my chair, watching the waitress approach. They paid me absolutely no attention at all, starting to flirt openly with my boss. When the order was made dimir caught my gaze again. ¡°By the way, I¡¯m sorry.¡± ¡°For what?¡± ¡°For making you nervous and crying. I like your smile much better.¡± So there¡¯s a romantic lurking inside? Or does he think that¡¯s what I want to hear? And how do I exin to him that it¡¯s not about words or even actions? And I just don¡¯t like him. Or am I kidding myself? ¡°Forget it.¡± I answered glumly. There was a silence. Lingering. They brought me my order. I happily pounced on the food. When the tes were empty, dimir asked. ¡°Maybe some wine? As a damage to the nervous system?¡± I involuntarily smiled, admiring the suspension of my tongue. How many girls have passed through your bed and how many more will¡­ Why are you picking on me exactly?! ¡± Go ahead. But promise me you¡¯ll take me home afterwards and¡­ Don¡¯t do anything stupid!¡±This content is ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°We had a deal.¡± He smirked, raising his hand and beckoning the waitress. ¡°How much can I be honest with you, so as not to get kicked out of work? ¡± I inquired, getting a little bolder after drinking a fewrge sips of wine. ¡°What an interesting question.¡± dimir chuckled, filling my ss again. ¡°How about this? I am always responsible for my words, actions and deeds. And I promise that I won¡¯t fire you, as long as you¡¯re¡­ Wouldn¡¯t mind spending time with me. At least for a chat with a cup of tea or something stronger.¡± ¡°At least over conversation,¡± I repeated stupidly. That sounds strange enough, but okay. ¡°Every girl would be d of yourpany, wouldn¡¯t you?¡± ¡°Angelina,¡± he interrupted me softly. ¡°Mypany would be d every girl, why are you so fiercely opposed?¡± I let out a nervous chuckle. ¡°One-One,¡± I said with genuine enthusiasm. Yes, I don¡¯t know the answer to that question. Neither does he, apparently. What am I talking about? It¡¯s my ¡°no¡± that turns him on. Surrender to this man and then work in peace? God, it¡¯s the alcohol¡­ ¡°dimir, I think I¡¯ve had too much to drink and it¡¯s time to go home..¡± At once from what I recollect a song of the well-known singer: It¡¯s time for me to go home! How sweet your voice was It¡¯s time to go home! # Drive me on, driver, dumb I¡¯m going home It¡¯s time to go home! Forgive me, my darling It¡¯s time to go home Drive me home, golden driver It¡¯s time to go home! There¡¯s a driver, there¡¯s a car, and there¡¯s a sweet voice, too. Okay, Lina, stop! ¡°Yeah, sure. Let¡¯s go.¡± When I got up, I realized I¡¯d had too much to drink. Oh, my God, did I drink the whole bottle myself? No wonder my knees are so shaky. dimir picks me up by the waist, lightly clutching me with his hands and whispers in my ear, blowing his hot breath. I hope you don¡¯t prefer the floor over my support? ¡°I won¡¯t.¡± As soon as he helps me into the car, my heavy eyelids droop and I drift off to sleep. 13 Chapter dimir I look at such a lovely and beautiful creature that sniffs so sweetly. And I am truly amazed that it was possible to get drunk from just a few sses. I sigh, fix her hair and touch her cheek, feeling how everything in my pants immediately res up and gets hard. It¡¯s getting wildly irritating. Some kind ofpletely uncontroble desire to possess this woman is starting to drive me crazy. I run my fingers over her plump, soft lips, noticing how she shudders. Okay, easy¡­ What am I supposed to do with her? She¡¯s not likely toe to her senses. I start the engine, nervously drumming my fingers on the steering wheel. I have to take her to my ce. And restrain myself with thest of my strength, at least not to look under her nice clothes. Stopping outside the house, I pick Lina up in my arms. She flinches in the elevator. ¡°So eager¡­¡± She babbles softly, wrapping her arms around my neck and resting her face against my chest. Fuck! This is pure mockery. With a frenzy I swing the door open with my foot and head for the bedroom. I put her down on the bed, pull her shoes off her feet, cover her with the nket, and fly out of the room. I¡¯ll be the first girl I¡¯ve ever met who just sleeps with me. She¡¯ll be the first girl to just sleep in my bed¡­ I grabbed a bottle of whiskey and flopped down on the couch, turning on the TV and trying to distract my thoughts. Lina I wake up and realize that something is wrong. First of all, a hellish headache makes itself clear that I do not know how to drink. Secondly, where am I? Getting up and looking around, I realize that it seems to be a guest of dimir. Such a luxurious bedroom can have only this self-confident man. Oh, my¡­ However. But I¡¯m fully dressed, which is good. And even makes me smile a little thought that he had enough intelligence and conscience, to bring me to his ce and just put me to bed. No nonsense. Wow! He really does answer for what he says, and that is immensely satisfying. Slowly and hesitantly I open the door and walk out into the living room. The sma is working in a half-voiced, rewinding some movie, and my boss is half-sitting on the couch with an empty bottle of whiskey in his right hand and Well, big boss, you¡¯ve earned breakfast! I head into the kitchen clutching my head. I¡¯m very hostile, rummaging through the shelves and cabs in the hope of finding a first aid kit with painkillers. You said it yourself, I can behave as if I were at home! It would be a sin not to dream of such a mansion, of course. When the search for the pill is sessful, and I swallow and drink a ss of water, I turn to the refrigerator. Half an hourter, the headache ispletely gone, and I look with a smile at an airy omelet, two cups of coffee, and even managed to fry some pancakes. What a hostess I am, just a sight to behold! I praise myself. ¡± How divinely it smells, is it really happening or am I still dreaming?¡± dimir¡¯s cheerful voicees from behind me, making me wince and turn around, almost resting against his firm chest. The fresh scent hits my nose, and I involuntarily nce over the man¡¯s slightly damp body and realize that it¡¯s after the shower. My cheeks flush with color, and my ears begin to reverberate with the loud pounding of my heart, which for some reason has decided to go crazy. I bite my lip when I meet his questioning gaze, surprised at my reaction and really regretting that he¡¯s wearing jeans¡­ Okay, wait, I¡¯m in the wrong ce! I dash frantically away from him. ¡°Good morning. Thought you might like some¡­ I mean, it¡¯s good¡­ I mean¡­¡± My God, woman, what are you talking about? We¡¯ve got to get out of here! ¡°Thank you, Lina, very unexpected.¡± nevertheless simply answers the boss, sinks down at the table and smiling adds. ¡°You¡¯re not the only one who cooked so much for me, right? I hope we found out that I don¡¯t bite and can be quite.¡± ¨C Cute,¡± I finished involuntarily for him and looked into his eyes, immediately regretting it. He obviously doesn¡¯t like that word. Lina . ¡°I mean, I wanted to say¡­ No, not so, I¡­¡± ¡°Just sit down and rx,¡± I wonder how he can say that. It seems to be soft, but at the same time with such superiority that there is an immediate desire to contradict. ¡°Okay,¡± but I squeezed out and sat down in front of him, grabbing the cup and fixing his eyes in an intricate pattern of coffee grounds. dimir Rather quickly managed to cope with a delicious breakfast licking my fingers looking at Lina, who sits silently in a cup of coffee. ¡°Why aren¡¯t you eating?¡± I ask her, popping another pancake into my mouth. ¡°It¡¯s insanely delicious!¡± I forgot what home cooking is and how wonderful it is. ¡°Thank you, I¡¯m d you like it.¡± I¡¯m d you like it,¡± she smiled, raising her head and letting me look into her clear eyes. ¡°I¡¯ve had enough to eat while I¡¯ve been cooking.¡± ¡°I see, and then I notice my humble subordinate ncing at my naked torso. Is the ice breaking? Could it be that soon the mask of the icy bitch is going to fall off of her, and a rather hot thing will appear in its ce. Well, we¡¯ll see.¡±This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . ¡°I¡¯ll change and take you home.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry I was so¡­ Yesterday¡­ I rarely drink¡­ Though it¡¯s fair to say very, very rarely.¡± ¡°And you should,¡± I grinned with pleasure as I watched her face turn a burgundy color. ¡°You don¡¯t know how to drink at all. I¡¯ll keep that in mind.¡± I¡¯m going up from the table and heading to my room,¡± I snorted. ¡± I can call a cab¡­ I¡¯m not sure I can call a cab,¡± he murmured uncertainly, causing me to roll my eyes. I pretend I didn¡¯t hear it. 14 Chapter After removing the rm from the car I open the doors and take my phone out of my pocket, which begins to vibrate. ¡°Thank you.¡± I go around and get behind the wheel and answer the phone. ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°Good morning! What¡¯s up? How¡¯s it going? ¡°d¡¯s chipper voicees on. ¡°I¡¯ve been fed a delicious breakfast.¡± ¡± Breakfast and no sex?¡± ¡°d, don¡¯t rub it in.¡± ¡°All right, all right, you¡¯ll get itter.¡± ¡± How are you doing?¡± I start the engine and look at Lina, who¡¯s looking at me curiously. ¡± I¡¯m fine,¡± she says and then shuts off. ¡°dimir¡­ I would like to rify¡­ ¡°squeezes out Lina nervously, biting her lower lip seductively. ¡°Angelina Rostova, I thought we agreed,¡± I turn away irritably, looking at the road. ¡°I¡¯m not going to push you. In the office only business rtions, outside of friendship.¡± God, did I really say that?! Friendly, really? I¡¯vepletely lost my mind! ¡°Great,¡± he exhales in relief and rxes back in his seat, spreading a smile. And I smile back. That¡¯s it, call me an ambnce¡­ This woman is literally driving me crazy! ¡°You know¡­ I still feel really bad about what I did yesterday¡­ Why don¡¯t youe over for dinner tonight?¡± I can¡¯t even catch my breath. She¡¯s inviting me to dinner? SHE? ¡°I thought you liked what I made, and I¡­¡± Am I dreaming?! Lina¡¯s inviting me over? ¡°I wanted you to meet a friend of mine. I thought you two might hit it off.¡± Oh, no. Reality! She just decided to divert my attention to another woman¡­ She seems like a smart woman. ¡°dimir, what do you say? I have to say something.¡± ¡°That¡¯s a great idea, I¡¯ll take you home after work.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be silly, she interrupts me hastily.¡± ¡°I have to go to the store, and I have to tell my girlfriend.¡± ¡°Okay, I¡¯ll pick you up at whatever time you say.¡± I have neither the strength nor the desire to argue with her. I¡¯m stopping in front of the office. ¡°Shit! I was going to take you home!¡± My mind¡¯s gonepletely to mush. ¡°Oh, no, no, no, I¡¯m full of energy and ready to work. I¡¯ll expect you for dinner at 8:00.¡± Lina approaches and touches my cheek with her lips. ¡°Have a good day!¡± She wishes me and rushes out of the car, leaving me at a loss to look behind her. A light kiss on the cheek caused a typhoon inside, and not just in my pants, fuck! Lina Work in the office was going at its usual pace. Everything was as easy and simple as ever. Except that my thoughts were upied by dimir¡­ If originally his behavior terribly annoyed me and made me feel, if not disgusted, then certainly negative, then yesterday and today ¡­ He opened up to me apletely different side. Maybe he wasn¡¯t as bad as I thought. ¡°Angelina, what are you thinking about?¡± Natasha asked me when we were standing at the coffee machine. ¡°So-and-so,¡± she waved her hand carelessly, picking up a cup with a hot drink. ¡°Your ¡°so-and-so¡± is not in the best mood today, can you tell me what¡¯s going on?¡± she smiled slyly, folding her arms and looking into my eyes. I blinked nervously. ¡°What are you talking about? ¡± I asked, as indifferently as possible. ¡°Well, yesterday you were fired¡­ And today you¡¯re working as if nothing had happened. I wouldn¡¯t be surprised if you spent the night together and..¡± ¡± Natasha, where and with whom I spend the night is none of your damn business. Stay out of my personal life!¡± I blurted out irritably. ¡°Yes, and the decision about firing and hiring is not in yourpetence. Better watch your direct duties, while you still have them.¡± I do not know what kind of fly stung me, but it was the girl made me lose my temper. Why does she even care? ¡± How evil we are. Now it¡¯s definitely safe to say that you haven¡¯t had sex. You¡¯re both cranky,¡± Natasha grumbled, and I turned away, heading for my office. But I ran into dimir¡¯s firm chest and identally spilled coffee on it. ¡°Oh, shit!¡± I hissed, ncing down my wet shirt and catching my boss¡¯s reproachful look. ¨C Sorry! ¡°It¡¯s okay, Angelina,¡± he smiled softly and nced at his secretary, adding glumly. ¡°And you heed the advice and scratch your seat!¡± ¡°Yes, boss,¡± she mumbled, immediately beginning to head for her desk. ¡°You have sharp ws, Lina,¡± grinned dimir, looking at the dark stain on the snow-white fabric. It becamepletely embarrassing and embarrassing.This content is ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Only for the ones I don¡¯t like,¡± she answered, smiling sadly. ¡°Can I wash it for you?¡± ¡°No need to worry, I have a change in my office. Are we still on for dinner?¡± ¡°Yes, of course.¡± ¡°Well, see you tonight, Lina,¡± he winked and moved along the corridor, and I clutched my half-empty cup in confusion, looking after him. What are you, dimir, after all? Oh God, I¡¯m really curious¡­ That¡¯s it, Lina, this is the beginning of your end. Thest thing I need is to fall in love with my boss! 15 Chapter Lina I wiped my sweaty forehead tiredly as I popped the meat and potatoes into the oven. It didn¡¯t take much time to do the shopping and cleaning, but I¡¯d already given up on cooking. I nced at the clock and noticed that it was past seven, set the timer on the oven, and headed for the shower. I cleaned myself up, just clutched the hair dryer in my hand, there was the sound of the doorbell. Probably Lizka! In a bathrobe and fluffy slippers, moved to open the door. But on the threshold was dimir, he leaned against the door frame, shed me an attentive look and smirked. Shit, my cheeks immediately glowed. ¡°Hey,¡± he said simply, and handed me a bottle of wine. ¡°Thanks, you shouldn¡¯t have, you¡¯re early. I¡¯m still¡­¡±Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°It¡¯s okay, you look great,¡± I tried to hide my embarrassment, and I didn¡¯t know if he meant it or was just being polite. ¡°Come into the living room,¡± I nodded at the door. ¡°Make yourself at home. I¡¯ll go change.¡± ¡°Yeah,¡± I said as I walked back into the bathroom. Immediately I started dialing my friend¡¯s number. ¡°Lena, you¡¯ll kill meter, but I¡¯m sorry, I can¡¯t make it.¡± ¡°What do you mean you can¡¯t make it?¡± ¡°I got called in for a shift. I¡¯m sorry. I¡¯m sorry.¡± ¡°Do you realize how badly you¡¯re setting me up?¡± ¡°No. You need to get over yourself. You¡¯re crazy about him. You like him. So why do you avoid intimacy with him so much?¡± ¡°Masha¡­¡± ¡°Answer that question for yourself, girlfriend. I hope you¡¯ll call me tomorrow morning and tell me what a hot night you two had. I¡¯m sure your boss knows a lot about pleasure,¡± I added and turned off the phone. Masha let me down. No, well, is this what a real friend does? I substituted her then, and she? I nned everything so carefully, and she just threw me at the mercy of the boss. What am I going to do with him? I put the phone away and try to pull myself together. ¡°Lina, everything okay?¡± dimir asked me sprawled out on my couch. He feels at home! I told him myself, so why am I so angry at his rxedness? I also decided not to dress up too much. I wore a tracksuit. Less ess to my body in case¡­ No. There won¡¯t be anything! I¡¯m a good employee, and there¡¯s no way in hell I¡¯m sleeping with my boss! ¡°Yeah. All of it.¡± ¡°You can¡¯t tell. You¡¯re too uptight.¡± ¡°You think you are. Pour me some wine,¡± I took my ss from the table and gave it to him to fill it up. Getting drunk was a better option than what? Than having sex with the most desirable man in thepany? AHHH. I¡¯m losing my mind. I just don¡¯t know what to do. I¡¯m madly attracted to him. I drink wine one drink at a time. And I ask for more. He smiles. He understands why I¡¯m doing this. ¡°Lina, you¡¯re afraid of me after all. You¡¯re wearing a tracksuit, you don¡¯t want to bepletely honest with me.¡± ¡°Stop it. I¡¯m not afraid of anything.¡± ¡°I can see that. Do you really think I came here to take you down? Lina Rostova?¡± ¡± dimir, it¡¯s all veryplicated.¡± ¡°And what¡¯splicated about the attraction between two mature and sexually attractive people?¡± He looks at me with a prating look, waiting for an answer. What does he want to hear? What? ¡°I¡¯m quitting,¡± I blurted out, and my statement almost made his jaw drop. ¡°You¡¯re incorrigible. I¡¯m sick of it,¡± he got up from the couch when I was a few steps away from him. ¡°You¡¯re not a little girl,¡± he kept stepping, and I staggered back against the wall until my back was against it. That¡¯s it. I am trapped. No escape route! ¡°Lina,¡± he pressed me even harder into the wall, running his palm across my cheek. I can¡¯t believe this is happening to me right now! I got goose bumps running down my skin, and I got a fever myself. Is that possible? No, it¡¯s the alcohol. My brain doesn¡¯t work and my body doesn¡¯t listen to me just from drinking! ¡°You are so beautiful¡­¡±Whispers in my ear, covering my neck with light kisses. Gently pulls the tongue of the zipper of my shirt and¡­ presses me against him. I inhale the pleasant masculine scent and try to pull away. But I do not seed. I hear his breathing hitch. I feel his hands smoothly stroking my back, moving lower. I blink, trying to gain some control. ¡°Let yourself go. There¡¯s nothing wrong with me being your boss and you being my employee. It¡¯s mypany. I won¡¯t fire you for not following the rules. On the contrary, I¡¯ll even reward you if you¡¯re really bad. But only with me, Lina. My heart is pounding wildly in my chest. It¡¯s been too long since I¡¯ve had a man, my body rxes, and I close my eyes. I no longer have the strength to resist. He touches his lips gently, drawing me into a kiss, and, perhaps for the first time, I respond with the same urgency, running my hands through his hair. The touch makes me feel hot, and my breathing besbored when my boss unhooks my bra and touches my already aroused breasts with his fingertips. I give up¡­ I start moaning as my hot fingers reach under the stic of my pants and touch the thince. ¡°You¡¯re very beautiful, Lina. You blow my mind. I want you so bad, you have no idea what it takes to keep myself from taking you the way I love you.¡± ¡°Ahhhh,¡± I whimpered as I felt his fingers inside me. But this is just the beginning. This is forey. What happens next? Next, he gives me an unforgettable orgasm against the wall, using only his fingers andter his tongue. He brings me to the point of ecstasy¡­ I can no longer stand on my feet. dimir does not undress, he only slightly pulls down his boxer pants. The way he strokes himself is such a turn-on. I¡¯ve never seen anything sexier or more vicious in my life. He¡¯s handsome everywhere. He¡¯s like Hercules. Strong. Bold. My lips already hurt from kissing him, and I¡¯m sure his fingers will leave bruises on my skin. But whatever. Whatever. Masha was right. It¡¯s time to let myself go. He kisses me and thrusts me hard. My scream of deep pration remains absorbed, and dimir begins to move. I used to think the most shameful pose was doggy style, but I realize it¡¯s not when hees out a few minutester, turns me over to face the wall, and abruptly enters from behind. I¡¯ve never felt such pleasure. He pulls my hair into a fist and begins to fuck me. Roughly and deeply prating, kissing, biting, clenching my breasts. ¡°Sweetheart, Lina,¡± he hisses in the back of my head, and pulls my hair even harder, thrusting me deeper and deeper. He¡¯s inplete control of me. My movements, my body, my emotions. ¡°Do you want to cum?¡± he asks the most idiotic question in the world and slows down sharply. ¡°dimir¡­¡± ¡°Say it. Yes, I want to cum, boss,¡± he moves his hips and plunges only a few centimeters. And then hees out. ¡°Stop fucking around like that.¡± dimir sharply grabs my neck and turns my head on top of his. ¡°I give the orders here,¡± he hisses against my lips and ps my right buttock. ¡°Yes. I want to! Yes!¡± I confess, but he doesn¡¯t think about stopping any further. d Yes, it¡¯s boring here, of course. I thought it would be much more fun and warm. But it¡¯s cold here. Now I envy Vova. He¡¯s got such events there, a beautiful employee nearby¡­ Eh, why am I not in Moscow? This business trip is taking too long. Necessary contracts signed, new investors would be happy to share their investments in my friend¡¯s new idea. I wonder what he is doing now? To call or not to call? I¡¯m bored! I already poured a drink, but it didn¡¯t stick. Call. So I dial his number. A littlete? Oh, that¡¯s okay. He¡¯ll get over it. But he doesn¡¯t even think about answering. Ten calls dialed and not one answered. Not even a return call. All right, have fun, man. I turned on a rerun of ¡°Dexter¡± and started watching it, which dragged on until morning, because I couldn¡¯t sleep a wink. But I passed out in the morning and slept till almost evening. Wow. 18:00. I got out of bed and headed for the shower, taking my cell phone with me. And as it turned out, I didn¡¯t do it for nothing. As soon as I stepped into the stall, the phone rang. I pressed the sensor with my wet finger to receive an iing call from Vova. ¡°Hey, bro. You called yesterday, I was busy.¡± ¡°Doing what?¡±The water was noisy, but I didn¡¯t think to turn it off, and also to interrupt the connection with Vova. It was very interesting to know how hisst night went. ¡°Lina.¡± ¡°Lina? That¡¯s the Lina?¡± ¡°Yeah. d, she is. You know, I¡¯m really in love.¡± ¡°Oh, yeah?¡± ¡°Yeah. I¡¯m telling you, I¡¯m serious. She¡¯s real, not fake. Real beauty and soul. It took me a long time, but it was worth it.¡± ¡°I hope so. Vov, I want to see her already. Do me a favor, send me a picture of the beauty.¡± ¡°No. Come and see for yourself.¡± ¡°Who are you after that?¡± ¡°Your friend. I always have been and always will be. Let this be a surprise to you.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll be back soon. In a week, I think.¡± ¡°That¡¯s quite a catch for you, d.¡± ¡°No, I¡¯m happy for you. But I¡¯m already bored here. So I want to go home soon.¡± ¡°All right, I¡¯ll see you soon, and I¡¯ll introduce you to Rostov in person.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll take you up on that.¡± ¡°Okay, I gotta go. I have to go home.¡± ¡°So you spent the night at her ce? You¡¯ve never spent the night, have you? That¡¯s right, our dimir Maksimovich is in love to the hilt.¡± ¡°Stop mocking me, d. If youe back, I¡¯ll demote you, you¡¯ll see.¡± ¡°Well, Vov, you know I love you, and I¡¯m only grateful to you. I wish you the best. And if you really found the right one, I¡¯ll be sincerely d.¡± ¡°Thank you, d. I have to get back to the one. I¡¯ll talk to you soon.¡± My friend turned off the phone. What was I supposed to do? Watch the show again or go to the bar to pick up thedy of my heart? No, I didn¡¯t feel like it. Vova was right, I wanted something real. Sveta had cheated on me. It was hard. But I got over the pain and even let her go. But for now I¡¯m alone. And I don¡¯t even want to fuck anyone, and I refuse to even go out for coffee. Hopefully, in time, my depression will pass. For now, I have to watch the next flight to Moscow. Stop moping, the new year ising up. And I definitely have to go back to get to the New Year¡¯s Eve party. 16 Chapter Lina I was ashamed to wake up, but even more ashamed to look my boss in the eye. And there was no way I could escape, because I was now in my apartment! Damn! I had too much alcoholst night! It was the only excuse I could find. But luckily he wasn¡¯t in bed. I was able to get out of the covers and get dressed quickly. Evenbed my hair before Vova came back into the room. I think that after what happened, I can safely address him by his first name. ¡°Are you awake, sleepyhead?¡± inquired and came closer. He had already showered and smelled good. I just wanted to eat¡­ Eat? Yes, I was insanely hungry in the truest sense of the word. ¡°I made breakfast. I hope you like it,¡± he said, and kissed me on the cheek. He didn¡¯t try to put his hands on me again. After all, I¡¯d given him enough to do yesterday. ¡°And what have you prepared?¡± ¡°You¡¯ll see. Shall we go to the kitchen or would you like breakfast in bed? I¡¯m sure if I watch you eat, after all I won¡¯t be able to help myself. Damn!¡± he¡¯s got me in his steely arms again. ¡°You taste so good, baby. Everywhere. I experienced it myself tonight.¡± I didn¡¯t say anything back. I didn¡¯t want to. Ashamed, like a little girl, of what many women like to shout about, elevating their lovers in the eyes of others. ¡°We can¡¯t work together now.¡± ¡°What are you talking about?¡± Vova immediately begins to get angry. ¡°Company ethics and all that. I do not want rumors. And as a manager you don¡¯t want them either. ¡± ¡°Not just an executive, but the owner. Don¡¯t get confused. Mypany, my rules. I make ¡¯em, I change ¡¯em. It¡¯s that simple.¡± ¡°For you, yes, but not for me. I don¡¯t want to be judged. I already told you that. I want to be judged, you know?¡± ¡°I am evaluating your professional qualities, Angelina Rostova. Whose fault is it that you¡¯re so seductive that your professional skillse with a posh bonus?¡± ¡°That was offensive. You just called me a whore! ¡± ¡°Stop. Don¡¯t twist it. I didn¡¯t call you that. All right, let¡¯s go to breakfast, and then we¡¯ll talk about everything.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t tell me what to do in my own house.¡± ¡°Okay,¡± she gives up quickly and just silently pulls me along, taking my hand. The aromas are delicious. When did he have time to cook something? But wait. He certainly did not cook it himself. On the table was my favorite pasta with cream sauce and a few sandwiches with salmon. ¡°Bon appetit,¡± he says as he pulls back a chair for me and I sit down at the table. He sits across from me, not next to me. I want to tell him he didn¡¯t make it, but I don¡¯t. I wait for him to confess. ¡°I ordered the pasta and sauce, but I made the salmon sandwiches myself. One customer said no, and the delivery guy offered to take it from me. I hope you like fish.¡± ¡± I do. Thanks for telling me. Bon app¨¦tit,¡± I wished him and he wished me. While I ate, he sat silently and looked at me. And it was wildly irritating. It hurt to put my legs together, and I even whimpered a little when I tried to do it. ¡°How much did it hurt?¡± Vova noticed and understood everything. Yeah, he¡¯s not a little boy in every way. ¡°A little.¡± I admitted honestly, but still I was able to eat all the pasta, and even cram one sandwich in myself and drink orange juice. ¡°I have the ointment. ¡±Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°I don¡¯t need anything! Thank you, it was all very good, but you have to go,¡± I thanked and decided to chase it off as soon as possible. There won¡¯t be a repeat of tonight,¡± I decided firmly. 