Russian Roulette (Russkaya Mafiya) (71 page)
A house full, huh? I’m never fitting into another cute dress that doesn’t have elastic involved again. I feel like a duck always wobbling around, I muse as I climb out of bed, and wrap up in my pink polka dot robe Blondie got me for my birthday last year. I loved it and had an extra surprise when I reached in to the pocket to find a beautiful mother’s necklace tucked inside.
Nikoli’s a good man, a great husband, and an absolutely wonderful father to our little girls. They think he hung the moon and he treats them like they’re precious diamonds, always spoiling them.
We nearly collide as he meets me in our bedroom doorway as I’m about to make my way downstairs. “Careful, Pixie,” he mumbles with his sexy deep morning voice. “Brenna says you’re demanding chocolate chips. Is she trying to eat chocolate for breakfast again?”
Laughing, I shake my head. “Nyet, it was really me.”
“You’re not one for sweets in the morning, well unless…” He glances down at my stomach, wrapping his arms around me and pulling me to his big body. “Unless you have something to share with me?”
“I sent Brenna down; I figured she would have spilled already.”
“No love, she was just eager about the chocolate chips. Should I be excited about something also?”
“Maybe,” I shrug and smile sweetly.
He releases me, pushing my body up against the wall while pulling the robe open.
“Let me see what you’re hiding, little one,” he mutters and drops to his knees to lift my long night shirt up under my breasts. There’s a small pooch there, but it’s hard to tell if I’ve just eaten too much or if it’s truly a tiny baby bump.
Nikoli rains sweet tender kisses all over my stomach, taking his time to make sure he gets the entire area where a baby would be resting beneath the surface.
“It’s hard to tell with so many clothes on; I may need to remove more.” He works my panties to my thighs and exposes my tender part to his mouth. He attacks me like a man starved. I reach out to hold his hair, enjoying each pass of his tongue, when we’re interrupted by the impatient minion, yelling that her papa is burning pancakes.
“Oh shit!” Niko hops up, adjusting himself as he practically leaps down the stairs. I hear the thumps from his heavy steps then the smoke detector alarm goes off, triggering the other two downstairs to blare loudly along with it.
My morning went from quiet and sleepy, to hot then noisy as the beeps continue and Vishna rushes in screaming if everyone’s all right. The baby, Lala, starts wailing, it’s pure utter chaos, but that’s my life now and I wouldn’t change it for the world.
I yank on a pair of shorts and throw on a bra, ditching my robe and hightail it downstairs to help calm everyone down.
Nikoli
I make it downstairs and the smoke alarm’s alert with its shrill buzz that’s loud enough to give you a migraine. Brenna has the stool in front of the sink; water turned on full blast pointing the sprayer towards the smoking pancakes on the stove, doing absolutely nothing since the spray won’t actually reach that far but soak the floor.
Avery’s son, Kane is busy throwing handfuls of flour at the smoke, making it all an even bigger mess. The kid looks like he should be seven, not five, taking after his massive father. I’m keeping my eyes on that boy, already egging Brenna on and trying to flirt.
The dog comes in barking crazily and then my sister runs inside screaming about the smoke alarm, pissing off Lala. I could rip my fucking hair out and Bina just announced she’s pregnant again. I see what this is; it’s payback for me giving my mother hell when I was a boy.
Even through all the turbulence with Sabrina getting well and learning how to cope with what happened to her and then the struggles we’ve had discovering how to be decent parents, I’ve never been so happy, in love, and at peace in my lifetime. She has given me hope, family, and joy. I’ll be eternally grateful and always cherish her as the prize she truly is.
I can’t wait to experience the rest of my years with her and my beautiful daughters. My beautiful
single
daughters who won’t marry or move away from us until they’re
forty
and that’s only if I approve of the dude.
It’s been five years and we still haven’t found the man known as ‘The Master.’ It haunts Sabrina some nights, but I’m always there to offer her comfort. We still search for him all the time. In fact, Beau has become his newfound tracker. Turns out he kind of likes being the Mafiya’s hunter.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
So who’s next in the Russkaya Mafiya? Spartak, Beau, Alexei, The Master? Let me know who you want more of, and thank you tremendously for reading! If you would like to know about Avery, she has her own books called Relinquish and Forsaken Control.
XOXO- Sapphire
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
My husband
- I love you more with each book I write.
My boys
- You are my whole world. I love you both.
The lovely beta readers, thank you -
Abbey Neil-Clark, Kelly Emery, Sarah Rogers, Lindsay Lupher, Wendi Stacilaucki-Hunsicker and Patti Novia West. You have become my friends—a group of women I know I can count on and I love you for it. You ladies are my rocks!
Photographer Eric Battershell
– Thank you so much for the amazing support and friendship you’ve been kind enough to give me. I feel very lucky to have you in my book world!
Model Johnny Kane
– Thank you for being such a great person to work with and a good sport about being ‘a mafia guy.’ You capture my characters as a whole, beautifully.
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– Thank you for such a gorgeous cover design. I’m grateful for your friendship and kindness you’ve shown me. I have never worked with someone so professional and truly delightful. Sending you many hugs!
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