Chapter 81 - 80

Behind Nicholas, Dimitri saw Aurora shuffling down the stairs, so he put his gun away. "Aurora are you okay? Did they hurt you?" Dimitri screamed.

"Tsk, tsk. Down boy," Nicholas waved his finger, stopping Dimitri from going to Aurora. The man escorting her, showing him the gun pointed at her head.

Aurora's eyes filled with tears as soon as she saw Dimitri, but she could not go to him right away, they had threatened her that they would kill him if she did.

"Awww... Isn't that so sweet? Such a sweet reunion. I'm lucky to be a witness to this," Nicholas mocked after he signaled Dimitri he could go and meet Aurora at the bottom of the stairs.

Dimitri hugged her so tight that she could not breathe. He was relieved that he could touch her again. He breathed in her scent, and for a moment, everything felt right again. But they both knew this was far from over.

Aurora's tears drenched his shirt with her uncontrollable crying, "Shh... I'm here, everything will be fine," Dimitri murmured into her ears, "We're going to get out of this horrible place soon."

Then he focused on the bandage on her head, "Who did this to you?" he asked angrily.

"It.. it was an accident," she explained, "Let's...Let's just get out of here. Please…," she begged. 

But Dimitri still saw red, and he was not going to leave out of there without inflicting any kind of a pain to Nicholas. They were walking past him when Dimitri went back and punched Nicholas' smug face.

Nicholas knew that if Dimitri wanted to kill him right now, he would have been dead already, regardless of him being surrounded by his armed guards. Dimitri could probably have wiped out everybody in the building, but because his wife was there, Nicholas had leverage.

"What was that for?" Nicholas mocked, "You got your wife back, as promised."

"That's for laying a hand on her. She wouldn't have this bandage on her head for nothing, you asshole," Dimitri fumed. 

"Your wife said it was an accident, wasn't it Aurora?" Nicholas stared at her and dared her to say otherwise. Aurora nodded, she did not want to aggravate Dimitri much further. "My guard got butterfingers, but she's all patched up now, so there's nothing to worry about," he dismissed.

"Are you okay? Does it hurt?" Dimitri asked lovingly to his wife.

"I'm okay, please, let's go home," Aurora pleaded.

Dimitri turned towards the door, "You will get what you want, but don't think I'm done with you," he warned.

Nicholas was still astounded by how gentle Dimitri had been with his wife, a tiger can change stripes, after all, he thought. That deal would not have fallen through without Aurora.

In the car, Dimitri was holding Aurora in his arms, he was relishing that they were finally together while she was numb from the pain of betrayal, the bump on her head, and the exhaustion from what happened. 

He thought she was shaken up by today's event, so he decided to let her have time for herself. It was a lot to take in, and he knew if he opened his mouth now, nothing was going to be resolved.

As soon as they got home, she went straight to their bedroom, locking herself alone. She was not ready to face him right now, maybe not ever.

Dimitri stood outside their door when he heard the lock click, there was nothing he could say to make everything better, so he thought time usually heals all wounds, so that is what he would give her. 

But as always, he was impatient when things are not going his way, he thought an hour or two would be enough for her to contemplate on their situation and maybe relax so they could talk about the whole thing with cooler heads. 

When she didn't come to see him, he started banging on the door, and when she did not come, he got the key and opened the door himself. That's where he found her sobbing at the foot of the bed. 

"Sweetheart…," he said as he tried to pick her up and lay her on the bed. 

"Stop… stop… go away," she said as she tried to scramble away from him.

Dimitri felt crushed, he thought she was blaming him for the kidnapping and getting hurt. "I'm sorry. It was my mistake. I didn't think he could get past the guards. There won't be a next time for this, nobody will touch you ever again," he answered. 

But she just glared at him. Did he think that explanation was enough for everything that happened?

"You're a liar!" she accused. 

"I am not… I promise my life, they will never get to you ever again," he stressed. 

"You did this. You! It's all because of you!" she cited.

"I didn't do this. What are you talking about?" he asked. He already knew this was all because of him, but why was she angry with him accusing him of lying. He got her out of there didn't he?

"What are you saying? If you don't tell me, I will never know," he said as he turned her face toward him. The hurt in her eyes was very evident, and he wanted to erase them from being there.

"You lied to me," she sobbed, as she shook her chin from his grasp, "You're the leader of the most notorious mafia group in this country, and you think you can hide that from me?"

He was stunned, no wonder she locked him out of their bedroom. That asshole Nicholas did more damage than he expected. It took a second for him to recover and figure out a way to break everything to her gently, so they won't end up fighting with each other. 

"It's not like that… I wanted to shield you away from that part of my life. I didn't tell you because I didn't want you to get involved and get hurt," he explained.