Page 114 of Disgraced (Russian Sinners 3)

Scarlett

“You don’t fucking touch my wife.”

My darling Sergei. If we get out of this alive, I will marry you tomorrow.

Sergei’s voice was portraying fury and possessiveness. And I loved it. I knew he’d always protect us. Hearing Vlad’s words about Sergei’s abuse was a knife in my heart but it took nothing away from him. It made him even greater in my eyes. If his brothers decided not to torture Irina and Vlad, I’d do it myself.

Hearing Sergei call me his wife felt right. We weren’t married yet, but I guess in his book I was already his wife. And I liked the sound of that. To hell with everything. I guess my parents knew best after all.

I heard several gunshots outside the room and the clink of the metal against the concrete floor. I couldn’t see what was happening and fear gripped me at the possibility of losing Sergei. Loud ringing blared in my ears and I tried to tug on my bindings.

“Scarlett!” Sergei’s face hovered above me. “I’m here, solnce.”

He worked the gag out of my mouth and I took a deep breath. Sergei captured my face with his hands and men were running all around us, shouting commands. But to me nobody mattered, except him. He came for me.

“I knew you’d come for me,” I rasped out.

“Always.” It was his solemn promise. He quickly started untying my wrists from the belts, and then my ankles followed. He lifted me off the table and held me up in his arms.

“Did they hurt you?” he asked.

I lowered my hand to my lower abdomen. “No, you came right on time.”

“We should still see a doctor,” he buried his face into the crook of my neck. It might have been his comfort but it was mine too. Feeling his face so close to mine, inhaling his unique smell.

“Whatever you want,” I muttered.

“Fuck, I was going out of my mind. I almost lost you,” he murmured against my ear. “I would have lost all my sanity without you.”

“I’m here.” I wrapped both my hands around his neck. “You saved us both. I’m here.”

A man with a scarred face held the man against the floor in a chokehold. And another guy with steel grey eyes had Irina against the wall, while she spat words in Russian at him. He didn’t seem bothered at all, although I had a feeling she wasn’t flattering him at all.

“You should torture them,” I rasped angrily. They should suffer for what they were getting ready to do and for what they have done to Sergei. “For a long time.”

Both men turned their eyes at me. “Oh, fuck. I like her. Welcome to the family, Scarlett.” The guy with the scarred face announced.

Sergei spoke up. “Solnce, meet my brothers. Dimitry who is kindly taking care of Irina.” I smiled at his oldest brother. “And Nikolai who will enjoy toying with Vlad for the next few months.”

Nikolai looked scary as shit.

“I thought you said he’s a big teddy bear,” I murmured low. “You didn’t mention a scary big teddy bear.”

That scar across his face made him look badass and wicked. But then he smiled and my mouth dropped. No wonder Olivia fell for the man. Gorgeous!

Nikolai laughed. “Nice to meet you, Scarlett. My wife has told me a lot about you.”

I frowned. “I thought you were dating Olivia.” Then I glared at him “You better not be-”

“Olivia is my wife,” he grinned happily.

I blinked, then again. “Shut the fuck up!”

“Yep.”

“Damn it, Nikolai,” Dimitry groaned, although there was amusement in his eyes. “Stop broadcasting it. My woman wants a triple wedding ceremony.”

I glanced between two men and then back to Sergei. Yes, those three were scary as shit but I liked them all.

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