𝑨𝒍𝒘𝒂𝒚𝒔 [part 1 &2] (18+)

𝟼𝟷. 𝚄𝙻𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙰𝚃𝙴 𝚁𝙴𝚅𝙴𝙽𝙶𝙴

Gabriel's POV

I don't bother trying to get out of the chains I have been suspended from. My legs barely touch the ground, yet I look at the cold ground. The place where Juliet hit me with the bucket stings.

Sorry does not even begin to explain how I am feeling right now. I deserve every bit of punishment that Ivan is giving me. I knew Ivan was a powerful man and he would find me eventually, especially with me not trying to hide very well. But I knew he had me since the very day that I committed the sin that only means that he might as well have more manpower than me.

I close my eyes when I think of that day. If it was up to me then I would rather he just shoot a bullet in my head for what I did that day. I was such a desperate animal that I did not even care about the hurt that I would cause Juliet with my actions. I thought that if I managed to push Ivan away from her and take her somewhere secluded with me then she would have no choice to lean on my shoulder.

Just one year ago I had her back in my arms but I screwed up...again.

In moments of desperation, I did things that Charlotte once did. If there is anyone I hate more than her then it is me. I am the monster. The truth is I lost Juliet over six and a half years ago when I decided to trust those pictures over her. She loved me first. I was her first love but no longer the man she loves. I knew from how she looked at him that I had no way of ever getting into her life so I let fear take over me and guide my actions.

Now, it is too late. It is always fucking too late for me.

But I will repent now. I will be here tied and get beaten by the man she loves until he decides to kill me. I see it in his eyes, the wrath, the control he has to exercise in order to not kill me.

It's been four days now since he brought me here and yet it seems like my punishment has only just begun.

The door of the dark room opens and I look up expecting Ivan to come in himself. Instead, it is his right-hand man. Pavel.

"We have somewhere to be" he simply walks up to me and removes the chains hanging from the ceiling but my hands are still in handcuffs.

"Where?" I ask him.

"You'll find out soon" he simply states.

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I am tied to the chair by Ivan's men. I don't bother putting up a fight even when I had the chance to fight them all off to run. I was blindfolded when I was brought but the room is too good to be used for torturing.

"Petra will be here" the man who brought me here says, pointing to the buffed woman standing in the corner.

Before I could ask him anything the door opened and in walked Ivan Petrov. His attire is too casual for today and unlike every time he sees me, there is no scowl on his face but an evil smirk. A smirk that I give my enemies.

"Going to kill me now?" I ask him.

"You'll only wish for death" he says and looks around the room, then gives an impressed nod to his right-hand man.

"We shall see" I lean back in my seat.

"I knew that you feel guilty" he drawls, "but see the thing is you can beg for mercy but Ivan Petrov never forgives especially when it comes to my woman" hearing him call Juliet his makes my eyes twitch with jealousy, "but using you as a punching bag didn't seem to have as much effect as I wanted" he walks towards the pick back wall in front of me and leans against it.