Tatiana's POV.

I was on his chest Again but this time different , his scent was all over , his neck tattoos looked way sexier now that I'm closer and his lips brushed mine . All I could feel was my heartbeat faster and I because scared at he might hear my heartbeat.

Words can not explain how I feel , it felt like I had no control of my feelings and I hated how I felt at that moment so I tried to move from his chest by lifting my body but Alexei held my waist not tightly but firmly . I could not move and ended up locking eyes with him , that was when I got the best view of his face .

Dark gray eyes , chestnut hair colour and a perfect body . I could feel his abs on my tummy.

“Let go of my waist” , I said looking down and my voice barely audible . Tried to move so he let go of my waist all of a sudden and I ended up on the foot mat .

“Sorry, I didn't know you would fall “ .

“Are you crazy , why did you hold my waist, why did you let go without telling me “. I asked furiously.

“I just apologized what else do you want, I held your waist to avoid you from falling “ .

“Whatever “ I tell him as I grabbed a bottle of water and stepped out to wash the ice cream off my face but it was just an excuse because my heart was still racing . While I was washing my face Alexei came out of the car to wash his face too .

He tried to take the bottle of water from me but he grabbed my hands instead, I removed my hands from his own before running back into the car and he just laughed .

After washing his face , he entered the car and I asked him to take me to triumph palace.

“Is that where you live” he asked but did not seem surprised.

“Yes “

my heartbeat was normal , everything was okay until a girl around my age stood in the middle of the road ahead . She wrapped her hands around her body trying to stop her body from trembling.

A car was parked by the side of the road and she gestured for us to stop but Alexei was about to drive past her when I stopped him . “ What are you doing, we need to help her . It's freezing out here” .

Alexei's POV

“What are you doing, we have to help her . It's freezing out here “ Tatiana yelled at me , I wanted to ignore her but I definitely do not want her to complain about not listening or asking for her opinions. So I parked and took a gun from under the seat and placed it behind my shirt.

“What , it's for protection” I told Tatiana because she could not stop staring at me after I placed the gun behind my shirt.

“whatever “ , she said before going out . I stopped her and asked her to be careful . But Tatiana was so caught up with trying to help the girl that she just ignored me and went closer to the girl . She was few steps away from the girl when a man from nowhere punched by face and abs.

He tried to punch me the third time but I dodged and reached for the gun behind my shirt. When he tries to hit me again, I shot the middle of his head twice with his hands in the mid_air.

I stared at Tatiana to see if she was fine and to my surprise she had beaten the girl to a pulp , the girl managed to bring out a bladekey and tried to stab Tatiana with it but Tatiana overpowered her , collected the knife and stabbed this girl she once tried to save repeatedly . After stabbing this girl multiple times with the bladekey Tatiana tried to approach me .

Tatiana was not so close to me when a bike with two men on it passed by her . One of the men on the bike used a baseball bat to hit her leg , she fell to the ground while I shot the man with the baseball bat .

The second one had crashed close to Tatiana but before I could get close to her , the idiot held a gun to her head and said “she's the one we want so you could leave” he tells me with a shaky voice, he's busy bluffing yet he's scared .

“What makes you think I would leave her behind, you clearly do not know us “ I said with out control of my tone .

Before he could reply Tatiana used the bladekey in her hands to stab the man's leg continuously so he took his gun and tried to shoot her but stopped himself, before he could think of pulling the trigger at anytime I shot him in his leg , neck and head.

His body fell to the ground with a thud , while Tatiana stood up , removed her broken boots and walked barefooted to the car . I kept staring at her confused not only because she was now walking perfectly but that she killed a person and stabbed a man repeatedly yet she's angry that she's walking barefooted.

I walked towards the body to check for tattoos and any other important things but I found nothing, which is really suspicious. “Can we leave before more crazy people come here and decide to kill me “ she tells me before entering the car and wearing her overcoat .

she noticed I was staring at her leg so she explained, "the baseball bat did not touch me , my legs are fine so you don't have to stare at me like an alien ".

I guess , I was worried about her leg for no reason.

throughout the drive to triumph palace she kept complaining about how her hair was a mess because of the people that tried to kidnap her . “You don't seem bothered about what happened” I asked .

“Why would I be , it's not like it's the first time people try to kidnap me “ she replied still arranging her hair .

“It's not the first time and you went out without a bodyguard, are you crazy ? , what if I wasn't there “

“Stop scolding me, you sound just like my grandpa and besides I can take care of myself without your help “ she yelled at me.

When we finally got to triumph palace, I parked the car while she thanked me for the ride with an attitude. “Wait , you have not given me your contact “ . I asked as she opened the car door but had not stepped out .

“What makes you think I would give you my contact” she replied as she closed the door .

“we are friends and besides if you don't give me your contact, I will get it anyways “ .

“Fine “ she tells me as she stretched her hands while I placed my phone in her hands . Tatiana input her contact and saved it as “Tatiana “ before handing the phone back to me .

“Why did you save it as Tatiana “

After staring at me confusedly she finally found words to say , “ what were you expecting me to save my contact info as “ .

I changed the name to “MINE” and showed her . “Alexei you are crazy , I will never be yours “ , she tells me as she blush's.

“Crazy just for you Tatiana , you would be mine soon, real soon “ . I tell her as she leaves my car .

“Then get ready to die by my grandfather's hands “ she smiled then waved at me while I drove off .

After driving for About five minutes, I parked the car and dialed mom's contact and surprisingly she picked up immediately, I would have called mom immediately after the attack but I did not want Tatiana to know my family are Mafias. “What is it “ she asked with a strict tone .

“Hey mom , I was hanging out with Tatiana and we got attacked , some people tried to kidnap her but we killed them”

“So. How does this concern me “

“Because she's my assignment and her safety is important” .

“Ok , is that all . I'm busy “ . I know she's lying about being busy because mom would never pick my calls if she was busy .

“I checked their bodies and there was no tattoos or any thing to link them to a mafia group”

“Well , that's strange. Who does not have tattoos if they belong to a bratva “ she said this time she seemed more attentive. “ You know what , we would talk better when you come home . Don't be late .! “ She said before hanging up .

I would not be late , I can't afford to go to the meeting late especially since this is my first time attending a bratva meeting and I would be introduced as the heir .

If I don't want to go late even if the meeting is at night , Irina needs to be ready before I'm home or before we leave so I continued driving and dialed Irina's contact .

“Hello , what's keeping you . I thought you just had to submit your assignment” she says as she answered the call.

“I will be home soon, just get ready so we can get home on time” .

“Yeah about that , I'm ready just waiting for you . It's your big day so I can't delay you “ she replied in a sweet voice . Afterwards I hung up .

After almost thirty minutes of driving, I arrived at my house. The estate is quiet as usual. In getting to the living room, Irina who was watching a movie on Netflix quickly ran towards me and hugged like she was claiming possession .