Total pages in book: 97
Estimated words: 91149 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 456(@200wpm)___ 365(@250wpm)___ 304(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 91149 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 456(@200wpm)___ 365(@250wpm)___ 304(@300wpm)
He says it every day. And every day, I agree. It has been an adjustment, learning to love my body as it changes for motherhood. Nikolai is careful not to let me slide back into old patterns, and he is also quick to point out everything that he loves about me often and passionately.
“Come for me, my sweet,” he begs.
I come twice. My nerve endings are more alive than they’ve ever been. Nikolai loves it, and so do I.
Someone knocks on the bathroom door, and Nikolai grunts. “I’ll be out in a minute.”
“You better not be desecrating my house,” Alexei calls through the door.
I smile up at Nikolai, and he shudders out his release. Something I have come to realize about him is that he likes the thrill of getting caught. He seizes any opportunity he can to take me in public places, including his own brother’s home.
“Just tending to my pregnant wife,” Nika says even though Alexei can’t hear him. “Right, pet?”
“Apparently, I’m very needy.”
He brings my hand to his lips, kissing the place where his star resides. “Are you happy, zvezda? Have I given you a life worth living?”
“You have given me a life worth loving,” I amend. “Always, Nika. Because I am yours.”
In the end, I let him ruin me. It was the only way.
The End.
ARCHIS—Bittersweet
Camila Cabello—Never be the Same
Halsey, G. Eazy—Him and I
Symon—Lonely Girl
Eminem, Ed Sheeran—River
Rita Ora, Liam Payne—For You
Zac Effron, Zendaya—Rewrite the Stars
Sia—The Greatest
Selena Gomez—Wolves
Imagine Dragons—Believer
Craig Armstrong, Lana Del Ray—Hotel Sayre
R.I.P.—Rita Ora
AWOLNATION—Sail
Bruno Mars—It Will Rain
Leona Lewis—Bleeding Love
Plumb—Damaged
Leona Lewis—Angel
Yiruma—River Flows in You
Leona Lewis—Take a Bow
One Republic—Apologize
Avtoritet—authority, captain
Boevik—warrior, soldier, strike force
Pakhan—leader, boss
Nika, Nikolasha, Kol’ka, Kolyan—diminutive forms of the name Alexei
Nakya, Tashechka—diminutive forms of the name Tanaka
Zvezda—star
Bratan—brother
Sovietnik—councilor, advisor to the pakhan
Vory v Zakone—thieves in law