Page 107 of Caged

“I know, baby, I know.” I rest my forehead against hers, my hand gently wrapped around her throat.

I pull the velvet bag from my coat. “I brought you the diamonds. I know you’ll need them to get to Ivan.”

Her eyes widen. “Nikolai, I can’t take them.”

“Then we go in together.” I shove them back into the pocket of my jacket. “Everyone comes into your life to teach you a lesson. You broke into my mine to tear my heart from its cage and claim it as your own. You taught me how to love, Mila. And I don’t want to stop.”

She sniffles. It’s the first real vulnerability I’ve seen from her.

But she keeps her strength etched on her face as her dark eyes bore into mine.

I lean into the soft touch of her hand on my cheek.

“The last thing I wanted to do was destroy you. You deserve better, more than I ever could be. That doesn’t mean I’ll stop loving you. I don’t think I could. Not unless you cut my heart out. Even then, it would still be yours. My soul is and always will be in your hands, Niki.”

I can’t resist leaning in and stealing a kiss.

Tightening my grip on her neck, she pulls me in closer by the hair, letting my tongue explore her mouth.

“What’s the plan?”

She blinks at me a few times, looking over to where her friend was positioned as I arrived. She frowns and I follow her line of sight.

He isn’t there.

“We’re on our own…” she trails off. A smile twitches on my lips.

“So we are,” I reply, guiding a palm down her stomach.

“This is dangerous, no one is coming to help me, Nik. You know as well as I do, we could be walking into our deaths.”

My fingers dip under her pants and I cup her pussy, tugging her closer to me. My forehead rests against hers.

“If this really is the end then kiss my damn forehead and tell me it’s all going to be okay. That’s all I ask of you.”

Fuck. She really does believe she isn’t walking out of here alive. I’ll do everything in my power to make sure we both do.

So I press a soft kiss to her forehead and she lets out a content sigh.

“We fall, we rise, and then we unleash hell on all of them… together.”

Her eyes light up at my words and she inches open her legs to give me better access.

But it’s not enough.

“I’m about to start a war for this sweet cunt. Open up and remind me it’s worth it.”

I drop to my knees, peeling down her pants, the goosebumps from the icy air appearing on her skin as I do.

Her cool fingers on my shoulders tighten as she pulls her foot out, spreading her knees wide enough that I can reach her pussy with my mouth.

Tossing my coat to the side, I pull her closer so I can taste her. This time, not in hatred, but with the gentle touch of love.

A crunch behind me makes us both freeze.

Instinctively, I wrap my arms around her body to cover her.

She’s mine to see, no one else’s.

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