Yuri and Boris talking in Russian while Belle is instructing the help about Yuri’s needs. Boris is sitting on the chair next to the bed while Yuri is sitting up, his back resting on the head board of the bed.
“What?!” Yuri asked, closed to being pissed because Boris is looking at him intently.
“Don’t fuck with me brother. The beating was not enough for you? You are giving the Boss a reason to fucking kill you, yah?”
“Not gonna lie, that’s quite accurate.” Yuri retorted as he tries to lighten up the mood.
Boris shook his head and snorted in disbelief. “The irony is that the Boss did not end you because of her. This woman’s power over the brothers is pretty fucking crazy.”
“Says the man who keeps pictures of her on his phone.” Yuri retorted.
Boris did not expect that anyone knew about the pictures. “Fuck off.” He barks back trying to shrug off what Yuri is impyling.
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Belle’s POV
I woke up in the arms of Nikolai the next morning. I fell asleep in Yuri’s room last night and I just felt my husband carry me in his arms back to our room at some point.
Actually, I did not exactly see that it was Nikolai, I just know that it was him. Just like I know who’s touching and fondling me in the middle of the night even when the lights are off and no matter how groggy or sleepy I am.
The three of us are in our room watching a replay of a hockey game, Nikolai is resting his head on top of my abdomen wearing a white tee and his boxers while Alexei is busy working out, doing push ups, looking sweaty and sexy as hell. He would glance and wink at me from time to time, I cant help but giggle and blush.
“What a fucking show off.” Nikolai said, mocking Alexei.
“What? Me a show off? Never.” He retorted, shifting sideward while flexing his biceps. Another giggle escaped my mouth to his silliness.
My morning was already close to being perfect when all of a sudden, the little Volkov inside me decided to join the banter. My insides suddenly felt like its being twisted and then shortness of breath followed.
I instantly stood up and ran to the toilet to puke. The two were quick to respond to my predicament. Knowing fully well what to do when this happens.
Nikolai held my hair together and brushes his palm on my back while Alexei got me a glass of water to drink.
Ugh! When will this ever end? I feel like dizzy spells and morning sickness worsen each day.
“That’s it, we’re going to the clinic today. End of.” Said Nikolai firmly.
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I’m sitting in the middle of the two in the SUV, holding hands with Alexei while Nikolai’s hand is resting on my thigh. Boris is driving while Yuri is in the front passenger seat who insisted in going back to work despite his cuts and bruises.
We are going to the OBGYN today. Nikolai and Alexei decided to have our first ever pre-natal visit to the Doctor after another wave of dizzy spell and nauseous episode happened this morning.
I havent had the chance to make an appointment with a doctor especially after what has been happening these past few weeks. The whole Russian Mafia is still hunting for Sergey Yvanislov and I know that we will never have peace of mind so long as that man is still on the loose, just waiting for an opportunity to strike and get his daughter back who is being held by the Mafia.
Nikolai said that they are closing in on Sergey and that even the man’s money cannot help him escape the Mafia. I know that my husbands will do exactly what they are saying.
When we arrived at the clinic, the OBGYN was already inside, waiting for us to come in. Apparently, Nikolai booked and paid for the whole day operation of the clinic including paying triple the staff, and doctor for an exclusive pre-natal check up.
“Nikolai, can we do things just like normal people for once next time?”
He clips my chin with his fingers and made me look up to meet him in the eyes, “I am Volkov. I dont do normal. As your husband, its my job to take care of you the best way I know. Your job as my wife is to love me, this fucker beside me and the little nut that is growing inside you. It’s that simple.”
What a total romantic dick.
I just rolled my eyes on him. Alexei just snickered to his brother’s apparent arrogant behaviour.
“Mr and Mrs. Volkov…” Said the female doctor, looking at the three of us as she tries to figure out who to address as Mr. Volkov.
I bit my lower lip to suppress a smile from forming on my face. I held on to both Nikolai and Alexei, adding to the confusion of the poor doctor.
Nikolai cleared his throat and continued, “Lets skip the introductions and get right into it shall we? How’s our wife and the baby?”
“Uh, uhm, alright well, based on our results, Mrs. Volkov is definitively five weeks pregnant. Congratulations.”
I squeezed both Nikolai and Alexei’s hands the moment the doctor confirmed my pregnancy. Wow, the feeling is quite surreal hearing it finally from an expert.
Nikolai’s adams apple moved while looking pretty serious.
“And the baby? How will we know if its okay?” Alexei inserted.
“We can do a transvaginal ultrasound to see how your baby is developing. At five weeks, we will only see the gestational sac and the yolk sac.”
“Is that test safe for both of them?” Nikolai butts in.
“Its an ultrasound Mr. Volkov, there is nothing to—”
“How can you be so sure? If I hear so much as a complain from my wife–”
“Nikolai, it will be fine.” I held his hand tight and interrupted because he is unsurprisingly already in Mafia Boss mode.
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“Are you okay?” Asked Nikolai as the doctor begins with the ultrasound. To say that it feels weird and uncomfortable having a medical instrument inserted in my vagina is an understatement.
But the excitement and the slight anxiousness on both Nikolai and Alexei’s faces are enough reason for me to push through with this. Honestly, Im feeling the same as well but I have to be strong or at least look strong in front of my husbands especially now that their protective instincts are on a different level.
Alexei is recording the whole thing while Nikolai is holding my hand tight. They are looking at me and the monitor while the doctor is trying to magnify the images to clearly see the gestational sac.
“There it is.” Said doctor. “This is the gestational sac. This sac contains the amniotic fluid.”
“The black round area?” Nikolai eagearly asked.
“Yes sir, and this right here, the small white circle inside is the yolk sac that will provide nutrients to the developing embryo— oh wait a sec.”
“What!? What’s the matter? Is there something wrong? Do something!”
Goodness! Nikolai is already losing his mind. I dont know where to focus anymore. “Nikolai baby, calm down please?”
“How am I supposed to calm down if I dont know what’s happening!”
“Mr. Volkov, I suggest that we keep calm while I double check.” The doctor pressed some buttons which made beeping sounds on the machine in front of her and magnified the image for a few more percent.
“Huh, well look at that. We have two yolk sacs.” Added the doctor.
“And?” Alexei inserted, obviously already losing his patience as well.
“Two yolk sacs in one gestational sac means you are having identical twins.” There’s a long pause after what the doctor said.
Nikolai and Alexei looked dumbstricken.
“Uh.. can you say that again doc?” I asked, just to make sure that I heard her right.
“Mrs. Volkov, you are carrying twins. Congratulations.” She answered with glee.
Twins.
Two babies.
Two more Nikolai Vyacheslav Volkov.
Oh. My. God.
~End of Book Three~