Page 183 of Bratva Jewels Box Set
My entire body stills hearing the news. No, Maxim promised. He told me he was never sending me back to Dmitri. I try and pull myself out of his arms. Was this all a lie? Did he make me fall in love with him to send me back to a monster?
“Don’t touch me. You promised. You said you would protect me. You lied,” I scream at him.
“Baby, what are you talking about? I am protecting you. I’m sending you back to your family.”
Everything stills. What did he say? I try and shake the last edge of my panic from my mind.
“I would never send you back to him. How could you think such a thing?” he says as hurt falls across his handsome face.
“I thought ...” I look up at him.
“Never. You are mine. Now come here,” he calls, opening his arms for me.
I go willingly as I wrap my arms around him tightly. I’m going home. I’ll get to see my family. Hug them. I’ll be safe.
“Wait, what about you?” I say, pulling out of his arms.
“I’m not coming, Wildcat,” he says, cupping my face.
“But I’ll see you again, won’t I?”
Maxim looks over my shoulder before looking back at me, his face is somber.
No. No.
“I’m not going without you. Please, Max, don’t make me leave. I’ve only just found you,” I say, thumping his chest.
“I told you I would do anything to protect you. This is me protecting you.”
“No, please don’t leave me alone.” I sob as I slap his chest.
“I have to. I can’t risk Dmitri finding you.”
“Will you call me?”
He shakes his head.
“You were just going to send me on my way today and never see me again?” I scream at him.
“I’m trying to keep you safe, Grace.”
“I’m safe with you.”
He shakes his head again.
“Was this all a lie?” I ask, waving my hands in the air. “You made me fall in love with you for what?”
Maxim stills.
My hands come to my mouth as I realize what I’ve confessed.
“I fucking love you, Grace Clark,” he says, grabbing me by the base of the neck and pulling me close to him so our foreheads touch. “And that’s why I’m doing this. You have my fucking dark heart. It’s yours. You are it for me, Grace. I never thought anyone could love a monster like me until you came along, Wildcat.”
Tears are streaming down my face as my heart breaks into two.
“When it’s safe. I’ll come find you,” he whispers.
“How long will that be?”
