The Billionaire Mafia’s Slave

CHAPTER 27: IT WON’T BE MY FIRST TIME

LILY’S POV:

Nikolai snapped at his sister and we both shivered. I looked at Galina and she was pouting. Nikolai sighed, stood up and left the dining room, he barely even ate anything.

I watched as he climbed up the stairs, he looked tired. Galina was right, his under eyes were dark.

‘But why did he snap at her for pointing out the obvious?’, I wondered. And what was that about him not liking ice? Is it just ice water?

“Oh, I fucked up!”, Galina said, dragging me out of my thoughts.

“Huh?”, I said.

“I shouldn’t have nagged him like that, he doesn’t like it”, She replied.

“But y-you did it out of concern, right?”.

“Of course I did! But he can get super feisty when someone talks about his insomnia and his nightmares”, Galina said with a worried look on her face.This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

My mind went back to that night I saw him struggling in his sleep, muttering something, ‘Does he frequently have those nightmares?’.

“He has insomnia?”, I asked, just to get more information about Nikolai from her.

“He didn’t tell you?”, She asked in surprise and I shook my head.

“He does, and it’s serious if he doesn’t take his sleeping pills… I should go say sorry, I will be back”, Galina said and stood up to go meet Nikolai.

I left the dining table because I lost my appetite already. I sat in the living room and I still was thinking about the short conversation the siblings had.

They said their mom has threatened to take her life, more than thrice! But since Nikolai said it was all a ploy, I should let it go.

“For Christ sake, why are you worried about him?!”, I asked myself.

But I just couldn’t help it, I saw how Nikolai was spacing out during breakfast, how he barely ate anything and how he had mood swings and snapped at his sister.

After a short while, Galina came back down to join me in the living room, she sat on the sofa and smiled at me.

“Have he forgiven you?”, I asked.

“Definitely! He can’t stay mad at me for 2 seconds”, She replied and I smiled back at her.

“So Lily, tell me about yourself”, She asked out of nowhere and I was stunned, I chuckled and scratched my nose.

“I uh… wha–what do you want to know about me?”.

“Your likes, dislikes, favorite color, favorite food, anything”, She shrugged.

“Well… I love mac and cheese, I love the color green and lilac, uhm I like nature, the sea, reading books, sitcoms, music, painting, flowers… I dislike long walks, parties and loud music, uh I dislike pickles, heights, violence–“, I paused at the last word and Galina just stared at me, I guess she didn’t notice.

“You didn’t mention Nikolai”, She said.

“Huh? Why?”, I asked her. I was confuse, why did I have to mention Nikolai?

“In your likes, you didn’t mention liking Nikolai”, She said with a knowing smile.

“What?! W-why would I?”, I laughed awkwardly and scratched the back of my head.

Galina just stared at me while smiling, I didn’t know what to say or act now.

“Don’t worry, I won’t say anything again. But be patient with my brother okay?”.

“Why is that?”, I asked out of curiosity.

“He… he can be reserved at times, he doesn’t know how to show affection or be romantic, but you’ll know if he likes you”, Galina said patting my thigh.

“I didn’t need to know that”, I murmured, but she heard me, seems like having sharp hearing runs in their family.

“You don’t need to be shy around me–“.

“Galina!… Your brother and I aren’t dating, we are not even friends or acquaintance or whatever”, I cut her off.

She looked at me with furrowed brows, thinking about what I just said.

“Then why are you in his mansion?”, She asked.

“Ask your brother that… I’m a bit tired, I’ll go upstairs to my room”, I sighed and stood up, leaving Galina there, lost in her thoughts.

I didn’t mean to be rude to her, Galina has been nothing but nice and sweet to me since she arrived, She keeps imagining things about me and Nikolai that will never happen and I just want it to stop. I needed to set the record straight, it was now or never.

I wouldn’t tell her about me being kidnapped because I don’t know if she was aware about her brother’s mafia lifestyles, if she have any doubt about me, she should ask her brother.

I pass by Nikolai’s room which was two rooms to my own, I didn’t mean to eavesdrop but the door was partially open, I peeped and he was on the phone, talking in his language.

He sounded angry and at the same time tired. He had his back turned to the door so he couldn’t notice me.

“I did tell you to keep looking for Roman and watch out for him if he decides to come back to Russia, didn’t I?!… Now why did I have to hear about his arrival from my sister?”, He paused and waited for the other person’s reply. Nikolai continued speaking his foreign language and I didn’t understand what he said.

“Keep an eye on Roman, I don’t want him making any sudden move”, Nikolai concluded and ended the call, without waiting for a reply from the other person.

I tiptoed away from there, into my room and locked the door. I sat in front of my dressing mirror and wondered who this Roman was.

He seems to have a great effect on Nikolai when Galina mentioned about his comeback during breakfast.

‘Is he their enemy? How is he related to Nikolai and Galina?’, I asked myself.

I shake my head to stop worrying about their issues, I have mine to worry about. I was trapped here, no one was coming for me and no one knew where I was.

Asking Galina for help to escape was out of the options, I couldn’t use her phone because I know Nikolai would have already warned her.

I was still thinking when I heard the door to my room open and I jumped in fear.

“Nikolai!”, I called out and he looked at me.

“Don’t you know how to knock?”, I muttered under my breath but he heard me.

“It is my house, I can go in anyway I feel like without asking for permission”, He smirked and helped himself with a chair, crossing his legs.

“Bu-but what if I was… I was uh… naked?”, I whispered the last word.

“And what if you were?”, He asked back, like it was something normal.

I could feel my cheeks starting to get hot.

‘What the fuck is wrong with me?!!’, I scolded myself. Why is it when Nikolai says anything about indecency, my face starts to feel hot and my abdomen clenches?

“It will be inappropriate”, I managed to say and cleared my throat.

“It won’t be my first time seeing a fully unclothed lady”, Nikolai said and stood up, taking slow steps towards me.

My breath got caught in my throat and I started moving backwards.

“Wha-what are you doing?”, I asked and He smirked and his usual dark eyes grew darker.

“Just trying to have a decent conversation with you, is that wrong?”.

“We c-can talk while you sit t-there”, I stuttered, pointing at the chair he once sat on.

He caught up to me and I had no where to run to, I was in-between him and a table. He took a good look at my face and his eyes settled on my boobs, I unconsciously folded my arm around my chest, trying to hide them.

I don’t know what he was planning but strangely enough, I didn’t feel upset about it.

Nikolai was drop dead gorgeous, he looked like he just walked out of a painting and he was staring right at me, I gulped and his eyes moved to my lips, I bit my lower lip unknowingly and I heard him groan.

He moved closer to me and I don’t even know if there was any space left between us, He closed his eyes for two seconds and opened them, he moved my hair behind my ear and I didn’t refuse, his finger grazed my cheek and I shivered.

“I don’t know what is happening to me. What should I do with you Kukolka?”, He growled and I swallowed, I could feel my core tighten.

He called me that name again for the second time and I don’t even know what it means.