Chapter 3

a week had passed since Nina's grandpa passed away and pearl came to her house to console her

pearl : it's ok , don't cry , I'm here for you

Nina : why, why me, my mum died, my brother died, my dad died my grandma died now my grandpa is gone(she shouted while crying)

Pearl. : I know, everything is going to be alright

Nina : I pray so

pearl : ok now smile for me Nina

Nina : nope

pearl tickled Nina causing her to burst into laughter

The next week Nina's grandpa was buried, she told her uncles, aunties and cousins and her grandpa friends but none of them showed up

Nina and pearl sat there for a period of time paying their respect before walking away

Nina : thanks for everything pearl

pearl : you are welcome, mm so do you have any. Plans for college

Nina : not really, but all I know is that I gat to work hard, now that I'm all alone, no one to splash me water, just to wake me up(she said in a sad tone)

Pearl : umm, I heard my parents talking about sending me to Germany to study

Nina smiled then said " you are indeed lucky, no matter what, don't forget about me ok"

Pearl : are you sure you can take care of yourself, like stay alone and all that

Nina : I would try , or maybe I would go and stay with my late mum twin sister

pearl : umm ,aunt Cathy , right

Nina: yeah

pearl : ok, I would really miss you Nina

Nina : well we still have a week left before we would go our separate ways

Pearl : umm yeah, and Kai and I just started dating

Nina: really, that's great

pearl : I guess , but well he is nice, kind and caring and also smart

Nina : that's nice, well I don't really plan on getting a boyfriend now, I plan on getting a boyfriend immediately I'm true with college

pearl : mm ok

Nina arrived at her house then waved at pearl before entering inside the house her grandpa left behind

Nina : I miss you mum and dad , grandpa and grandma and Luca , I wished you guys were here, but anyways life goes on

Nina turned on the music and started cooking, then after cooking, she ate what she cooked for the first time, and it tasted odd but she didn't mind and ate it like that, after eating she washed her plate and then cleaned the house then sat on the chair and was about to rest when she got a call from her aunt Cathy

Nina : hello

Cathy : Nina , my darling, I heard what happen, I'm sorry I wasn't able to come because today was Leon's graduation, please find a place and forgive me

Nina : it's ok aunty, I have forgiven you already

Cathy : thank you, so you are starting college soon right

Nina : yeah

Cathy : big girl, I know wherever , Lucian and heaven is ,they would be so proud of you

Nina : I know

Cathy : so would you come to Russia by yourself or should I come to pick you

Nina : I do want to see you so I would choose for you to pick me

Cathy : ok dear, I would be in London tomorrow

Nina. :oh ok

Cathy : yeah, sorry , I gat to go, I would be there tomorrow ok

Nina: ok

Nina spent the rest of the night reliving the fun memories, her and her parents and brother and grandparents, spent together, during, summer, winter, spring, autumn, she was lost in taught then suddenly fell asleep

The next day Nina woke up from an unexpected call from Pearl

Nina: good morning my dear friend Pearl

pearl : morning, you are leaving for Russia today right

Nina : yeah, I guess, are you sad

pearl : why won't I, you aren't best friend

Nina : I know but don't worry, we would meet again

Pearl: how ?

Nina : faith and don't worry faith or no faith I would find you

pearl : I pray you won't forget about me

Nina : I won't, bye for now Pearl

pearl : bye (she said while trying to fight back the tears)

Nina : bye, crybaby pearl (she said then ended the call)

During the afternoon, her auntie arrived at Nina's late grandpa house and found her watering a rose flower

Immediately Nina saw her, she kept the watering can on the floor before running like a baby just to get to hug her aunt who's actually her mum twin" I taught you were joking aunt "Nina said as she hugged her aunt

Cathy : mm

Nina : just kidding.

Cathy : ok

Nina noticed that her aunt face was not as beautiful as before, it had scars and her lips was swollen ," what happened to you aunt ", Nina asked

Cathy : umm well, I had an accident (she lied)

Nina knew her aunt was lying, but she just said "oh,sorry about that"

Cathy :ok, have you packed your stuffs

Nina : wait we are leaving now

Cathy : yeah

Nina : why

Cathy : because my husband would get mad if he finds out I left Leon with the nanny and went to London just to stay with you, so please pack fast so that we can take a flight to Russia

Nina : ok but what about my friend pearl, I gat to tell her my final goodbye

Cathy : you can call her when we get to Russia

Nina : ok aunt

an hour later Nina was true packing she looked at the house and bid her final goodbye before entering the taxi with her aunt

after an hour drive, Cathy and Nina arrived at the airport

Nina and Cathy had settled down in the plane, they were served food and some snacks, few seconds later her aunty Cathy fell asleep, Nina could not fall asleep because of everything she had passed through, she was anxious to get down the plane 24 hours later, the plane landed in the airport in Russia.