17 Chapter dimir Lina behaved rather strangely all the days that followed. I of course tore up her resignation letter, I didn¡¯t want to let her go, and she wanted to distance herself from me more and more every day. Strange behavior. Women in general are quite strange natures, they want something extra, then they do not know what they want. Soon the new year ising, soon d arrives. I then left at Lina¡¯s request, leaving her alone, but that doesn¡¯t mean I decided to back off. Sex brings people closer together, that¡¯s a fact. I¡¯m attracted to her, even though I told d that I was in love, but I think it¡¯s not just a crush anymore, it¡¯s something more. ¡°Get me Rostova,¡± I called Natasha, because Lina ignored me all day today, even when I wrote her a message that I¡¯m waiting with the report in his office. Acting silly. ¡± I am listening to you, dimir Maximovich,¡± she immediately pretends to be an easy-going employee. She is dressed today in a blue business suit, with stiletto shoes on her feet. Beneath her jacket is a gray blouse, buttoned up to her neck. She deliberately doesn¡¯t let herself get naked and annoy me. Anybody else would be on her knees with my cock in her mouth after I fucked her. This shit ain¡¯t like that. ¡°It¡¯s been over a week and you¡¯re still acting the same way.¡± ¡°What did you want, dimir Maksimovich? I asked you to dismiss me voluntarily, but you refused. You threatened to fire me again. Why do you want it? ¡± ¡°What for? Close the door ande to me. I don¡¯t want the whole office to hear you and I having an argument that doesn¡¯t even exist.¡± ¡°Exactly. So there¡¯s nothing to find out!¡± ¡°I didn¡¯t think you were that disgusted with me. You¡¯re kidding yourself, Lina. What are you afraid of? That I¡¯ll leave you and easily find a recement? Does the fear of being abandoned make you think it¡¯s better not to start anything with me? Is the opinion of others or is your little brother against it? Exin?¡± ¡°There¡¯s nothing to exin, dimir. Yes, I let myself go, yes, I liked it. But I don¡¯t want to go on. I want to make a career, not be your mistress.¡± ¡°Are you out of your mind? Did I say I was singling you out for a mistress role?¡± ¡°It¡¯s perfectly clear.¡±All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. ¡°You don¡¯t understand anything. Come to me, don¡¯t stand there like a statue at the door and piss me off even more. That¡¯s enough!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t give me orders! I¡¯m not your personal toy. I have my own life, and I want to do what I want, without any orders.¡± ¡°I never thought of you as a toy, Lina. I never did. What happened to you? Can you tell me what? I don¡¯t get it, do I?¡± ¡°You wouldn¡¯t understand.¡± ¡°Why not? I¡¯m not a stupid man. I have my own business. Don¡¯t you think I can understand why a girl who was attracted to me and had a mutual attraction decided to leave me? What was the reason? There has to be a reason? There must be some fucking exnation. ¡± You want to know the truth that badly? ¡°Yes, I was dying to know!¡± I took a few sips of whiskey and stared at Lena, who kept stubbornly standing still and driving me crazy. ¡°Okay,¡± she began to approach, and it was already a little satisfying. ¡°Tell me. Just tell me what¡¯s wrong. You can sit on the couch, I don¡¯t bite.¡± ¡°I met a guy. And I fell in love with him.¡± That¡¯s exactly what I didn¡¯t expect to hear from Rostov§Ñ. Shit! Her confession just smeared me on the wall. Who was he? Who was this bastard who in a matter of days could steal the heart of an impregnable queen? It was now my sacred duty! To find out what kind of freak her secret man was. ¡°And who is he? What is his name?¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but I can¡¯t tell you that. Just let me go. That¡¯s all. I want to quit. Sign the form, please.¡± ¡°Are you serious right now? Lina, think hard. I¡¯m rich, and who¡¯s your soulmate? Another pauper? He hasn¡¯t given you an expensive piece of clothing or an essory, and I can do anything for you.¡± ¡± It¡¯s not about the money, dimir. He hasn¡¯t, because we haven¡¯t seen each other yet. But I¡¯ll see you soon.¡± ¡°Are you serious? You met on a dating site?¡± ¡± It doesn¡¯t matter.¡± ¡°You fell in love with a man before you even met him? Are you serious? Lina, I thought you were a smart woman, but I guess I was wrong. Yeah, you made meugh, angel. ¡± ¡°It¡¯s my life and my views. ¡± ¡°Some foreigner promising to take you to his castle and treat you like a princess?¡± ¡°That¡¯s the end of it. You wanted to know the reason, I gave it to you. Fire me, Vova,¡± she turned to me for the first time in weeks, not officially. ¡°I take it for the new year he will fly to you?¡± ¡°Why all these questions?¡± ¡°Answer me.¡± ¡°Yes.¡±¡± ¡°Then I want to meet him in person.¡± ¡°Vova, why do you want to do that?¡± ¡°I want to make sure that the girl I love will be in good hands.¡± ¡°That¡¯s stupid and not mature.¡± ¡°Why not? It¡¯s all within the norm. Who knows if you¡¯re just making this up to push me away?¡± ¡°I wouldn¡¯t do that.¡± Judging by your behavior, that¡¯s exactly what you¡¯ve been doingtely. Okay, Leena. I hear you, and I hope you hear me. 18 Chapter Lina I tried in every way to push dimir away from me. Why? Because I realized that I liked having sex with him, but I didn¡¯t consider him a boyfriend. A little bit of a good one. I asked him to fire me, but he refused, I asked him not to call me into his office every time, but he purposely did the opposite. Today was the ultimate breakdown. In the morning I didn¡¯t want to go to work because I had no desire to see him again. I didn¡¯t understand why he couldn¡¯t just let me go and fire me without any threats or ultimatums. I had toe up with a reason and I did, literally ten minutes before Natasha called me in and told me that the boss was waiting in his office. I got another man. Now this is clearly going to drive him away. I was one hundred percent sure, but I did not expect that he would want to meet him in person. I had to make up more of it until I waspletely confused by this lie myself. dimir won¡¯t just give up, and I understand that, but I don¡¯t want to be his ything, and I don¡¯t want to feel like the heroine of some erotic movie where she¡¯s being dominated. I don¡¯t want my life to be controlled. ¡°So what? Will you introduce me to him?¡± dimir repeats the question, and I don¡¯t know what to answer. I just don¡¯t.Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°Okay, and then you¡¯ll leave me alone once and for all. Do we have a deal?¡± ¡°Of course, Angelina Rostova. As soon as possible.¡± Good. Now it was just a matter of finding this very fake guy with whom I supposedly fell in love. ¡°And while there was still time until the new year, do your duties on time.¡± ¡°Of course, boss. I¡¯m ready to give you my report. It¡¯s in a folder in my office. You want it?¡± ¡°You¡¯re very efficient. That¡¯s crazy. Have lunch with me, fuck the report. Let¡¯s go,¡± he rises from his chair and takes my hand. ¡°Come on, Lina. I¡¯m hungry,¡± considering the way he¡¯s looking at me now, he¡¯s not just hungry and wants to eat lunch as soon as possible, there¡¯s a slightly different, savage hunger. ¡°I don¡¯t want it, dimir.¡± ¡°You¡¯ve lost weight. You need to eat more, not sit on gluten bars.¡± ¡°I know what¡¯s best for my body.¡± ¡°Why are you so stubborn?¡± ¡°Why is it that if I do something that you don¡¯t like, I immediately be stubborn?¡± ¡°Because you are. Come on, Lina. You don¡¯t want to be broke on New Year¡¯s Eve, do you? Do you? You have to buy presents for your brother and your parents.¡± ¡°I have savings. So if you fired me, I¡¯d be fine.¡± ¡°You¡¯re noting with me?¡± already asks the question clearly knowing that this is exactly what is going to happen. ¡°I do not want to go anywhere with you, Vova. I want to finish my day and just go home. I want to get paid for my work. That¡¯s all,¡± I exin, and then I rush off the couch as the phone starts vibrating in my pocket. The number is unfamiliar, but I still pick up the phone. ¡°Hello. I¡¯m listening to you,¡± I say first, in response a long silence, which can not help but to frighten. ¡°Hello, are you Lena Rostova?¡± Finallyes a voice on the other end of the phone. ¡± I. Something happened?¡±The voice is female and very excited. ¡°Yes, it is.¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Don¡¯t keep me waiting! What?¡± I started screaming into the phone to find out the truth as soon as possible. ¡± I¡¯m an ambnce doctor. Your brother. He¡¯s¡­¡± My heart went in my heels! No, it can¡¯t be! No! He¡¯s alive, he¡¯s alive! ¡°What¡¯s the matter with him? What¡¯s the matter with him?¡± I can no longer hold back tears, and there¡¯s no need to hide my real emotions now. ¡°He was hit by a car.¡± 19 Chapter d What a mess I¡¯ve been in. I flew in today, and I had to hit a man on the way home. Shit! The cabbie was totally out of his mind. I wasn¡¯t rushing to the airport, I was going home. It was a young guy who ran a red light. As I understood it, he wanted to catch up with his girlfriend, and wasn¡¯t looking at the traffic light. We hit him. Not hard, but the guy had a good bump on his head. It was covered in blood. The cabbie tried to run away, but I wouldn¡¯t let him. Called an ambnce myself, and waited for the police toe and take care of everything. ¡°Do you realize you¡¯re creating a problem for me?¡± I could get my driver¡¯s license suspended. You¡¯re the one I had to drive. I¡¯ve got enough problems, and my wife will kick me out of the house if she finds out I don¡¯t have a license or a way to make a living.¡± Whining and moaning. So I decided to tell the police that I was driving. Took all the me. I didn¡¯t hit him hard, so I got off with a small fine. It¡¯s not like I¡¯m going to jail. Besides, if we pull up the DVR tape, we¡¯ll see that the guy was crossing the road himself when the light was green for us. It¡¯s called homing! I thought I woulde home and then go to Vova. But no, all my ns changed because of some brat. Vova whined a lot into my phone that after he slept with Rostova nothing had changed. Not only that, she began to specifically avoid him. Was the girl frightened of the overbearing demon? The little angel couldn¡¯t stand the pressure of my friend? Yeah, he can be a little stubborn, but he gets his way. He did, he fucked her, but it wasn¡¯t enough. He wants to be with her. He wants to live with her, and he wants them to have kids in the future. That¡¯s what he wants, but not Lina. I promised I¡¯d help him. Although my friend still hasn¡¯t shown me the picture. I thought about cheating, and asked Natasha to send it over, but she refused. Vova threatened to fire me if she went against him. The only thing Natasha said was that Lina was pretty nice, but she was wildly annoying. ¡°Young man,¡± the ambnce doctor turned to me while I was signing some kind of report of wrongdoing. ¡°Yes.¡± ¡°The guy¡¯s got a cranio-brain injury. He needs to go to the hospital.¡± ¡°If you have to, you have to take him.¡± ¡°You understand it¡¯s not free?¡± ¡°How much money?¡± I take a few green bills out of my purse and hand them to him. Damn bureaucrats. ¡°§¦eah. That¡¯s good enough. Diana, let¡¯s take the guy to the third,¡± he yells to the woman in the ambnce. ¡°Will you notify the victim¡¯s family, or should we?¡± ¡°Will I have to pay for that too?¡± I ask him straight out, because the stupid cab driver already cost me 600 bucks. And as I understand it, this is just the beginning. I don¡¯t have any rtives to go to bat for the guy yet. I don¡¯t want any more criminal charges. ¡°No. We¡¯ll take care of that. I think he¡¯ll be over it in a couple of days. Just make sure there¡¯s no other, worse consequences.¡± ¡°What do you mean?¡± ¡°A hit to the head can cause other kinds of injuries- memory loss, vision loss, etc. ¡± ¡°He wasn¡¯t flying that far, was he?¡± The nurse bandages the victim¡¯s head and asks for a name. ¡°Konstantin Rostov. I¡¯m twenty years old,¡± but he does not have time to say it, because in the same second he just passes out. Yeah, he got hit on the head pretty good. ¡°We¡¯re going to the hospital. If you want to know about the boy¡¯s condition, call me,¡± the doctor holds out a piece of paper with his phone number written on it. Peter Stepanovich. ¡°All right.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t rule out that the guy¡¯s rtives don¡¯t want to find you in order to get even more money. I¡¯ve seen a lot of stories like that.¡± ¡°Thanks for the warning. I understand all that.¡±All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. ¡°That¡¯s fine, then. Good luck,¡± he says and gets into the ambnce. The report is drawn up, the fine is paid, the guy¡¯s alive. The cabbie goes unpunished and keeps his license. It¡¯s good that I had my license, but now they took it away from me. Sometimes I curse myself for my decency and justice! Why did I have to take it out on him? Was it a pity that my family would be left without a breadwinner? What will happen to me now? That¡¯s what? If this kid moves on? Shit! Why did I only think of that now? 20 Chapter Angelina ¡°What¡¯s wrong?¡± Vova wonders when he sees my condition. ¡°What¡¯s the matter with him? Was he seriously hurt?¡± ¡°No, he didn¡¯t get hurt. But he¡¯s in the hospital.¡± ¡°What hospital?¡± ¡°The third. Come quickly, he keeps calling for you,¡± she says and hangs up. ¡°Will you tell me what happened?¡± asks the boss again. ¡°My brother got hit by a car. He¡¯s in the hospital right now. They say his condition isn¡¯t serious.¡± ¡± Let me take you to him. Let¡¯s go.¡± ¡°No. Don¡¯t. I¡¯ll get there myself. You wanted lunch.¡± ¡°It¡¯s more important to me to drive you than to fill my stomach with restaurant food.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll drive myself.¡± ¡°She won¡¯t be so stubborn. Now is not the time to show your temper.¡± He¡¯s right. It¡¯s not the time. I¡¯ll have to find out. Who hit him, what he was hit for, and how it all happened! If it turns out to be the driver¡¯s fault, as it is in most cases, I will demandpensation. I doubt it¡¯s like that and my brother only got away with bruises and abrasions. If Vova wants a ride, let him. This man is extremely difficult to change his mind, and right now I have neither the time nor the desire to argue with him. ¡°Okay, let¡¯s go.¡± I agree, we leave his office, then I run into mine to get dressed in my down jacket, and we go. Natasha looks in our direction crookedly. It¡¯s not my fault she¡¯s head over heels in love with her boss, and he pays no attention to her. I messed up her ns when I came to work here. But that¡¯s okay, I¡¯ll be gone soon. I¡¯m sure they slept together. But that¡¯s none of my business. We are near the parking lot, Vova opens the door for me and I sit in the front seat. ¡°Thank you,¡± I thank him, and we drive off. ¡°What happened to him? Who hit him?¡± asks a question that I don¡¯t know the whole truth about yet.This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . ¡°I don¡¯t know anything. The hospital will tell us everything.¡± ¡°The culprit must have already left, since the doctor called you.¡± ¡°Vova, please,¡± I¡¯m asking him not to touch me now with his interrogations. ¡± Don¡¯t worry. I¡¯ll find the culprit anyway.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll do it myself.¡± ¡± I¡¯ll do it all by myself. What an independent girl I¡¯ve got.¡± ¡°Not you, Vova. And let¡¯s stop talking about it once and for all. If you don¡¯t stop pestering me, I¡¯ll get out of the car right now and walk. I warned you!¡± ¡°You¡¯re scary. Okay, I give up. We¡¯ll be there soon. It doesn¡¯t suit you to be so mean. I like it better when youugh. You¡¯re different, more gentle and feminine.¡± But I ignored his words, just stared out the window. The snowfall was barely sprinkling on the roads. It¡¯s strange that there¡¯s almost no snow closer to New Year¡¯s Eve. And I want a real new year. With snow and firecrackers and tangerines. But the most important thing right now is not to panic. Don¡¯t call your parents and don¡¯t disturb them. ¡°Here we are,¡± Vova says as we pull up to the hospital. ¡°Thank you,¡± I hurry to get out of the car. ¡± I¡¯ll wait. Then I¡¯ll take you home. There¡¯s no point in going back to work.¡± ¡°No need, I can stayte.¡± ¡°That¡¯s all right. I¡¯m in no hurry.¡± ¡°Vova, please. I¡¯ll see you at work tomorrow.¡± ¡°Are you sure?¡± ¡°Absolutely. See you tomorrow,¡± I m the door and run to the office to sort everything out and make sure Kostya is all right. 21 Chapter Angelina I immediately found the doctor, and then he led me to the room in which Kostik was now lying. His head was bandaged, and I understood that the consequences were not too severe, since he was still conscious, but not too minor either, since his head was not quite right now. ¡°Lina, you came,¡± he was d to see me. ¡± How did this happen? Kostya, you¡¯ve always been attentive. I can¡¯t believe you threw yourself under the car. It was the driver¡¯s fault. Admit it?¡± ¡°My fault. I had a fight with Vika. She freaked out and left.¡± ¡°Vika?¡± ¡°My girlfriend.¡± ¡°How long have you had a girlfriend?¡± ¡°We¡¯ve been going out for two months. But I haven¡¯t told anyone about it. And you haven¡¯t really been interested.¡± ¡°I¡¯ve been having a lot of problems myselftely. I haven¡¯t even visited my parents, I¡¯ve been looking for a job and it hasn¡¯t worked out. And when I found a decent job, I wanted to hold on.¡± ¡± I get it. So, Lena, that¡¯s it. I chased her through a red light. It was my fault. The driver wasn¡¯t guilty, and I saw that he was being scammed for money anyway. There¡¯s no justice in this world. Not even like that. The cab driver hit me, and his passenger took the me. ¡°Oh, wow. What a courageous thing to do.¡± ¡°He was just threatened. I bruised my head, I was foggy, and I even lost consciousness when I was in the ambnce. But I remember everything, I see and I understand.¡± ¡°And how long do you have to stay here, you onion woe?¡± I rxed a little when I realized that it was my brother¡¯s own fault, and no one had harmed him on purpose. ¡± I don¡¯t know what they¡¯ll say. I¡¯ll take a sick day. Besides, it¡¯s winter break soon anyway. Lina, maybe we shouldn¡¯t tell our parents. ¡± ¡°What do you mean, don¡¯t tell them? You live with them, don¡¯t you?¡± ¡± I¡¯ve been living alone for two months now. I¡¯m renting an apartment. As one, with Vikusya.¡± ¡± Oh, fianc¨¦. And what happened with you and Vika?¡± ¡°She doesn¡¯t understand me. Lina, she¡¯s a year younger than me. She¡¯s studying theater.¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong with that? She¡¯s creative. She likes it. ¡± ¡°And I don¡¯t like her being invited to auditions by all kinds of guys. You know what I mean? I suspect it¡¯s not the big scene they¡¯re asking her to do. She¡¯s a pretty girl, blonde with blue eyes. She used to live in a vige three hundred kilometers from the city with her mother.¡± ¡°Do you suspect her of infidelity? How did you two meet in the first ce?¡± ¡°Lina, how do you meet now? Through a dating site. That¡¯s how I met. We talked for over a month before I asked her out. She was already living in the dorms.¡± ¡°And?¡±This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . ¡°And I fell in love,¡± he says and blushes. My brother is so grown up now. I knew he was going to fall in love sooner orter, but I didn¡¯t think it would happen so fast. He shouldn¡¯t be nervous at all, and I don¡¯t like this girl anymore. My brother was in a car ident because of her. I don¡¯t like her anymore. ¡°She¡¯s noting back to me. I¡¯ll go crazy if she doesn¡¯t! ¨C and I feel really sorry for him. ¨C Lina, maybe you could talk to her and ask her toe back. Tell her toe see me. ¡°She just ran away when she saw you get hit by a car. Do you need such a traitor?¡± ¡°I do. It¡¯s my own fault. Lina, please. I¡¯ll give you her number, do it for me. Help me get Vikusa back¡±. ¡°I will. What you can¡¯t do for your beloved brother. Dictate her number,¡± I told him, and he immediately smiled. Of course I didn¡¯t want to do that in front of him, so I left the room. Several times I dialed her number, but she didn¡¯t answer. I decided to wait in case she decided to call back, but that didn¡¯t happen either. Okay, when I get home, I¡¯ll call again. Now I have to go to the store and get Kostya some vitamins and the necessary medications. The doctor has already prescribed a whole list. 22 Chapter d Why am I really so blue? It wasn¡¯t my fault, and I need to calm down as soon as possible. Should I call Vova and let her know I¡¯m here? Or should I wait until the end of the affair? Then what should I do? I can not even think of. The apartment alone is boring. Should I get a girl? I had a couple of escort numbers, but I didn¡¯t feel like having sex. I was thinking about Lina. From what Vova told me, I already liked her. And I would have been happy for him, if only this girl hadn¡¯t been trying to get away with it. And she¡¯s really testing him on his strength. She gave it to him once, then what? She¡¯s ying hard to get? I don¡¯t like insincere. Honestly, my opinion of this girl changes at the speed of sound, very often. I¡¯m just doing him a favor. I wish I could find someone I like. But no. No luck in that regard. There¡¯s no way I¡¯ll find someone who¡¯ll be there no matter what. Everyone is deceitful and corrupt. Vova is sure that Lina Rostova is not like that. I don¡¯t know if she is or not. There are too many contradictory facts. I need a drink! These conversations with myself will soon lead me into a dead end from which I can find no way out. And it wouldn¡¯t hurt to get something to eat first. The refrigerator was empty, and the shelves were empty, too. Why didn¡¯t I think of stopping at the store on the way home? No, I have to go out for the day. After all, Vova will know that I flew in today. I just dial the number of my friend, who for some reason is in no hurry to answer. Strange¡­ What is he so busy or who?This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . But after a few minutes, he calls me back. ¡°Just tell me that you flew in and forgot to warn me about it?¡± ¡°Hello to you too, Vov.¡± ¡± I would have met you.¡± ¡± I know, it just happened. I didn¡¯t want to take you away from important things.¡± ¡°Yes, but it¡¯s evening and I¡¯mpletely free. And I¡¯d like to get drunk, to be honest.¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°Lena confessed and told me to fuck off again. Can you believe it? imed she had a boyfriend she met on the Inte.¡± ¡°Vov, she¡¯s screwing with you. She doesn¡¯t have anyone.¡± ¡°I think so too. But I can¡¯t understand why she¡¯s acting like a little girl. I¡¯m sick of it.¡± ¡± I think you¡¯re having a good time. She¡¯s a hard prey.¡± ¡± I enjoyed fucking her, not running around like a boy begging for attention. I am her boss, after all!¡± ¡°So show her who you really are. You don¡¯t scare her anymore! You do what you want to do. It seems to me she just doesn¡¯t give a damn about you.¡± ¡°She does. She¡¯s afraid of me.¡± ¡± Scared and respected are two different things. You know that as well as I do. You know where she lives, you know everything about her. Use that. I¡¯m going to go to work tomorrow and I¡¯m not going to let that girl sit on my head. She¡¯ll be on my payroll, too.¡± ¡°Yeah. You¡¯re right. Okay, I¡¯ll be there in half an hour,¡± he growls into the phone, obviously digesting my words now.¡± ¡°I¡¯m waiting for you. Please stop by the supermarket for more groceries. I¡¯ll pay you back. There¡¯s nothing in the fridge. And there¡¯s nothing to eat at all, only alcohol.¡± ¡°Okay,¡± he agrees and hangs up. 23 Chapter dimir Lina is getting on my nerves. d¡¯s right, it¡¯s time to stop messing with her. I offered to help her and she refused. Stubborn bitch! And him? He¡¯s an asshole, too. He flew in and didn¡¯t tell me anything. I would have met him and helped him with the luggage. That¡¯s all right, we¡¯ll fix it now. I got a lot of stuff at the store, alcohol too. We¡¯re not gonna get away with one bottle of whiskey. I am too angry, and from the looks of it, my friend is in a bad mood too. I knock on the door, d opens it and meets me at the threshold. ¡± Hi, Vov,¡± he shakes my hand while the other takes away a huge bag. ¡± You¡¯re an asshole.¡±Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡± Take off your clothes first, and then you can tell me off,¡± my friend says right away and heads to the kitchen. ¡± It¡¯s been a lousy day today.¡± ¡± You¡¯ve been doing that a lottely.¡± ¡°All because of that bitch.¡± ¡°Vov, you need a distraction from everything.¡± ¡± I¡¯ll get drunk and take my mind off it. Do you mind if I stay overnight at your ce? We¡¯ll go to work together.¡± ¡°You¡¯re still asking. No, of course not.¡± ¡°Why are you so sad?¡± I can tell there¡¯s something wrong with d. ¡°There¡¯s nothing wrong. I¡¯m just not in the mood. I wanted to get back as soon as possible, but I realize I¡¯m not happy with the cold in Moscow. I want to go back to summer.¡± ¡°Yeah, you¡¯re right. And I want to go somewhere for New Year¡¯s Eve. Maybe the two of us could do it?¡± ¡°Are you serious?¡± I had already had time to undress, you know, take off my outerwear, and sat down at the table in the kitchen while d took out the contents of the bags. ¡°Quite seriously. That¡¯s right, after the New Year¡¯s Eve party we¡¯ll do it. First I want to see Lina¡¯s fianc¨¦.¡± ¡°She¡¯s making it up. She doesn¡¯t have one. We¡¯ve been over this. What should I make? ¡°I don¡¯t know. There¡¯s a lot of stuff in there. Even frozen pizza. Just put it in the oven and heat it up. ¡± ¡°We could order fresh pizza. How do you feel about that?¡± How do I feel about ordering pizza? Great. Especially since I know a very interesting deliverypany. What¡¯s Lena¡¯s friend¡¯s name? I think it¡¯s Masha. That¡¯s right, that¡¯s the one she wanted me to meet. I immediately take my iPhone in my hands and look for the delivery number of ¡°HOT FOOD¡± in my contacts. ¡°Good evening. We¡¯re so d you called HOT FOOD.¡± ¡°Hi. I would like to order arge seafood pizza and another with pepperoni.¡± ¡°Anything else?¡±- The operator asks politely. ¡°Yes, you have a girl named Maria. Let her make the delivery, if that¡¯s all right with you. Is that possible?¡± ¡°Yes, of course. She¡¯s the one who¡¯s assigned to that area of town, and you¡¯re lucky that it¡¯s her shift today. Cash or credit card?¡± ¡°Cash¡±. ¡± Okay. (Chuckles) Your order will be ready within an hour and it won¡¯t take more than fifteen minutes for delivery. Good luck to you,¡± the operator says goodbye and hangs up. ¡± Masha? Who is Masha? ¡± d is curious. ¡°Lina¡¯s girlfriend.¡± ¡°Is there something I don¡¯t know? Spit it out.¡± ¡°Lina wanted to set me up with her. It was that night that Masha didn¡¯t show up, and Lina and I had a connection. How do you mean, a connection? A crazy night of passionate sex.¡± ¡± Is Masha beautiful?¡± ¡°We all have our own opinions and tastes. You know that expression about tastes don¡¯t argue?¡± ¡± I know, Bov. But why do you want to see her?¡± ¡°I need to know something and offer something.¡± ¡°dimir Maksimovich, you¡¯re very predictable as usual.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s have a drink, ¨C I offer him and take the sses out of the cab.¡± ¡°Come on, I feel that the evening with you is going to be very amusing.¡± ¡°Trust me, she¡¯s hot.¡± ¡± No, I¡¯ll pass.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s not get ahead of ourselves, d. Here¡¯s to us,¡± I raise the ss I¡¯ve already poured and make a toast.