Her Volkovs #Book 4

Belle's POV

I woke up the next morning beside a wooden crate marked Eastwoods Animal Sanctuary. I can actually hear some scratching going on inside the crate. There's a baby feeding bottle filled with milk and a small note on top of the crate which says:

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To my sunshine,

Forgive me, but I do not regret kissing you.

Yuri

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It's from Yuri. We haven't really talked about what he did when he decided to defy the Mafia and went on to kiss me and confessed his love for me. To now, I'm still convinced that he is just confused and perhaps just lonely. Nikolai and Alexei believe otherwise. Regardless, the man still deserves to be taken care of because he is family.

Not being able to marry nor enter into relationships whilst around Nikolai and Alexei is cruel and against human instincts. Everyone deserves to fall in love and be loved back. It's a basic human right. Not to mention that it's the most beautiful thing that can happen to a person.

I am just somehow relieved that Nikolai and Alexei did not banish him from the Mafia or worse-- I can't even say it. It's unthinkable.

While stepping towards the crate, I hear some animal noise from inside. I then extended my legs to slowly open the crate with my toes. When I was able to push the cover away I slowly peeked to see what's inside.

There's a little black puffy animal growling so adorably inside my chest fluttered with joy in an instant. Oh my gosh! It's a tiny little bear! I slowly carried it in my arms and fed it with the milk from the baby bottle. Aww it's hungry, that's why. You poor little thing.

And then I remember the little incident in Russia when we broke into a bear sanctuary. I was admittedly a little bitchy on that day and the person on the receiving end was Yuri.

Where's your momma? Did they take you away from your momma? Look at you so hungry. Come on. Let's go find the man who brought you here.

I found Yuri in the huge kitchen having his breakfast with Dimitri and the rest of Alexei's men.

"Look what I found in my room." I said as I approach Yuri. The maids and the boys instantly greeted me as soon as they saw me enter the kitchen.

"It's the cutest thing ever, thank you Yuri." I slightly bent over to kiss him on his cheek. The man lets out a coy smile in response.

That predator is just up for loan for a few hours. We need to return that

have no single clue what the man is talking

not

and Matushka are in a meeting with our people at the warehouse as we speak. The Boss left us with you so you can

that it's a yearly event where the different criminal organizations and crime families gather. It is when the Bosses of these organizations meet to discuss business, territory, etc. Apparently, the quick conglomerate meet up that I personally witnessed before was just a

I need to pack

to teach you how to shoot before the Boss arrives

No. I don't want to

particularly comfortable holding a gun. Papa and my cousin Devon once tried to teach me how to shoot but it ended tragically. I accidentally shot one of our gardeners who was pruning a tree not far from us. He just fell to the ground like a bird. We actually did not know that he was there in the first place. Luckily, his gunshot wound wasn't that fatal. From then on, Papa never attempted to teach me again. Instead,

been collecting dust in one of the drawers at our home at the Brownstone. I found no use for them since I am surrounded by four bodyguards on a regular basis. It's kinda heavy and although small in size, still

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20 minutes later

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I'm telling you, I

is

Madame! Why are you so stubborn?! Just let us do our job." Said Dimitri who is following us from

then brushes the strands of my hair that are covering my face. I begrudgingly swat his hands off of my face but the

bullets and the small gun that was gifted to me by Matushka. There's also a target paper many yards away from us in the makeshift open firing range situated in the open

phone please? I want to talk to Nikolai." I asked Yuri. He handed it to me, and

"Speak."

It's me.

in a meeting. We'll finish in

are forcing me to

shoot before we go to Colombia tonight. This is for additional precaution. What did I tell you about being in

he's waiting for me to say always protect yourself but I don't want to give in yet,

hear him softly chuckle."Baby, always?" He asked once again waiting for me

temptation because your wife is going to chop your penis off if he catches you cheating on

training for when you need to shoot me or Alexei?" He

time, I'm the one who let out a chuckle. "Hmm-- that

"See, that's my girl."