Nina: Aunt wake up, we have arrived

Cathy : oh, okay let's go (she said as she stretched)

Cathy and Nina booked a cab card that headed to their house

When they got there, Cathy and Nina was welcomed by Scott, Leon's dog

As they entered inside, Nina couldn't stop staring at the family pictures

Cathy took Nina to her room before going to her son room Cathy entered her son room and found Leon and James her husband playing video game

Cathy noticed how concentrated they were in their game so she broke the silence

Cathy : ehm

Leon : hey mum , welcome back ( he said then dropped the ps on a table then hugged his mum)

James : baby, welcome back, we missed u so much

Cathy : I was gone for just three days (she said then hugged James , while Leon sat on his bed )

Leon : mum, so where is she

Cathy ; in her room, and please son, be nice to her

Leon frowned then said " why"

Cathy : because she's my late sis daughter and u have to be nice to her ,she has gone true a lot in this life so please for my sake be nice to her

Leon sighed out of frustration then said " ok fine mum, anything for you"

Cathy smiled then said thanks my love

James : hey, I'm your love and not him

Cathy smiled then said you are my love too( she said then pecked him )

Leon : hey dad, shall we continue our friendly game

James : sure thing buddy

Cathy : I guess I should leave you two and go and check on Nina

James : ok baby , Leon : ok mum

Meanwhile Nina laid down on the bed thinking as usual when Cathy walked In

Cathy : I see you are done arranging your stuffs

Nina : yeah

Cathy : do you like the room

Nina : yeah I do , thanks a lot aunt

Cathy smiled then sat down on the bed then said your birthday is coming soon

Nina : yeah

Cathy : do you want to celebrate it

Nina : nope

Cathy : why

Nina : I don't really like celebrating my birthday

Cathy : oh yeah, dad told me about it

Nina frowned then said you guys weren't there when he needed you ( she said while shouting)

Cathy: I know, and I'm sorry

Nina : anyways I guess it's all in the pass now

Cathy smiled then said yeah

Nina : so aunt , would you mind telling me what happened to your face, please don't lie to me

Cathy : I had an accident

Nina : umm it looks more like injuries gotten from beating

Cathy : oh ,it still shows even though I try to cover it

Nina : yeah , you can try using heavy make up she said while giggling

Cathy : haha , not funny

Nina: ok fine, so what really happened

Cathy : James , happened

Nina : who's James

Cathy : James is my husband

Nina : oh so what happened

Cathy smiled then said you know James isn't Leon's dad right

Nina shook her head then said I didn't know

Cathy : ok so , Leon's dad was a powerful Russia mafia boss, we met in my best friends wedding, he was the groom's best man , we actually bumped into each other while I was going to the restroom, I can still remember that day like it was yesterday, I never knew he was a mafia boss or anything powerful , he was handsome and had a very charming smile.

Nina : umm aunt can you tell me how you guys bumped into each other on the restroom

Cathy smiled then said : I spilled wine on my white dress by mistake so I wanted to go to the restroom clean my gown when I bumped into him " she said then paused then looked at Nina before

Nina rested her head on Cathy's lap then Nina said : continue aunt

Cathy cleared her throat then said so as I bumped into him , my bracelet sticked to his perfect black suit that suited him well, I tried everything thing in my power to draw the bracelet away from his suit but it didn't work , we found the situation funny but we tried for a very long period of time before my bracelet let go, I just laughed it off then walked away, after the wedding, I went home and couldn't stop thinking about him, the way he smiled and how handsome he was, with his black messy short hair and captivating eyes for me, he was beautiful with his white beautiful skin that's so tempting to touch

Nina : umm aunt

Cathy : yes

Nina : please continue the gist and leave the description

Cathy burst into laughter then said ok fine, so as days go by I found myself thinking more about him , I found myself going to my best friend Sophia's house just to get more information about him which I did , I started going to all this fancy parties just to see him and I notice how cold he was to others and he didn't even smile but he smiled to me that day and as days turn into months I became a stalker and always bumping into him then one day he asked miss Cathy, are you a stalker he said with a lovely smirk that made my heart want to leave my chest.

