Kidnapped by the Bratva: Forced Marriage Mafia Romance by Lexi Asher

Author:Lexi Asher [Asher, Lexi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-01-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12 - Ivan

I paced the length of my room, down the hall from Reina’s. I was furious with myself for foolishly allowing her to be put in danger, all to see a smile on her face. To spoil her like the queen she was. Now she was angry with me and frightened for our child on top of everything. I was used to her anger, but I couldn’t stand seeing the realization about our child’s future status cause all the color to drain from her face. Steal the light from her eyes. She still didn’t have enough faith in me to never let her or my heir ever be in danger.

And why should she when I practically walked right into that situation tonight? I knew that Sergey Balakin’s promises meant less than nothing, and the proof walked right up to my wife and looked at her as if she was dirt. Called her names and scared her. I struck the wall until my fist went through it. Ignoring the blood on my knuckles, I only wished I’d hit Anton Balakin with that champagne bottle until his head had caved in like the drywall in front of me. I should have cast my vote with Nikolai and Yuri, but I let Aleksei’s siren call of peace sway me. I wanted the best outcome for the child in Reina’s belly and I’d ended up putting both of them in danger.

I called up Aleksei to rage at him, making sure he understood exactly what was at stake. “Find out if your truce is still in order,” I shouted as soon as he answered. “If not, all hell is going to break loose.”

He tried to calm me down, but I ended the call and tossed my phone down to resume pacing. I missed Reina and wished I’d gone to her room. But I was too angry, and there was no denying the devastation in her eyes when faced with the reality that our child would one day be in my position. Would one day carry on the Morozov name, as king, just as I did now. I couldn’t ease that burden for her, nor could I change our child’s fate. I had too much pride in what my own father and I accomplished over the years.

I needed to give Reina space to come to terms with all that no matter how much I craved her body. Once things were more secure with the Balakins I could slowly start introducing her around as my wife, make things public so she didn’t have to stay cooped up all the time. I knew she hated it, and I hated for her to be miserable. In my heart of hearts, I wanted her to embrace us being together and stop viewing herself as a prisoner.

My phone pulled me out of my thoughts, and I stopped pacing to see it was a video call from the Balakin head himself. I accepted the call, and Anton’s bruised face filled the screen.

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