Page 120 of Viripotent

I’ve never done it since getting away from Len. I rationalized it, either I would give their punishments and I’d control the force or that suka would and he enjoyed beating on his kids too much. My brothers wouldn’t have been able to stand if he was let loose on them.

Inessa doesn’t rage, and she’s perfect like this.

“That’s horrible. I’ve seen you with Viktor, I know you wouldn’t hurt a child for your enjoyment. I know how some men can be in the ranks, they think hurting their children makes them strong, but it just makes them hide their pain. There’s no strength in wearing a mask all the time.”

Kissing the top of her head, I try to ease her into the truth.

“To you. For some people, that mask is all that saves them.”

She should understand since she does it herself and projects different personas dependent on her audience.

She sighs, acting like I haven’t spoken.

“But it was just in that moment, and I thought you’d hurt me. I kept having these thoughts, like what if I got pregnant but it was a girl, would you beat me because you were unhappy? That’s happened to people before, I’ve heard the rumors, then I kept taking them.”

Kissing her crown accepting the non-apology, I try to breathe at where her thoughts are. I wouldn’t beat my wife, let alone my pregnant fucking wife.

I soften my voice to make it sound like less of an order, so I can keep her a little longer.

“Don’t keep things from me. If you have questions or feel uncomfortable, tell me. I told you on our wedding night that I won’t force you, if you’re not ready that’s fine.”

Her head moves up abruptly, a crease between her brows, and she opens her mouth to spew some shit that will most likely drive me crazy.

My phone blares, cutting her off and my entire body goes rigid at the sound of the window alert. Moving Inessa to the side, I grab my phone seeing it’s Valya’s window and I don’t even remember picking up my gun. My steps are silent taking the hidden stairway and the brat fucking follows me. I stop at the bottom of the steps, ready to tell her to get her ass back in bed when she launches herself at my back before I can turn around. I change my order as she wraps her legs around me and rests her chin on my crown.

“Don’t let go or make a noise.”

She nods and loosely threads her arms around my neck, being careful not to choke me as we go to the floor below.

There’s no one in any of the hallways and the place looks the same, even down to the toys he never fucking puts away. Viktor’s asleep with his leg hanging off the bed again and there’s no sound coming from Valya’s room. I crack the door with my gun raised, and a scream has me relaxing as it wakes the dickhead up. I tuck the gun in my waistband and smirk, seeing who caused the alert.

“I always thought you were sneaking into a different brother’s room,” I say to the woman stood at the window she was about to jump out of.

Dani flushes with embarrassment at my insinuation she was fucking Vitali and the dumb prick sits up in bed, not giving a fuck my wife is on my back.

I have to hold my hand over Inessa’s eyes so she can’t see Valentin’s dick and my voice hardens.

“Cover yourself, for fuck’s sake.”

He looks down, ready to have a tantrum, before he does the intelligent thing and pulls the sheets up. The brat on my back smiles, pushing her cheeks into my hand and being a little shit.

“I’d say it’s nice to see you again, but Vlad won’t take his hand off my eyes.”

Every person in this family is weird as fuck.My brother isn’t remotely bothered that his dick was nearly out, and my wife is smiling to herself like a fucking crazy person.

The whisper-hissed tantrum comes from the bed.

“Can you get the fuck out now or do you want to see my dick again?”

He should have been the youngest. The middle child bullshit isn’t an excuse for his childish fucking behavior, and I cross my arms over my chest, refusing to move.

“I thought I’d catch up with Dani, it’s been a few years since I caught her sneaking around.”

He’s a childish fucking prick and grips the sheet as Inessa screeches right in my fucking ear.

“Val, don’t you dare. I will kill you.”

He’s lucky his son is a heavy sleeper and doesn’t join whatever weird- as-fuck family gathering this is.

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