¡± 24 Chapter dimir Calling the inte. I realize that it¡¯s probably our pizza that arrived with Mashenka. d hasn¡¯t met her yet, but this can be fixed. I open the door and there she is. ¡± Wow, look who I¡¯m seeing!¡± ¡°I¡¯m happy to see her too.¡± ¡°When the cameraman told me that I was the one who was asked toe, I was really wondering who wanted to see me. But I certainly didn¡¯t think for you.¡± ¡°And that¡¯s me. And not only that. My friend d, ¨C I point to my friending out of the kitchen with a ss of whiskey in his hand. He¡¯s already drunk. And when he¡¯s a little tipsy, he¡¯s much easier to talk to, and not only to talk to.¡± ¡°Is this the same Mashenka? She¡¯s beautiful. But honestly, I¡¯m starving.¡± ¡°I just brought you something that will save you. dimir, you owe me 500 rubles.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll give you 3, 000, but you won¡¯t stay with us long. Keep two lonely menpany?¡± ¡°No, boys. It¡¯s not a pizza delivery, but another littlepany.¡± ¡± It¡¯s not like we¡¯re offering you sex,¡± d decided to exin, which surprised me. Yeah, he had his tongue untied. ¡°Did you know that Lena¡¯s brother was in a car ident today? Why aren¡¯t you with her right now? ¡°That wasn¡¯t exactly a question addressed to d. ¡°Because your girlfriend refused my help. She¡¯s been acting really weirdtely.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know, I don¡¯t talk to her muchtely. She was really mad at me the other day. Just today she called and asked to borrow money for medicine for Kostya.¡± ¡°Oh, man! I offered to help her!¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know what¡¯s going on between you two. Boys, pay up, you can tip me, but I don¡¯t intend to stay with you. I¡¯ve got a few more deliveries to make.¡± ¡°And you deliver yourself? You¡¯re both the delivery boy and the driver?¡± ¡°Yeah, that¡¯s usually how it works.¡±All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°It¡¯s strange that such a nice girl chose such a job for herself.¡± ¡°What¡¯s so strange, div?¡± Masha amazed me. I thought she was dumber than she looked. But today I was convinced that this is not the case. ¡°Well, this job is definitely not for a pretty girl. Why don¡¯t you join me as a secretary? I¡¯ll pay you well.¡± ¡± I¡¯m sorry, but I don¡¯t have a college degree. And I like my job just fine. You¡¯re taking the pizza? ¡°the package was still standing at her feet. ¡± Damn! I forgot about the sauce!¡± ¡± I put garlic and cheese. So I¡¯ll have to pay extra. ¡± ¡°You are a lifesaver!¡± 2Yeah. Okay, I¡¯m waiting outside to pay,¡± she says and walks out. ¡°d? ¡°I turn to my friend, who¡¯s just frozen for a minute. Did you like Mashka that much? ¡°Huh?¡± ¡± What¡¯s the matter with you?¡± ¡°Yeah, nothing. Nothing.¡±I¡¯m going to get another drink, he heads back into the kitchen, and I go outside to pay Masha. ¡°I¡¯ll give you a thousand, no less.¡± ¡°Okay, thanks for the generous tip. Have a good evening.¡± ¡°Mash¡­¡± -¡°What?¡± ¡°Is Lina seeing someone?¡± ¡°dimir, what kind of questions are you asking?¡± ¡°You¡¯re her friend. She shares everything with you.¡± ¡°She did, not anymore. So I don¡¯t know what¡¯s going on in her life right now.¡± ¡°I want to be with her.¡± ¡°I know, I can see it and I understand it.¡± ¡°But there¡¯s no way Lina understands that.¡± ¡°She understands everything. She¡¯s just afraid. She¡¯s afraid to let her feelings and emotions out. She¡¯s just a coward.¡± ¡°How do you fight that?¡± She¡¯s afraid of powerful men, dimir.¡± ¡°What¡¯s the reason? What does it have to do with it?¡± ¡°That I don¡¯t know.¡± ¡± Bitter experience?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think so. More like fear. All right, I gotta go. It was nice to see you.¡± ¡°Thank you. (chuckles) Don¡¯t tell Lina we met. ¡°What¡¯s your rtionship to d?¡± ¡°He¡¯s a friend of mine. You like him?¡± ¡°Maybe. But not about that now. Bye,¡± he says goodbye before he gets in his car and drives away. 25 Chapter d Yesterday Vova and I got drunk. No, we got drunk out of our minds. He for a good reason, but me? It seemed to me at first that what she said Masha not about me. But then I reconsidered and remembered yesterday¡¯s words of the guy in the ambnce. Rostov Konstantin. Rostov? Why didn¡¯t I pay attention to it right away? Rostov Angelina and Rostov Konstantin. It all fits. Shit! What a fucking coincidence! I have not even seen Lena, do not know in person, but I already feel that she will hate me fiercely when she knows the whole truth. I didn¡¯t say anything to Vova. And why should I? It¡¯s not like I ran over her brother to death! He¡¯s alive, and not badly hurt. But my conscience still gnaws at me. And I have to work with Rostova, to look her in the eye. What if she already knows that I was the one who was in the car? What if she¡¯s been told and shown everything? ¡°Good morning, bro,¡± Vov wishes as hees out of the bathroom. He is in a cheerful mood and frame of mind, unlike me. ¡°Hi.¡± ¡°We¡¯re going to bete for work today. It¡¯s 10:00.¡± ¡°We can¡¯t bete. We¡¯re the bosses, we¡¯rete.¡± ¡± Lena texted me today at 9:00 to say she¡¯s runningte, too. She has to go to the hospital. I offered her a ride, and she surprisingly agreed. So we¡¯ll just pick her up now, drop her off, and go to work.¡± ¡°No! ¡± ¡°No? Did you have other ns?¡± No, but I didn¡¯t want to pick up Lina and drive to the hospital, where I might be recognized. Certainly not today. ¡°Yes, I do. I¡¯d forgotten. But I promise I¡¯ll be there this afternoon.¡± ¡°What¡¯s the matter with you? d, is there something you¡¯re not telling me?¡± ¡°No, it¡¯s just¡­¡± ¡°Nothing ever happens in this life. Surprisingly, I didn¡¯t have much of a headache afterst night and no hangover.¡± ¡± That¡¯s lucky. I have a headache. But I still have to go somewhere.¡± ¡°So let me give you a ride. And you can finally meet Rostova.¡±This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . Why is Vova so insistent? Why can¡¯t he just fuck off with his help? ¡°You have to take Lena, and I have to take a shower and get dressed.¡± -¡°Yeah, time¡¯s running out. Okay, I¡¯ll wait for you at the office,¡± Vova finally agrees as I head into the kitchen to put the kettle on. ¡°Apparently her little brother had a good time yesterday. Since he¡¯s not being discharged. And he won¡¯t be out anytime soon. Yesterday he got a superficial trauma evaluation, but today his vision¡¯s starting to fail and his temporal lobe¡¯s starting to go numb.¡± Damn it! I don¡¯t know what I¡¯m in this for. ¡°This is not good.¡± ¡°Yes, Lina needs my support now more than ever. And let her try not to ept it.¡± ¡± I¡¯m sure she will. See, the ice is already breaking. She¡¯s already agreed to let you give her a ride. It only gets better from here.¡± ¡°She¡¯s so unpredictable, I don¡¯t know.¡± ¡± I¡¯ll make you some coffee, and I¡¯ll take a shower. Just m the door behind you when you leave.¡± ¡°I have a key, remember?¡± ¡°Oh, that¡¯s right, I¡¯m getting old.¡± ¡°You¡¯re not getting old yet. You still have to get married and raise a son¡± ¡°Yeah, and make sure to build a house and nt a tree,¡± he added, and then he hid in the bathroom.¡± 26 Chapter Lina I got a call this morning from the doctor who is managing Kostya with some very unpleasant news. Kostya hasplications, brain swelling, and his vision is getting worse. And yesterday it was rtively better, and now I just can¡¯t find myself. And he should not worry at all, his heart is weak, and now this attack. Why? I could kill his girlfriend. I couldn¡¯t get through to her yesterday. I¡¯m sure she was already warm in someone else¡¯s armsst night. Kostik, how gullible we Rostovs are. You can¡¯t do that. How much more money will we have to spend on the treatment? Where to get it? Yesterday I did not have enough for one medicine, so I had to call Masha and ask her to transfer it to the card. Okay, I have to pack up and go, but I have to warn my boss. I dial his number and I hear in the tube a fairly calm voice of Vova. ¡°Good morning, Angelina.¡± ¡± I¡¯ll bete today. There¡¯s a problem, Bones has aplication, swelling and he¡¯s starting to lose his vision.¡± ¡°Well, that¡¯s too bad, of course.¡± ¡°Can I take the afternoon off?¡± ¡°You don¡¯t have toe at all.¡± ¡± No, I have a report.¡± ¡°Okay, you¡¯re stubborn. Have it your way. But can I at least drive you to the hospital?¡± ¡°Okay, I don¡¯t want to fight it.¡± ¡°Fine, I¡¯ll be there in twenty minutes.¡± ¡°Okay,¡± I agree with him, and before he arrives I decide to make breakfast, toast and fruit tea, I¡¯ve already showered and even dressed for the weather. A thin knit beige sweater and warm brown pants. I decided to call Mashka. ¡°Hi, how are you?¡± ¡°Not good. Kostya¡¯s in trouble.¡± ¡°Yeah? Something serious?¡± ¡°Yeah. I¡¯m going to the hospital now.¡± ¡°By the way, did you know that Vova has a cute friend? ¡°She asks and I don¡¯t know what to say, because I don¡¯t know him. ¡°No, I didn¡¯t.¡± ¡°Yes, I do. I ran into them together yesterday by chance. He¡¯s so cute. I liked him.¡± ¡°All I know is that I¡¯ll have another boss when hees back from Egypt. That¡¯s all I know.¡± ¡°Yeah, that must be him.¡± ¡°Now I¡¯m gonna have to take the fall for two.¡± ¡°Lina, you¡¯re lucky. You work with such handsome men.¡± ¡°Especially with dimir.¡± ¡°Especially with him. I don¡¯t understand you at all. He¡¯s a great guy. All the more reason for you to enjoy sex with him.¡± ¡°Masha, don¡¯t.¡± ¡°Are you going to deny it?¡± ¡°Masha,¡± I¡¯m warning my friend. ¡°Okay, but then don¡¯t bite your elbows if someone steals him away.¡± ¡°Are you referring to yourself?¡± ¡°No, not me. How many hunters for rich and devilishly attractive men.¡± ¡°Mash, I¡¯ll pay you back as soon as I get my paycheck.¡± ¡± Don¡¯t worry about it. It¡¯s okay.¡± ¡°Thank you.¡± ¡°Is the boss at least picking you up? Take you to the hospital?¡± ¡°Mash, he doesn¡¯t have to.¡±This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . ¡°But he will?¡± ¡°He offered.¡± ¡°A man like that is literally lost. You¡¯re callous.¡± ¡°You do not understand.¡± ¡°Yeah, well, I don¡¯t make trouble for nothing like you do. Well, let¡¯s hope that Kostik will be all right. ¡± ¡°You¡¯re right, that¡¯s the most important thing right now.¡± ¡± Have you told your parents yet?¡± ¡± No. I don¡¯t even know how to do that.¡± ¡°Yeah, I do. Okay, I¡¯m gonna get some more sleep. I worked till 1:00 yesterday.¡± ¡± I¡¯ll call you,¡± I say, and she drops the call. So I get to see another one of my bosses today? I hope that he will be different in character from dimir, otherwise I just can¡¯t stand it. May he really be as sweet as Mashka described. 27 å°�hapter d I still haven¡¯t made up my mind to go to the office today. I¡¯m a grown man, but I¡¯m acting like a kid. I came up with a thousand more reasons for Vova not to go to the office today. ¡°d, I feel sorry for Lina, I¡¯ve never seen her cry as much as she did today. Kostya has something serious, and the doctors can¡¯t say anything about it, we have to do some tests, diagnostics, etc. I have already paid for everything today, but Lina does not know. And I hope no one will tell her about it, I asked well.¡± ¡°What¡¯s the matter with him?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think it¡¯s the ident. It¡¯s just the impact that¡¯s causing it to manifest now. Let¡¯s hope everything will be all right.¡± ¡°Where¡¯s Lena now?¡± ¡°She¡¯s in the car. We stopped for gas. I forgot to fill up and the car almost stalled. d, I ought to be with her now.¡± ¡°Of course, there¡¯s no point in going to work now.¡± ¡°Yeah, Natasha rescheduled all the important meetings today. It¡¯ll be tomorrow. You know, Lena needs a distraction, don¡¯t you?¡± ¡°Yeah, but I don¡¯t think it¡¯s gonna work out if you¡¯re trying to get her to have sex now.¡± ¡°That¡¯s not what I mean. We¡¯lle over to your ce and get to know each other.¡± ¡°Are you serious right now?¡± ¡°Absolutely. Or do you mind?¡±This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . ¡± No, I don¡¯t mind, but my ce isn¡¯t cleaned. You, but she¡¯s a girl. She¡¯ll see me and tell me I¡¯m not tidy, but¡­¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, she won¡¯t lecture you.¡± ¡°Vov, I have nothing to eat. I have to cook everything, and I¡¯m not even in the mood.¡± ¡°d, what¡¯s going on? Do you have ns tonight? Spit it out?¡± ¡°Yes, I had ns. I¡¯m sorry.¡± ¡°So why are you being such a baby? Really? I¡¯m just happy for you, and I should have told you right away.¡± I had to deceive my best friend, mentally and psychologically I was still not in the mood to meet with Lena. Especially today and right now. It is necessary to warn in advance. I had to invent a nonexistent girl and make it look like I was going to have a hot night. I understand that tomorrow will be an interrogation with predilections, but I can withstand it, as opposed to meeting Lina today. ¡°You¡¯re not gonna be mad?¡± ¡°Why would I be mad at a friend who¡¯s trying to make a life for himself? No, of course not. Okay, we¡¯re all pumped up. I¡¯ll take Lina home, then.¡± ¡± Vov, be gentle with her,¡± I ask my friend, as I know him well. Lina needs care right now, not domination. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I hear you. I wish you a good night. Is she even decent?¡± ¡°We¡¯ll see. You know I care about what a girl can do in bed. Appearances are just a wrapper, but I need the contents.¡± ¡°I hope that¡¯s the case. I expectpany tomorrow, and don¡¯t bete, d. Otherwise I¡¯ll fine you,¡± Vova teases and disconnects. Yeah, I¡¯m not at all happy about the news that everything¡¯s fucked up with Lina¡¯s brother. Shit! Shit! Shit! I feel guilty about everything! And this feeling of guilt will get to me before I admit to Angelina that it was the car in which I was returning home from the airport, the cab driver who was driving hit Kostya. No, I can¡¯t work with her. I¡¯d have toe clean, tell her what really happened. I don¡¯t think the fact that Kostya ran out onto the road himself will be a mitigating factor. I¡¯ll still be her number one enemy. I¡¯m sure of it. 28 Chapter d I still haven¡¯t made up my mind to go to the office today. I¡¯m a grown man, but I¡¯m acting like a kid. I came up with a thousand more reasons for Vova not to go to the office today. ¡°d, I feel sorry for Lina, I¡¯ve never seen her cry as much as she did today. Kostya has something serious, and the doctors can¡¯t say anything about it, we have to do some tests and diagnostics, and so on. I have already paid for everything today, but Lina does not know. And I hope no one will tell her about it, I asked well.¡± ¡°What¡¯s the matter with him?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t think it¡¯s the ident. It¡¯s just the impact that¡¯s causing it to manifest now. Let¡¯s hope everything will be all right.¡± ¡°Where¡¯s Lena now?¡± ¡°She¡¯s in the car. We stopped for gas. I forgot to fill up and the car almost stalled. d, I ought to be with her now.¡± ¡°Of course, there¡¯s no point in going to work now. ¡± ¡°Yeah, Natasha rescheduled all the important meetings today. It¡¯ll be tomorrow. You know, Lena needs a distraction, don¡¯t you?¡± ¡°Yeah, but I don¡¯t think it¡¯s gonna work out if you¡¯re trying to get her to have sex now.¡± ¡°That¡¯s not what I mean. We¡¯lle over to your ce and get to know each other.¡± ¡°Are you serious right now?¡± ¡°Absolutely. Or do you mind?¡± ¡°No, I don¡¯t mind, but my ce isn¡¯t cleaned. You¡¯re fine, but she¡¯s a girl. She¡¯ll see me and tell me I¡¯m not tidy, but¡­¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, she won¡¯t lecture you.¡± ¡°Vov, I have nothing to eat. I have to cook everything, and I¡¯m not even in the mood.¡± ¡°d, what¡¯s going on? Do you have ns tonight? Spit it out?¡± ¡°Yes, I had ns. I¡¯m sorry.¡± ¡°So why are you being such a baby? Really? I¡¯m just happy for you, and I should have told you right away.¡± I had to deceive my best friend, mentally and psychologically I was still not in the mood to meet with Lena. Especially today and right now. It is necessary to warn in advance. I had to invent a nonexistent girl and make it look like I was going to have a hot night. I understand that tomorrow will be an interrogation with predilections, but I can withstand it, as opposed to meeting Lina today. ¡°You¡¯re not gonna be mad?¡± ¡°Why would I be mad at a friend who¡¯s trying to make a life for himself? No, of course not. Okay, we¡¯re all pumped up. I¡¯ll take Lena home, then.¡±All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Vov, be gentle with her,¡± I ask my friend, as I know him well. Lina needs care right now, not domination. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I hear you. I wish you a good night. Is she even decent?¡± ¡°We¡¯ll see. You know I care about what a girl can do in bed. Appearances are just a wrapper, but I need the contents.¡± ¡°I hope that¡¯s the case. I expectpany tomorrow, and don¡¯t bete, d. Otherwise I¡¯ll fine you,¡± Vova teases and disconnects. Yeah, I¡¯m not at all happy about the news that everything¡¯s fucked up with Lina¡¯s brother. Shit! Shit! Shit! I feel guilty about everything! And this feeling of guilt will get to me before I admit to Angelina that it was the car in which I was returning home from the airport, the cab driver who was driving hit Kostya. No, I can¡¯t work with her. I¡¯d have toe clean, tell her what really happened. I don¡¯t think the fact that Kostya ran out onto the road himself will be a mitigating factor. I¡¯ll still be her number one enemy. I¡¯m sure of it. 29 Chapter Lina ¡°Has heined about headaches before?¡± Doctor Oleg Olegovich asks. ¡°No, I do not. We have not lived together for a long time. And recently we did notmunicate much, he is a secretive boy. ¡± ¡°He is not such a little boy. Okay, it doesn¡¯t matter. Did he have mental problems?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know. I¡¯m telling you. But he¡¯s a reasonable guy. You can¡¯t put him down as one of those insane jerks.¡± ¡°A sane guy wouldn¡¯t throw himself in front of a car. ¡± ¡°He didn¡¯t. He was just running and¡­¡± ¡°Well, we¡¯ll have to get him checked out, and I¡¯d advise you to see a psychiatrist for help. There¡¯s obviously something wrong with his psyche. He¡¯s still so young.¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong with him? You can tell me instead of treating me now and reproaching me for what a bad sister I am. ¡± ¡°Maybe he¡¯s got a problem in his head.¡± ¡°Of course he had a concussion.¡± ¡°No, you misunderstood me. More serious problems.¡± But that¡¯s all we can find out with a more detailed examination. ¡°Which will probably cost a lot of money, right? I know your methods. I just don¡¯t understand what your hospital is counting on. Not a private one, a regr one!¡± ¡°Youngdy, how dare you?¡± I¡¯m already starting to lose it. I remember perfectly how those damn bureaucrats were trying to extort money from my parents, and how they almost gave my mother a stroke before they put Kostya on the waiting list for an operation! No, how dare they treat people¡¯s lives so callously! ¡°I dare you, I dare you!¡± ¡°You and I are not going to have this conversation. Get out of my office!¡± There was a shout across the whole therapy ward. ¡°Oh, please! You old idiot! ¡°shouted onest time and flew out of the office. My boss was standing by the door, and I¡¯m sure he was eavesdropping. There was no need to eavesdrop! Everybody could hear! ¡°What? Why are you looking at me like that?¡± ¡°Lina, is everything all right?¡± ¡°Can¡¯t you tell if everything¡¯s all right?¡± ¡°I see. Let me talk to him myself, while you sit in the car. Here are the keys,¡± he hands me the key to his car. ¡°I¡¯ll get some coffee from the machine and sit in the car,¡± I give up. Let him talk to this Sklifosovsky! I don¡¯t care anymore! I saw how much pain Kostya was in today! He couldn¡¯t open his eyes, the headache was so bad! And also, his parents need to confess everything! I don¡¯t know! I can¡¯t imagine how they can take it all! But it must be done! dimir I then went into the office and immediately put the doctor in front of the fact. He was quite surprised by my appearance, but was forced to listen. Sometimes I can be very persuasive. ¡°The girl who was in your office a minute ago was no stranger to me. So you must conclude.¡± ¡°She won¡¯t listen to me!¡± ¡°What¡¯s the problem?¡± ¡°I need money for an examination. Head x-rays, etc.¡± ¡°Tell me what he¡¯s got.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know yet. But I¡¯m hoping that even if there is a tumor, it¡¯s benign.¡± ¡°Are you serious?¡± ¡°Absolutely.¡± ¡°How much money do you need?¡± ¡°Not much yet.¡± ¡°Tell you what, I¡¯ll pay, but the girl can¡¯t know anything about it. Is that a deal?¡± ¡°Yes, but you¡¯d calm her down. She¡¯s nervous.¡±Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°Do you understand me?¡± ¡°Yes. I understand you.¡± ¡°So we¡¯ll start tomorrow, and if my girlfriend is right in saying that this is just another money grab, you¡¯ll regret what you did,¡± I warned him, and his sses got all sweaty and his eyes got all square. He looked about fifty years old, overweight, with gray hair. He looks like he¡¯s been around for a long time and has a good medical practice. Let¡¯s see, then check how things really are. We went with Lina first to get gas, and while she was sitting in the car, I decided to call d. He never went to work, I thought. I thought it would be nice for Lina to have a little distraction now and meet her second boss, but my best friend suddenly had ns. Well. All right, let him have his fun. ¡°Want me to take you home?¡± I ask Lina when I get behind the wheel. She doesn¡¯t answer, since she is asleep. Back in my car again with quiet music.¡± Yes, I¡¯ll take her home, but only to my ce,¡± I decide it¡¯s better that way. She can¡¯t stay alone, and she kicked me out of her apartmentst time. 30 Chapter Lina Vova woke me up only when we arrived at the huge gate. ¡°Wake up, sleepyhead.¡± ¡°What? Where? How? I don¡¯t understand anything. Where are we now?¡± I look around when I get out of the car and I don¡¯t know where I am. Where did he take me? Why not to my house? ¡°Too many questions. We¡¯re at my summer house.¡± ¡°What?! Who gave you the right to bring me here?¡± ¡°Lina, it was my decision. It¡¯s quiet and cozy. It¡¯s a big,fortable house.¡± ¡± Can¡¯t you hear me, boss? ¡± ¡°You need to get some rest! That¡¯s what!¡± ¡°I¡¯m resting fine in my own house and alone. Why am I not at all surprised that you decide everything yourself again, without even asking my opinion. Oh, yes! You don¡¯t even care!¡± ¡°Lina, stop it.¡± ¡°No, you stop it! Take me home at once or I¡¯ll walk. I¡¯m not staying here!¡± ¡°You¡¯re acting like an idiot!¡± growls Vova and I hope that he does make the right decision, but no. I¡¯m wrong. First Vova picks me up andys me on his shoulder, pping my ass painfully in the process. ¡°You do not understand well, it will be bad,¡± concludes my boss and carries me into the house. The house? No, it¡¯s a three-story mansion. It¡¯s covered in snow right now, but I suspect my boss has a swimming pool, too. ¡°That¡¯s it,¡± I try to scratch his face, but he sessfully turns his head away. He puts me on the floor as we enter the huge living room with the firece. There¡¯s no one in the house but us, I understand. ¡°He turns the key several times in the keyhole and puts it in his pants pocket.¡± ¡°Why all this circus?¡± ¡°It¡¯s not a circus. It¡¯s been a long time since we¡¯ve had a chance to talk or spend time together. Especially now it¡¯s extremely undesirable for you to be alone. ¡± ¡°Is that your decision, Vova? What¡¯s undesirable for me? Let me answer. Sex. It will relieve all the tension and Angelina Rostova won¡¯t have any more problems! ¡± ¡°Stop it!¡±He¡¯s trying to turn on the firece, and as I understand, we don¡¯t need wood, it¡¯s not real, it¡¯s electric. ¡°Why should I stop? When are you gonna get off my back?!¡± ¡°What¡¯s wrong with me? Why don¡¯t you tell me? I¡¯m starting to feel like an inferior man. ¡± ¡°Everybody!¡± ¡°That¡¯s not an answer, Rostova.¡± ¡°You¡¯re all the same. You use your position to push people around. Like you did with me.¡± ¡°When have I ever looked for you?¡± ¡°Always!¡± ¡°Yes. We don¡¯t have a constructive dialogue with you. Come here, I don¡¯t bite,¡± he takes my hand, but I try to pull it away. ¡°Okay, I get it,¡± he moves away from me and sits down on the burgundy leather couch, which is right in front of the fake firece, next to a small table, and a little fountain farther away. The interior is beautiful, all the furniture is brown and the walls are beige. He pulls off his jacket and throws it on the floor, then loosens the tie on his shirt a little and smirks, but doesn¡¯t look at me. What¡¯s on his mind right now? ¡°You know, no one has ever turned me down. I¡¯m used to an easy win, yeah, I¡¯ll admit it. It wasn¡¯t easy with you from the beginning. And, yes, I, like many men, didn¡¯t want to look into your inner world, I wanted to be inside you as soon as possible.¡± ¡°What an unexpected statement.¡± -¡°Yes, it¡¯s true. That¡¯s how we¡¯re built. When we see a beautiful woman, we have already mentally fucked her several times before we talk. It¡¯s our nature.¡± ¡°Why are you telling me all this? I don¡¯t understand!¡± ¡°Do you want to get naked or have a drink? It¡¯s going to be hot in the house soon.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll refrain, but I hope you¡¯ll talk sense and let me go.¡± ¡°When we talk normally, maybe I will, but I don¡¯t think you¡¯ll want to leave me.¡± ¡± I have someone else!¡± ¡°You don¡¯t have someone else. You haven¡¯t met anyone! Stop lying!¡± ¡°I should know better!¡± ¡°Of course you do,¡± he got up from the couch and grabbed my arm, so that I was sitting on it in just a few seconds. The jerk was strong that I couldn¡¯t even stay on my feet. ¡°Let go¡­¡±All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. ¡°You don¡¯t want to leave, you don¡¯t want to quit. And you want to be with me as much as I do, mine and under me. It¡¯s hard for you to trust me, but it¡¯s fixable. We¡¯re attracted to each other and you can¡¯t ignore it. Even now I can hear your heart pounding¡± kissing gently behind my ear as it shifts my hair. ¡°I¡¯m already hard, no, stone, but you? Are you wet yet? Mmm,¡± he pulls my lobe away and then bites the back of my neck, making me sob. ¡°Did you want me? Wanted me, but trying to forget everything that happened between us back then? Lina, that¡¯s stupid. I wanted to, and I can tell you I never fucked anyone else after that night.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t believe you.¡± ¡°What a distrustful and naughty girl I¡¯ve got there,¡± Vova rises sharply with me, and then I find myself lying on my back, with my boss hovering on top of me. ¡°I¡¯ll show you how much I missed you. Just don¡¯t hold yourself back, scream, moan. There are no nosy neighbors here.¡± 31 Chapter d ¡°Hi, d. We¡¯ll be there soon with Lina. You¡¯re in charge. We¡¯ll have lunch together.¡± ¡°Vov, are you out of your mind? We have an important meeting today. With Makarsky, remember?¡± ¡°I forgot. Well, you¡¯ll be able to convince him that our bank is the best option for her. I believe in you,¡± Vova immediately started to me everything on me. Okay, stop. Are they together? He¡¯s with Lina now? ¡°You¡¯ve been together since yesterday? Did she spend the night at your ce?