A Dangerous Woman

Chapter 24

Blaise Taylor

Aidan and I had been in the club for hours forming relationships with Alexei and Nadia, getting them to trust us.

Despite my smooth recovery from Aidan dragging me away from Alexei, Alexei had become suspicious and began doubting me.

Whereas, Nadia instantly was back under the spell of Aidan's charms, once they had separated from us.

However, thanks to my years of training under the art of seduction, Alexei quickly lost all sense and trusted me once more. Before we had come to the club, Aidan and I developed a backstory that was carefully constructed to pique the interest of the twins. The backstory was, Aidan is my brother and after being kicked out of our home, we became street fighters.

Just as we had planned, the story greatly intrigued Alexei and we had spent our time, bonding over our skills and injuries sustained ourselves from fights.

Finally, after showing Alexei a knife wound, now a crescent-shaped scar, on my upper right thigh, he invited me back to his house. The perfect place, to cement a relationship, that would be worthy of him sharing information about the Russian base.

He placed his hand in the small of my lower back, to direct me to the back exit of the club, my instincts kicking in and reminding me that I was not safe.

Once exiting the club through a huge black door, I found myself in a back alley, behind the club. As my eyes adjusted to the outside, they soon fell upon the sight of Aidan, who had backed Nadia against a wall and was deep in the passion of his tongues down Nadia's throat.

Behind me, deep animalistic sounds echoed in the night, as a result of an angered Alexei, pissed at the sight of Nadia and Aidan. The sounds immediately alarm Aidan, Nadia seemed unbothered. Aidan quickly slide back into his cocky, hard-headed persona and winked at Alexei, who then began a rage-filled charged towards Aidan.

Alexei then threw his fist at Aidan's face, Aidan dodged his attack with ease and returned with his own, catching Alexei in the mouth. Alexei wipes the blood from his mouth and smiles,

"I guess you are alright."

Aidan is caught by surprise but quickly holds his hand out for Alexei to take, I can't help but roll my eyes at their egos. Once Alexei is to his feet, he roughly pats Aidan on the back,

"Come back to mine as well, the four of us should drink late into the night!" His Russian accent, laced with wobbles in tone due to his fairly drunken state.

Nadia laughs with glee in return, "Good idea brother, let's go!" She then grabs Aidan's hand and runs off.

Alexei wraps his arms around my waist and we walk side by side after Nadia who was dragging Aidan along.

Once we reach Alexei's house, he had already begun pulling out various bottles of strong alcohol, whilst drunkenly humming in Russian.

Nadia starts pouring shots while drinking out of the bottle and asking Aidan questions like if he thought she was pretty.

In an hour, Nadia and Alexei were completely wasted, while Aidan and I remained sober without the twins realising. While we had spent the night drinking, the entertainment was found in Nadia making up games for us to play, at the moment we were playing 'Truth or Dare'.

It came to be my turn to ask Nadia a question,

"Where do you work?"

Nadia tilts her head and taps a finger on her face to mimic thinking, while Alexei shakes his head at her,

"I have to answer her truthfully, it's the game!" She laughs, "don't be scared, but Alexei and I are in the Russian Mafia."

Aidan and I look at each other, this may be easier than first anticipated. It was Aidan's turn to ask Alexei a question,

"How do you get into the base for work?"

For a moment, Alexei looks as though he has caught on to our real intentions but quickly presents his drunken self once more,

"We go underground, of course, there is a system of tunnels that lead into the base from underneath. All members are supposed to use the tunnels due to the massive wall surrounding the whole base. They say it's just easier, but having to go 2 miles away from the base to get to the entrance of the tunnel, seems a lot harder than just going through the large door in the main wall surrounding the base."

We've done it, we have found a way in. I look at Aidan, who is still in complete shock as to what has just happened. I start to laugh, quickly followed by Aidan, Nadia and Alexei seem confused but they join in.

Instead of leaving straight away, we wait another hour until Nadia and Alexei have passed out. They would struggle to remember any of this, which was the perfect cover as to not alarm them about the fact they had revealed important information to us. Aidan nods at me and we quietly slip out of the front door, trekking back to the club, to get back our car. Aidan drove home as he had not drunk that night. We both we silent the whole way, still in shock, that the plan played out beyond perfectly.

After finally arriving home, I was quick to wipe off my smudged makeup that had been smeared by sweat and Alexei, and strip out of the sweaty club clothes. I climb into bed and Aidan is quick to follow.

We both lay in the bed with our backs to each other, still awake but just silent. The sounds of the outside, overpowering the silence. Aidan breaks the silence,

"It was stupid of me to put the mission in jeopardy, it was unprofessional and I apologise." His voice sounded tired yet sincere.

"Why did you do it?" I sharply reply it was obvious there was no excuse for his behaviour and being reminded of it, annoyed me.

It goes silent once more until Aidan speaks up, "I couldn't stand the thought of Alexei's lips on yours, his hands on your body."

I feel a heat rising to my cheeks, as my heartbeat pounded in my ears. No other person had this fairy-tale effect on me, the man who slaughtered without hesitation was the same man who rendered me a shy teenaged girl with a crush.

"Why?" My simple reply made me cringe but I couldn't help but be curious.

Aidan answers without hesitation, "I wanted to be the one to have my lips on yours."

I squeeze my fists tight and turn to face him as he turns to face me.

I try to speak but nothing comes out. Aidan moves closer to me and wraps his hand into my hair, bringing my face close to his. His lips just touching mine, enough to cause goosebumps to raise across my arms. The connection between us was electric and I could no longer deny it.

He goes to kiss me and I quickly move away,

"Well you shouldn't want that, be professional!" The words are quick to fall out of my mouth but the regret that follows is quickly to emerge.

I turn back to face the wall and all I can hear is Aidan's laughter, "I'm very sorry, Miss Taylor, it will not happen again."

I can't help but laugh in return, "You're so f*****g stupid."

There was no reply and silence swiftly blanketed the room, causing me the drift off into a dreamless sleep.

I awaken first, the next morning. My first acknowledgment being, Aidan's arm protectively draped across me. I couldn't help but fall back to sleep, in the warm embrace of Aidan.