Pregnant by the Mob Boss {18+}

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LEV

"Yes, Дорогая." I confessed to Rose.

I peered up at her amber eyes, as they went through many emotions in that silent minute we were together in the basement.

First was the shock, her eyes widened in surprise, then the tears were threatening to spill, and in the end, I could see that despair formed in her eyes, she was beyond angry.

Rose pulled herself up from the chair, and I followed her, trying to reach out for her, but she pulled herself away from my touch, even as I was trying to help her, she spat insults at me, but that wasn't enough for me.

I leaned closer to her ear, and murmured, "Try to hit me as hard as you can."

Rose was baffled, but she did what I had commanded her, punching me right in the jaw, and then she bolted from the basement as I ordered a guard to keep her out of harm's way.

I massaged my jaw, at the spot she had hit me, because my woman knew how to throw a punch or two.

As soon as she was gone, I briefly glanced at the entrance of the door, at a pair of eyes that I knew too well off, and the entire reason I had confessed to Rose in the first place.

The man in the doorway was grinning at me without saying a single word, his demeanor indicating he wanted blood to be spilled, that's why he was here in the first place.

But then the man left, blending in with the shadows of the basement as I didn't know when he would return again, but I had to be prepared to face him.

I would do everything in my power to keep Rose away from Nikolai Novikov, because that man wasn't to be reckoned with, particularly after his whole family mysteriously vanished a few years back.

His entire family disappeared, and in the end the police decided to declare the family deceased because the family was never found, not even their corpses even as six years had gone by.

Everybody knew who had happened to the family, but nobody was brave enough to phrase it, because Nikolai would never allow those accusations to leave another person's lips.

My newly appointed right-hand man, Ivan, went to stand beside me.

"Ivan." I acknowledged him.

"We have a problem." Ivan, my right-hand man, said.

After Sergei died in the explosion, Ivan went to take the position as my right-hand man, since I had known Ivan for a long time.

"A life-threatening problem." Ivan muttered under his breath, the bitterness in his voice was unmistakable.

I motioned for the man to go on as I crossed my arms over my chest, the slight blood stains on my white shirt were visible.

"Nikolai is causing an issue again." Ivan shared information I was already aware of.

"I know, I saw him by the door when I was with Rose."

Ivan scrunched up his nose in disdain, "He still has access to this place? Even after you stopped taking him under your care?"

My right-hand man mentioned the time period when I took Nikolai under my care, guiding him and training him until he could stand on his own two feet, because I had taken one look at him and knew that he had a lot of room for improvement.

But one day, Nikolai had chosen his own path, and that was the path of his own destruction as I had to cut him off because back then he was a grave threat to my daughter, Layla.