¡± ¡°You already know everything. Why are you asking stupid questions? Yes, we¡¯re together now. Do you mind?¡± ¡°Why would I mind? I don¡¯t know her and I¡¯ve never seen her in person.¡± ¡°You¡¯ll get to know her. You didn¡¯t want to hostst night. I found an alternative for Lin. We went to my country house. Where we could sort out what¡¯s been going on between us all these days, away from prying eyes.¡± ¡°Even so. I¡¯m happy for you.¡± ¡°Lina needs my support. I really fell in love with her, and I think her heart will thaw soon, too. At least she gave me a chance.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sure she gave you plenty yesterday.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be jealous, friend. Envy is stifling. You¡¯re not a toad, d.¡± ¡°No, I¡¯m not and I never have been. Everybody¡¯s got a life. I thank you for a lot of things.¡± ¡°I¡¯m grateful to you. You pulled me through school.¡± ¡°What about that mysterious guy she met online?¡± ¡°There is no guy. She made the whole thing up. She didn¡¯t admit it, but at least she didn¡¯t speak for him anymore. She wasn¡¯t into itst night. We both were. And sex was a pretty effective way for her to calm down a little bit. Did you talk before or after?¡± ¡°Both before and after. She¡¯s still asleep right now. And you know, she¡¯s so cute, she¡¯s wrapped up in a nket, and I don¡¯t even want to wake her up. What do you think, should I leave her at the cottage? Come to the office myself?¡± ¡°You just warn her, or she won¡¯t understand that you left her alone in bed and left. I don¡¯t think she knows the area either.¡± ¡°Yeah, she wanted to walk yesterday when she realized I didn¡¯t bring her home. But I convinced her to stay.¡± ¡°Oh, yeah. I know you well enough. You¡¯re more persuasive than anybody.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be sarcastic, d. So, when¡¯s the meeting?¡± ¡°In half an hour.¡± ¡°Shit! There¡¯s no way I¡¯m gonna make it in time. d, why don¡¯t you call in sick? Or make something up. I don¡¯t want to go to work.¡± ¡°Listen, you¡¯ve been skipping a lot, boss.¡± ¡°Yeah, there¡¯s a very good reason for that.¡± ¡°All right, I¡¯ll go see him myself today. But don¡¯t set me up like that again.¡± ¡°You¡¯re the best. Let¡¯s go to the cottage after Makarsky. How much longer? It¡¯s time you two finally met.¡± ¡°If it works out, I¡¯ll be there.¡±All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°No ifs. We¡¯ll be waiting for you,¡± Vova deres and hangs up. What should I do? Today I definitely can¡¯t avoid meeting Rostova. Damn! And that Makarsky. He¡¯ll eat my brain with a teaspoon before agreeing to a deposit. Yeah, it¡¯s gonna be a tough day. 32 Chapter Lina It happened again! No matter how much I scold myself and try to justify myself, I am really attracted to my boss. Maybe Masha is right, and I am scared in vain to be abandoned and eaten by him without a trace? I am me. He is him. We are different, yes. But¡­ Maybe this really is my ticket to the future? Especially now that Kostik has had such an unfortunate ident? He¡¯s rich, and his money wille in handy. Yeah, I don¡¯t recognize myself at all. There was practically nothing left of the good and proper Lina. ! I love you,¡± he whispered to me in between kisses, when our passion faded a little and then red up again. I feel good with him¡­ Very much so. I¡¯m actually afraid of falling in love with him. I¡¯m afraid of heartbreak, afraid that he will be able to apply his dominant habitster in normal life, when the passion fades away and the normal family life remains. Masha does not know why I am so cautious about such men. I did not want to tell anyone, because it is not my secret, but my school friend. Okay, I don¡¯t want to talk about sad things. Vova didn¡¯t wake me up today. We fell asleep early, we must have both been exhausted by yesterday¡¯s events. He hugged me, and I let him do it. I didn¡¯t want to fight anymore. Really, I decided to let the situation go and just go with the flow. ¡°Good morning,¡± he walks into the room, already dazzled by the light from the windows. It¡¯s really snowing outside. I have already managed to crawl out from under the nkets and go to the window to see all the beauty of the nature around me. Vova¡¯s mansion is huge. This is not my little apartment. It¡¯s a whole other life, another level. I know that men like him don¡¯t marry simpletons like me. Even if the girl is beautiful, men of his level only give us the role of a mistress. They only marry those who are in their circle. Or the daughters of influential people or profitable for business. ¡°Good morning,¡± I say to Vova as hees up to me from behind and gives me a hug and a kiss on the cheek. ! It¡¯s already more than a day, but I let you sleep in. We¡¯re not going to work today. I don¡¯t have to worry about that anymore. d will take care of any work issues.¡± ¡°d? That¡¯s my other boss?¡± ¡°That¡¯s your immediate superior. You¡¯re his employee. I kind of borrowed you.¡± I didn¡¯t like the way he phrased it at all. What do you mean borrowed? It¡¯s not like I¡¯m an object! I wanted to get out of the boss¡¯s grasp, but he knew what was going on. ¡°Sorry, I didn¡¯t mean it. It¡¯s just¡­¡± ¡°I get it. Well, I have to go to the hospital.¡± ¡°You don¡¯t have to. The doctor will call you if you need anything or anything happens. You need to get through the day in a calm and non-threatening way.¡±Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°I don¡¯t know, it¡¯s hard. I¡¯m really worried about Kostya. I haven¡¯t even told my parents what happened. I¡¯m just afraid that my mom can¡¯t take it anymore and¡­¡± ¡± It¡¯s gonna be okay. I guarantee you that.¡± ¡°I wish I had your confidence.¡± ¡°Lina, there¡¯s a spa room in my house.¡± ¡°That¡¯s quite a service.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not unusual.¡± ¡°Well, it might be to you, but I¡¯m not used to it. Besides, you¡¯ve seen how I live.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry about it. Oh, I just wanted to give you a heads-up. You¡¯re finally getting to meet d tonight.¡± ¡°He¡¯sing here?¡± ¡°Yeah, after work. You don¡¯t mind, do you?¡± ¡°No. Seeing my big boss,¡± I say those words on purpose to make dimir angry. I like to piss him off sometimes. Of course, now he knows that I have no one, I had to confess when we tried to figure out the rtionship with him in the living room, which ended¡­. ¡°I¡¯m your boss, he¡¯s just like that, just for work,¡± he says menacingly, to which I just smile and nod my head in agreement. 33 Chapter d As much as I didn¡¯t want to go anywhere or see Lina today, I just couldn¡¯t put it off any longer. I called a cab and, without stopping on my way home, headed for the dacha. ¡°Hi, good to see you,¡± a happy and satisfied friend opened the door for me. ¡°You, too.¡± I went into the house. I had been to his house more than once, and even more than once. Vova often left me the keys so that I could impress the girl, and at the same time check her out. I was needed or still a rich life. And as always, the second option won out. ¡°How¡¯d it go? Sit down? Whiskey or cognac?¡± Vova offers at once, and I look around to see where Lina is now. Could it be that she decided to leave? ¡°Whiskey or cognac? Friend, what are you hanging around for?¡± ¡°Uh¡­ Yeah. Whiskey. That went well.¡± ¡°That¡¯s great.¡± ¡°Where¡¯s Lina? ¡± I dared to ask. Because I didn¡¯t see any women¡¯s shoes or coats in the living room. ¡°She¡¯s in the garden. She went for a walk. She¡¯s tired of being in the house. And I was waiting for you, so if you don¡¯t mind, may we join her?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t mind,¡± he said, but he was really very much against it. It¡¯s good that I did not have time to undress, Vova was also fully dressed, only the outer clothing was left and shoes for both of us. It was unreal snowing outside, on the one hand it was beautiful, but on the other hand it was scary. As if so will be a snowstorm all night we can not leave. I like to sit at home in such weather, unlike Vova I am a real romantic. And that is my biggest problem. I can¡¯t just brazenly take a girl I like. We were on our way to the door when it opened and there was a girl in it. It was her. I knew right away. ¡± Lina, and we have guests. Here, my best friend and your boss. d. ¡± ¡± Nice to meet you. I¡¯ve already been introduced to you,¡± she answered and began to shake off the snow. Vova helped her to undress, even unbuttoned her boots. I did not recognize my friend, I had never noticed such impulses in him. ¡°Thank you,¡± Lina thanked him. She speaks to me as you, she thanks him. She¡¯s well-mannered and intelligent enough. And a real beauty at that. Fair skin, red lips, blue eyes. Her hair is long and her figure is just right. Yes, now I fully appreciate my friend¡¯s choice and he is worthy! Not a pacifier, not a huntress. I could tell. No makeup, no expensive clothes. Simple. But that¡¯s what¡¯s so great about her. She doesn¡¯t yell at me. So we must conclude that she doesn¡¯t know I hit her brother. I just took the me, and he threw himself under the wheels, but it¡¯s very hard to change your mind about these things when you don¡¯t want to believe anybody. ¡°It got so cold out there, I decided to go back. Vova, why don¡¯t you invite d in?¡± ¡°That¡¯s how we wanted to follow you.¡± ¡°Well, there¡¯s no point now, is there? Are you hungry?¡± He turns to me. ¡°Yes, I didn¡¯t even have time for lunch at work. That¡¯s what happened.¡± ¡°Then you came just in time. I just made mushroom soup. Do you want some?¡± ¡± I will. ¡± ¡°Lina, the weather¡¯s awful. Can¡¯t d stay with us?¡± ¨C Of course, why send a man back in this weather? I¡¯m all for it. d? Does my boss have a middle name? ¡°div Sergeyevich.¡± ¡°Very nice to meet you.¡± ¡°Lina, let¡¯s not be so formal. ¡± ¡°You¡¯re my boss, aren¡¯t you?¡± ¡°Yes, but. ¡± ¡°d, I understand, but I can¡¯t help it. If you¡¯ll excuse me, I¡¯ll go warm up dinner,¡± she deres and leaves.All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°That¡¯s her nature. Now do you understand how hard it is to deal with her?¡± Vova starts crying right away. ¡°She¡¯s just right, and that¡¯s not a minus.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s get undressed. There¡¯s no point in going outside. Let¡¯s have lunch, and then you¡¯ll tell me in detail what Makarskiy told you.¡± 34 Chapter Lina My boss¡¯s friend turned out to be quite nice and handsome. He was blond with green eyes, and I noticed the snake tattoo on his right arm when he took off his sweater because it was unreal hot in the house. And we were just sitting by the firece on the couch. Or rather d and Vova on the couch, and me on a fluffy rug near the firece, but facing them with a cup of jasmine tea. ¡°What does your tattoo mean?¡± ¡°My friend is a real snake ¨C a tempter. Do not look at the fact that he looks so modest, it¡¯s not for long,¡± intervened Vova. ¡°I didn¡¯t really give it much meaning. I had to get a tattoo back in high school, I bet a girl that I could. And she gave me a¡±. ¡°Why didn¡¯t you say something? She got him sex in return. That¡¯s how d used to seduce. Any sacrifice he had to make to get a chick into bed.¡± That wasn¡¯t very nice of Vova right now. He was just making fun of his friend in my eyes. Or was it just their way of doing things, and was there something I didn¡¯t understand about male friendship? ¡°Vov, that¡¯s exactly what happened,¡± d patted him on the shoulder, and I realized that that was probably the case. ¡± I remember everything.¡± ¡°Yes, but still, the snake has a kind of identification.¡± ¡°Wily and cunning, you can¡¯t take that away from my friend. So, your other boss is a sneaky bug.¡± ¡°Wait, I¡¯ll find out myself,¡± I take my smartphone next to me and Google the question. ¡°That¡¯s not true. You named the bad qualities, but there are positive ones.¡± Knowledge, wisdom, equilibrium, courage, fearlessness. And strength and power. ¨C Lena, thosest two are definitely not about d. Okay, we¡¯ve been paying too much attention to his tattoo. Maybe you¡¯d like to touch some more. I know Vova¡¯s getting angry, but I can tease my predator. Is it worth it? ¡°Vov, stop it. I¡¯m going to pull my sweater back on.¡± ¡°Yeah, okay. I was just kidding. Let¡¯s have a drink with you,¡± my boss immediately gives up, or does he do everything on purpose to make me feel ufortable in thepany of two men? I don¡¯t understand him. ¡°Do you have a tattoo?¡± d asks, as he finishes his ss. ¡°No, I don¡¯t see the point of them.¡± ¡°I want to get another one next to me, as a sign that I¡¯m a couple. Well only when I meet my one and only.¡± ¡°Are you single?¡± ¡°No, I¡¯m single, and that¡¯s not much of a difference.¡± ¡°d¡¯s too selective with his partners.¡± ¡°So are you, Vova.¡± ¡°I already have. You can see that, right? ¡± ¡°I see, wonderful choice, I would have chosen her, too.¡± d says and looks at me at that moment. ¡°I had no doubts. Although you and I mostly have different tastes.¡± ¡°Is that why you were afraid to send me her picture?¡±Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. Now that¡¯s interesting! Doesn¡¯t Vova trust his best friend to the end? ¡°I was not afraid, I just did not want to. I don¡¯t like to share what should only be mine!¡± ¡°Guys, I¡¯m going upstairs! You guys can have all the fun you want. ¡± You pissed me off! Both of you! 35 Chapter dimir There wasn¡¯t much time left before the corporate party, just like before the new year. d liked Lina, not just as a girl, but as a very intelligent and valuable employee. But I will have to disappoint him as Lina will not be at work today. She quit. She wrote her resignation yesterday, and I¡¯m going to give it to d today. I¡¯m sure he¡¯ll be bursting into my office any minute. One, two, three, four,¡± I have no time to say anything before my best friend walks in. He¡¯s not himself, he looks angry. I¡¯m just holding Lina¡¯s statement in my hand. ¡°Is it true?¡± ¡°Is what true?¡± ¡°That LIna quit? I called her, but she doesn¡¯t answer, but Natasha knows everything. Isn¡¯t that weird?¡± ¡°What¡¯s weird?¡± ¡°What? That I don¡¯t know shit, but everyone else does!¡± ¡°That¡¯s her statement.¡± ¡°Are you serious? Vova, it doesn¡¯t work like that. I know I¡¯m not in charge of yourpany, and you¡¯re the big boss. But it¡¯s not nice to behave like this. She¡¯s been working with me for thest week! ¡± She¡¯s been working with him! Yeah, and I¡¯ve been going crazy with jealousy! No, of course I trust my friend, but not that much. I know he¡¯s capable of charm! And Lina is a simple girl, she does not need much! And I decided, no not for her. I just proposed, and she said yes. That¡¯s all. When ites to women, it¡¯s best to keep your friends as far away from her as possible. Besides, I¡¯m going to propose to her soon. And when she bes my wife, then¡­ ¡°She used to work, now she doesn¡¯t work.¡± ¡°Vova, why don¡¯t you forbid her to go out and breathe fresh air at all? You think because you helped with Kostya¡¯s treatment she owes you her life? Yes, you paid for an expensive operation, but that does not give you any right to manipte Lina like this.¡± ¡°Are you crazy, d? I don¡¯t understand you. Did you get up on the wrong side of the bed today, or are you still reeling fromst night¡¯s drinks?¡± ¡°You don¡¯t own her.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t want to quarrel with you about Lina.¡± ¡°I¡¯m not fighting with you over her. But you have to understand that she can make her own choices. You can¡¯t lock her up at home and keep her like a bird in a cage! She¡¯s a free person!¡± ¡°I know about human rights and I know all thews. Don¡¯t treat me. You stay out of our lives! I¡¯m going to propose to her soon. You¡¯d better be d that your friend decided to get rid of his bachelor status and finally get married. And to marry for love, by the way. ¡± ¡± Are you sure it¡¯s for love?¡±d takes a few steps toward me and hovering over the table, and the next second he snatches Lina¡¯s application out of my hands and rips it up in front of me, then throws the scraps in my face! ¡± Aren¡¯t you taking a lot on yourself, friend?¡± ¡°It¡¯s not too much. I¡¯m her immediate superior, aren¡¯t I?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know what you¡¯re getting at.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll talk her out of quitting.¡± ¡°Stop all this. d, I could get mad.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t care.¡± ¡°I could fire you! But I don¡¯t want to!¡± ¡°There! You can only suppress with your power!¡± ¡°What are you talking about? What about you? How long have you been friends with Lina? If so, tell me honestly? You never told her you were in that car, did you? Are you afraid of losing your friend? Or is she more than just a friend to you?¡± -¡°Oh, that¡¯s what this is about. You¡¯re jealous of her. Is that why you decided to limit ourmunicationpletely? ¡± ¡± I¡¯m not jealous. I trust my woman. But you¡¯ve been acting really weirdtely. Maybe you¡¯re in love with her.¡± ¡°I would never go against a friend. That¡¯s not how I was brought up, even if I fell in love. No, I¡¯m not in love, if that¡¯s what you mean. Don¡¯t worry, she doesn¡¯t see me as a man either. She¡¯s a very decent girl.¡± ¡± I know that. So let¡¯s drop the subject. Lina has a friend. You remember, don¡¯t you? ¡±All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. ¡°Masha?¡± ¡°Exactly, let me introduce you to her.¡± Somehow quickly I changed the subject of the conversation. I still do not trusted d, I knew that he looked at Lena for a reason. You can¡¯t fool me. ¡°Yes. Let¡¯s have dinner together. She¡¯ll invite Masha, and you¡¯lle to the cottage.¡± ¡°You¡¯re so worried about my love life!¡± ¡°Yeah, you¡¯re my friend. Let¡¯s not fight over nothing. I¡¯m not a despot, and I¡¯m not going to restrict Lina from seeing anybody. In fact, I¡¯ve never forbidden her anything. She quit of her own volition, that¡¯s all.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know what got into me, Vov. I¡¯ve just been so sick of everythingtely. I¡¯ll have to look for an assistant again, and for sure I¡¯ll get a dumb guy with pumped-up tits instead of brains. ¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, we¡¯re not hiring dumbasses. I¡¯ll check with Lena, see if she knows anybody. It¡¯s Friday. So I invite Masha to join us?¡± ¡°Invite her,¡± d agrees and leaves my office. 36 Chapter Lina d turned out to be a good guy and a great boss. We became friends with him right away. Of course, that didn¡¯t exactly make the older boss happy, but Vova tried not to show it. But I could see that he was jealous. I moved in with Vova, because after the days we spent at the dacha, things really started to pick up. With Kotik all is well, already good. I realized in time and started the treatment. Precious time was not lost, but my parents had to tell me everything. They were angry, of course, but more worried about Kostya¡¯s condition. And there was an unpleasant conversation with his girlfriend, too. But not with me, I asked d for this favor. I didn¡¯t want to involve Vova, and he would hardly agree to it. Now one thing is clear, this person will note near him and will walk away from him. d talked to her and she understood everything. She even blocked Kostya¡¯s number. Heined that he couldn¡¯t reach me, but I didn¡¯t tell him the whole truth. He¡¯s not stupid, he¡¯ll figure it out eventually. d¡­ He was radically different from Vova. Not only in appearance, but also in personality and values. He was easy and easy to be with, while Vova was hard for me. I feel pressure from him in every way. And it doesn¡¯t go away even when I try to let the situation go. It doesn¡¯te out. I realized that I was beginning to like d more and more every day ¨C he joked and weughed, ate lunch together and solved the difficult problems we had. We were getting closer. And I could no longer firmly state that I wanted to be with Vova. I was afraid, I didn¡¯t want to work under d anymore, or in Vova¡¯spany in general. I just decided to quit. I had talked about it before, but yesterday Vova was even happy about my decision. ¡°I want to quit.¡± ¡°Why?¡± ¡°I¡¯m tired of working at yourpany and I¡¯m tired of everyone whispering behind my back. I just can¡¯t take it anymore.¡± That¡¯s not really what happened, but I had to make up a reason. ¡°Okay, whatever. If it makes you ufortable, we¡¯ll find something else.¡± ¡°I want to work from home.¡± ¡°No problem. I¡¯ll share whatever you decide.¡± ¡°Just like that? What about d? I¡¯m his employee, right?¡± ¡°I¡¯ll take care of d myself. You just write a statement.¡± My girlfriend decides what¡¯s best for her, and I¡¯m not going to talk you out of it. All I can do is give you advice. Dinner is delicious. ¡°Thank you, I¡¯m d you like it.¡± ¡°I love you and of course I like everything. The way you cook, the way you talk, the way we make love. Everything. You¡¯re perfect for me.¡± Making love? I wouldn¡¯t call it that. Yes, we have passionate sex, but there is no tenderness or love in it. dimir just sh*t me, and I don¡¯t always enjoy it. Every day it gets harder and harder to have an orgasm with him. Damn! I couldn¡¯t rx at all yesterday because I imagined apletely different man in his ce. Someone who sits with me in the same office, knows how to make meugh and enjoy any little thing. This is not right! He is his best friend and I am in a rtionship! It¡¯s very wrong! And I¡¯ll burn for these thoughts in hell! But I can¡¯t help it! I¡¯m attracted to d in a way that I¡¯ve never been attracted to any man. When he identally touches my hand, when he passes the papers to sign, or hovering, and his hot and minty breath on my neck, my legs just shake. And the moment I have to get up and go to Vova, I sit up and can¡¯t even move. It gets wet between my legs and it scares me. I wanted to tell Masha about my problems and worries, but I didn¡¯t dare. And today Vova called me and offered to invite him and d to the cottage. d he will bring himself, but I must convince Masha. I knew that Masha will be invited for the specific purpose of keeping dpany and it couldn¡¯t help but upset me! But not to invite her would cause suspicion, and I could not allow that! So I dialed her number and called her to the cottage. As luck would have it today was the day off. ¡°So? Will youe?¡± ¡°Of course, you¡¯re still asking. I had a crush on that handsome guy the other day.¡± ¡°Okay, then I¡¯ll tell them to pick you up.¡± ¡°I can take a cab.¡± ¡°Whatever works for you.¡± I hope I get to have sex tonight. I have to seduce this handsome guy. We just bought ourselves a new set of Victoria¡¯s Secret lingerie. It¡¯s expensive, but it¡¯s worth it.¡± ¡°I¡¯m waiting for you,¡± I reminded her and interrupted the conversation. You wish! d¡¯s not such an idiot and he doesn¡¯t throw himself at everything! I was pretty sure my friend wasn¡¯t going to getid tonight. I really wanted this!All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. 37 Chapter d Vova decided to y his trump card. I knew that sooner orter he would get to the bottom of this ident. All week I had been trying to fight myself. I liked this girl and still felt guilty about her. I took us both out for coffee and donuts every day, we talked andughed a lot, and I knew this girl was getting closer to me. We became friends, she would tell me everything about herself, but I couldn¡¯t bepletely honest. I knew that if I confess, our friendship will burst like a bubble. She was smart, she knew a lot about economics, she even suggested ideas, which I immediately took into cirction and demonstrated to Vova as ourmon achievements. I knew it was all wrong and I had no right to look at my friend¡¯s girlfriend, but there was nothing I could do about it. The few days the three of us spent at the cottage changed a lot of things. I remember bumping into Lina at night in the living room, she wasn¡¯t sleeping, she was just heading to the kitchen, and I was watching different videos on my smartphone. It was New Year¡¯s Eve, and I should have been getting ready for thepany party. ¡°What can¡¯t you sleep?¡± She asked me and took the earpiece out of my ear. ¡°What about you?¡± ¡°I¡¯m thirsty.¡±This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . She was wearing a T-shirt that belonged to Vova. I realized that she was with him, in his bed, and what¡¯s more, until I put on the headphones I could hear how they were having fun. ¡°That¡¯s understandable. Vova usually does that after,¡± but I realized I had no right to meddle in their rtionship. Lina got visibly nervous and started adjusting her shirt. ¡°Okay, good night.¡± ¡°Good night and sweet dreams,¡± I wished her and she left. I could still picture her in my mind-her hair disheveled and her in a man¡¯s T-shirt, with panties and bra underneath, because I could see how her buttocks stood out and her nipples were showing through the T-shirt. And slender, long legs. I would kiss her ankles, lick the velvet skin with my tongue¡­. We all had breakfast in the morning and because of the heavy snowfall and snowstorm we couldn¡¯t leave. We spent the whole day watching Christmas movies, got ourselves in the New Year¡¯s mood and of course decided to decorate the house, which we did for the rest of the evening before dinner. I felt like the third extra, I watched Vova hugging her, kissing her, squeezing her, sometimes it all went to the limit and he could barely restrain himself in my presence. And I wanted to, too. I wanted to touch her, kiss her. I wanted her then and I want her now. I was jealous of Vova! Only at work we could be alone. Without the boss. In the office. And how many dirty thoughts shed through my head when she leaned over or just put a pen to her lips! Damn it! But now Vova decided to spare me that ¡°problem.¡± Decided to take out a rival,mendable. He wants me to get to know Leena¡¯s friend? Well, let¡¯s see what happens! He already thinks Lina¡¯s his. But she¡¯s not his wife and hasn¡¯t given her consent yet. Does she love dimir? I can¡¯t know that for sure, but I suspect he¡¯s holding her by something else, and it¡¯s definitely not love. Money, power, good sex. Though I¡¯ve hardly ever seen Lina glowing with happiness. And that¡¯s what a well-fucked girl looks like. In my wildest dreams, I couldn¡¯t imagine falling for my best friend¡¯s girl. But it turned out that it happens not only in movies, but in real life as well! 38 Chapter Lina Everyone¡¯s here. It¡¯s a winter evening, and it¡¯s cold, but Masha is dressed like she didn¡¯te to visit, but went to Dubai to look for a sheik. Vulgar red strappy dress and ck patent leather boots. And on top of it all a white fake fur cape. Yeah, I¡¯ve never seen my friend look like that. She also had her hair twisted and her makeup done in a screaming way. It¡¯s not jealousy, no. It¡¯s sympathy. If d¡¯s a smart guy, he¡¯ll know a girl¡¯s up for anything tonight. I wouldn¡¯t be surprised if she did achieve her goal. I don¡¯t want to, but that will already depend on d¡¯s self-control. Vova doesn¡¯t even look in her direction, and d¡¯s gaze is also on me, even though I¡¯m not dressed to attract attention. I just wore my favorite fine-knit sweater of sky-blue color and blue jeans, lightly painted my eyes and lips. I put my hair in a high ponytail. I had time to cook dinner and even clean up a little before their arrival. It was cozy at Vova¡¯s dacha. ¡°Hi, Lina,¡± d said hello and came closer to give me a hug and a kiss on the cheek as he took off his clothes and already had time to undress. There are several bags in Vova¡¯s hands, and I¡¯m sure that one of them is definitely filled with alcohol. ¡°Hi, girlfriend,¡± Lina immediately runs up and kisses me on the cheek as well, and then d. Did she not have time to do it in the car, or was it on purpose, so that I could see? But d doesn¡¯t push her away, he doesn¡¯t really care about that at all. But he¡¯s not in the mood, I can tell. ¡°Why are you guys sucking up to my girlfriend? d, go with Masha and show her the house. I¡¯ll help Lena set the table. Don¡¯t be naughty, guys. Well, if you do, d knows where the hard bed is,¡± jokes Vova. ¡°d, you and I have already been hitched,¡± says Mashka to him and puts her arms around his neck, he does not deny himself and also pulls her closely to him, putting one arm around her waist. ¡± I do not see anything wrong with that. Who knows, maybe we¡¯ll get married on the same day, huh?