Page 18 of The Obsession
Chapter Twelve
Varya
Seeing Sergei has definitely dumped a bucket of cold water on my arousal towards Maksim. Sergei’s eyes pierced mine through the camera and he was daring me to say something. He was daring me to tell Maksim and the others the plan I don’t even know.
There is a knock on the office door which startles me. “Huh?” I breathe out trying not to sound too scared. Truth be told, I’m petrified after seeing Sergei. Even if it was only on the computer, I’m scared shitless after seeing him.
What would it take for him to get here? I don’t even know wherehereis. I have no idea where I’m at or how protected this place is. I’m assuming Maksim has a pretty good alarm system, but that’s not a given.
A woman’s head pokes in through the door and she looks at me with curiosity. “Hello?”
My eyes widen and my lip quivers. Oh god! Is Maksim married and I was shamelessly flirting with him? Is that what happened? I’m a dog! I can’t believe I was about to hump the man’s leg and he’s married.
“Hello?” I murmur back.
“I’m Lana. I work for Mr. Maksim,” the small woman in front of me introduces herself. She is a petite woman with dark brown hair plaited in braids. The woman looks to be around my age, but there is no telling for sure.
“I’m Varya,” I reply with a shrug. I’m guessing she already knew that since she works for Maksim. I’m guessing she knows a lot about everything being the housekeeper or whatever she is. Those women know everything about thepahkanbefore he does.
She holds out a folded pile of clothes in front of her with an apologetic smile. I’m assuming she knows who I am and why I’m here. Probably even why I got kidnapped in the first place. The woman probably knows everything.
“I brought you new clothes. I’m guessing your size and everything. If something doesn’t fit, let me know and I will get it worked out. There is a shower in your new room where you can put your new clothes at.”
I nod stupidly. She had me atshower.I need to shower to get all of this grime off of me. I’m feeling rather dirty after being pulled out from under my bed. Maybe after I shower, I can finally realize how messed I am by being attracted to Maksim.
“Would you like to follow me?” Lana asks.
“Yes, please.” I follow behind the small woman past doorways which remained closed. Every door we pass, the more ominous is seems. I’m wondering what is behind the doors more than ever.
I have heard about Maksim from Sergei and Vlad. If those stories are true, I’m surprised Maksim hasn’t fucked me and killed me yet. The way the stories were laid out to me, Maksim is ruthless and doesn’t care about anyone but himself. If that’s the case, he is a good actor.
With me being on his lap after the video conference with my husband, I felt something more than the intent to kill. I felt him wanting me and needing me. I felt his passion along with his desire for me. It felt absolutely amazing.
Lana points to a room across the hall from where we are standing. I lost track on the amount of rooms we have walked past. “This is your room. You are required to stay here until Maksim comes and fetches you.”
I hate how she saidfetches you.She is making me feel like I’m sort of dog.
I smile and walk through the gorgeous room she pointed at. The walls are an off white with minimalistic paintings on the walls. There is a gigantic bed in the middle of the room with pillows all over it.
Everything looks beautiful.
“Through that door over there, there is the shower. I have it stocked with all sorts of bath stuff. If you need anything else, let me know.”
I’m about to thank her when she already leaves the room.
Then it is just me in the middle of the room. It is just me staring at everything to try and process it.
*
I’m getting out of the most steamy shower I have ever taken when I hear someone clear their throat in the bathroom I’m in.
My hand jolts out to grab a towel to wrap around myself as quickly as possible. I have already showed too much of my body to these people and I don’t need to show anymore. They have seen way too much of me.
I push my hair out of my eyes to look towards the bed. Sure enough, there sits Maksim with a smirk on his face. The smirk isn’t fooling me, though. I know he’s trying to think about how to gain control over this war
I walk out into the bedroom and smile at him. “Yes?” The towel is wrapped tightly around my body with my mind screaming at me to get dressed in one of those new clothes Lana gave me. I’m teasing Maksim. I know I am.
“I need you to have a serious conversation with me. What I just saw between you and Sergei, wasn’t love birds. I saw you afraid of your husband.”
