HER MR. VOLKOV (Her Volkovs Book 3)

Chapter 7. Shots Fired.

Belle's POV

"I will take care of you and our baby. You will temporarily live with Amy at the penthouse. I understand that she's a nurse and she's out of her job so I'm going to offer her to be your personal nurse. She can name her price. I will be assigning security details for you. I will give you everything that you need. I will provide for you and the baby. Just take good care of yourself and our little Viktor."

I honestly don't know what to say. I know that Alexei wants to look after me and the baby but for as long as I am with him, Nikolai will forever be connected to me. I will never have peace of mind. What he did to me will keep on coming back. And it would be too unfair to Alexei.

"Alexei you don't have to do this. I can take care of myself."

"I am not asking permission. I am doing this for you and the baby. For us. "

"And then what? I become the other woman? Wait in the sideline and when you feel like touching me, you just come and then you leave again?"

Alexei leaned his head backward and clenched his jaw. "There is no other woman. There's a reason why we are doing this and it's not what you think it is."

I removed myself from him, "She and Nikolai were so cozy with each other. She even said that she misses Nikolai and them being together. And Nikolai himself was not uncomfortable with that."

"We will talk about this after my brother and I have handled this shit. It is better that you don't know what's happening for your own good. Especially now that we know that you are carrying a Volkov. We just can't risk it."

"Right." Is all that I can mutter.

He reached for my hand and palmed it with his. "We need you to trust us."

"Perhaps you should tell that to Nikolai." I snorted.

"He is who he is. And I can't blame him for losing his shit. You are his Belle. His baby. His first girlfriend and most surely his last. His Mrs. Volkov. His reactions might be a little too much but I will not fault him for showing what he feels."

I removed my hand from Alexei and looked outside as he continues.

"Before he met you, he was not the kind who commits himself to a woman. And he surely was not the kind who would even consider bringing a woman in his own bedroom. One night, he called me and ordered to bring you to the house and make you sleep in his bed because he wants to spend the night with you. At first, I could not believe my ears but I realized that the man was so fucking serious. He even cut short his meeting and flew back that same night just to be with you."

I then remember waking up that morning all wrapped in Nikolai's arms. It was our first night and morning together.

I blinked a couple of times to prevent my eyes from forming tears. Hormones please stop!

"This whole love thing is driving him crazy. This is all new to him princess. He is VOLKOV. People fear him. Frightened by just the mention of his name. Always gets what and who he wants. You Mary Arabella Volkov is the exception to all of that. Trust me, my brother is trying his best. He is just handling things his way. The Volkov way."

"And meanwhile I'm supposed to bear everything.... Is that it?"

"Come here..." He said while pulling me to his side closer and tighter.

Ugh! When will these two learn to stop manhandling me? I'm pregnant for goodness sakes!

"We now have a baby to think of. My brother and I will sort this out. Just give us a little time."