¡±He says, and his evil eyes are fixed on me. I understand that Vova has already warned him about my desire to quit. But the reason is not that I did not work well with him or I think he is notpetent boss. It¡¯s justpletely different! I just can¡¯t admit it! I just can¡¯t tell the real truth! ¡°That¡¯s my friend. I respect that. Who knows, you might make a great couple. Important video call. I left my phone in the car. Shit! Vova¡¯s leaving and I¡¯m staying with them. ¡± ¡°Nobody knows that, Vov. Nobody. All right, we¡¯re going, right?¡± He defiantly runs his index finger down Masha¡¯s neck and kisses her behind the ear. Why did he decide to answer Vova¡¯s question to me? What on earth is going on! RRR. ¡°Let¡¯s go, only I have to go to thedies¡¯ room first.¡± ¡°The bathroom is right behind the kitchen,¡± I exin to my girlfriend and she leaves. Now it¡¯s one on one. I head into the kitchen, he follows me. Does he want to help or tell me off? ¡°You made the right choice, Lina.¡± ¡°What are you talking about? ¡°I stand with my back to him and reach for the tes. But hees up behind me and reaches for the tes just as I do. ¡°About getting fired. That¡¯s right. I signed the form. There¡¯s no turning back. Even if you change your mind,¡± he whispers in my ear. His voice is angry and hostile to me.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t want to go back. I begin a new life.¡± ¡°Why work when you can have it all, right? Just spread your legs and get all the privileges of a rich life? ¡°You¡¯re wrong,¡± I want to turn around, but he won¡¯t let me. I didn¡¯t recognize him now. He¡¯s different. The cheerful, kind d is like he¡¯s been reced. ¡°I thought we were friends¡± I must have been mistaken, he grinned, and then left me alone. For the rest of the dinner he kept trying to draw my attention to how happy he was with Masha. He hugged her, touched her, squeezed her thigh. I was sure that my friend was getting an inexpressible pleasure from these touches. I made several kinds of sds, Greek and mimosas, potatoes in the oven, baked meat. And for dessert, Vova had cupcakes. ¡°Cupcake in hand, cupcake in bed,¡± d teased, and just in front of my eyes he fed Mashka this retarded cupcake. She would cover her eyes and feel good. Vova was fondling me at this point, too, but he understood that the show I was watching was turning me on. But it wasn¡¯t him I wanted now! Not him!Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. But it was Vova¡¯s fingers that were caressing me between my legs right now. I was ashamed that I was so turned on by the fact that one man was caressing me, but I wanted another man. Who with this very cupcake. I wanted a bite, too. I hoped d hadn¡¯t seen it all. ¡°The strawberry shortcake is delicious. Everything is delicious, Lina,¡± d thanked me, as he and Masha got up from the table. ¡°We have to go now.¡± ¡°What do you mean? Stay here, there are lots of rooms,¡±Vova was surprised. ¡°Masha wants toe to my ce. After all, it¡¯s your home. And I want to invite her to mine.¡± ¡°The cab will note here. So, take my car then,¡± Vova takes the keys out of his pants and throws them to d. 39 Chapter d I didn¡¯t want to stay in their house one minute longer. No¡­. I was already restraining myself out of thest of my human strength¡­. Her friend helped me out. She was a lucky way to piss off Lina and get out of the dacha, but she couldn¡¯t imagine that when we left the house and got in Vova¡¯s car I would ask her what address to take her home to? ¡°Are you serious right now? What about continuing the fun on your turf?¡± ¡°I can¡¯t satisfy you, I drank too much. So where to?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t want to go home, d. You¡¯re just deciding on my area right now.¡± ¡°Mash, I didn¡¯t promise you anything.¡± ¡°How could you, because¡­¡± ¡°That¡¯s enough. You¡¯ve got it all wrong.¡± But she really doesn¡¯t understand the words, as she tries to climb into myp right in the car and make herselffortable when I stop on the curb. ¡°You¡¯re horny, d. I can feel it. So why are you lying?¡± The conversation with Lina in the kitchen came to a standstill. I spoke up and it made me feel a lot better and¡­ Yeah, she was right. I was aroused, but not because she was around, but because of the fact that Lena was watching us during dinner. I was also no fool and knew that it made her angry and at the same time turned her on. And Vova saw and realized everything. And while he was trying to satisfy Lina under the table, I was slowly but surely going crazy. She is his, and he once again demonstrated it! There was a reason he wished us a hot night again before he left! He¡¯s my friend, and he¡¯s done a lot for me, yes. But now he¡¯s just ying at something. ¡°Vov, maybe they will stay after all. It¡¯s that kind of weather. I¡¯m worried about how they¡¯ll get there!¡± Linaes to the door and asks that we stay. It¡¯s so funny and iprehensible. Why? To keep getting on each other¡¯s nerves? No, it was enough for me to stay at their ce. I can¡¯t take it a second time! ¡± I can¡¯t force them. Let them decide for themselves. I have to make a phone call!¡± Leaves dissatisfied. Masha is already putting her shoes on, and Lina looks at me silently when I stopped my gaze on her half-zipped fly. That was thest straw of my patience. ¡°We are leaving. Don¡¯t worry, we¡¯ll make it!¡± I didn¡¯t even want to kiss her at that moment, I was in unbearable pain. ¡°Have a good trip,¡± she hugs Masha and says goodbye. ¡°Thank you, Lina. Starting tomorrow you don¡¯t work with me. Celebrate with Vova today,¡± I say coldly, and we walk out the door. My friend is generous! He gave me his car, he didn¡¯t spare it! ¡°d, I¡¯m good at a lot of things. And I do not want to end our acquaintance on such a note.¡± Masha distracts me and already reaches for the belt on his pants. Her fur cape slides off her shoulders. Her lips have been smudged for a long time, and she looks so¡­.All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡± I¡¯ll give you a high-ss blow job. I took a course. Linka also called, but she is too modest girl!¡± What the hell is she talking about? Damn! It¡¯s Lina in front of my eyes again, not Masha and her lips on my dick. ¡± Suck it like you like it!¡± and I let this lecherous girlfriend of the girl I¡¯m in love with do everything. But only tonight! And only in the car, because then I still take her home! 40 Chapter dimir ¡± I can¡¯t believe it¡¯s New Year¡¯s Eve in a couple of days, and today I¡¯m going to propose to Lina. By the way, check it out,¡± I pull out a red box with a ring in it that costs a few thousand bucks. I¡¯ve been looking for an engagement ring for a long time, I wanted something beautiful, and now, vo, I found it. I¡¯m sure Lina will appreciate it. My friend opens it and admires it, I understand that he is jealous, and I like it. Lina he does not see, and I am d of it. We have a strictly working rtionship with him now, he is my work ve. Taftology, but true. I asked him to prepare the party, and he arranged everything. In an hour we¡¯re going to that Everest club. ¡°It¡¯s beautiful, she¡¯ll definitely agree.¡± ¡°Yes. Masha will be there tonight, too. And Lina. I invited them.¡± ¡°Oh, no. I thought I¡¯d at least get a break from her at the club. Vova, you certainly don¡¯t spare me. What for?¡± He says with a smile, but I understand that he is actually very angry. Masha doesn¡¯t need him as a girl right now. He¡¯s just screwing her, since he can¡¯t screw the other one. It¡¯s obvious. How high moral standards my friend has and how much he values our friendship. If I were in his shoes, I would spit on everything. ¡°You know, I have a present for you for New Year¡¯s Eve.¡± ¡°What kind?¡± You¡¯ll see. Let¡¯s go to the club. There¡¯s a lot to do today,¡± I grab my jacket from my chair and put it on, then d gets up from the couch and we leave my office. It¡¯s just my lunch break. Natasha paints her lips with lipstick, which I¡­ No, let¡¯s not reminisce about moments from my dark past. We don¡¯t have to. ¡°Natasha, we¡¯re leaving. I¡¯ll text you the address.¡± ¡°Yeah? There¡¯s a real party tonight? Costumes? Themes?¡± ¡°What can be the theme for a New Year¡¯s Eve party?¡± ¡°Vov, she¡¯s right. Let¡¯s have a costume party. It¡¯s a lot more fun that way.¡± ¡°It¡¯s not Halloween. And we¡¯re a seriouspany. What kind of kindergarten?¡± I exin to my friend, but then Natashaes up with the craziest idea. ¡°Then how about a bdsm party?¡± ¡°Natasha, you go to such parties on your own.¡± ¡°And I did go, it¡¯s a pity you boys can¡¯t be dragged there.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t forget, I¡¯m still your boss, and so is d,¡± her familiarity blows up in my face. If I had had it before, I had no desire to have it now. ¡± I¡¯m sorry, I understand. I¡¯ll arrange everything. Can I have girlfriends or friends? How many employees will there be. A few from human resources, logistics, analytics. Ten people. No, no outsiders. ¡°Will Lina be there?¡± ¡°Natasha, you know what¡¯sing!¡± ¡°Well, she¡¯s already off the staff.¡± ¡°All right, take your girlfriend or your boyfriend. But you¡¯re the only one allowed! We¡¯re gonna be sote because of your stupid questions! Let¡¯s go, d!¡± ¡°How¡¯s it going with Lina?¡± My friend asks me once we¡¯re in the car and he¡¯s sitting next to me in the front seat. ¡°I¡¯m great. I¡¯m going to propose to her today and it¡¯s going to get even better.¡± ¡°Vov, I did not know how to say.¡± ¡°Here,e on! Admit already that you want Rostov, that you fell in love with my woman! ¡± ¡°I want to move in.¡±Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°What¡¯s the problem? Do you need me to lend you a car to move your things?¡± ¡± No, you misunderstand me. I want to move to another country. ¡± ¡°I don¡¯t get it at all. You what?¡± ¡°You have a branch in Spain, right?¡± ¡°Yeah, but there¡¯s already people there. Okay, stop! You really want to move? ¡°Yes, I do. And I¡¯d appreciate it if you¡¯d transfer me to Barcelona.¡± That¡¯s the news! 41 Chapter Lina Masha bragged the very next day about what a hot night they had. I was jealous, I was angry. There was a storm of all kinds of emotions raging inside me. I couldn¡¯t fully enjoy that night with Vova. He was annoyed and incredibly angry at my ¡°Stop, I don¡¯t want to!¡± For the first time, I was able to tell him no. ¡°What¡¯s going on with you? Lina, what the fuck is going on with you? Are you so upset that you can¡¯t work with d anymore?¡± ¡°No, I¡¯m just not in the mood.¡± I got out of bed and decided to sleep the night off in another room. Vova didn¡¯t follow me or stop me. In the morning he left early for work while I was still asleep, and close to eleven Masha came to me in spite of the snowy weather and started bragging, telling me everything in great detail. ¡°He is a real man. And what was his¡­¡± ¡°Mash, I¡¯m not interested, really.¡± ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but I just haven¡¯t met so hot for a long time, he¡¯s so passionate. You said he was calm and bnced, but sexually he ispletely different. And you couldn¡¯t possibly know that. And you don¡¯t need to know that.¡±This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . ¡°You¡¯re right, I don¡¯t. Are you off today?¡± ¡°Yeah, and tomorrow. It¡¯s after the new year. I took the day off.¡± ¡°Do you want tea or coffee?¡± ¡°Yeah, but I¡¯m more hungry than anything. By the way, d¡¯s the one who called me a cab toe and see you. Can you feed me? I¡¯m so hungry. You know how many calories I had to burn today.¡± ¡°Sure, I¡¯ll make you something.¡± ¡°How about you? Did it continue?¡± ¡°Of course, we¡¯re doing fine.¡± ¡°And I hope things work out with d, too. You know, I¡¯ve never¡­ I¡¯ve never been as rxed as I was with him, I even gave him a blow job in the car, and right there in the car we¡­¡± ¡°Mash, I¡¯m really not interested, I do not devote you in the details of their intimate life.¡± ¡°What a boring you have be. It¡¯s contagious, soon you won¡¯t smile at all, and when you be dimir¡¯s wife you¡¯ll be too conceited.¡± ¡°Who told you I was going to be his wife?¡± ¡°Aren¡¯t you?¡± she plops down on the sofa as she walks into the living room, filling the ss of whiskey on the table. ¡°That hasn¡¯t been part of the n yet. Okay, sit and rest, I¡¯ll be back with breakfast soon,¡± I said and headed into the kitchen. Just a few minutester, while I am making sandwiches with Masha, my smartphone vibrates. It¡¯s d. And he sent me a message. I see a closed text message icon, but I hesitate to open it. After our conversation in the kitchen, I don¡¯t know how to act. I tried to persuade them to stay with Masha yesterday, but he refused. ¡°Hi. I hope Masha is already at your ce? Thank you for meeting such a charming girl. You have a wonderful friend. By the way, I decided to talk to Vova today and ask her to take the job in the office instead of you.¡± I don¡¯t want to write long, so I close the door to the kitchen so I can¡¯t hear anything and call him. ¡°Yes?¡± he answers happily. ¡°What does it all mean?¡± ¡°What does it mean? Actually, good morning to begin with. It¡¯s customary.¡± ¡°She has no experience. ¡± ¡°Believe me, she has enough experience to be useful to me. I made sure of that today! That¡¯s exactly the kind of assistant I need. And you shouldn¡¯t even care, you¡¯re not part of ourpany anymore. Yes, you¡¯re fucking my boss and best friend, but that doesn¡¯t mean anything. You should know better.¡± ¡°Why would you do that? You used to be so different. What¡¯s changed?¡± ¡°A lot, L?na. You know, you¡¯ve really be a kindred spirit to me. And I was hoping we could be friends.¡± ¨C I don¡¯t understand you, d. Yesterday you insulted me, you made a real mess of me with that cupcake-eating thing, and¡­ ¡°Oh, so you liked it after all?¡± ¡°What are you ying at, d?¡± ¡°You,¡± he answers, then drops the call altogether. d Lina surprised me when she decided to visit me the next day. It was unexpected. I waste for work, and she was at her parents¡¯, but she decided to make it clear. She was hurt by my words and she never understood the meaning of the phrase ying you. ¡°I shouldn¡¯t havee,¡± she came to me already with words of regret. It was a bad sign. Especially since I had made up my mind. Of course I did not want to see Masha around even in the office. And in fact today it happened again that we slept together. I drank and decided to dump all the tension on her again. She liked it, and I didn¡¯t care. Vova¡­ It was much harder with him. He understood, but he knew I couldn¡¯t do anything to hurt him. ¡°It was a good start. Come in, make yourself at home,¡± I invited her in. I don¡¯t have this kind of mansion, but I¡¯m happy with this kind of real estate. It¡¯s my own earned and earned property. ¡°I was at my parents¡¯ house after a trip to the hospital. I don¡¯t know what brought me to you, but¡­¡± ¡°Curiosity.¡± ¡°d, this is all wrong. I don¡¯t mean you any harm, I just¡­¡± ¡°Neither do I. God forbid. You¡¯re with my friend and let¡¯s leave it at that.¡± ¡°No,¡± she pulls off her coat and throws it on the couch, even though it¡¯s covered in snow. Yes, I can call for a cleaning service and I can afford it. But why should I spend a lot of money just because it¡¯s hard for her to hang her coat up and at least shake the snow off of it to begin with? But all this bespletely irrelevant when she takes a few steps toward me and takes my hand. ¡°Let¡¯s just stay friends. It¡¯s as simple as that, d. I don¡¯t want to ruin your long friendship with dimir. I understand that you depend on him. I know that. ¡°What could you possibly know? Get off me!¡± I try to shake the hand she¡¯s clinging to. Her words hit me where it hurts the most. Yes, I owe a lot to Vova, and I never hid it. ¡°d, please don¡¯t be angry. I didn¡¯t mean to hurt you. I don¡¯t know how to exin what¡¯s going on inside me. I just don¡¯t know. I¡­¡± but she doesn¡¯t finish, our eyes meet, and she kisses me first. Lightly and gently, lightly running her tongue over my lower lip. I can¡¯t be gentle and I don¡¯t want to. I suck her lips in, I bite, and I don¡¯t care if it might leave a mark and my friend notices. Everything bespletely unimportant. ¡°You can¡¯t,¡± she pushes me away with those lying words. You can¡¯t? ¡°Can¡¯t what?¡± My palms are already slipping under the tight wool skirt she¡¯s wearing with the warm tights. She¡¯s so funny. It¡¯s safe to say that she didn¡¯t originally intend to go out with me tonight. She¡¯s modest, but that¡¯s what turns me on about her. I understand Vova now more than ever. His words. His conclusions. Lina really isn¡¯t like everyone else. She tries to hide her true desires. Dulls her enjoyment and pleasure. Vova is very difficult with her, I can see how sullen he¡¯s been walking around thest few days. But she came to me¡­. And I missed her, and I wanted and want¡­ ¡°All this, you can¡¯t,¡± she breathes heavily and touches her lips with her fingers when I slow down and pull away from her slightly. ¡°Do you love him? Lina, just say it. Yes or no? It¡¯s as simple as that.¡± ¡°No, I don¡¯t love him. No.¡± ¡°Do you love me? Do you love me?¡± ¡°d, it¡¯s veryplicated. ¡± The desire evaporates instantly, as if it never existed. She hesitates. She doesn¡¯t know what she wants. But I do. I know exactly what I want right now! We¡¯re not little children to y children¡¯s games. It¡¯s a game of chase and hide-and-seek. ¡°You know, it¡¯s only difficult for those who make it difficult not only for themselves, but for those around them as well.¡± ¡°d, I¡¯m sorry.¡± ¡°Maybe you don¡¯t know how to love at all. You¡¯re ttered by the attention of two men. And what¡¯s more, that these men can ignore their long friendship and fight over you?¡± ¡°No. You¡¯re wrong. ¡± ¡°Lina, get dressed and go away. Don¡¯t y with me, I¡¯m not a boy. All right, I won¡¯t tell Vova anything about your visit. You can¡¯t tell me how you feel about me, and I can¡¯t figure out how to proceed. ¡°d, I feel, I,¡± this time I recoil myself. ¡°Vova¡¯s going to propose to you.¡± ¡°What?¡± She sounded surprised, like she didn¡¯t expect to hear it. He¡¯s pretending? ¡°Yes. Yesterday I tricked you by telling you on the phone that he didn¡¯t care. He does care. Except I¡¯m starting to wonder if my friend needs someone like you.¡± She ps me in the face after saying that. ¡°You idiot! I thought that..¡±. ¡°You didn¡¯t think, you didn¡¯t know what you wanted. You know the way out!¡± 42 Chapter d Vova is confident in Lina, and he thinks she¡¯s a good and faithful girl. But if I hadn¡¯t chased her away, that good girl would have been fucked by me without any forey. But I chased her away, and I regret it. Yeah, because for days I couldn¡¯t help but think about what had happened, regretted it. Vova and I went to the club, saw that everything was prepared. But most importantly, this corporate party he arranges only to loudly dere his feelings for Lina. It¡¯s just a show and nothing more. I had been considering going to Barcelona for a long time. As soon as I began to realize that I did not want to be in that country. As soon as I began to realize that I wanted to evolve. As soon as I started taking Spanish courses in secret from my best friend. ¡°So what led you to that decision?¡± Admit that thest straw was our sweet talk with Lina, or let her think that we did notmunicate anymore? ¡°My business trip to Egypt. I liked the change of scenery. And you know, I had dreamed of traveling before. I didn¡¯t have the finances or the opportunity¡±. ¡°d, I¡¯ve known you for a long time. Long enough. I understand that decisions like this don¡¯t happen spontaneously. Maybe you should stop dragging your tail. Is this about L?na?¡± ¨C What? No. Bov, she¡¯s your woman, I get it. ¡°That¡¯s not an answer. You fell in love with her. Why don¡¯t you just ask me to back off? Why are you running away?¡± ¨C I don¡¯t really understand you. No, I don¡¯t understand you at all.¡± ¡°I mean, we¡¯re friends, we¡¯d solve this problem that¡¯s hanging in the air between us.¡± ¡°Wow. You know such words. I¡¯m surprised!¡± ¡°Okay, I hear you. If you want a transfer, I¡¯ll sign all the papers.¡±This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . ¡°That¡¯s good.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s have a drink. You know, you¡¯re my best friend. Yeah, we had a bad conversation the other day, and I was rude. But I was just so afraid of losing Lena that¡­¡± ¡°I get it. I would never go against our friendship.¡± ¡°She¡¯s been acting weirdtely, too. She¡¯s avoiding intimacy, and it pisses me off. I haven¡¯t had any fun in days.¡± ¡°We all have problems.¡± ¡°Yeah, we do. Okay, we¡¯ll get through it, I think. All she¡¯s thinking about right now is Kostya. You know, she went to visit him a couple of days ago and came home in tears and wouldn¡¯t even talk to me at night. She¡¯s such a nervous girl. ¡± I know it¡¯s not because of Kostya. It was because of me that she was upset. But if I had fucked her up and left it would have been much worse for her and me. That¡¯s a fact. ¡°Yeah, she¡¯s very sensitive.¡± ¡°Vulnerable girls are more sensitive in bed. ¡± ¡°What makes you say that?¡± ¡°From my experience. She really knows how to please a man. In every way.¡± ¡°Vov, don¡¯t. That¡¯s unnecessary.¡± We were already sitting on the second floor, spread out on the leather sofa. The waiter had already brought whisky and a snack. Wasn¡¯t it too early for Vova to start celebrating? At this rate, before the party he will be drunk and the marriage proposal will turn into a real nightmare. ¡°Would you like to fuck Lina?¡±I just fell for his question. ¡°Vov..¡± ¡°Come on. Just hypothetically. I understand that not only you, but the majority of men want her.¡± ¡°Vov, she¡¯s an attractive girl.¡± ¡°Yeah, she is. But she¡¯s my girlfriend.¡± ¡°I¡¯ve already heard that,¡± I take a sip from the ss and lean back on the couch. ¡°She¡¯s mine. And only I get to decide who she sleeps with. Okay, let¡¯s drink.¡± Why is he saying all this now? I already know I¡¯m nobody and I don¡¯t have a name. But what he doesn¡¯t know is that I¡¯m the one who prevented our physical intimacy with Leena from escting to¡­.. But instead I saypletely different words to reassure him, to confirm that she is his before such an important decision in his life. ¡°Of course just you.¡± ¡°Will you be a witness at our wedding? You have to fly in one way or another to your best friend¡¯s wedding. Oh, by the way, there¡¯s a surprise for you tonight.¡± Right. He said something about that. But what¡¯s my friend up to? ¡°You¡¯re already scaring me with that kind of statement.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t worry, it¡¯ll be nice.¡± I¡¯m not afraid, Vova. I¡¯m looking forward to your surprise! Lina Is Vova going to propose to me? I didn¡¯t pay much attention to what d said, and I thought that he was making it up on purpose, so that I would panic. I don¡¯t want to be his wife. I have no feelings for him, no attraction, nothing. In the beginning there was, right up until he invited his friend to visit. Until we started working together with d, and my life¡­. No, I don¡¯t even want to think about it. I thought until this morning that everything d said was a lie, but when Vova went to the bathroom to take a shower, I decided to go through his closet. And I found that red velvet box that most girls dream about. I didn¡¯t even open it. It¡¯s true! At the party, he¡¯s going to tell everyone and make me an offer. He helped me with Bones, I am very grateful to him for that, but ¡­ In some ways d was still right. I¡¯m just a toy to Vova. I keep hearing words from him that would scare any other girl. But¡­ I¡¯m strong¡­ But. Today I must admit that it is better for us to separate. In this marriage, in fact, neither he nor I will be happy. We won¡¯t. He was taking a shower and I fled the scene so he wouldn¡¯t even realize that I had found out about everything and headed to the kitchen to make him breakfast. d¡­ He wasn¡¯t nice to me. He chased me away by insulting me. And I should hate him for it, but I can¡¯t. I still like him, and I want to break up with dimir and be with d. ¡°I¡¯m in a great mood, I¡¯m in a super mood,¡± Vovaes up behind me. His body is still wet from the shower, and drops of water are dripping from his hair. And it would have turned me on before, but not now. Right now I don¡¯t want his touch at all. It¡¯s like I¡¯ve been switched, reborn. Does that happen? ¡°That¡¯s great.¡± -¡°You don¡¯t look cheerful. Lina, what¡¯s wrong with you?¡± He pulls the towel off my thighs, leaving mepletely naked, and begins to wipe my hair with it. ¡°I¡¯m fine, really.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t look away, Lina,¡± he tosses the towel aside, wrapping it around my chin and looking into my eyes. ¡°Look at me. Look at my cock. You like it, don¡¯t you? Right, my love?¡± ¡°Vov, don¡¯t¡­.¡± ¡°I do. Touch me. I¡¯m clean. So is he,¡± he smirks and teases me like a girl! He¡¯s taunting me! That¡¯s his attitude! Will I agree to be his wife? The answer is already clear. ¡°You and I have been having really lousy sextely.¡± ¡°It¡¯s good that you understand that, too. Vov, I wanted to¡­¡± But he didn¡¯t let me finish, he covered my mouth with a heavy palm. ¡°We have to fix this, my love,¡± he kissed me on the cheek, and then pulled away. That¡¯s it? No trespassing on my body tonight? ¡°You don¡¯t love me, dimir. What I owe you is true. You helped Kostik.¡± I dare you to say it out loud. ¡°Lina, darling. Let¡¯s not make any big statements. They¡¯re not necessary now. Mind your own business, but I¡¯ll wait for you at the club tonight.¡± ¡°I¡¯m noting.¡± ¡°Yes, you will. Don¡¯t disappoint me,¡± he deres and walks straight upstairs in his fucking clothes. I want to be indignant, but I hold myself back. I¡¯ll just do what I think is right! 43 å°�hapter dimir Decided to stop by the house before the club. What do you mean, home, to my dacha. Lina and I had already moved therepletely. d decided to leave first. Well, that¡¯s fine. We¡¯ll meet him at the club. I didn¡¯t drink so much that I didn¡¯t realize that d was being flirtatious and still couldn¡¯t admit he was in love. *** Lina wasn¡¯t home. She left. Decided to drive herself? She wasn¡¯t answering her phone, and I was starting to dislike that. ¡°d, where are you?¡± I decided to call a friend, see if he had talked to her and knew where Lena was. ¡°Still at home. Why?¡± ¡°That Lina¡¯s not answering her phone. She¡¯s not answering her phone.