ME AND HIM ✔️

Pt.26

Rue's POV

THE SOFT RED RUG under my toes as I step out of the shower, is every girls dream. My shoulder and neck are still very sore, and the bruises are very dark, not sure how I'm gonna hide that. But everything else is doing good.

Everything about this room is red, even the bathroom.

"Rue?" That accent. "Are you almost done, we have to leave in like-" he pauses for a minute. "In like 15 minutes"

"Uhm yea. Just give me a sec, por favor?" Jeez, can't I have an hour by myself.
I wait for a response, but there isn't one.

I don't feel like getting all dressed up, so today I'm just gonna wear something simple.

I put on a baggy white long sleeved sweater, paired with semi baggy jeans that have some cute rips on the knees, and thigh area. I put some black tights under then so that my legs aren't cold. And then I slip into some white convers.

I leave my hair natural today. I don't want to put it in a hairstyle or straighten it. I'm too tired to care about what I look like at this point.

Shit. I look back in the mirror one last time. The bruise on my shoulder is covered, and the one in my neck is as well, although it's slightly peaking out at the top. Hopefully no one will notice.

"Rue?" That's not Nadine. It's my brother. It's Alex. I can't lie to Alex about anything, it's not that I don't want to lie to him, it's that I physically can't. "Rue are you in he- oh there you are." He looks at me up and down, eyeing my outfit. He nods his head in aprovement. "Mom would be proud that your not dressing like a hobo" I let out a little laugh at his choice of words.

"Did you make it home safe last night? We had to leave early, per Nadine's orders." He motions with his hands.

"Uhm yea, it was fine." I scratch my neck a little. "We had fun."

"Ok, well enough chatting. The others are waiting downstairs." He smiles and starts walking away. Usually my brother can tell when I'm lying.

Interesting.

I walked down the stairs to see everyone in the kitchen making breakfast, drinking coffee, and letting their head rest in the table because they didn't get enough sleep last night.

Aniyah looks rough. Her wavy blonde locks are a little knotted. She has dark bags under her eyes, and she can barely keep her head up.

Poor thing.

"Ah, there she is." Diego says. "Now we can leave." Diego looks at Nadine for... I don't know why. "Right? We can leave now...Right?" Oh. Confirmation.

"Sì." Nadine answers.

As everyone walks outside, the shiny black limo pulls up to the driveway. The driver steps out of the car and opens the door for all of us.

I'm thankful that the car is warm right now. I don't think I can take anymore of this Russian weather.

"Mi porti a questo indirizzo, per favore."mNadine hands the driver a piece of paper and slips back in his seat.

He dips his head down to my neck, making sure no ones watching before whispering in my ear. "You should have grabbed a coat, Tesoro. This weather isn't something to play with." Nadine smirks and puts his hand on my bouncing knee, causing it to stop.
I'm sure my cheeks are rosy red. And I'm sure Nadine is aware that they are.

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We pull up to a hous- I mean a mansion. I thought we were going to the casino, but I guess I thought wrong. This must be Ivan's house. I mostly think that, because his initials are on the front gate.