Nina giggled then said what did you say when he asked if you were a stalker

Cathy smiled then said I tried to deny but he said that I shouldn't lie that he knows that I have been stalking him I build up the courage to ask for his number to my surprise, he gave me his number , I was so happy , during night Time, I decided to send him a text message but after a long period of time I decided to sleep but the next night , I built up the courage to text him, which I did I waited for a very long period of time before he replied to my hello with a cute emoji , then he said who is this, I told him who I was and then I striked a conversation , as days go by I found my self always online talking to him on WhatsApp , I found my self falling in love with him

Nina : aunt, what's his name

Cathy : his name was Dimitry Ivanov

Nina nodded then said continue aunt

Cathy smiled then said so we became friends and we went to a very expensive restaurant to celebrate my birthday , and I took that day as our first date even though I had a boyfriend

Nina : jeez aunt

Cathy giggled then said so I fell madly in love with him,one faithful day online he confessed his feelings to me , he said he wanted me , every part of me , he wants me to be his but he said he doesn't know how to love me , that he wouldn't love me no matter what, but I didn't care we became friends or whatever, with benefits one day, I was invited to a wedding only to find out that the person getting married was Xavier my boyfriend, he was getting married to his female best friend Linda because she was three weeks pregnant for him and they were madly in love even though he was my boyfriend , for the first time Xavier introduced Linda to me, I don't know why but I didn't like her, she was always with Xavier, she spent more time with him and it makes me angry , anyways as I saw the scene before me, my heart broke into pieces because Xavier and I had plans together, plans on getting married me bearing his children and living happily ever after, but the pain got replaced with shock when I found out that Dimitry was Xavier's uncle and I found out that he was older than me

Nina : how old were you

Cathy : I was 23 and he was 41

Nina : jeez aunt , anyways continue

Cathy smiled then said so I sat alone in the wedding but a few minutes later or so, Dimitry walked over to me and asked for a dance, which I accepted , i also noticed that I was crying while dancing, he suddenly stopped then hugged me, I melted into the hug then he said he might be your first love but I would be your last this words made mend my broken heart , I could feel people staring at us but I didn't care less , the wedding ended but as I went to the restroom , Xavier entered then locked the door then said were you cheating on me with my uncle, he said then started calling me names then I said : you cheated so I cheated too, fair game and also leave me alone Xavier I don't love you any longer you cheater I said then opened the restroom ** stood there then he said I was waiting for you, I smiled then as he put his cigarette on his mouth, I helped him to light it then Xavier came out from the restroom and said this isn't over Dimitry and Cathy ,I would be the most powerful mafia boss and I would kill you and make her mine again

Nina: Xavier is crazy

Cathy : yes he is ( she said then stood up)

Nina : yeah

Cathy : I guess story Time is over for now, maybe tonight I would continue

Nina smiled then said ok aunt

Cathy : don't you want to come down and talk to Leon

Nina : umm , I would be down soon aunt

Cathy smiled before walking away.

Nina stood up then decided to shower which she did, she brushed her teeth then she wore a long skirt with a white top before going down stairs

When she got down she saw Leon pressing his phone on the couch so she approached him

Nina: hey

Leon : umm ( he said as he looked at her then continued pressing his phone)

Nina : umm so I'm Nina and you

Leon : I'm Leon Ivanov

Nina : umm nice name,well I have heard so much about you

Leon : oh ok

Cathy : Leon can you go and call your dad

Leon : sure thing mum( he said then stood up and walk away )

Nina noticed how handsome he is and how he looks like the man her aunt Cathy was telling her about, he had a short black messy hair with blue captivating eyes ,with his long lashes and his white perfect skin , she doesn't know why but she wants to touch his skin.

While Nina was busy thinking, her thoughts were cut short when Cathy said dinner has been served my new gist partner

Nina laughed then said ok aunt

Nina sat next to Cathy , they prayed then started eating

Few minutes later Leon was done eating, he left his plate then walked away , while James was busy reading some important documents when Nina and Cathy was done eating , the two cleaned the dinning ,after cleaning , Nina went to her room and laid on the bed then she said to her mum picture

"Mum, I wonder if I would fall in love with a mafia boss like aunt Cathy, even though I haven't heard the story till the ending, I knew that their love story was epic , it's just like a story, when a ruthless mafia boss falls madly in love with a innocent girl, is either she changes him or he die by his gangs betrayal but anyways I pray I would find someone nice in the future , anyways good night mum,dad, grandma, grandpa , Liam , oh God I miss pearl " she said then suddenly falls asleep

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