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know, your girlfriend, you must know where she is. Maybe she¡¯s already gone to the club?¡± ¡°Can you call Masha?¡± ¡°Masha? What for?¡± ¡°Maybe she went to see her. And they¡¯lle together. I don¡¯t know what to think anymore.¡± ¡°I had a little fight with Masha. I can send you her number. Give me a call.¡± ¡°Okay, thanks. I¡¯m waiting for the number,¡± I thanked him and disconnected. The number came just a few secondster. I dialed it.All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°I¡¯m listening to you.¡± ¡°Mash, it¡¯s dimir. Lena is not with you now?¡± ¡°No. She¡¯s not here.¡± ¡°Well, where is she? Could she have gone to her parents or something with Kostik?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know. Well, what happened?¡± ¡°It¡¯s corporate night. She¡¯s nowhere to be found. She just vanished!¡± ¡°Maybe she went to the beauty salon and that¡¯s why she¡¯s not picking up the phone. She¡¯s getting ready for the party. Didn¡¯t it ur to you? How long have you been trying to reach her?¡± ¡°Twenty minutes.¡± ¡°Vova, this is ridiculous. It¡¯s nothing for girls. I¡¯m sure that¡¯s where she is. I recently rmended her a good one. So you¡¯ll probably be in for a surprise. A reincarnated Lina¡±. ¡°Her words made me feel a little better. But only a little. ¡± ¡°Will you be there?¡± ¡°I¡¯m not sure I¡¯ll be wee there. d and I had a fight. He¡¯s a bit strange. ¡± ¡°About what?¡± ¡°He¡¯s angry. I don¡¯t know what it was about, but he chased me away. I think something made him angry.¡± ¡°Do you think he¡¯smunicating with L?na?¡± ¡°What?¡± ¡°Is he talking to your friend?¡± ¡°No, he wasn¡¯t in touch with her. He said he hated her. I don¡¯t know why, but that¡¯s what I heard him say.¡± ¡°Okay, all right. I¡¯ll meet you at the club. I¡¯ll text you the address. You can be my guest, since d¡¯s so touchy.¡± ¡°Thank you. But I¡¯m not in the mood either.¡± ¡°Neither am I, but I want to lift it. And so do you. But it¡¯s up to you. I¡¯ll drop the address, it¡¯s up to you to decide,¡± he added and turned off the phone.¡± I hope that Masha is right and Lena really now went to clean up, and not decided to run away. Although things are in the closet and no signs of collecting a suitcase. Everything is in ce. Okay, I¡¯ll call you in a little while when I¡¯m at the club. But luckily, as soon as I get in the car my iPhone starts vibrating. ¡°You called. I was busy.¡± ¡°L?na, where are you?¡± ¡°I will not tell. Vov, I have to report to you every step of my life?¡± ¡°I¡¯m worried.¡± ¡°Everything¡¯s fine with me. I¡¯ll be at the party, don¡¯t worry. But I need to fix myself up.¡± ¡°You¡¯re already beautiful.¡± ¡± I understand. You want me to pick you up?¡± ¡°You¡¯re not at the club?¡± ¡°No. So?¡± ¡°I¡¯m not ready yet.¡± ¡± I¡¯ll wait.¡± ¡°No, I¡¯lle by myself,¡± she says and hangs up. You¡¯re on your own. Soon you¡¯ll have to take my opinion into ount too, Lina Rostova! *** Lina At first I wanted to look beautiful and festive, to dress up so that d would see me and wish he¡¯d taken his chance. Then I wanted to run away from the city altogether and never meet either one or the other again in my life. But in the end I opted for the third option ¨C modest makeup and a warm pink sweatshirt with jeans. No dressy costumes, no tutus or scares. It¡¯s not a masquerade, it¡¯s just a New Year¡¯s Eve party and a party. Vova lied, I was not in any beauty salon. I went to my ce, I had to water the flowers, clean up a bit, and think. My own walls are more familiar. And to think in your shelter is much easier. Thought and thought, but it is too early to talk about it. The club was noisy; it was a famous, expensive, and very posh ce. I searched for information about it before I went. Everything was done under the entourage of the new year, the main thing is the Christmas tree, huge, on the half of the dance floor. The DJs and waiters were dressed as Santa us and the Snow Maiden. I knew I waste. But neither d, nor Vova, much less Mashka, called me. They were not waiting for me? But Masha certainly wasn¡¯t. She did note at all. My former bosses were dressed in ck jackets and pants, and under each burgundy shirt. ¡°Oh, Lina,¡± Vova waved at me, and I couldn¡¯t take my eyes off d. He¡¯s such a¡­ Bastard! Both of them are holding amber liquid in their hands and together they go in the direction of the table and leather sofas. Natasha is also here, as well as several other colleagues I did not know. I did not have time to get acquainted with all of them, because usually my work was done in Vova¡¯s office, and thenter and just a little bit in the office of my second boss. Who actually appointed apetition for the vacant analyst position. Ie up. Vova immediately hugs and kisses me. I do not even have time to say hello to d. ¡°Hi, Lina,¡± he squeezes out, and I purposely continue kissing Vova in front of him. I want him to get a kick out of it¡­. ¡°Have you missed me yet?¡± ¡°Vova always misses you, Lina. He was worried that you were gone,¡± d answers instead of his friend. ¡°Missed you. Damn! Who¡¯s that again!¡± d scolds when his phone starts to vibrate. ¡°Yes? I can¡¯t hear very well! I¡¯ll be right outside!¡± He waves his hand and walks away, but I still make my way ahead of d to sit on the couch. ¡°Ready for the proposal?¡± He misses no opportunity to mock me, as he likes to do. Exactly in Vova¡¯s absence. ¡°What about you?¡± I look at him defiantly and reach for the ss of champagne, already filled. There are several tables here and I understand that no one was going to sit at themon one. An appetizer, dessert, spirits, hookah. What more do you need to feel like a party? ¡°I¡¯m always ready, Lina. Even now,¡± he sits down next to me, forcing me into the armrest of the couch. I take a few sips to calm myself a little. His close proximity weighs on me. ¡°You can unzip my fly and stick your hand in to see for yourself.¡± ¡°You¡¯re not normal! I sip my ss, I have no strength to be so close. It feels like my body is electrocuted when he touches my hand.¡± ¡°Yes. You know I¡¯m leaving. That¡¯s why I have nothing to lose! I want to fuck you before I go! I want you to ride my dick, and then, as you should do with an expensive whore, give it back to your master!¡± What does he think he¡¯s doing? I know exactly why he says and does it. ¡°And what about Masha? She won¡¯t be able to go without you. Will you take her with you?¡± I remain unperturbed. ¡°Is that all that bothers you?¡± Surprised? I can keep my emotions bottled up so they don¡¯t hurt me more. ¡°There are a lot of things in this life that bother me and worry me. But certainly not your rtionship with Masha or anyone else.¡± Stop! He¡¯s leaving! He¡¯s leaving! For me after my tirade only now came the real meaning of the previous words! This is not a prank! This is the truth?! 44 Chapter dimir This is it. This is the moment when I end a conversation with someone important to my business and go back to my favorite woman and my best friend. The tension between them is off the charts. From the hatred and the same attraction to each other. I love watching this. They both fall silent, and d doesn¡¯t even think about moving away from my bride-to-be, keeps pinning her down. ¡°What happened here while I was gone?¡± ¡°Everything¡¯s fine.¡± ¡°You sure?¡± ¡°Yeah.¡± ¡°L?na, does d hurt you?¡± I¡¯m asking her the question, because he¡¯s sitting back with his legs spread and drinking his whiskey. ¡°No, he¡¯s not. Sorry, I have to go to the bathroom,¡± he decides to run away. Whatever, I need to talk to d alone now. ¡°Yes, go ahead. She leaves. I stare at my friend, who smirks, sighs heavily, and confesses. ¡°Yours is taken. Yes, I want her. When the two of us are together I just lose myself. Control. And you can¡¯t even imagine the images my twisted-to-the-bone brain paints¡±. ¡°What am I supposed to do with you now?¡± I¡¯m still standing, and d gets up from the couch, too. Now we¡¯re on an equal footing. ¡°I should punch you in the face and send you away for a long time. ¡± ¡°Are there any other options? Or do we have to resort to violence? ¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know what you mean.¡± ¡± I don¡¯t want to hit you or lose our friendship. Instead, I¡¯m suggesting we spice up our sex life a little bit. If it¡¯s about the same girl. ¡± ¡± I don¡¯t really understand you.¡± ¡°You totally get it. She and I have been boring and monotonoustely, and I¡¯m sure that¡¯s your fault. She¡¯s attracted to you, but she can¡¯t give up on the fact that I¡¯m attracted to her, too. She¡¯s confused. I don¡¯t want to lose her. ¡± ¡°Are you suggesting we sleep with her? You want me to fuck her in front of you?¡± ¡± I¡¯d love to watch. But I want to be honest with you, not just watch. ¡±Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°She won¡¯t say yes.¡± ¡°Who¡¯s gonna ask her? All you have to do is pick us up after the party. That¡¯s it. It¡¯s up to you. Do you want her bad enough or are you afraid to step over yourself?¡± ¡°She won¡¯t say yes.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s see if she does. She¡¯ll be back soon.¡± ¡°When are you going to propose to her?¡± ¡°I changed my mind. It¡¯s not gonna happen today. I know she¡¯s waiting, and I know you probably told her about it. But let it be a small disappointment to her.¡± ¡°You¡¯re ying with her.¡± ¡°As much as you are. Yes, I¡¯m well aware of that. But isn¡¯t that the beauty of it?¡± I get that she¡¯s the reason you¡¯re moving to Barcelona. It makes sense. But the format I¡¯m proposing is the best. ¡°A threesome? Does it feel right to you? Would you be willing to share the woman you love with me?¡± ¡°I want to see here. I want to see her feel good. And let it be up to my best friend to start fucking her and me to continue or vice versa. Imagine her pleasuring both of us. Don¡¯t you want the same thing?¡± ¡°Shit!¡± ¡°Here. You already came in your pants. I¡¯m sure I did. And if we squeeze lina on both sides¡­. Oh, I¡¯m about to cum myself. We¡¯ve got to stop painting these images, we¡¯ve got to make them real. That¡¯s it, she¡¯sing,¡± I warned d and we interrupted this conversation as Lina had already returned. ¡°I¡¯m bored. I want another drink and a dance,¡± she dered, to the surprise of both of us. ¡°Are you sure about this?¡± ¡°Yes. And I want you to have fun too. Let¡¯s go,¡± she grabs each of us by the hand and drags us along. Lina I wanted to cut Vova off, so I decided it was time to go on the offensive. d is overconfident, and so is Vova. The boys think they know me well enough. But no, I was still capable of surprise. I stood in the bathroom for a few minutes, looking at myself in the mirror, scrolling through different options. I also drank another ss of red wine near the bar for courage. The music, led me, and I already knew that I want to dance and not just dance, I want to rx and stop thinking. d must understand that despite my crush, I won¡¯t let him wipe his feet on me. They are surprised by my behavior, but they willingly walk beside me. We are going to dance. I wonder if they know how to let themselves go. ¡°You surprise me, Lina,¡± Vova whispers in my ear as he touches my lobe with his lips. ¡°Yes, your girlfriend knows how,¡± d can¡¯t keep silent. Well. It¡¯s a great way to get on both their nerves right now. They¡¯re not the only ones who can do that. ¡°Too bad she¡¯s wearing so many clothes. It¡¯s getting hotter and hotter by the second. You¡¯ll have to get rid of your lovely sweater,¡± d begins to squeeze me into himself, and surprisingly Vova is silent, not only does he let him do it, but he also ys along. ¡°Yes, if she were wearing a dress, it would be much easier. But we have to make do with this for now. Lina, are you wearing underwear?¡± Vova crawls his hand under my sweater and kisses me passionately while d strokes my ass in his jeans. And it¡¯s all happening in front of the others. There¡¯s no denying it turns me on. Me. Them. There¡¯s a spark between us. I want d. Yes, he was right. But I can¡¯t have the nerve, in front of dimir¡­ Or can I? ¡°We have to leave, and we have to leave as soon as possible. All of us together and continue what we started at home.¡± Vova understands everything, and so do I and d. I just find it hard to believe¡­ It¡¯s hard to imagine it all. Me and the two of them. On the same bed. ¡°How do you look at this, Lina,¡± he whispers in my ear, and then pulls away slightly as he lifts my chin up and looks into my eyes with a devouring gaze. ¡°We both want you. Me and him. You don¡¯t have to choose, you have to ept it.¡± ¡°This is crazy,¡± I breathe out on his lips. ¡°Let¡¯s see how crazy you are, Lina.¡± d is behind me, but I can clearly feel him rubbing himself, how he wants the same thing that Vova wants. ¡°Are you wearing underwear? Are your panties wet yet? Do you want me?¡± ¡°I can¡¯t¡­. I can¡¯t¡­¡± ¡°Stop being good for everyone. A good girlfriend, a great employee, a good daughter. It¡¯s so boring, Lina, let¡¯s go,¡± now Vova is dragging me by the hand off the dance floor. And as I understand it he is not going to say goodbye to anyone. We go back to the couch.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll be right back, make a little announcement, and get back to you. Don¡¯t be bored.¡± Leaves and we¡¯re alone with d again. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, he¡¯s not going to propose to you.¡± ¡°What?¡± I wasn¡¯t quite sure what was going on yet. It was like it wasn¡¯t happening to me. ¡°I mean, I¡¯m going to fuck you tonight, Lina. With Vova. You¡¯re gonna squeal and cum and want more and more. ¡± ¡°No¡­.¡± ¡°Yes, it¡¯s already been decided.¡± ¡°No! No! No!¡± Intoxicated, but still quickly beginning toe to my senses from his insolent statements! No! I get up off the couch and start running until I find myself mmed into the other man¡¯s chest. They can¡¯t do this to me! No! ¡°Where are you going?¡± ¡°She decided to run away, Vova.¡± des up right behind me. ¡°Well, kid, it¡¯s toote. You shouldn¡¯t have teased the hungry lions. Now their prey will be eaten.¡± 45 Chapter d I like this turn of events. Vova wants to test me. Does he think I¡¯ll refuse or not? And I don¡¯t want to refuse such a gift, especially at his sire¡¯smand. Lina understands that there is nowhere to go, even tries to scream, but Vova reacts instantly, shuts her sweet mouth with his palm and drags her to the exit. She is his woman, and if any of his subordinates think of saying anything bad, he will fire her at once. ¡°Get her down jacket, we¡¯re waiting for you in the car,¡± he asks and drags Lina to the exit, while I walk over to the admin to get our outerwear. ¡°What¡¯s this all about? First the boss apologizes that he has to leave the corporate party for a good reason, and now all three of you are leaving?¡± Natasha catches me literally at the door and starts asking idiotic questions. Who is she? She¡¯s been forgettingtely. ¡°It¡¯s none of your business. Don¡¯t go where you¡¯re not asked and you¡¯ll be safer. You don¡¯t want to be out of a high-paying job, do you?¡± ¡°Are you three fucking her? No, I¡¯m just curious. How does it work there?¡± ¡°Natasha, shut your mouth and go back to the others. I¡¯ve never heard anything like that before.¡± ¡°No, but I¡¯m jealous. Two bosses and a gray mouse. ¡± ¡°Well, she¡¯s not that gray. You know that very well.¡± ¡°How are you going to split her up? You know that sooner orter she¡¯ll have to make a choice.¡± ¡°Natasha, have a good night.¡± ¡°d, didn¡¯t you ever want me? That¡¯s why neither he nor you!¡± ¡°Because we don¡¯t like bitches! Now his behavior demonstrates that in a very open way.¡± ¡°I¡¯m not wearing panties, d¡­¡± ¡°You¡¯re drunk,¡± I push him away, as I have no desire to listen to any more of this nonsense. I walk over to the car. Lina is in the backseat, trying to open the door and run away again. ¡°Sit next to her,¡± Vova opens the window and tells me. ¡°Are you sure you want to do that?¡± ¡°Yeah, maybe you can calm her down a little bit. Surprisingly, she¡¯s had too much to drink. But not that drunk. She was kicking and screaming like she was sober. ¡± ¡°There¡¯s gonna be a lot of rumors flying around after what happened today.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t care.¡± I hand him our outerwear, he puts it on the front, and I open the door myself and sit in the back. Lina isn¡¯t screaming anymore, she¡¯s calmed down. For how long? ¡°What are you going to do with me now? To what limits will all this go?¡± ¡°As far as you can open it for us, Lina.¡± ¡°Maybe you want to start in the car. You¡¯ve been wanting to fuck me in front of your friend who¡¯s had power over my body for thest month, haven¡¯t you? Who¡¯s better at a lot of things than you!¡± ¡°She¡¯s provoking you,¡± Vova is amused by all this, but I¡¯m not. I¡¯m already worked up after our heated snogging on the dance floor. ¡°I can see that she doesn¡¯t understand that you shouldn¡¯t do this to a man who is horny to the point of being horny!¡± ¡°I guess she does, and she wants to check it out, d,¡± he turns on the speakers, and rhythmic music sts out of them. ¡°Right here and now?¡± ¡°Well, what¡¯s the holdup, d? Show our girl who¡¯s boss!¡± Vova¡¯s giving me the green light. Does he understand that? Does she? Does she understand that I¡¯m just gonna sit her on my dick and fuck her all the way to the cottage? Does she understand and want to? Is that what she wants right now? ¡°d¡¯s well-mannered, you know that, Vova. His thoughts can be vicious, too. Even when I went to his house and offered myself. He refused. But I¡¯m sure he¡¯s thought of me in every way¡­ Oh, did I give away a terrible secret, d?¡± She shouldn¡¯t have said that, but since she has, I won¡¯t deny it. Vova is surprisingly unperturbed by what he¡¯s heard. ¡°d, she¡¯s ying with you. And I think she likes it and wants to be punished for her behavior. Don¡¯t spare her. Beat it!¡± dimir d hesitated, he could see that he didn¡¯t mind, but still something was holding him back. Could it be that Lina was right and in real life d was unable to fuck the girl he was in love with hard? But that wasn¡¯t the most interesting part, it was something else entirely. Lina went to his house and didn¡¯t tell me anything. It turns out she hid such an important detail. And now why did she decide to tell me? ¡°d, what¡¯s wrong?¡± ¡°Nothing¡¯s wrong. d¡¯s just tuning in. Yes?¡± Lina answers for him. -¡°So help him tune in, love.¡± ¡°Are you serious right now? dimir, that sounded so nasty! Do you realize that what you¡¯re up to has nothing to do with love?¡± ¡°Baby, you have no idea how much love and wild desire are intertwined.¡± ¡°Vov, I¡¯m sorry, but I can¡¯t,¡± d backs up, even though he¡¯s about to unbuckle his belt and¡­ What is he so weak? Does everything have to be taught? And that means we have to stop the car, turn it off, stand in a secluded spot where no one can see and no one can peek at what¡¯s going on behind the sweaty windows from our heated ¡°actions¡±. ¡°Boys, let¡¯s get this whole circus over with. Just kidding and that¡¯s enough. It¡¯s not funny anymore.¡± ¡°d, are weughing?¡± I¡¯m pulling into the park area, and there¡¯s not a soul in sight. It¡¯s cold, it¡¯s dark, it¡¯s snowing all the time. Romantic, in a word. A winter fairy tale. But our little ice ke, still does not want to melt. I¡¯ll have to help her do it. I¡¯m turning off the engine. ¡°Where are we? Why did you stop?¡±Lina asks, timidly, while d climbs up to sit up straight, to get back to his previous state. He is not a fool, he understands the reason why I have turned off the road. ¨C And you have no idea?Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°Vova, it¡¯s not the best option. Let¡¯s go home. To the summer house.¡± 46 å°�hapter ¡°Why? You can¡¯t do what you wanted so badly. Why should I refuse such pleasure? At first I wanted to watch, but now I want to fuck her, and you want to watch how skillfully I will do it. I¡¯m sure it will turn her on a lot more. Especially if it¡¯s not inside a car.@¡± ¡°Don¡¯t be crazy! She¡¯s gonna freeze!¡± ¡°I¡¯ll warm her up so she¡¯ll want to bury herself in the snow to cool off.¡± ¡°You¡¯re sick! Both of you! ¨C Lina tries to open the door on her side and get out, but I am more nimble and get out of the car and catch her right in my arms.¡± ¡°I¡¯m not going to let you treat me like this! This has gone too far! Let me go!¡± She pulls away, but there¡¯s nowhere to run. ¡°d tries to intervene, but I¡¯ve already got my arm under her sweater and I¡¯m holding Lena against the car.¡± ¡°No!¡± ¡°Just rx and enjoy yourself, my love,¡± I kiss her. No, I fuck her mouth. The wind is cold, snow in my face. But there¡¯s no stopping me. Until I plunge my cock into her, I won¡¯t rest. You shouldn¡¯t have teased me, you shouldn¡¯t have made me angry and jealous. But most importantly! They shouldn¡¯t have gone behind my back! It fucking sucks that she¡¯s not wearing a dress! I strap my wrists behind my back. ¡°I¡¯m cold! I¡¯m gonna be sick! I¡¯m cold! I can feel it shivering. But I will warm. We¡¯ll warm her up.¡± Suddenly d rushes in to save her from the cold. He throws the down jacket over her shoulders as he squeezes forward and stands behind her. ¡°Our savior!¡± ¡°Vov, don¡¯t! It¡¯s really cold!¡± ¡°So let¡¯s warm her up. You do not want her to freeze to death and turn into a snowke?¡± d wraps his arms around Lina¡¯s waist and presses her into him. Like this. Yes! He squeezes her hands behind her back, holding them in his, therebypletely immobilizing her attempts to hit me and increasing my power. ¡°d, Vova, don¡¯t go crazy. This isn¡¯t right!¡± ¨C And who says doing the right thing is always cool? Breaking inhibitions is more fun. d wants to touch her, his face contorted with a wild desire to just slip his hand under her sweater and¡­ Her breathing is heavy, and she breathes mostly into my mouth.All content ? N/.?vel/Dr/ama.Org. I don¡¯t want to wait any longer. I unbuckle my belt, pull my cock out of them, and drive the head of it over her hot, t belly. ¡°d, feel her. You have my permission.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t need your permission!¡± He¡¯s starting to resent it. Like a little boy. ¡°Well, don¡¯t be a brat. You want to. I pushed you. Lina, have you ever fantasized about being with two people at once? Most girls have vicious fantasies. Yes, our girl?!¡± She didn¡¯t answer anything, but she shook her head negatively. ¡°You¡¯ll feel good, like you never have. Trust me.¡± I decided I was going to take Lina from behind. So I abruptly turned her around to face my friend. Let him enjoy it, let him watch, let him kiss her, let him finger-fuck her while I thrust and roast her in this cold, winter time. ¡°Bend over!¡± I push down on her back, pull down her jeans, and spread her legs. I don¡¯t have to talk her down for long, because d¡¯s already stepping in. He dives his head under her sweater. And I realize my friend has finally given up when Lina lets out a loud moan. Her breasts, her stomach, and¡­ His head is between her legs, and I¡¯m sure his tongue will be there soon, too. Has he decided to prepare her for me? No, toote! Her sweet pussy is about to be fucked by me. A jerk, and my cock is already in her! It¡¯s long and thick! I¡¯m putting it on her, spanking her ass every now and then. And d? He kisses her, muffling her wild moans and clutching her hair in his fist. His turn will be in the house by now! It¡¯s just me now. Yes!!! That¡¯s it! *** Lina I couldn¡¯te to my senses for a long time. Even when we arrived at the cottage, even when I was dressed and put to bed. Even then I couldn¡¯t help thinking about what had happened and realizing that I had enjoyed it all. Even good girls are capable of bing bad and thinking about bad things. Not just think, but be a direct participant in them. As happened to me today. Embarrassment, anger, rage¡­ These are my primal emotions. d¡¯s kisses were soothing, while Vova once again asserted his rights to me. I also really didn¡¯t understand, and for a period of time I just fell out of reality. Vova was fucking me, d was kissing me. I hadn¡¯t even seen such movies, I was ashamed and didn¡¯t understand how it was possible. It turned out to be very possible. And I also knew perfectly well that the night would not end there. Vova could not fully satisfy his hunger, and d got almost nothing from me. God! What am I talking about? I¡¯ve already relegated myself to the category of things! But the price is not clear! I pretended to be asleep, but I realize that once these two go into the bedroom, I just have nowhere to hide and run away. And I don¡¯t want to do that. My vicious ex-bosses. It was cold to me at first, but then it¡¯s like ice and me became one element, and the three of us be one. I close my eyes as soon as I hear footsteps approaching. They wouldn¡¯t believe I was asleep. 47 Chapter Lina ¡°Lina, baby. It¡¯s time to wake up. d and I are all set. I¡¯m sure you¡¯ll love it. Oh, and it wouldn¡¯t hurt if we could all rx and warm up a little.¡± Not the heated pool! Please! Vova pulls the nket off me. But I¡¯m already awake. Meanwhile, d turns on themp on the nightstand. Both of them are hovering over me. Both of them have already undressed and changed their clothes. Well, if you could call what they were wearing now just swim trunks normal clothes. I was still in my sweater and jeans, and they had thrown me into bed. Two men,pletely different in character, but gathered here for one purpose! That purpose is me! ¡°I can not swim! Vov, do not! ¡± ¡°We will teach you. Do not worry.¡± ¡°She can swim. I¡¯m sure she can. But now she¡¯lle up with any excuse to refuse to dive with us. Lina, you know that¡¯s stupid and naive, don¡¯t you?¡± ¡°How does he know the truth? Exactly. We shared almost everything with him when I was still with thepany and under d¡¯s watchful eye! Why didn¡¯t he leave? Why did Vova think that the three of us would be better off? Or was this such a parting gift for his best friend? Sharing his fianc¨¦e? Not official yet, but still? I can¡¯t get my head around what those two have in mind?¡± ¡°What a sneaky one. Lina, is d right?¡±Vova still has doubts? ¡°I¡¯m right. She told me how she saved her ssmate from drowning at summer camp¡±. Well, that¡¯s it. d answered, and I was finally defeated in an unfair fight! ¡°Yes, you had time to get to know each other. But tonight it¡¯s all going to get a whole lot stronger. The union of not only souls, but bodies as well.¡± ¡°What a beautiful thing to say.¡± ¡°Yes, sometimes I say clever things, but I like to do the dirty and wild things much more. So, L?na? Take your clothes off. ¡± He¡¯s not just asking, he¡¯s ying a tune on his iPhone that sounds more like nothing but moans. ¡°A striptease. That¡¯s a good idea.¡± ¡°No. It¡¯s just for the music to y. For a striptease, you know, a wife pole. But it¡¯s better if she rubs herself against us.¡± ¡°Why would she do that? I could just take my clothes off. ¡± And I start pulling off my sweater and then my jeans and panties. They¡¯re naked, just a prominent bump that shows desire. The desire to possess me as quickly as possible. The two of them at once. To enter me at the same time. Lina But they wouldn¡¯t look, they left the room, giving me the choice. ¡°We¡¯re waiting in the pool, be brave, Lina. It¡¯s toote to back out now.