Stay With Me

27

Hey so quick question, if you were in a relationship do you think it's a bad thing for a girl to buy her boyfriend something?? Like is it such a bad thing for a girlfriend to buy their boyfriend something just out of the kindness of her heart?

Alexei watched Mercedes eat her breakfast. Alexei hasn't cooked in a long time but he remembers how much she likes his cooking. It gave him joy watching her smile. Just to see her happy made him happy. Mercedes looks up at him as her mouth was stuffed with food.

She quickly swallows before clearing her throat.

"I'm sorry if this is unpleasant to look at." Mercedes jokes pointing at her face.

"You're always beautiful." He says before taking a sip of his decaf coffee. "The girls would like to see you. I have to speak to my cousins anyways, but if you don't want to"

"They can come over. I miss talking to them anyways." Mercedes tells him.

"Alright. That gives us an hour to ourselves. Are you in pain or-"

"I'm fine Alexei. I just want to take a nap first, I'm just tired." She says yawning at the end.

"Come on, let's go to sleep."

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"La, la, la, I'm not listening to this shit," Simeon says as he tries to walk out of Alexei's office.

Alexei rolls his eyes before throwing the glass mug in his direction. Before Simeon can touch the doorknob the glass breaks just a few inches away from him causing him to flinch. Adrik and Damien sit on the chairs watching the scene unfold in front of them.

Simeon turns around and scoffs.

"Are you crazy?"

"Sit the fuck down," Alexei says calmly in his native language.

"I don't want to be involved in this fucking mess. You got her pregnant and she's here. If I were you I would send her ass back to America and hopefully pray your father won't find out about her." Simeon cursed slightly panicking.

"I think we should calm down. Now, I'll help you but I don't want to be involved, not because I don't want to but because if your father finds out I was involved he might take it out on my family. I think you should consider this Alexei." Adrik tells him.

Damien clear his throat as Alexei slightly tilt his head to the side.

"It's my fault she's here, I'll deal with the consequences. I'm helping you keep her safe." He tells Alexei.

"Just make sure no one, not even my father knows about her whereabouts. Or her current... situation." Alexei sighs as he runs his fingers through his hair.

"You two should've seen him. Throwing up all over the fucking place, the idiot even fainted when she told him." Damien says amused as Adrik begins to laugh.

"Your wife told mine on the way over here. Alexei gets your shit together." Adrik says in between his laughs.

"I just didn't think you would have a kid anytime soon. You might need a bigger house, it hardly ever stops at one kid." Simeon tells him.

"Tell anyone and I'll tell your wives what happened during Derek's bachelor party." Alexei threatens them.

Immediately they stop laughing, Simeon choking slightly just remembering the events. This time Alexei's lips smirk as Adrik points at him.

"You're fucking evil. We were just fucking around." He tells him before dropping his finger.

Alexei ignores him and begins walking out of the room. Opening the door he hears the women laughing catching his attention. He walks off as his three cousins stay behind in the office. Simeon rubbed his bottom lip as he look down at the ground.

"He's fucking psychotic, he almost hit me," Simeon says mostly to himself.

"If he wanted to hit you trust me, he would," Damien tells him.

"He's so violent, even to his family." Simeon sighs before standing up.

Alexei walks down the hall until he reaches the living room. He watches Mercedes drinking her orange juice as the other three women laugh. Mercedes was currently wearing a pair of loose grey sweatpants and one of his black shirts. Her box braids were up into a ponytail as she wears one of his necklaces.

"So, what names have you picked already? Please don't tell me you think of using Alexei's name, that would be quite nice, however." Nadia suggests.

Mercedes shakes her head. "I didn't think that far ahead. I'll talk to him later about it."

"If he doesn't faint," Natasha says causing the other women to giggle.

Immediately Alexei rolls his eyes. "Get out."