A STOLEN NAME

CHAPTER 7

*ROMAN'S SUITE*

Natalia was smiling knowingly as she took each step closer and closer to the suite, and when she arrived at the door, she didn't bother to knock before opening the door, but before she could go in, Paval came out.

"Roman is currently busy, you can't see him," he said straight away, and she relaxed her face.

"So I have to book a meeting before I see my brother now?" she said expressionlessly.

"You can come back in an hour," Paval insisted, and she smiled, suddenly raising her hand to his face.

Immediately she touched him, he stepped back, but she pulled him back to herself with the front of his shirt, their faces almost touching.

"You know what I like about you? Your bluntness. What if I tell you I want you as my bodyguard instead? Would you leave Roman for me?" She whispered, her words hitting his face.

"No," he replied bluntly again, and she released him, pushing him back with her full palm.

"You're garbage," she muttered.

"Thank you," he replied, and she relaxed her face again before talking...

"The Wild Boars mission. Tell him mother had handed it over to Dimitri already," she said, and before Paval could answer, Roman stormed out of the suite.

"What the f**k did you say? The mission was mine from the beginning!" he spat.

"Not my problem," Natalia crossed her arms behind herself, walking away.

Roman literally ran off, all the way to the house of Volkovs where the parents' office are.

As expected, he met Elena on a seat, but Viktor was nowhere to be found.

It's even better because he's worse than Elena, and Elena is the one he wants to talk to anyway.

"What do you mean by the mission is taken away from me, mother?" He asked, and the woman looked up from the pile of papers in front of her.

She slowly removed her glasses, smiling with her lips.

"I thought we made the rule that greetings come first before any conversation?"

"Don't even talk about rules right now when you're breaking them too! The mission is mine! Take it back from Dimitri and give it to me!" he yelled.

Elena rested back on her chair, giving him a critical look before speaking again.

"Wild Boars can't be handled with slippery hands like yours. I changed my mind only because I didn't want you to get hurt, Roman.

"But I can do it!! It's been two f*****g months since I went on a mission! It's always Dimitri, Dimitri! Dimitri! I feel f*****g useless!" he yelled.

"You're still not over your jealousy over him?" Elena lifted her brows, her words coming out with much ease.

"Mother!" Roman snapped.

"Out, Roman," she sternly said, her eyes changing.

"Mother...

"Roman!" She hit her palms on the table, and he scoffed before storming out of the office.

He was fuming and boiling as he walked away from the house, his palms folded on each side of him.

"I'll destroy you, Dimitri. Wait for it."

*5:30*

Dinner was taking too long to come, so Sophia decided to visit the kitchen by herself.

She needs to load herself with enough food before her training starts tonight, and she can't risk it.

She was on her way to the kitchen when Maksim crossed her, and she sighed.

"What again?"

"You managed to get in, Leo, and it's all good, considering the fact that you'll be dead soon," he said with a toxic smile.

"I'm starting to get tired of the suspense too. When are you killing me?" She replied, faking a scared expression, and he came closer, leaning into her ear to whisper...

"Keep acting superior like that, but always remember I'm stronger than you, and that's not for joke" he said, and Sophia blinked as he left her, walking away.

She stood there for a moment too long, then she made faces, mocking his expressions, then she noticed a blade stuck on the wall.

It's the blade Dimitri threw at her.

She moved closer and removed the blade, then she started checking it out on her fingers.

It was so damn sharp and slim, still stained with her blood, and she felt the chills.

He really threw this at her? What if it gave her a deeper cut?

What kind of human is he?

As if to answer her, Vera and Mila came out of their residence, and they got into a black sports car together.

Dimitri joined them, putting on a black leather jacket as he walked towards the car.

Lev talked about the Wild Boars mission... Are they going for it right now?

He looked her way, and she quickly stood at tension, saluting him like a soldier.

She cursed herself for doing that immediately.

Dimitri smirked the devilish smirk again for the fourth time before getting in the car.

He drove out with the girls, and Sophia dropped her hand from her head slowly.

Was that stupid?

Yes.

And what's with his smirks?

She smirked too, imitating him before continuing her journey to the kitchen.