¡± ¡°He¡¯s right, Lina. Already all the masks have been torn off, and the truth has been revealed in an unpredictable way,¡± Vova was still angry. And I was afraid to imagine what those two would do to me next. Would it hurt, or would they still prepare me? The swimsuit. I do have a bathing suit! I remembered that recently Masha gave it to me, and I threw it in my bag when I moved to Vova for a while. It is beige in color. As skin tight. That¡¯s what I wore. By the time I got down to the pool, these two were already doingps around the pool. And they were doing it quite professionally. Nude swimmers. Instantly, it got wet between my legs. Just as I imagined them capturing me between their bodies, caressing me, kissing me, and then I felt a tearing fullness. I licked my parched lips¡­ ¡°Oh, she didn¡¯t escape, d. Our girl was braver than we thought,¡± Vova swam up to me and touched my leg with his hand. ¡°Not so brave. She was in her swimsuit, though. I didn¡¯t have enough courage to bare myself to the end. Strawberries and champagne? You want a drink, don¡¯t you?¡± The second bastard came up. A bucket of champagne and a basket of strawberries actually stood on the side of the pool. I picked one up and brought it to my lips. It was sweet¡­. ¡°Arrr,¡± Vova didn¡¯t hold back, climbing out of the pool to taste it, too, but from my mouth, licking the juice off my lips. ¡°Vov, what¡¯s next?¡± d was in no hurry, on the contrary. He liked to watch. And not only to watch, but also to touch himself under water. It was clear from the characteristic sshing that he was now satisfying himself with his hand, while Vova kissed me and crushed my breasts, turning them to face d. I could see, his gaze prating me, and Vova¡¯s fingers were already literallying in, shifting my bikini and forcing me to cover my eyes. ¡°It¡¯s very wet, d.¡± He left a bite on my neck, and I moaned from the hard thrusts of three fingers inside me. And then another one touched a very different spot. Forbidden. I¡¯ve never had anal sex before. ¡°Don¡¯t be afraid. Rx. It doesn¡¯t hurt,¡± Vova reassured me as he massaged my breasts with his other hand. My legs were shaking, but I was still on my feet. But I couldn¡¯t¡­ ¡°Vov, it¡¯s better in the water.¡± ¡°Are you sure?¡± ¡°Yes. I¡¯m sure.¡± The next second Vova picked me up in his arms before he went down into the water with me. I hung onto him, afraid to let go. ¡°It¡¯s not deep, Lin. It¡¯s okay,¡± d encouraged me as he ran his hand down my back. The water was warm. I¡¯d say it was hot. Or was it just me, burning from everything that was going on? It was hard to understand and analyze in general. They are so beautiful, manly and powerful. ¡°Now it¡¯s my turn,¡± d whispered in my ear and touched it with his wet lips. ¡°Do you still think we¡¯re doing it wrong? That we¡¯ve gone down the wrong path in our rtionship, Lina? ¨C He put his finger under my chin to hear the answer to his question. ¡°A threesome is definitely wrong,¡± I moaned, as I felt d enter me hard without asking for permission, and without any warning. Vova picked up my leg so that d could go as deep as he could. It was only now that I realized the meaning of the words sparks from my eyes! ¡°Threesomes are the most a**ing thing. When two men want you at the same time. Do you have any idea how much power you have over us? And how much it feels¡­ You like the way he fucks you, don¡¯t you? Lina, you know that¡¯s what you¡¯ve been missing in your life!¡± ¡°Ahhhh. Yes,¡±I can barely hear anything Vova says, I don¡¯t want to understand anything at all¡­.. I just feel d¡¯s cock ramming relentlessly against me from the inside, as he bites into the back of my head with his teeth, while Vova ps my buttocks with his hands¡­. Shit! This is really crazy¡­ ¡°Cut it out, Lina!¡±All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. My voice is already hoarse from moaning! -¡°Ahmmmmm¡­ I can¡¯t take it anymore¡± ¡°Yeah. That¡¯s it. d, don¡¯t spare her¡­¡± And his best friend didn¡¯t spare me for a second¡­. And then when there was a growl from d, I was abruptly turned around to face Vova. And then he had me on his cock by grabbing me by my¡­ my buttocks¡­ And fucked, fucked, fucked¡­ Pushing me over the edge¡­ Pushing me into the abyss of passion and debauchery, making me moan and scream and cum, cum, cum¡­. 48 Chapter Lina T§ànight was everything that shouldn¡¯t have happened to my life, but it did. I let it happen, I gave in. I wanted d, and he wanted me. But I couldn¡¯t even imagine that Vova would turn out to be less of a tyrant and be able to give me pleasure, too. On the contrary, d would turn out to be bossy enough in sex and would take me in ways that I could not even imagine in my fantasies. He was angry at me, and so was Vova. They understood that I wasn¡¯t beingpletely honest with either of them. They took turns taking me first in the pool, then in bed¡­ But not together¡­ Together they were afraid for now. d realized I was in pain when his head advanced slightly into the tight¡­ Oh, it hurt, it really hurt. I growled, and tears immediately spurted from my eyes. Even though Vova had lubed me with the duplicate before, even though I was extremely horny¡­ ¡°Not tonight,¡± I heard the annoyed words. They didn¡¯t force me, didn¡¯t force me, didn¡¯t take me by force. I wanted it for myself. To feel them inside both of me. But the reality was a little different. ¡°Lina, wake up,¡± d whispered in my ear and began to slide my naked thigh down, while Vova was already kissing me on the lips. I had never had such an awakening in my life. ¡°Ahmm,¡± I moaned when both of them started caressing me with their fingers between my legs and rubbing their cocks on both sides. One was breathing passionately against my neck, the other was greedily pressing his lips together. I wasn¡¯t fully awake yet, and it all seemed like a dream. But it¡¯s real. It¡¯s a real and vicious fairy tale. ¡°d, she still doesn¡¯t believe it was real. Honey, it¡¯s not a dream, it¡¯s reality,¡± and I distinctly begin to feel it when the head of my cock touches my flesh. Wet and ready to take each of them again. ¡°Ahmmm, Vov.¡± He doesn¡¯t kiss any more, d adjusts as well. I can feel his cock sliding down my buttocks, and I¡¯m ready to send everything to hell now¡­ ¡°I¡¯ll get you ready, and he¡¯ll still fuck your gorgeous ass.¡± ¡°Just him? ¡°Do you want both? We¡¯re going to tear you apart, Lina.¡± He¡¯s the only one going in there. ¡°I meant just him in there?¡± ¡°Yes. Just him.¡± Argh. I growl as d begins to enter me, while Vov¡¯s cock is still inside me, but motionless. It¡¯s just crazy how filled I feel with them. ¡°It doesn¡¯t hurt as much from the side.¡± But it still hurts, but the pain is unspeakable. d starts to move slowly ¨C slowly, Vova picks me up too and kisses my lips. d caresses my breasts and strokes my buttocks with the other, and wheezes in my ear with a confession. ¡°You are unreal, Lina. My unreal.¡± ¡± Ours, d. Ours. I¡¯m the only reason you¡¯re in our bed right now. I¡¯m the only reason you¡¯re fucking her, the only reason you can enjoy the process.¡± The cock of one and the other is throbbing inside me at the same time, and with each thrust I feel them getting bigger and bigger. Just a little longer and all three of us will reach the most powerful orgasm of our lives! I¡¯ll certainly never forget it! ¡°Yeah, only thanks to you, Vova. I¡¯m going to yank her ass so hard, she won¡¯t be able to sit on it for more than a week! You can thank himter, Lina, from the bottom of your heart.¡± growls in my ear and starts to take me even harder. ***Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. d ¡°What now?¡± I asked my ¡°friend¡± because after another sexual act we all passed out sweetly and woke up and Lina was gone. Vova drank a ss of whiskey, still do not understand where he was and what happened all this time. We rxed so much that we forgot about the condoms. We came inside her more than once, twice, or three times. ¡°She¡¯ll be back. It¡¯s amon reaction of all chicks when something crazy happens to them.¡± ¡°We fucked her together!¡± ¡°And she loved it. I don¡¯t think she¡¯s stupid enough to report it to the police. ¡± ¡°Do you even love her? Right now I doubt it.¡± ¡°Neither do you. Sharing a girl you¡¯re in love with, watching her get fucked by her best friend and having fun with it? Is that human? Is that about love?¡± ¡°When did she leave and where did she go?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know. I was asleep. She must have been still full of energy, if I¡¯d known, I would have made her suck me off.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t you disgust yourself? How can you do that?¡± ¡°Yeah? And the fact that she was hitting on you and you don¡¯t know what you were doing? Is that normal? d, don¡¯t get all self-righteous. I originally thought we¡¯d have a one-night stand, but I didn¡¯t think Lena would be that crazy about you or even agree to it. But it worked out the way it worked out. I didn¡¯t stop her. I watched her moan as your cock rammed into her pussy, as she got so high on you, and as she bummed it all out with me. That¡¯s the bitchin¡¯ life. All the goodies for her! Doing everything for her and for her.¡± ¡°You just decided to give it a try, didn¡¯t you? To see? y?¡± ¡°I just thought I¡¯d see how insignificant the two of you are in your affection and love. Where she is now, I don¡¯t even want to know. And you¡¯re okay with her giving herself to us all night, moaning, cumming, screaming? Jumping on our cocks and sucking them?¡± I grab a bottle of mineral water from the fridge and drink it in one gulp. The cold water finally makes me feel better. ¡°Are you trying to make fun of me? I hope you didn¡¯t sow all this on your video camera.¡± ¡°What if I did? This is my property. My cottage! My woman! My dick was fucking her. It¡¯s all legal! I won¡¯t look for her, she¡¯lle back on her own. And you go away, it¡¯s better for everyone. I¡¯m angry now, but then I ask her. But I¡¯ll never be able to ask you. You handed me over, d.¡± ¡°You knew it yourself! Now you¡¯re using me of betrayal? What do you think of what you did? Lina¡¯s a decent girl, and we corrupted her. She was hurt, but you didn¡¯t stop. She can¡¯t just take it.¡± ¡°She can take it. She¡¯s stronger than you or me. You don¡¯t know her very well. And maybe she just decided to go out into the yard and take a walk in the winter park. It¡¯s after 11:00 in the afternoon. Or maybe she just left. I don¡¯t know.¡± ¡°You know she ran away.¡± ¡°I¡¯ve already made my point. What about you? Shouldn¡¯t you admit that you were driving the car and hit Kostya?¡± ¡°No, I wasn¡¯t driving and I didn¡¯t hit him! You know that better than anyone.¡± ¡°I wasn¡¯t there, d. So I don¡¯t know.¡± 49 Chapter Lina I felt ufortable. Ashamed. Painful. Unbearable. Waking up among two naked male bodies, it was hard to believe that it was all real. Real. Forbidden. So vicious. I could never have imagined such a thing. So in horror, while they slept I got out of bed, got out, got dressed, and left. I left. It was the right thing to do. It was the right thing to do. But the snow was still hitting my face, lighting me up and letting me know that it was toote to run. Even though I¡¯d bought my down jacket and wrapped myself in a scarf, I knew I wouldn¡¯t get far. I just needed to be alone. I just needed to blot out our night, and all the things we¡¯d done. They did it to me, and I didn¡¯t put up much of a fight. A decent girl slept with two girls at once. Masha would never have believed that. No one would. I couldn¡¯t believe that I would let two overbearing men take control of me at once, divide myself into two. To give my body¡­ And it hurts. It hurts. It hurts to walk. I¡¯m afraid to strip naked and look at myself in the mirror. That I have hickeys on my neck and shoulders saw when I tied a scarf around it. I did not want to go back to the den of wild and unbridled predators. And I realized that this was unlikely to continue. You can not. I had stumbled once and that was enough. Vova was just ying, d epted the rules of his game. And the main prize in the end was me. The snowfall was getting heavier and the drifts were getting faster. I didn¡¯t want to sink into the snow, I preferred a man¡¯s embrace. Stop! I walked for a while and was about to go back, but something went wrong. They went looking for me. ¡°There¡¯s our missing person, d. Frozen like an icicle, but still thinking I¡¯d rather freeze to death than go back inside.¡± ¡°Vov¡­¡± ¡°Vova, this is d. Are we going to get reacquainted?¡± He was furious, d not so much. Or rather, he knew I could pull something off, so he wasn¡¯t really surprised. ¡°Let¡¯s go inside, Lina. Don¡¯t be cold. I just made some mulled wine. It¡¯ll keep you warm.¡± ¡°Take me home,¡± I ask him, but he just takes a few steps toward me and grabs my hand. ¡°You¡¯re home now, Lina. Don¡¯t you realize you¡¯re not home yet?¡± ¡°No, I¡¯m not at home.¡± ¡°Home, don¡¯t argue with me.¡± ¡°I can¡¯t¡­. After what happened¡­¡± ¡°We rxed a little. There¡¯s nothing wrong with that. I liked it, so did d. ¡± ¡°But I didn¡¯t! ¡± ¡°You¡¯re lying! You liked it the best! Two cocks is much better than one. Especially for someone like you. Someone who can¡¯t decide who she wants.¡± I wanted to hit Vova, but d intercepted my hand. ¡°There¡¯s no offense to the truth, Lina. It wouldn¡¯t be if you gave yourself an answer to the question of who you wanted. A threesome is just sex. We had fun, we rxed. We fucked you. But there¡¯s more to it than that. And that¡¯s what you have to decide.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t understand you. And you.¡± I look at both of them and I really don¡¯t understand what they want from me and from my life, which before I met them waspletely different. And now it¡¯s turned into one big taboo. ¡°You understand, clever girl. I love you. And I want you to be my wife!¡± Vova deres. ¡°But you love d. Yes?¡± ¡°Vov, don¡¯t.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t understand anything anymore.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s go inside and figure it out,¡± he pulls me with him. ¡°I have to leave,¡± d deres, and we all look back at him sharply. ¡°Not today, d, and not now. Let¡¯s go,¡± Vova immediately cuts everything short, and d has to go back inside, just like me. d ¡°Make yourselvesfortable. d, help Lina undress and get warm, but not the way we normally like to get warm,¡± he warned us, leaving us alone, and headed for the kitchen, probably to make some mulled wine. Lina was shivering. As soon as I touched her, she immediately put her hand forward. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare!¡± ¡°Lina, you¡¯re overreacting. Nobody meant to hurt you yesterday.¡±All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°d, please. I can undress myself and sit by the firece and wait for Vova to give me a warm drink.¡± ¡°Okay, I heard you.¡± Decided to surrender, because she is now imprable. She undressed and sat down on the warm, fluffy rug with her back to me, and I sat down on the couch. I looked at the back of her head, and I wanted so much to see her gentle face, slightly flushed by yesterday¡¯s events and her embarrassment. No one expected such subjugation from her yesterday. And I was surprised at all, and not at all sure that Vova would go all the way. But it turned out as it turned out. Now we both woke up sober and understand that it was wrong. So how do we deal with all of this now? Again and again Vova tries to threaten me, that he will tell Lina about the ident. And I do not care. I myself am ripe for this conversation. It¡¯s not my fault. He¡¯s just as mad at me, and I think he¡¯s mad at Lina for not telling me that we met without him¡­ But we didn¡¯t want to tell him. Nothing ever happened between us. I¡¯m sure if it had happened, Lena would have been the first one to run to confess to her tyrant boyfriend and beg for forgiveness. ¡°How are you feeling?¡± I still try to talk. This girl turned my whole life upside down by her appearance, all my friendship with Vova, and jeopardized my entire career¡­ It¡¯s not certain yet, but there¡¯s no doubt that Vova won¡¯t give up. He¡¯s not that kind of guy. He¡¯s cunning. He has a clear n for everything. That¡¯s what happened yesterday, and why did he change his mind about proposing to Lina in front of thepany? A public proposal? Did he want to see how willing Lina was toply with his every wish? Would she take such a step? Would she allow herself to be possessed not only by him, but by me as well? ¡°Everything was wonderful. It was as if I had been squeezed several times and was still being squeezed. But they do it not physically, but mentally. For example, why are you asking me all this now? What for and what purpose?¡± She answered, but did not even turn around. ¡°Turn to me, and then answer. Show some respect, and don¡¯t be a bitch!¡± I couldn¡¯t help myself. ¡°What?¡± She didn¡¯t let up either. She didn¡¯t just turn around, she got up off the mat and walked over to me and stationed herself. Yeah, literally punched me in the face. ¡°Don¡¯t you dare tell me what to do and yell at me! In case you haven¡¯t figured it out by now, I¡¯m not your toy or your thing!¡± ¡°Oh, I seem to be missing the best part as usual. The nice ones are fighting, and I¡¯m in there making mulled wine.¡± ¨C She hit me, Vov.¡± ¡°Congrattions, you deserve it.¡± ¡°I¡¯m going to hit you, too!¡± and she¡¯s already throwing herself at him. I do not know what possessed Lina, but the tray with the sses that Vova was holding in his hands ended up on the floor, mulled wine spilled all over the floor. And Lina, like a cat, starts scratching his face. And she seeds. In fact, a few bloody marks from her ws I¡¯m already beginning to notice. Oh, what will happen next¡­. 50 å°�hapter Vova Once again my wild cat shows me how bad a girl she really is. What did d say to her that made her so mad? Left them alone for a few minutes and there¡¯s a hurricane of negative emotions. Yeah, d doesn¡¯t even have to try. ¡°I don¡¯t want to be here a second longer. I want to leave,¡± Lina says quietly, as I twist her arms and sp them together, thus shielding myself from any more beatings from her side.This content belongs to N?/velDra/ma.Org . What kind of beatings? Pathetic attempts to resist. Leave? Is she sure I¡¯m just going to let her go now? No. I¡¯ll make her regret it. I¡¯ll make her regret it! ¡°You¡¯re not going anywhere. Don¡¯t you get it by now, Lina? You¡¯re mine. Soon you¡¯ll be my wife, then the mother of our children. Whether or not you and d are together, I¡¯ll decide. Of course, we¡¯re not going to live as one big family¡± ¡°Vova, maybe it¡¯s really enough already¡­¡± ¡°d, what are you talking about?¡± I sit Lina next to him on the sofa, I give her a filled ss of champagne, to at leaste to her senses. ¡°I will not drink!¡±The contents of the ss are on my face. She just spit out the contents! What kind of behavior is that? What does she think she¡¯s doing? She doesn¡¯t want me to tie her up so she can sit there obediently, unable tomit another act against me and d? ¡°I want to go home. I want to spend the New Year with my family. With my brother. With my family and loved ones.¡± ¡°Then what are we? We¡¯re the closest, Lina. Don¡¯t you realize how close we became yesterday?¡± ¡°It¡¯s different. I don¡¯t even want topare them. You don¡¯t love me, Vova. You too, d! That¡¯s not love.¡± ¡°Do you love me? Do you love anyone but yourself, Lina?¡± ¡°I¡¯m sick of this game. That¡¯s all. You got what you wanted, but not anymore. I can¡¯t do this..¡±. ¡°Can¡¯t do what? Have sex with us? Was it that awful? You didn¡¯t like it at all? It wasn¡¯t like that. Don¡¯t be fooled, kitty.¡± ¡°I did.¡± ¡°Then we have to do it again to prove you wrong.¡± ¡°Vov, cut it out. That¡¯s enough, d¡¯s not silent. Is he going to throw himself at me to shut me up?¡± ¡°Am I saying something wrong? Wrong? You know how our Lina likes to be deceived. Trusting those who shouldn¡¯t. You know that better than I do. You weren¡¯tpletely honest and straightforward with her yourself.¡± ¡°Vov, don¡¯t.¡± ¡°Why not? Did you know, L?na?¡± I sit down next to her, and the couch is on the other side. She¡¯s in the middle, we¡¯re on each side. But not too tightly pressed against her, giving her space, letting her know that it¡¯s definitely her choice. ¡°Knew what? Vov, what are you talking about?¡± ¡°My friend is crazy about you. He even fought with me. He almost punched me in the face once. Is that why you have such an effect on men, Angelina Rostova?¡± d exhaled in relief, but then visibly tensed up. ¡°You too? Is that why you can¡¯t let me go? Right, Vova? You can¡¯t let me be with d, is that why you keep the two of us close to you like this? Are you afraid to let go? Afraid that all of our 1 + 2 meetings will be over at once?¡± ¡°I¡¯m afraid you just can¡¯t do it without me, Lina,¡± he smirked, then sucked her lips in. Enough talk. Lina I thought it would all end, but I was wrong. I wanted to leave, but I couldn¡¯t. Why not? Did I enjoy being with them? Yes. Did I want a repeat? No. Did I see my future after all with any of my former bosses? No. Those were the answers. I understood that d wouldn¡¯t fight for us, and couldn¡¯t go all the way against Vova. Especially since he had decided to leave. Vova wouldn¡¯t be able to let me go and let me be happy with his best friend because he would be eaten up by a sense of possessiveness and wild jealousy. How so? No, not with me, then no one. This is the motto of most men in life who are used to getting what they want, but have never heard no in return. Vova is rich, smart and very dangerous at the same time. And yesterday¡¯s and today¡¯s is not the limit of his desires. Now it¡¯s d? And then who? I ampletely sober about things, and I understand that nothing good wille of it from now on, either. Mashka would be d if she could be in my ce, and with such men. She is crazy about d, she fell in love with him, I understand that, but I cannot support her and give her any advice, because he is not interested in her. He just needed her as a distraction and nothing more. My men drove us all crazy again¡­ It happened right there on the floor, on the carpet. Our bodies became entwined again. I could not resist, for the forces were not equal anyway. I gave up, but I gave myself my word that this would really be thest time. And I would definitely find a way to get out, and not just get out, but disappear from the lives of both of them once and for all. Already a n had matured, already everything had been thought out. After they woke up, they never touched me again. They realized that enough was enough. And I pretended to be tired and very exhausted by their sexual marathons. ¡°Are you pale?¡± d noticed when he touched my cheek. ¡°She¡¯s tired. She needs her sleep. Here we are awake, having slept for almost four hours. And why are you in the kitchen? ¡°Vova asked me a question, when he also dragged himself after d. ¡°I wanted to eat. Or is it forbidden now?¡± ¡°No, of course not. You need to eat well. You¡¯ve lost a little weight,¡± he remarked. ¡°I¡¯ll be sure to listen to you, my love!¡± I got the word out of my mouth. But d¡¯s reaction was nothing. He knew that it was all said out of spite. ¡°I propose to spend the evening watching a New Year¡¯s movie. How do you feel about it?¡± d suggests. ¡°In a cozy family circle? Me, her and my best friend fucking her?¡± Vova was starting to get carried away, and I didn¡¯t like it. ¡°Think of it this way.¡± d didn¡¯t react to his words, he didn¡¯t care. Right. Why? If all our paths would soon part anyway? At least we¡¯ll have the memories of the hot moments we spent together. ¡°I¡¯d love to watch all the Harry Potter parts. I love revisiting them every year.¡± ¡°Do you want magic?¡± ¡°You always want to believe in it.¡± ¡°Not to believe, but to wish that everything you nned woulde true more often. Mine has alreadye true. It¡¯s the turn of others toe true. I¡¯ll wait for you in the cinema.¡± Vova took a bottle of mineral water out of the fridge and left. 51 Chapter dimir ¡°No, it can¡¯t be! Tell me it¡¯s not true!¡± Lina punches me in the chest with her fists, and d tries to calm me down, but it¡¯s all pointless. She¡¯s hysterical. Of course to hear that! You wouldn¡¯t wish it on anyone, not even your worst enemy. I just got a phone call ten minutes ago, and they told me that Kostya had hadplications, and this morning he was gone. I do not quite understand why this happened, because everything was on the highest level, he was on the mend. And all this was supposed to happen on the first of fucking January! And we all three of us celebrated New Year¡¯s Eve so well, that I actually began to think that I was beginning to like our union and it would be really boring without d. As much as I hated him, he wasn¡¯t superfluous here at all. Lina told us that she didn¡¯t want anything to do with us back when we caught her on the street and dragged her into the house to warm her up. ¡°That¡¯s true. I¡¯m very sorry. But¡­¡± ¡°Fuck you and your sympathy! You too! It¡¯s all your fault! You kept me here while he needed me there! I¡¯m sure he called for me while you¡­ Oh, my God! You held me down by force! I didn¡¯t even have time to say goodbye to him! Are you happy now, Vova? Now you should understand that you won¡¯t see my gratitude the way you used to! Take me immediately to the hospital! I must be there! And don¡¯t tell me about the snow and the snowfall! I don¡¯t even care about that right now! Take me, goddamn it! And it¡¯s beating again. d¡¯s gone, he understands how bad the situation is.¡± Yeah, so do I. ¡°Good. Get dressed, we¡¯ll all go together.¡± ¡°The three of us again? Aren¡¯t you bored?! You¡¯re not bored! How did this happen? You did everything, you paid so much money! Howe he¡¯s gone?! Exin!¡± ¡± I can¡¯t answer that question. ¡± ¡°Yes, you can. You¡¯re the spawn of hell. You know why evil happens in the world!¡± ¡°Lina, stop it. Go upstairs and get dressed.¡± ¡°What for? You like me naked, don¡¯t you? I¡¯m going to the hospital!¡± ¡°Don¡¯t go crazy. Don¡¯t me Vova for all your sins. Yes, we¡¯re all good, but he¡¯s not to me for what happened.¡± d was starting to feel bad about it too, so he decided to intervene. ¡°Or do you need help getting dressed?¡± ¡°I don¡¯t need it. I can manage somehow without your help,¡± he freaked out, and went upstairs. d and I look at each other in silence for a few seconds. ¡°This is an unexpected turn.¡± -¡°es, an unpleasant present under the Christmas tree.¡± ¡°The main thing is not to leave her alone in this state, Vova. You do realize that even though she is strong, but just like many others calmly survive the grief will not be able to. She loved him very much.