The Crippled Mafia King’S Forced Bride
EP 11
Anxiety from being here in the middle of a wolf’s den, surrounded by men and women in expensive outfits. They smile and chat, and I wonder how many of them have blood on their hands.
I turn to take a glass of wine from a waiter when my eyes land on a man sitting alone at the table in the corner and my heartbeat quickens
Casually leaning back in his wheelchair, Ivanov is watching me with narrowed eyes, and the vain part of me revels in his attention.
Well yes, Mr. Ivanov, The night when we met, the gloomy restaurant’s interior didn’t allow me to see him clearly, but here, with all the grand chandeliers illuminating the room, I can finally see him in all his glory.
He’s wearing black dress pants and a charcoal shirt with two top buttons undone to reveal the ends of a black tribal pattern on his chest.
The sleeves of his shirt are rolled up to his elbows, showing a similarly designed tattoo around his right forearm.
I’m not sure why, but he didn’t strike me as a type of a man who’d ink his skin.
If I had to pick one word to describe the Russian Pakhan it would be devastating. Black hair a bit longer on the top, sharp cheekbones, and a nose slightly larger than perfect.
Without breaking eye contact, he reaches for the empty chair at his side, moves it closer to him, and nods toward it. I should probably go there, but my legs are rooted to the spot
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Miss Grey, Rodion Ivanov is inviting you to join him
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It’s not wise to keep the Pakhan waiting
With a deep breath, I plaster a seductive smile on my face and start walking toward, probably, the most dangerous man in the room. I wonder if I’m heading to my demise.
I stop right in front of him and offer him my hand
Natalia Grey/FL
Mr. Ivanov, you called
Instead of shaking it, he takes my fingers gently and lifts my hand to his lips, then places a soft kiss on my knuckles.
Natalia Grey/FL
*eye widened*
It feels like fire just seared my flesh. He doesn’t let go immediately, and I can’t tear my eyes away, noticing how hilariously tiny my hand looks compared to his.
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
Rodion, please
He says in a deep baritone, and a flock of mad butterflies attacks my insides
I sit down next to him and quickly, every one of them is looking in our direction.
Natalia Grey/FL
It always works for you this way?*fake smile*
Natalia Grey/FL
You pick a woman, nod, and she comes running?
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
Most of the time, yes
Natalia Grey/FL
That must be fun
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
Not really
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
*take a sip of drink*
Most of them are cutting glances at us, but when they catch Rodion looking, they quickly turn their heads
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
Tell me, Natalia, if there wasn’t this deal between us, would you have come when I nodded?
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
Why not? Is it because of the wheelchair?
Natalia Grey/FL
*suprised*
I abandon watching the crowd and look him right in the eyes
Natalia Grey/FL
It’s because I’m not a poodle, Mr. Ivanov
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
*Laughs and takes another sip of his drink, shaking his head*
Natalia Grey/FL
What happened?*look at his legs*
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
You don’t beat around the bush, do you, Natalia?
Natalia Grey/FL
Do you want me to?
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
It was a car bomb. Shrapnel hit my right knee and shattered it.
Natalia Grey/FL
Does it hurt?
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
Like a bit¢h
Natalia Grey/FL
You have money, I’m sure there’s some surgery that would help.
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
Well, it looks like there are things that no amount of money can buy
Natalia Grey/FL
Yeah. That su¢ks. At least you can buy a wife
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
For three million you could have gotten a whole harem, not just one*smirk*
He leans in to whisper in my ear.
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
You, Natalia Grey, are one strange woman
Even his voice is sexy, damn him
Natalia Grey/FL
My mother thinks so, too. She says I’m never going to find a man who would want to deal with my type of crazy, in the long run at least
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
What an optimistic, supportive parent
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
Is there a boyfriend in the picture?
It’s almost impossible to concentrate while his finger continues tracing the lines up and down my forearm. His touch is feather-light, but still, it feels like he’s branding me.
Natalia Grey/FL
Why do you ask? Would you reconsider releasing me from our contract?
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
No
Natalia Grey/FL
Then it doesn’t matter, I guess
Keeping his eyes on mine, he takes my hand in his and raises it to his lips, one corner of his mouth curves upward in a barely-there smile
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
*smile*
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
I googled you yesterday
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
Who would have thought that such a delicate little hand could create such . . . disturbing art
trying to hide how much his touch and nearness impact me.
Natalia Grey/FL
You don’t like it?
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
Oh, on the contrary, Miss Grey. I love it.
His lips brush the tips of my fingers and stay there for a few seconds before he lowers my hand, but he keeps holding it in his. He is playing his part so well, this devious, dangerous man
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
Would you paint something for me?
Natalia Grey/FL
I don’t do commissions*suprised by his question*
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
Any particular reason?
Natalia Grey/FL
I don’t like to be pressed into doing things I don’t want to do.
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
*smile*
He understood the double meaning
Rodion Ivanov/Pakhan/ML
How about a trade, then? You paint something for me, and I give you something you want
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2025-01-17
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2025-01-17
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