NovelBookChapter 5
Alena
When | went to work that evening. | was thinking about what had happened earlier. | couldn't believe myself. |
had the courage to meet the Sicilian mafia boss and got him to agree to marry me. It could've flopped and things
weren't supposed to go this way, but he agreed, after a few persuasions and all. | could tell he was quite
interested in how things would turn out
Then again, there was never an escape on this one.
The original plan was to secure his last nand stay married for at least three years-that was enough tfor
Papa to back away from my life. Eventually, he was going to give up and no longer wanted to control my life but
apparently, Matteo wanted a lifetime. Apparently, it was against his religion to divorce.
It didn't takelong to think about my future. | didn't have much of a choice. | wasn't left with a choice at all, to
be honest. It was either to marry Viktor or protest and marry a man of my choosing. | was much more interested
in the latter. There was no way in hell | would give up and let Papa ruin my life.
his
My family was nowhere able to helpbecause Mama was caught in between. Alexei was Pakhan, he would put
first, The mafia's bond was indeed thicker than blood. As for Anastasia, she was young-she wasn't even
supposed to be there that night. She wasn't supposed to know about our family business. When | was her age, |
wanted nothing to do with the mafia.
| hated the killings. The violence.
I never had the choice to choose my parents nor my family, but | definitely had the chance to choose my life. It
was either being caught in a dead end with someone named Viktor and never-ending letting my father dictate
my life or propose an agreement with Matteo. None of it was making any sense. None of it ever crossed my
mind.
It was the Bratva princess and Papa was right, sometimes we needed to make the sacrifices in our lives. This was
my sacrifice. In order to protect my career and my freedom, | decided to run into the arms of an Italian leader.
Face to face, he wasn't as scary as they said. He was s***y and breathtaking.
Nobody could change my mind about God having favorites. He was definitely God's favorite. | could only imagine
him shirtless, the appearance of his toned abs and golden skin or how his body was literally screaming 'sex-
appeal' wherever he
went.
| could only imagine the women he was with
What the hell, Alena? | needed to get a grip on myself because | was imagining my future husband naked. |
mean, it wasn't anything wrong to imagine him walking around the house naked or even him being dominant in
bed but it was wrong, * considering our situation. We were never going to head that way-but a lifetwas long.
Could we survive not finding mutual attractive towards each
other?
No. He promisedno love.
| didn't want love. | was just imagining him dominatingin bed as he devoured me.
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For f***k's sake, Alena didn't have to think about it that far. | had no problem excluding sex in my life but why
suddenly. | was thinking about it way too often?
"Dr. Orlov." Someone called which causedto turn around, meeting face-to-face with my colleague, Zach.
"Deep in thoughts... what were you thinking?"
| chuckled, trying to hide away the embarrassment.
"| didn't see you there, Zach
"| just cin. How long are you working tonight?" He asked.
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Zach and | were both in our final year of residency. Apparently, be had recently got out of a really bad
relationship- something he held onto for years until he finally decided to let go because it was starting to take a
toll on his mental health. He never wanted to go into details about what happened with his ex-girlfriend because
he was quite the mysterious man, and 1 was just a fellow colleague, but he seemed happier ever since he broke
it off. He did love her.
That was terrifying, too, Imagine falling in love but not having the happy ending. One of the reasons why | swore
off love. | didn't have much ton my plate, and | definitely didn't want to deal with anything that would make
was going to ruin
it for me.
It for me.
Zach was a great friend. We had quite a lot of shifts together and he kept the working hours bearably because he
was always putting in silly jokes.
But when it was tto focus, he had never let anything distract him.
Other female doctors tried to flirt with him-Zach was on the attractive side. He was tall and lean, soft-spoken,
and funny. | guess, those three traits were enough to attract anyone.
"Thirteen hours."
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"Yikes and here | wonder how you can still maintain to look beautiful at the end of the shift later?"
rolled
I my eyes, "Only you, Zachary. You and your flatteries."
He laughed. "Oh, con. My flatteries are always the highlight of your day. You can't help but to expect them,
can you?" "Maybe, maybe not. It It depends."
"But hey, you looked a bit off when | cin. Everything okay? How was your day off?" He asked, the concern
was sincere.
"Everything is okay and my day off was fine. You don't have to worry,
He smiled,
revealing his straight teeth. "Okay, if you say so. I'll cby later to see you for breakfast." "Which is like
thirteen hours later."
"Exactly!" He said, making his way down the hallway before waving.
The hours passed by like a breeze and it was quite a surprise to see the sun already rising. | looked down at my
wristwatch to see the time-realizing my shift was coming to an end soon. | took care of things in the emergency
room this morning and honestly, many doctors dreaded whenever they were assigned to help in the ER, but |
had always thought it was fine. Assigned to help in the ER just meant twas going to pass by quicker.
