Two months later...
Cayenne noticed something in Nikolai. Several months ago, when he arrived to serve as her chief bodyguard, he took an interest in the Rivera family. Not long after, he visited La Granja and claimed that his family was once close to them. Cayenne was unsure if he was telling the truth or not since Nikolai was in a special situation.
She wasn't even sure which family he was referring to – his real family or the foster family that took care of him.
A few weeks after he arrived, Isabelle Ignacio caught his attention. At first, Cayenne thought he was just cautious toward her since the woman was pretending to be Luiz's girlfriend. However, Cayenne saw him spend more time with her on his day off. In fact, during his rest days, he would spend at least three hours with her.
Cayenne could not take it anymore.
This time, Nikolai would be taking his day off once again. He was already preparing to leave the mansion so he could wander around the city or go wherever he wanted to, but Cayenne stopped him for a minute.
"Do you need something from me, madam?" he asked while walking in her direction.
He appeared stoic and intimidating, but Cayenne wasn't bothered by it. In fact, she saw mirth in his eyes. She could even sense her excitement.
"Can I have a few minutes of your time?"
"Sure," he answered almost instantly and sat on the couch that Cayenne gestured for him to sit on.
Cayenne knew that she didn't have the right to interfere in his private life, but she was worried about her family relationship with the Riveras and Jillyanna Madrigal. She had to do something before things became irreparable.
"Nikolai, have you remembered anything about your life?"
"Why don't you ask Dr. Rivera to come over and let him bring his girlfriend? Or you can ask your brother to bring Belle here as his pretend girlfriend."
Cayenne observed Nikolai during their conversation, but she couldn't tell what the man was thinking. She was also unsure if she was interested in Isabelle Ignacio in a romantic way or if he just wanted to be acquainted with her since she was Eliezer Rivera's girlfriend. Read first on m|v|l|e|mpyr
"Thanks for telling me," Cayenne said and stood up. "I'll invite them next time. You can go and enjoy your day off now."
Nikolai just bowed his head toward her in response and left with a stride of confidence. Cayenne stood in the living room while following the man with her gaze.
"I'm not liking that," Stefan expressed when he came down and found his wife watching someone walk away. "I'll fire him," he said when he got to her side and hugged her.
"Seriously?"
"Uh-huh."
Cayenne blinked her eyes several times, but Stefan didn't change his expression at all. "Uhmm, why would you fire him?"
"Because you were looking at him for almost a minute."
"No, I didn't even notice I was looking at him until you called me. I was just staring into space while thinking of the fact that you helped him recover his memories and severed his ties with the Nikita family."
"Oh," Stefan pulled his wife even closer until there was no space between them and kissed her hard. "I forgot to tell you about it," he whispered after letting go of her. "Is it necessary?"
"Not really. I was just wondering how you did it. By the way, I planned to invite Isabelle Ignacio and Dr. Rivera here. I think it's about time that we tell him about Zeki. Can we do it tomorrow?"
And just like that, Cayenne successfully distracted her husband from entertaining the silly idea of firing her capable bodyguard.