Page 79 of Virgin Bratva Prisoner

Smiling, I tuck a stray curl behind her ear. “Raisa, what you did this evening—you know—I know grown men, hardcore, strong-willed men who would have panicked seeing that amount of blood. But you just knelt down next to him, took one look at it and knew exactly what to do. Honestly, you blow me away. And not just with this—with everything you do. You are an incredible woman. You have determination—your confidence—the fact that you don’t let anyone stand in the way of your dreams—Raisa. You are incredible. I am so grateful to have you in my life—“ I take a slow breath. “I just want you to know how much I appreciate you.”

Raisa’s cheeks are bright pink when the shy smile spreads across her face.

“Oleg—I was just doing what I was taught to do—“ she stammers.

“No, you weren’t taught to stay calm like that—and I’m not only talking about this—I’m talking about everything.”

She bites her lower lip, her eyes shining.

I tilt her face up with my hand beneath her chin. I stare into her bright blue eyes as I say it again, “you are an incredible woman and I am so grateful to have you in my life.”

She leans forward and kisses me, and it is the perfect answer.

I pull the gold dress out of the boutique bag and hold it up for her. “I hope you like it.”

“It’s perfect,” she says, letting the towel drop to her feet.

I help her slide the dress over her head and tie it at the back. She spins around, letting the heavy gold fabric flow out around her.

“You look incredible.”

“Wow. I love it.” She says, feeling the fabric between her fingertips.

“Come on, I told the restaurant we would be a little late. But let’s get going. I think we both need a drink.”

“I feel bad that I’m still hungry after all of that.” She raises her brows at me, looking guilty.

I crack up laughing, “well, we should be celebrating life with a good meal.”

Once we are in the car my phone buzzes. I pull it out to check the message from Damon.

Damon: Luke had stitches, they closed up the wound and fixed the damage. Tell that girl of yours that she literally saved his life. The doctor explained to me what she did and she is an angel. Thank you. Please tell her I said that.

Me: I’ll make sure to pass the message on. Let me know if you or Luke need anything. I’ll have some fresh clothes and food sent to the hospital for you.

Damon: Thank you Oleg, you are always so good to us. Luke is coming out of recovery now. They will let me see him soon.

“Raisa, Luke is perfectly great. You literally saved his life and Damon just messaged to let you know how grateful he is.”

I reach the message out to her and she is grinning from ear to ear.

I run my hand over her leg. “It looks like you were always meant to be a doctor. You definitely chose the right goals for yourself. I’ll help you reach your dreams, whatever you need.”

Raisa and I have a really lovely evening at the Turkish restaurant. The food is incredible and the quiet, intimate venue is exactly our style.

Watching her chatting away happily my thoughts are drifting, wondering how I got so lucky to find her—in these strange circumstances—and that even after I did everything to her, she is still so good to me.

I don’t know what I did in life to deserve someone so amazing.

All know is that I will do anything to keep her close to me.

I never want to lose her.

I have to make sure she is happy and that she has everything she could ever want or need.

Chapter 24 - Raisa

My life is feeling less and less controlled lately. Oleg has been generously letting me leave the property as long as I take one of the security guards with me. He let me go for a run the other night and today he has agreed to let Anya take me out shopping once I am finished with the few chapters I want to study this morning.

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