After Ellie went up for the night to get some sleep, I call a meeting with all my brothers. “ I dont want anyone telling Ellie who we are or what we do for a living, the last thing she is going to want is another mafia family around her right now after all that she’s been through. So I trust that you all will be discreet, ge to know her and let her get to know you. Ellie is a good girl and would make us a fine wife one day. As you all know she was meant to be ours to begin with but her father has other plans. No one messes with the Russian mafia, he will regret his decision when he learns where she is. Help her cope, be there for her, help guide her in choosing us so when the time comes she wont want to leave and will help make this situation easier. I hate to see her hurt in any way but if the plan doesn’t go smoothly I dont need to tell any of you what will happen.” “Im not doing s**t, I never wanted her and don want her here now. Im not taking part of any of this, you all can have your way with her but Im out” Aleksandr says as he storms out of my office slamming the door behind him. Other than Aleksandr no one else had any objections about this, so I let them go about their way to get the plan in motion. That went smoothly I think to myself, hopefully we can get this plan executed without further delays.
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Ellie
Walking up from a nights rest, I roll over and slowly open my eye’s. The curtains in front of the windows do little to nothing to keep the sun out, and I am not really a morning person. I climb out of bed and stretch, I didn’t sleep well since I couldn’t stop thinking about Lorenzo’s betrail, and the fact that I’m currently staying with men I don’t know. I walk over to the bathroom to shower and try to get myself together. Turning on the shower spray, adjusting the water temperature so It’s just right, turning to undress I drop my clothes to the floor and step in the shower. Loving the feeling of the hot spray on my face and body, helping ease some of the tension. After I finish washing, wrapped in a fluffy towel I go to the closet to find a couple outfits waiting for me. I chose the loose yellow summer dress, putting it on It’s actually my size and fits well. Coming down to my knees and flowing around I start to feel more myself. I;m not really sure what I’m going to do now, Viktor did say that I could make myself at home, and my stomach takes that moment to start growling. Placing my hand over my stomach I start heading to the kitchen to find somthing to eat, hoping I dont make anyone if they are still asleep. Walking into the kitchen I round the bar, and see that Nikolai is standing there making himself breakfast. “Good morning Ellie, would you like some breakfast?” Since im hungry I wont turn down the offer “yes please, whatever your having is good with me.” “Great I’ll make you a plate just have a seat at the bar and I’ll bring it over to you” I smile “are you sure? Do you need any help with anything?” He chuckles “no It’s fine, I made plenty in case you woke up hungry anyway” I not and go sit and wait for him to bring the food. It smells delicious and my stomach is making it hard to think of anything else, he brings over the food and sits my plate in front of me and sits beside me. “I hope you like pancakes, scrambled eggs, and toast” happy It’s my ideal breakfast “this is perfect I love pancakes, thank you.” He nods and digs in, and I follow adding syrup I finish my plate in no time. Those were the best pancakes I’ve had, “those were exceptional I didn’t realize how hungry I really was” laughing at myself. “It’s no problem, what are you up to today?” Unsure because this is all so new to me so I tell him “I dont know, I guess I will explore around, and do you have a laundry room I need to wash a couple outfits so I have clean clothes to wear?” “Yes I’ll show you where it is, how would you like to go shopping to get some things you need?” Im flattered he offered “I dont have any money, I had a bag with me when I ran away that had money in it but I’m not sure where that is now.” He smiles “That’s okay I can more than afford to pay for it, It’s really no big deal” since he insists “okay fine, when do you want to go?” Smiling he says “how about now, we just finished breakfast and have plenty of time to go and get back before dinner.” So we head to the front door and to his car, stopping beside his car I can’t stop staring Its so beautiful. I dont know anything about cars but the color is a beautiful candy apple red with black rims and tires. My favorite color is red so I instantly fall in love, “you have a beautiful car Nikolai” he grins at me “thank you, she’s my baby.” We get in the car and start driving down the driveway and through the front gate, Im not sure how long we drive for I was captivated be the scenery along the way. We pull into a parking space and get out, I look around and see we are at a mall, we walk in and head to clothing department stores. We go to many stores and I chose clothes for any occasion I can think of, including underwear and bras. Once I’m finished we go to the food court and grab somthing quick after all that shopping I started getting hungry. While we eat, he asks me “what