Many crazy things happened in the ER. Sguy cin with blood pouring out of his arm because he
accidentally
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drilled his anni.
I mean, who was in the right mind to drill in the middle of the night?
| didn't have tto think or complain because he was literally streaming in pain.
Truly glad that was over.
As | walked towards the cafeteria to grab a cup of coffee, | was surprised to find a familiar figure standing in the
lobby-he had both of his hands in his pockets as he made his way towards me.
Crap. What was he doing here? What did he want?
Our eyes met in instant, and it was s**id ofto turn around as if he didn't seein the first place. | was
contemplating on whether | should pretend | didn't see him and run straight to the cafeteria or just accept that
he was here to see me.
"Hi.
Hi, wifey."
My eyes widened at the nicknbefore | turned to look at him.
Zach was going to cdown in any minute now and he was going to wonder-I couldn't have my colleagues ask
questions about Matteo, | wasn't ready to answer them yet. | kind of expected to surprise them that | might've
eloped or something: they were going to ask many questions. For instance, where did we met, How did we met,
how long had we been together. | wasn't ready for any of that.
What are you doing here? How do you know where | work?" | asked, looking around.
Please, | didn't want anyone to see us together. Especially not Lily.
"How
can
| not know where my future wife is working?"
"Shh, keep it down. People will hear you."
| grabbed his arm, but he didn't budge. "I thought you wantedto show you off in front of everyone as my wife
or did you "decide to change your mind?"
Matteo was raising an eyebrow, a challenging look on his face. He was enjoying this. He was trying to turn this
into a ghe wantedto change my mind, to prove that | wasn't serious. Well, he thought wrong because |
wasn't going to change my mind. Not when | had rhy future on stake.
"I just know about of the teas, whey." He workplace in strands at hair tehind my
just doing my part of the deal, wifey." He tucked a few strands of hair behind my ear. It was a sleek move, and it
was
sudden.
"Stop callingthat. And | didn't expect you to-
"I'm leaving for Berlin. | won't be back until Saturday," he cutoff.
That was four days away. Matteo call the way to my workplace to letknow that he was leaving to Berlin.
"You
You
checked've called or text me." | replied. "It wouldn't be a surprise if you got my number from one of my
background
He smirked, "I'd like to see my wife before | leave."
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"Now don't go around flirting with other men. | won't like it."
You're already controlling my life, now?"
"Not controlling, baby, just setting a boundary for what's mine. Je leaned in, his warm breath on the side of my
temple as he whispered. "There is one thing you can expect from me, Alert... it's loyalty. | can play my part as
your loving husband, but you need to play your part as my wife. | may never love you, but | don't want you to go
around f***g other men, either or there'll be consequences. You know what I'm capable of My whole body
shivered at his words. What was getting myself into?
Then, he leaned back, placing his hand underneath my chin before caressing the side of my cheek. It was short
but he was sealing his promise-he meant every word he said. | needed to keep reminding myself who | was
dealing with. He was no regular man. He was dangerous, deadly and a criminal. | was going to marry a mafia
boss, who was capable of lot of things. | may have managed to escape Papa's control. but | was falling into
another man's powerful
I've assigned Angelo to be with you, at all times. Don't worry, he'll be out of your sight. It's just for safety
purposes." He said, turning serious.
Why would need someone to look after me? | was fine being on my own. | never needed anyone to look after me-
Papa may have assigned to look afterfor the past years, but he never toldanything. Besides, ever since
he retired and Alexei took over as Pakhan, he may seem to be respecting my privacy more.
"I don't need a bodyguard, Matteo. I'm fine on my own." | shook my head, disagreeing-
"I have alliances, Alena. | also have enemies. If you're to marry me, | need to make sure you're safe. | can't risk
your life."
"You seem to forget that my father was the Pakhan,"
"It never slipped my mind, but you'll soon be my wife-the Russians have no business to bother with what's
mine."
His
"I'm not going to be yours. Don't flatter yourself."
"On paper you are." He took a glance to look down at his wristwatch, "I also expect you to move in with me
before I return."
Oh, this was not going according to plan. Maybe, | didn't think it through when | went to his office and asked him
to marry me-I thought | was going to decide everything, and he'd just follow but | was truly mistaken.
"I can't move in with you this weekend. | don't have the time."
"All you need to do is pack your belongings and I'll handle the rest."
"We aren't even married yet. | don't have to move in with you this quickly,"
"Either way, you'd move in with me. It is bound to happen sooner or later."
