Page 55 of Merciless Promise
He smirked at my words instead of being saddened by them. “Your mother...Her sister...Their mothers...All whores, exactly like you’re going to be. You’d always wanted to work alongside me so you could become powerful enough one day to have me taken out, but I’ve thwarted your every attempt. You will help me and the Kotov name, but not by handling family business. You’ll do it by spreading those long legs of yours, which is the only thing the women in our family have ever been good for.”
I’d always suspected that he’d hated me, but listening to my father categorize all Kotov women as whores, including me, still hurt. It was like a knife to the chest, and a different kind than that which Kingston had removed from my heart the night before.
Oh God. Kingston!He’d have to be up by now and realize I was gone. If this had been even two days ago, he might’ve been relieved over it. He wouldn’t be now. He would find me because he loved me. Kingston had said it each time he’d taken me the night before, and even after, as I had laid satiated in his arms.
“Where are you taking me?” I asked Aram as I didn’t even dignify what my father had just said with a response. The man might’ve helped me after the Princeton situation, but he’d only done so because he had needed me. He was now just as dead to me as the boy that I’d accidentally run down in the streets that fateful night. “Answer me!”
Aram reached out to touch me, and I inwardly cringed as he pulled the hood down to reveal my entire face. My long hair fell over my shoulders and down my back as he stroked my cheek.
“You demand nothing of me,” he said moments before he dropped his hand lower. The moment he wrapped it around my neck, I gulped. “I’ll share our destination, though. Or at least the end one. We’re going home to Yerevan, but first, I’m taking you to a place where you’ll be tested to make sure you’re not already with child. I’ll not raise a Brannington bastard as my own.”
This was sick and demented, and in this moment, miscarrying was now for the best. Whatever testing methods he planned on using might’ve shown what those drugstore pee stick tests of mine never had. Still, I had to know what would happen, even though I knew the child I’d created with Kingston was gone.
“And if I am?”
“You and your father will both be killed,” Aram said before releasing my throat from his hand. I quickly leaned back against the seat, only to be met with the palm of Aram’s hand as he struck me across the cheek. “Now, cease with the questions or else I’ll sew those misbehaving lips of yours up.”
I had no idea how he intended to do that, but I knew that he would. Closing my eyes, I prayed Kingston would find me. Myhand fell to my waist, and when it did, I felt my cell phone in the pocket. My husband had insisted on putting tracking devices on any electronic devices we had, and I now hoped and prayed that they truly worked. Since we weren’t headed straight to the airfield, I might stand a chance of getting found before it was too late.
The latter moments of my sleep-filled slumber included visions of my wife writhing in pleasure under me as I fucked her. They were such vivid ones too that I felt the aching in my cock, and I knew I needed to be inside of her again. Without even opening my eyes, I reached over for her, but found the spot on the bed cold, signaling that she hadn’t been there for a while.
“Puisín,” I said out loud. When she didn’t answer me, I said it even louder in case she was downstairs. “Puisín!”
Still, there was no response. Begrudgingly, I opened my eyes and looked around. Nothing was amiss from what I could see, and there were no sounds to be heard from anywhere in the loft. I got out of bed, then walked into the bathroom and closet, both of which were empty, before looking over the rail at the downstairs area.
Again, it was completely empty. A few days ago, I would’ve seen her curled up on the sofa, but not this morning. My forehead wrinkled up as I wondered where she could be. I’d made sure to tire her out so completely last night. I should’ve been doing exactly what I had hoped to start a few minutesearlier. She should’ve been in our bed and waking up to find me between her thighs.
My cock twitched in impatience, but I ignored it as something immediately felt off. I had always relied upon my intuition, and right now, it was telling me that she was in danger. Maybe it was my own paranoia, but I quickly threw on some clothes and shoes before heading downstairs.
Nothing looked amiss there either. She, along with her cell phone, were gone, but her car keys and purse were right there on the table. Ekaterina wouldn’t have left without those things. She had to be either on foot, or with one of our men. Deciding to check that route first, I went upstairs to get my own cell phone, then quickly pulled up Nolan’s number.
“Hey, Boss. What’s up?” he said immediately upon answering.
“Is Ekaterina with you?”
“No. I’m actually just outside. Is she gone?”
I scrubbed a hand down my face. “She is. What about?—”
“He’s right here. Let me put him on the line.”
A few seconds later, another male voice sounded. “What’s the matter, Boss?”
“Ekaterina. Do you know where she’s gone?”
“I thought she was inside with you. Are you sure she’s not there?” Eli asked.
“If she was, then I wouldn’t be on the phone with you. Would I?”
He quickly cleared his throat. “Of course not. I haven’t seen her all morning. When did you see her last? Do you know how long she’s been gone? She?—”
“I don’t know.” I assumed she had been gone anywhere from two to four hours at the latest. Prior to that, she had been crying out my name as I’d brought her to multiple orgasms.
“Let’s not panic. She likely went to grab breakfast. I’ll go check out the local areas.”
Before I could tell him not to, Nolan was back on the line. “Don’t worry, Boss. We’ll find her.”
“Go ahead and come inside. Have Eli do the same when he gets back.”