do you like to do for fun?” I think about it and tell him “I love nature and animals, anything outside. I was sheltered growing up so I have’nt been anywhere exciting to really know what else I like.” I look down at my hands on my lap because that was imbarrising to admit to someone. “Well we need to rectify that then now don’t we?” Not really knowing what he means I look at him questionably “I want to take you somewhere fun if you’re up for it.” My face lights up “yes please!” Im so excited because I will get to see more of the outside world I was sheltered from. We go to the car and load it with all my bags and start driving to wherever he is taking me. After some time we pull up to a fenced in area, going to find a parking spot he looks at me “this is an amusement park, It has rides and games you can play to win prizes” I nod and we start walking up to the gate, he pays for both of us and we go in. Im looking around at it all soaking it in because this place is amazing and people everywhere. We go to a few games and play but I dont win any prizes I’m not very good at any of these games. Nikolai notices and plays the last game and wins me a stuffed cotton rose, It was so thoughtful of him and I love it. After that we go to this giant ride, It’s circle and spins slowly “this is the Ferris wheel, I guess we will find out if you’re affraid of heights” he chuckles. Eager to experience this, the line isn't long so we are seated inside quickly. The sun is starting to set and the amusement parks lights start coming on, the Ferris wheel starts moving slowly. As we near the top I can’t help but to admire the beauty of the scenery, the view of the sunset is stunning from up here and the view of the Forrest is spectacular. I find out I love the Ferris wheel and never want to come down. I turn to Nikolai and he’s already looking at me “thank you for bringing me here, I’ve had the best time of my life” I can’t stop smiling “It’s been a pleasure Ellie.” He is staring at me with a heated look, I wish I knew what he was thinking and just as I was about to turn away from him he slowly grabs the sides of my face. He starts rubbing my face gently and I lean into his hands, he leans in and places his lips on mine. Completely unexpected and caught off guard I still my movements, he continues pecking my lips and I throw all caution to the wind. Tired of having my life planned out for me I do somthing I want to do so I kiss him back, It turns into a heated make out session. I wish this was my first kiss, It would have been so perfect with this view, he slowly pulls away and rests his forehead on mine. Smiling because that was the most exotic kiss I've ever had, I hope I didn’t suck at it. “I’m sorry if I overstepped, I couldn’t help myself, you’re so beautiful and I thought this was the perfect moment to share how much I like you” I blush at his words. “No it’s fine, I really enjoyed it and I like you too Nikolai” he’s grinning ear to ear and he couldn’t be more handsome than right now. The ride finally lets us off and we walk back to the car hand in hand and start driving home. I feel much better since this morning, he has given me somthing no one else ever has and im great full. Arriving back at the house we walk inside as he carries all my bags, he wouldn’t let me help bring them in. Once my bags are placed inside my room we go down to have dinner with his brothers. We walk hand in hand into the kitchen and go sit at the bar with his other brothers. “Where did you guys go today?” Asks Viktor “I took Ellie shopping for clothes and other this she needs then I took her to the amusement park for some fun” Nikolai replies with a smile. “Ellie I hope you were able to enjoy yourself today, I’m glad you seem to be looking better after last night” says Viktor “Yes the sunset on that Ferris wheel was absolutely stunning and the view was like nothing I’ve ever seen, Nikolai was the most caring today he even won me a stuffed rose” I say smiling. They chuckle and Viktor nods with a smile, “dinner is coming right up, I hope you’re hungry.” Viktor gets up to go over to bring the food out so we can load our plates, It smells devine. He comes back with a pot of beef stew and another pot with mashed potatoes in it. “Enjoy” says Viktor and we all fill our plates and eat in comfortable silence, after finishing more than I should have, I might have to be rolled to my room. “Thank you for dinner it was delicious, I am over stuffed” laughing a little “Im glad you liked it, It’s a family recipe passed down many generations.” After sitting there listening to the guys talk for a while about their days I decide It’s time for me to turn in for the night I’m tired from the day and the food coma I’m in. “Goodnight guys, I will see you tomorrow, Nikolai thank you again for taking me today I really enjoyed it.” I get a chorus of goodnight’s and Nikolai comes to me “you dont have to keep thanking me, I liked seeing you have a good time I will walk you to your room.” We get outside my room door and he turns me and gives me a world wrecking goodnight kiss that makes my toes curl and smiles at me before turning and leaving me to go in my room. Giddy as ever I walk in and shut my door to get pajamas on and climb into bed.