Con, | was dealing with a mafia boss. He wasn't going to back away that easily.
| thought it was going to be easy because he said he wasn't going to commit. This was starting to becmore
like a commitment, or did he mean a different type of commit! said you weren't going to commit."
"This is not committing, Alena. Committing to you is surrendering my whole self and expecting the thinking of
you and no one else."
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me.
"You expectnot tis f***k-anyone else, but you're allowed to?"
"When did | say anything aboutf***g anyone else?"
"You just said committing is thinking ofand no one else. So, I'm allowed to think of whoever | want but I just
can't have a relationship with them?"
"Mm, right. You're finally catching up."
"This is ridiculous." | scoffed, crossing my arms.
You can always change your mind and I'll be glad to walk away
You
know | can't do that"- it's settled then
"Okay, it's settled the
Matteo stood with confidence, and it didn't pass bythat women kept glancing at his direction. He was a
masterpiece which he knew very well. Nobody was able to tell him otherwise.
It was very clear, he loved the control. He would always get what he wanted because he could do so. Even if
those things were out of teach, he was able to make sure he got ahold of them. He had the power, the money,
and the time. | wanted t to
o learn more about him. Mostly about his past but | knew I didn't have enough resources to do so. His personal
information was out of reach-Igor couldn't givemuch when | asked for his background check. Besides, Alexei
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmcould suspect something. "Alena!" Zach called out my name, makingturn around.
At first, he was looking at me, but his eyes quickly turned to look at Matteo's figure behind me. He didn't take
any further steps as he gestured for us to head to the cafeteria, and he nodded as a sign of understanding when
| told him to wait. "I got to to go," I said. "Who is he?" 'Matteo asked, staring into my eyes.
"My colleague."
He didn't say anything else afterwards, but his next action surprised me. He was leaning really close, as if we
were kissing. However, instead of his lips meeting mine, they brushed against my cheek.
His breath was warm, and the kiss lingered.
My eyes closed shut at the feeling as | felt his hand on the back of my waist, holdingin place. It was silly of
peck on the cheek. He took his tto lean back and pull his hand away.
As soon as | opened my eyes, | was staring at his broad back as he walked out.
| felt a jolt deep in the pit of my stomach and I didn't look away until he was finally out of sight. He was starting
to makefeel things, but | was wishing to myself for them to go away. We were going to spend alot of time
together and if | couldn't keep myself together, I s going to lose it and get my heart broken
My heart was broken once. | wasn't going to risk it being broken for the second time.
was 1 kept repeating to myself about our fake marriage. We weren't going to fall in love and live happily. We
were keeping our part of the deal | was proving to Papa that | needed him to back away from me. Matteo was
gaining more power and respect. It was a win-win situation. Chapter 5 Nobody was losing.
I couldn't be the first to surrender.
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Even though my body was makingfeel things, even though felt myself leaning into his touch. | needed to
push them all away
and remind myself they were never real.
Soon, | was going to bear his last name. | was going to be Alena Hose Lerclerc but my nwas never going to
be in his heart nor was his going to be in mine. We were talking about a business transaction between two
adults.
He was dead to begin with. His heart was stone cold.
I needed to be dead, too.
"Hey,"
1 turned to look at Zach as he stared atwith concern.
"Oh, hey."
"Are you alright? Who was that?"
"I'm fine.
I'm
"Are you sure?"
Yeah, don't worry." | stated, firmly.
Zach wasn't going to be a problem-he was a colleague, but Matteo might saw him as a problem if he kept seeing
us together. That was going to be impossible if | decided to not always be seen with him because we tend to
work together. "Who was he, Alena?"
"Nobody." | started to walk towards the cafeteria with Zach followingbehind. | expected him to keep bugging
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talked about how his patient had vomited all over him and he had to change his scrubs before his shift ended
because he had to attend to another patient. We never tell the details of our patients, but it was enough to know
what happened. during our work hours.
My mind kept wandering away whenever Zach and | stopped talking.
| kept thinking about Matteo, his deep voice, and his mesmerizing eyes.
| was never going to admit the sudden attraction-he was more of a sex-appeal than anything else. Anyone would
find him attractive, and | was no different. It was normal and I didn't have to feel bad for it.
He was going to be in Berlin for four days which meant | wasn't going to meet him in the next four days. It would
also mean an extra tfor myself; | didn't have to think about the agreement or the contract we needed to sign
soon.
We needed to talk about this fake marriage, too.
As | looked around, | couldn't help but wonder if Angelo was already around.
Matteo was right, he had a lot of alliances, but he also had a lot of enemies. Many powerful men wanted his
position and his power. If | was to marry him soon, his enemies would ass| was his greatest weakness and
madetheir target.
| hoped it wouldn't cto that. SEND GIFT
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