Belle’s POV
I woke up with the unicorn stuffed toy that my Nikolai gave me. My head still aches although not that painful anymore. I dabbed my forehead and I can feel that the swelling has already subsided.
I sat on the bed and rested my back on the headboard. I hugged the stuffed unicorn and breathed in deep. I remember the face of Nikolai when he gave this to me. A giggle escaped my mouth in recalling my future husband’s face. Dammit Nikolai, I suddenly miss him.
I slowly got up from bed while hugging the stuff toy. Im still wearing a white shirt and surprisingly my panties. Hmm, either of the two might have slipped it on me while I was asleep.
I walked out of the room barefoot. When I reached the living room I saw Nikolai and Alexei sitting side by side while a guy, perhaps in his early twenties sitting across them on the sofas. The three are drinking and smoking while talking about something serious judging by their facial expression. They are all wearing white shirts and pants. When I slowly step closer to my Nikolai and Alexei, I swear the guy sitting right across my two boys looks at me like he is looking at an apparition. Geeee, what is this man’s problem? I quickly gazed away from him and approached the two. Alexei smiled when he saw me, while my Nikolai looks like he’s upset or something.
“How is my princess feeling?” Said Alexei while placing his cigar on the ash tray.
“Feeling better now Alexei.” I bent over and kissed Alexei on his lips. I can smell and taste the mixture of cigar and scotch from his mouth. I don’t know what’s wrong with me but I find the mix of cigar and scotch really appealing. Alexei made me sit on his lap and wraps his arms around my waist while smelling my neck. He runs his hand on my thigh at the same time.
While Alexei is fondling and inhaling me, Nikolai continues holding the cigar on his right hand and his phone on his other hand. He looks like he’s texting someone or pretending to text someone. Perhaps he’s mad because I was with Dylan last night. But the thing is, Dylan’s archnemesis is Alexei and not as much as Nikolai. My future husband’s hard limit is Artan. He becomes very difficult to handle when Artan comes between us. I try very hard to recall what happened last night, all I remember is passing out on Dylan’s arms.
I then extended my leg and place my right foot on Nikolai’s outer thigh. Alexei lets out a chuckle as he notices what I’m trying to do. My difficult future husband on the other hand remains unmoved. He continues tapping his phone still ignoring me.
I then run my toes on his chest but he still ignores me. To my surprise, he flicks my right foot and removed it from his chest. Wow, so he’s this mad huh?
I however did not give up so I lifted my leg again and run my toes this time on his neck then up his face.
“I miss my personal lover boy.” I said while gazing at Nikolai seductively.
I attempted to clip his ear with my toes but was halted when I saw bite marks on Nikolai’s neck and ears. I quickly removed my foot from him and sat up straight.
“Why do you have bite marks Nikolai?” I inquired sternly.
My future husband looks at me momentarily with a somehow puzzled look. He then gazes away from me and did not say a word. What the hell is this man’s problem?
“Nikolai I asked you a question!”
I knelt beside him and took a closer look at the bite marks. What the hell? I palmed his face with my right hand to force him to look at me.
“My other woman gave this to me.” He said without a hint of playfulness. Oh my god. Did he just say that he has another woman?
“Other woman?”
“Yes.”
“Oh okay.” I instantly stepped down but he pulled me to him, effectively landing me on his lap.
“Where are you going?”
“To my other man.” I retorted.
“So youre going to Artan?”
I inhaled deep and sighed in frustration. Yup. My hunch is right. It’s about Artan again. How many times do I have to tell this man that only he and Alexie are the love of my life. And what in the world triggered Nikolai to think of Artan getting in between us again?
“Nikolai, I asked you a question. The real issue here is why do you have bite marks?”
“Princess, you don’t remember?” Alexei butts in.
“Remember what?”
“You did that to him.”
Oh my god. I did?
“No I did not!”
“Yes you did.” Retorted Nikolai. “You know what else you did? You gave Artan the permission to chase after you even more.”
Oh god, what does that even mean? Did something happen last night that I do not know or remember of?
For some reason, I felt relieved hearing that I did that to him instead of hearing that another woman left the bite marks on Nikolai’s.
“I dont know what the two of you are talking about.” I said as a matter of factly.
“Clearly.” Nikolai said in response.
I shot a glare at Nikolai but he just brushes me off.
“Nikolai, you can be difficult and ignore me all you want but I just want you to know that I’m gonna go back to our room, take my clothes off and lie on our bed naked.”
I remove myself from him and quickly exited the living room. I know for a fact that a jealous Nikolai is a difficult, stubborn, and a not thinking straight Nikolai. I need to distract him and take his mind off of Artan for us to talk sanely. And what better way to distract him than by luring him to our room to have sex.
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