¡± ¡°Now she won¡¯t go anywhere for sure. I wanted her to stay, but not at this price. When she shouted then that she would leave everything and go to another country to start her life with a clean te and without us¡­ I was hurt, offended, but to¡­¡± ¡°We should pack too, Vova. It¡¯s not the time for that. Let¡¯s go,¡± d reminded me. *** Lina It was hard for me to ept this loss. After all, he was the dearest, closest, native to me. It¡¯s painful, it¡¯s very painful to lose your family, it¡¯s very hard to ept this loss. But it has been two weeks since Kostya¡¯s death. The cause was cardiac arrest. But why? A young guy who was on the mend had his heart stopped? Were the wrong medications prescribed? Was the wrong blood transfused? Or was it all due to a previous illness? I have a lot of questions, but none of them I will ever get the truthful answers to. d didn¡¯t leave, didn¡¯t fly away. He tried to be there, and so did Vova, but on the day of the funeral it was thest time we saw each other. Of course Vova organized everything at the highest level. The most expensive agency, the best restaurant in town. But there weren¡¯t that many people, we didn¡¯t have many rtives. Ten people at the most. It took my mother a long time toe to her senses, and so did my father. They had high hopes for Kostya. ¡°Lina, everything will be all right,¡± Vova was reassuring me. d, on the other hand, was silent. He had a silent attitude. I understood that. I¡¯ll keep silent, it¡¯s better for everyone. Now I understood clearly that there was nothing else holding me back, neither in the city, nor next to my former bosses. And everything that had happened between us would not happen again. I didn¡¯t trust Vova anymore. It was hard to believe, and to try to let into your heart the man who at any moment could do anything with your life. ckmail, betrayal, letting a third or third person into your bed. No, even hypothetically, if we were to have an alliance with him, nothing good woulde of it. d¡¯s a coward. He¡¯s a coward, not a fighter. A traitor? Yes, in a way. He didn¡¯t fight for me, he did what Vova suggested. And what am I to them? For each of them individually? I can¡¯t find an answer. And I don¡¯t need one. ¡°Daughter, have you made up your mind? You understand that Evelina Anatolievna is aplicated woman. And you should know that¡­¡±. ¡°Mom, I understand. But I¡¯m not afraid of difficulties. But I¡¯ll see the world.¡± ¡°I just lost Kostya, and now I¡¯m losing you. I won¡¯t survive it,¡± she cried, and she couldn¡¯t beforted. Her good old friend has been living in Italy, in Rome, for twelve years. She recently started her ownpany there, and she needs a good economist to develop a business n. My mother told me about this once on the phone, but I only clung to the idea now. ¡°I understand, but I can¡¯t stay in town¡± ¡°You have aplicated love triangle? I understand sometimes it¡¯s hard to choose one man. Especially when they¡¯re both good. But I liked dimir better.¡±Content ? N?velDrama.Org 2024. ¡°The fact that he organized and paid for everything?¡± ¡°He just made sure we didn¡¯t have any problems. Is that a bad thing?¡± ¡°No, I guess not.¡± ¡°I guess you prefer d, don¡¯t you?¡± ¡°No, Mother. No one. Not anymore, believe me.¡± ¡°You can¡¯t run away from yourself, Angelina. Remember that.¡± ¡°I know, but I have to try to make a fresh start. Vova won¡¯t give me life, d will never fight for me. And I don¡¯t want to be caught between two fires.¡± -¡°It¡¯s your decision. I texted you Evelyn¡¯s number and I told her you wereing in three days. She is d.¡± ¡°Thank you for everything.¡± 52 Chapter Lina I¡¯ve been in Rome for a month and a half now. I like it here very much ¨C the people, the climate, the culture. I never thought I could love a foreign country so much. My mother had already recovered a little from the loss of Kostya, but my father, on the contrary, couldn¡¯t. He got drunk with grief. Mom is already thinking of divorcing him because of it. But, what¡¯s next? Who will she be with? It¡¯s not easy to find a decent man these days, and at her age even less so. When my mother told me about d¡¯s feelings for dimir before I left, I was ready to burst outughing. They are not and never have been for either of them. It¡¯s just bliss, lust, excitement, interest on their part, but nothing more. And the interesting thing is that all three of us understand this very well. Especially me, so I decided to let them go. Let myself go, not to bepletely dependent on their way of life. From such aplicated and not entirely understandable rtionship. Evelina actually turned out to be a very unpleasant woman. My mother warned me, but I didn¡¯t think she was such a bitch. Picky and likes to control everything. During this month she drank all the juice out of me. I didn¡¯t make any business ns, I was sort of her secretary and manager at the same time. An errand girl, but not really. It really pissed me off, and sometimes it drove me crazy. Three days ago, ElGRAND had an incredible birthday party. Fifteen years of one of the most popr cosmeticspanies in Italy. It seems to be in third ce, but Evelina wants to be in first ce. To be higher and better than everyone else. But as the saying goes, the higher you sit, the harder it will hurt to fall. ¡°Lina! Lina!¡± Evelina calls me as soon as I enter my office. You heard her! Not even five minutes for a cup of coffee! ¡°Good morning, Lina. I¡¯m listening to you.¡± ¡°Linochka, are you learning Italian yet? I hired you a teacher and you didn¡¯t go to your first lesson yesterday. Why not? Do I wish you ill? No.¡± ¡°I wasn¡¯t feeling well yesterday.¡± ¡°Maybe you¡¯re lying to me. You can¡¯t do that. I gave you everything. A job, an apartment, a good sry, you¡¯re with me everywhere, and you meet all the right people. Who knows, maybe one of them you will marry and everything will work out well with you.¡±All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°Evelina Anatolievna, I really wasn¡¯t feeling well.¡± In fact,tely everything is not so. I have no mood, apathy towards life, and the state of my health has deteriorated. ¡°Then you should go to the hospital today. Maybe it¡¯s something serious. Yes, you really don¡¯t look well today. You look pale.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll get my work done and I¡¯ll be sure to go.¡± ¡°Lina, what job? You won¡¯t work for me in your condition. What if you fall down the stairs, if you suddenly pass out? No, no and no.¡± -¡°Can I go to the hospital now?¡± ¡°Yes, of course you can. We have an important meeting in a week. And I need you healthy and beautiful for that.¡± ¡°Mr. Guerra was too attentive that time. Do you remember how that dinner ended?¡± ¡°Of course I do. He had a Caesar sd on his head, thanks to you.¡± ¡°You should have kept your hands to yourself. I¡¯m not an escort, I¡¯m not a prostitute. I¡¯m an employee of yourpany.¡± ¡°Of course you are, Lena. He apologized, didn¡¯t he? He sent you flowers and more than flowers.¡± ¡°It doesn¡¯t matter. The main thing is for you toe to a conclusion. I¡¯m not a puppet, and you don¡¯t have to make deals with me. They all think afterwards that they have something¡­ That I have to thank them, you know? For buying a huge shipment of cosmetics or investing arge sum in advertising.¡± ¡°Lina, you can go. Don¡¯t be nervous,¡± she said instead of apologizing, and I just walked out. I wanted to go into the office right now, but nausea rushed to my throat and I ran to the bathroom instead of the office. d I decided to change my life after all. Radically. Vova wentpletely insane when Lina left, he wanted in any way to find out where and why she decided to run away, but Lina¡¯s parents did not say anything, did not fall for his money or his threats. My friend had been drinking before, but every day he was just starting to go crazy. ¡°d, it¡¯s your fault. It¡¯s all your fault. You¡¯re the reason Lina ran away.¡± That¡¯s the kind of thing he used to say. It¡¯s all my fault? No, if we¡¯re gonna get this straight, we¡¯re both good at it. But he¡¯ll never admit it. ¡°She ran away from us.¡± ¡°You can find someone, can¡¯t you? Hire the right people?¡± ¡°Vova, why would you do that? You don¡¯t have to. She made her choice. You can¡¯t force her to love you.¡± ¡°What do you want me to do? What am I supposed to do?¡± ¡°Let go, forgive and forget. I¡¯ll try, too. Yes, it won¡¯t be easy, but you¡¯ll have to. She won¡¯te back. She doesn¡¯t love us.¡± ¡°Maybe you¡¯re right. I don¡¯t know, but I did fall in love.¡± ¡°You wanted to fall in love so badly, but you didn¡¯t. You still don¡¯t understand that when you¡¯re in love, you can¡¯t have a third person around. He shouldn¡¯t even be around, shouldn¡¯t even loom on the horizon.¡± ¡°You still want to me me for what happened then?¡± ¡°What happened is what happened. It¡¯s nobody¡¯s fault.¡± ¡°What are you gonna do? Are you still going to leave? To Spain?¡± ¡°No, Vova. I don¡¯t want to work with you anymore. I¡¯m sorry. But I want to move on by myself.¡± Of course he wasn¡¯t happy with my answer, but I didn¡¯t care. I wanted to change the country, I wanted to change everything, and I won¡¯t give it up. But first I want a break from everything, from work in the first ce. I decided to fly to Italy. I¡¯ve never been there, but ever since childhood I dreamed of seeing with my own eyes the Colosseum, one of the most famous sights in Rome. Unlike Vova, I kept everything to myself. I missed Lina, but I was not going to show it. It¡¯s inside, it¡¯s under the skin. Jealousy overcame me and swept over my head when he touched her. And I¡¯m sure I wasn¡¯t alone in that. But on the one hand I understood her, she had suffered such a loss, and she just needed a change of scenery to calm down a little. And on the other hand¡­ Okay, enough of that. I¡¯ve already booked my flight, and I have a seven o¡¯clock flight tonight. My spring won¡¯t start here, but in a hot country. Vova fired me, I had to. I wrote an application and he grudgingly signed it. ¡°And then what? I was everything to you. Thanks to me you bought an apartment. You have a lot of money. And you fucked my girlfriend!¡± ¡°With your consent. Remember that the next time you use me.¡± ¡°Fuck you!¡± ¡°I¡¯d love to go.¡± ¡°You¡¯re not my friend anymore!¡± ¡°As it turns out, you were never my friend. You used me and my brains. But it¡¯s gonna be different now. You¡¯ll find a new friend and a new girl.¡± ¨C I¡¯m not gonna find a new girl, I¡¯m gonna find an old girl. I¡¯ll find Lina. ¡°Then good luck to you, not a friend!¡± said goodbye and walked out of his office then. 53 Chapter Lina I wish I hadn¡¯t gone to the hospital! I¡¯d rather think I was sick, just because I¡¯ve been working hardtely than what I¡¯ve been told. I¡¯m pregnant. Pregnant! And this pregnancy was certainly not part of my ns. Damn! Now what am I supposed to do with all of this? What do I do? The doctor was very loyal when he realized that I was not very happy about the news and immediately suggested an abortion. The term is small, there are no risks, and everything can be taken care of with one magic pill. ¡°I had to think about it,¡± I told her. But what was I going to think about? Having a baby in a foreign country? Being a single mother? And the worst part was that I didn¡¯t know whose baby it was. d¡¯s or dimir¡¯s. That¡¯s what made me cringe more than anything in the world. We didn¡¯t use protection¡­ Not with Vova, not when they were alone with me that night and that morning. My God, how shameful! How hard it is to remember! But my body was pierced by a treacherously sweet shiver of desire¡­ I was not normal. I ran away from them. And seemed to have done everything right. But the pregnancy! ¡°Well, just don¡¯t wait too long, you¡¯ll have to deal with it by other means. This is the safest and most painless. Call me tomorrow and let me know your decision,¡± Patricia handed me her card. ¡°Okay¡±. I arrived at the apartment Evelina had given me. It was spacious. But it was infuriating that my boss coulde to me at any time and when she was not expected at all. Arrogant and unprincipled. She and dimir were like soul mates. Although there was nothing inmon between them. She has no children and never had any. So she decided to be a mommy to me. Forgetting that I have long grown up and do not need to be raised. Nausea again. Dizzy again. I want to eat, but I can¡¯t. So I decided to just lie down on the bed with impotence and fell asleep. d Here I flew to Rome. The weather is much warmer than ours. I can already feel how great my vacation will be. I haven¡¯t been a schoolboy for a long time, but I really want to have vacations. No vacation, no work trips, no business trips. It¡¯s a vacation. A Mexican vacation would have been better, but that would be all forter. From the airport I took a cab, loaded my suitcase into the trunk. Didn¡¯t take much stuff. I booked a hotel and asked the driver to take me to the Hotel Modigliani. On the way I looked through the window at the beautiful views and rejoiced like a little child. That very soon my dream woulde true and I would see the Colosseum for real, not in pictures. But as always all good thingse to an end sooner orter. The driver brakes sharply, but does not have time, because already crashed into the back of an expensive car. ¡°We have a problem,¡± the cab driver tells me. ¡°I can see that. But you have to solve this problem on your own.¡± Enough, I have already had a case in my life where I felt sorry for the cab driver and became the cause of the ident. But this is apletely different case. No one ran out onto the road, he just hit himself. A woman runs out of the expensive car. She swears in Russian. She looks about fifty years old. A toughdy, you can¡¯t tell anything. She starts threatening me right away. I want to get my suitcase out of the trunk as fast as I can and get out of here, but no way. ¡°You¡¯re going to answer for this. Are you asleep at the wheel? Then you have to wake up!¡± ¡°I had nothing to do with it. I¡¯m just a passenger. Let me get my suitcase.¡± ¡°You¡¯re a witness to an ident. I¡¯m not letting you go anywhere.¡± She dials someone¡¯s number and speaks Italian. The poor cab driver, I notice him starting to shake, and then he tells me. ¡°It¡¯s the director of a popr cosmeticspany. Very influential. She¡¯s capable of wiping everyone out.¡± ¡°It¡¯s your own fault,¡± I¡¯m not going to sit here, so I get out of the car to pick up the suitcase after all. ¡°I warned you,¡± the redheadeddy called out to me. ¡°I am also a victim. It was a long flight! I¡¯m tired, and I want to get to my hotel as quickly as possible!¡± ¡°Tourist?¡± She immediately softens. ¡°Exactly. So deal with your questions directly with him.¡± ¡°Well, then leave me your number. If I need you, I¡¯ll call you.¡± Is this your way of getting to know me and getting my number? I don¡¯t understand her. But I don¡¯t mind dictating the number. She wrote it down, and I was sure it was our first andst meeting. ¡°What¡¯s your name?¡±N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. ¡°d.¡± ¡°I¡¯m Evelina. It¡¯s very nice to meet you.¡± Not so much for me. But I didn¡¯t say anything. I just took my suitcase out of the trunk and walked away from the crash site to call a new cab. 54 Chapter Lina It¡¯s been two weeks. I made the decision not to get rid of the baby. I don¡¯t know why, but I made that decision. Would I regret it? I don¡¯t think so. The night before I gave my answer to the gynecologist was rough. I thought and thought and thought. Going over every possible option. All the risks. And came to the conclusion that taking the life of a child just because I didn¡¯t know who the father was and because I had once made a mistake was wrong. They wouldn¡¯t find me anyway, and my baby would automatically be an Italian citizen. Evelina called, but didn¡¯te, which I was immensely grateful for and happy about. She was the only thing I missed. As a mother-to-be, I shouldn¡¯t be nervous. I had been throwing up a lottely, I couldn¡¯t eat and I just wouldn¡¯t leave the bathroom. There was no way I could show up to work in that state, so I asked her for time off. Two weeks. ¡°Okay, get well soon. We have a lot of work to do. In two weeks be as good as new,¡± she said then and never bothered me again. How to tell her that I was not a cucumber at all and that in the next seven months, or maybe more, I would not be able to be. But I¡¯ll think about it. Oh, I got a little dizzy. I walked over to the bed, sat down on the edge and took a deep breath in and out to calm down a little. For what it¡¯s worth, I was really worried. The role of mother would be new to me. And I didn¡¯t understand anything. Yes, within a week I had read two books on motherhood, or whatever it was called? I can¡¯t remember. And I watched a lot of enlightening videos. There were sleepless nights and the unknown ahead of me. But I can do it! Raising my baby without a father! And we don¡¯t need one. Or do they? d or dimir? What patronymic should I give the baby when he¡¯s born? Yes, it¡¯s too early to think about it, but thinking about itter won¡¯t change anything. I¡¯ll have to decide anyway. I stroked my still t tummy. There¡¯s a little life beating inside me. Yeah, I could use my mom¡¯s support right now. Or better yet, Kostya. He¡¯d be a great uncle, and spoil his nephew. I¡¯m sure it will be a boy. Only boys are born of such overbearing and cruel men. And I¡¯ve already chosen a name. I didn¡¯t even have to think about it. Konstantin. Konstantin dimirovich or Konstantin divovich? Both options sound good enough. My little kitty has not yete into the world, and I¡¯m already nning everything. Looked at the website of children¡¯s rooms, a lot of good options. But it costs so much money that I certainly can¡¯t make from Evelina. I¡¯ll have to find another job, and when at the end of the month I get a sry with a bonus, which I deserve ¨C I¡¯ll get a new apartment. I don¡¯t want anything to do with her. I don¡¯t! She¡¯s not a person you can trust. She¡¯s used to using people, and I don¡¯t share that. Getting rich by having someone do all your dirty work for you. And I¡¯m afraid to tell her about the pregnancy, because you can expect anything from her. She¡¯s already her own person in this country, every passerby in town knows her and every third person hates her, I¡¯m sure. I¡¯m sure they don¡¯t like her. *** d I¡¯ve been in Rome for over two weeks now. Evelina called me several times, and do you know why? No, you wouldn¡¯t believe it. She wanted to meet me informally. No, she¡¯s not ugly, but she¡¯s way too mature for me. And I¡¯m not a gigolo, and I never have been. And I don¡¯t want to be one. But she persistently called and I had to agree to a meeting to exin everything in person. The meeting was set for today. At the entrance to ¡°Cesar¡± ¨C the elite restaurant in Rome, I was met by the receptionist, greeted and escorted inside. On the thermometer today it was seventeen degrees Celsius, and I dressed lightly enough, and I did not want to sit and chat with Evelina in a stuffy room in spite of the fact that it was high ss.N?velD(ram)a.?rg owns this content. ¡°Good evening,¡± I said hello to her first as we approached the table where she was sitting and waiting for me. ¡°Oh, hello. What a pleasure. Have a seat.¡± Her lips were painted bright red lipstick! And she was wearing a tight ck dress above her knees. And it looked awful, to say the least! Those lips and that dress! And the ck patent leather stiletto heels. An expensive prostitute. There was no other words I could think of. Although I realized that she was probably the owner of the yellow Lamborghini parked at the entrance. ¡°Good evening,¡± I said hello, pulled back my chair and sat across from her. The ce was vintage, lots of glitz and mour. It was like the Roman Empire. And the entourage was the same. Historic. ¡°How are you doing? Settling in Rome?¡± ¡°Fine,¡± I answered dryly. I realized that the purpose of our meeting was¡­ Her desire. Did she like me that much, or was it just that she hadn¡¯t been fucked by a man in a long time? Does she think if I¡¯m a tourist I¡¯ll agree to be her boy? ve? ¡°That¡¯s good. What are you drinking?¡± ¡°Nothing. I want to know the purpose of our meeting and what I understand to be a closer acquaintance.¡± ¡°You¡¯re an intelligent man, and that¡¯s good to know.¡± ¡°You¡¯re straightforward.¡± ¡°And also businesslike.¡± ¡°To the point. I don¡¯t like to talk too much.¡± ¡°I like you. That¡¯s a fact. Yeah, I¡¯m not hiding it. ¡± ¡°I don¡¯t like you. I¡¯ll be perfectly frank.¡± ¡°I figured it out. But I¡¯ll get over it.¡± ¡°Then I don¡¯t understand anything.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll exin everything in more detail and you¡¯ll understand what I want. I¡¯m not a young woman anymore, and I have a problem with my health.¡± ¡°Then you should see a doctor. I¡¯m not a doctor.¡± ¡°Let¡¯s be blunt. I can¡¯t have children. The mistakes of my turbulent youth have led to this oue.¡± ¡°I won¡¯t give you a child, that¡¯s for sure.¡± ¡°I¡¯m not asking you to. I have another request. She will be highly paid when she achieves the desired result. There is a girl. Young, beautiful, sexy. You¡¯ll definitely like her.¡± How about you? You¡¯re younger than me. Do you mind? It¡¯s easier that way. ¡°What am I supposed to do with this pretty girl? I¡¯m not a killer.¡± She¡¯sughing out loud. ¡°She¡¯s pregnant. I don¡¯t want her, I want her baby. You¡¯ll have to help me. Surround her with care and fake love. And when she gives birth, you give the baby to me.¡± ¡°Are you out of your mind? How do you imagine that?¡± ¡°It¡¯s very simple. You meet her, you have sex, you propose. She¡¯s a little premature. Take it. I¡¯ll pay you well. You can buy an apartment in Rome and stay here forever. You didn¡¯t run away from Moscow for nothing, did you?¡± She¡¯s definitely out of her mind. No, I¡¯m not getting into this for anything! ¡°No!¡± ¡°Let me show her to you! Look at her¡± I take my iPhone out of my purse and find a picture of the girl I¡¯m supposed to fall in love with. For the sake of interest I decide to take a look and I gape on the spot. I¡¯m already up but sit back down because I refuse to believe it. I simply refuse! This is some kind of¡­ I can¡¯t find the words! It can¡¯t be Leena. It can¡¯t be. I immediately decide to change my mind. ¡°I agree.¡± ¡°I was sure I could talk you into it.¡± No. The only reason I¡¯m agreeing to this is to protect Lina from a crazy woman who¡¯s determined to take her baby at any cost. A baby? I¡¯m just now realizing! She¡¯s actually pregnant! With who? Vova? I was with her, too. The two of us were together. Shit! What a twist! That¡¯s fucked up! I gotta get a grip on myself first and see Lina! Then I¡¯ll figure out what to do. 55 Chapter Lina It happens. Fate is an unpredictable thing. Sometimes people are brought together to separate, and sometimes¡­ ¡°How¡¯s my boy doing?¡± d asks, as he walks over to the baby carriage, bends over it and tries to get a good look at our beloved son.All content is property ? N?velDrama.Org. ¡°He¡¯s asleep. We¡¯ve been walking on the embankment for three hours. Even though it is not cold, but I am tired.¡± ¡°Sorry, I got held up at work.¡± ¡°Your boss won¡¯t get off your back.¡± ¡°He¡¯s not just my boss, he¡¯s my friend. You know he helped us the other day. If it wasn¡¯t for that¡­¡± ¡°I don¡¯t want to remember.¡± ¡°If it wasn¡¯t for Vova, things might have turned out differently. He helped.¡± ¡°Yes. He¡¯s our savior. He couldn¡¯t have been a better godfather for our son. ¡± ¡°Tell me about it. By the way, he and Zina areing to visit us soon.¡± ¡°How soon? I haven¡¯t cooked!¡± ¡°Not today, my love. Don¡¯t worry.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t scare me like that.¡± ¡°I won¡¯t. I love you.¡± ¡°So do I.¡± Things might have been different had d not been in Rome at the time, had he not bumped into Evelina by chance, and she hadn¡¯t decided to offer him a job. She¡¯s out of her mind! She¡¯s crazy, isn¡¯t she? That¡¯s how she took the baby away from me. I remember when I opened the door, I couldn¡¯t believe it was d in front of me. He was calm. I had a lot of questions in my head. How? Why? Why? But he answered each er, when I got over my shock and invited him in. I hadn¡¯t had a bad opinion of Evelyn for nothing, not for nothing. She hadn¡¯t visited me, but she already knew the whole truth. She knew I was pregnant and wanted to take my baby away. d told me everything, and I had to admit that it was their baby. Only whose it was, it¡¯s a mystery. ¡°It¡¯s my baby. It¡¯s mine.¡± ¡°What are we gonna do? How do we get out of it? I mean, she¡¯s powerful. ¡± ¡°We y along for a while so she¡¯ll rx.¡± ¡°And then?¡± ¡°We decide.¡± We couldn¡¯t y along for long. She figured out d wasn¡¯t going to go along with her ns and she wasn¡¯t going to have the baby. She kidnapped me. She hired people to beat d half to death, and they dragged me out of my apartment when I was six months pregnant and put me in the car. Those were horrible days. She terrorized me, beat me, but not in the stomach. She wanted this baby. Healthy of course. ¡°I¡¯m not a sucker, you can¡¯t fool me. d got the money; You¡¯re staying here until you give birth and give me the baby!¡± Here? It was some kind of country house. At first she tied me up, but then she let me go because the house had good security and there were dogs in the yard. Three Dobermans. ¡°You dare run away. They¡¯ll tear you apart like a rag.¡± ¡°This is kidnapping! It¡¯s illegal!¡± ¡°Silly girl, I decide what¡¯s legal or not. Or should I tell you who I¡¯m dealing with? What kind of friends I have? I don¡¯t think so. You just can¡¯t take it anymore, and a little bashing of your precious d will be nothingpared to what they can do to you, sweetheart.¡± ¡°There¡¯s IVF. There are orphanages! There¡¯s surrogacy after all!¡± ¡°I want your baby. And I¡¯m gonna get it!¡± One week. I was held captive by this madwoman for exactly one week. I was given food and water, escorted to the bathroom and shower room. Although the room was fully equipped, I felt like a prisoner in it. The dogs frightened me, but I was even more frightened by her guards. They were all Italian-looking, tall, strong. I was afraid they could hurt me. Me and my unborn baby. But the day came when everything changed. They found me. The police came and got me out, but Evelina was gone. They found herter! They found her and arrested her. Vova! He was the one who, despite all the controversy, flew to Rome after d¡¯s call, found out everything, and found me. He didn¡¯t do it because he wanted to save d or me so much. He thought I was carrying his baby. And that was the only thought that brought him to Rome. That¡¯s the only one. But then we did a paternity test! 99 percent that d was the father of my baby. The test was done at home. At home. Italy is a beautiful country, but it¡¯s much better at home. Vova had to ept the fact that d and I were married and we had a son. And he epted it. Moreover, a few monthster he found a girl who resembled me in some way but only externally. She was a real badass by nature ¨C an extreme girl. My mother and father divorced. Lives separately in my apartment. Still alone, but my father found a woman. It¡¯s easier for men, it¡¯s their nature not to be alone. d¡¯s back in dimir¡¯spany. I¡¯m busy with the baby all the time. He won¡¯t let me sleep. He¡¯s naughty as hell. But it¡¯s no less beloved. My breasts became even bigger, and I became fuller. But I¡¯m notplexed, because my husband wants me and such. And dimir too? No. It¡¯s all in the past. We each have our own life, family. ¡°Lina,¡± d flicks his fingers in my face. ¡°Yes?¡± ¡°Shall we go home? I¡¯ll make dinner.¡± ¡°You?¡± ¡°Yeah. Why is that surprising?¡± ¡°No, you¡¯re just tired.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t mind doing nothing for you. But you¡¯re greedy.¡± ¡°Why¡¯s that? No, d. Kostya¡¯s not even a year old yet. I don¡¯t want a girl yet. No, I don¡¯t.¡± ¡°But in time it will?¡± ¡°He will.¡± He¡¯s excited. He hugs me and kisses me tenderly on the lips. And I rejoice and thank the universe that I have found such a wonderful husband. THE END The Novel will be updated first on this website. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!