Page 25 of Secret Bratva Baby (Dubrov Bratva #16)

It’s been three months since Rose came home.

She’s had a few difficult nights, plagued by nightmares, where she woke up gasping for breath. And she’s had a few quiet moments crying in the bathroom, sitting on my lap, and letting her emotions out in the safety of my arms.

But other than that, she’s so incredibly strong.

And she’s handled it with grace and laughter, taking time to appreciate the fact that she’s alive, and we’re able to be together.

Not a day goes by that I don’t ask her how she’s feeling. If she needs to talk—I’m here for her. I will always be here for her.

“I got a call from Tania today,” Rose says, walking into my office upstairs at home.

“Oh,” I mutter, nervous to trust Tania despite Rose insisting she was manipulated into everything by her uncle.

Rose throws me a stern look. “We’ve talked about this,” she warns me.

I smile. “I know. How is she?” I ask, rolling my eyes.

“She’s okay. It’s a little tense between us. I think it’s more from her side. She feels horribly guilty and doesn’t understand why I would forgive her. She said her uncle planned to kill me, but she had no idea until they already had me.”

“Mm,” I huff, hating the man and wishing I’d taken his life when I had the chance.

“Anyway, she’s not doing that well. I think she’s confused and depressed. Her cousin came down to help her uncle run things while he’s recovering. But she’s not seeing eye to eye with either of them right now. She wanted to warn me that her uncle and her cousin are furious with us.”

“Let me guess. Her cousin is Artur. The guys who've been messing with my shipments.”

She laughs. “That’s the exact same one. I told her we already know, and he’s already been making it clear he doesn’t like us very much.

I did thank her, though, for telling us.

I mean, at the end of the day, she was betraying her family to warn us.

She said she didn’t want to make the same mistake twice. ”

I nod, listening. Maybe Tania isn’t so bad after all. It takes guts to go against your own family. To know when they’re in the wrong. Maybe I’ll give her a chance after all.

“What are you doing?” Rose asks, lifting my hand away from the keyboard and climbing into my lap.

“I am doing whatever you want me to do, my angel,” I grin, wrapping my arms around her.

“I want you to tell me where we’re going tonight.”

“Ha. Nice try. Not happening,” I snort.

Rose is quiet for a moment as she snuggles against me.

“Hey, my love, we’ve tripled security. There are more guards patrolling our house than ever before. You’re safe here.”

She nods.

“I feel safe, Luka. I promise,” she whispers.

“That’s what I want for you, Rose. If you ever need anything else, you just need to ask. I’ll get a hundred more guards.”

She sits up and glares at me. “How in the world am I supposed to go skinny dipping with a hundred guards walking around the garden?”

“We’ll blindfold them,” I say, as though it’s an obvious solution. “We can’t have you missing out on naked swims.”

She bites her lip. “If you tell me where we’re going tonight, I’ll strip naked right now.” Her eyes sparkle as she pushes her hand between my legs and rubs her fingers over my cock.

I groan, rocking up against her touch.

“Is it a deal?” she whispers, nibbling at my ear.

“You’re cheating,” I say, fighting for control.

“Is that a yes, though?”

Using all my willpower, I lift her off my lap and set her down on the floor next to me. “Go away. You’re way too naughty. I’m not telling you.”

She spins and shakes her hips at me. “Your loss,” she laughs and walks out of my office.

“Yes, it is,” I sigh, turning back to the laptop.

***

That night at seven o’clock, after Lily had been dropped off at Jade, I drove Rose towards the ocean.

She’s wearing a soft silk dress and a fluffy coat to stay warm. She looks beautiful and elegant.

She’s given up asking me what the surprise is and instead, she’s glued to the window, trying to guess as we drive through the city.

“The restaurant on the roof of that hotel. The one that spins?”

“Nope.”

“Is it a fancy hotel?”

“Nope.”

She huffs.

When we pull up at the parking lot near the beach, I take her and Lily too, and she looks over at me in confusion.

“Are we going to the beach?” she asks.

“Yes.”

“It’s dark, though, and I have high heels on—"

“Take them off. Walk barefoot.”

I climb out of the car and walk around to open her door. She kicks her shoes off in the car, smiling with curiosity.

When I pull the blindfold out of my pocket, she pouts her lip out.

“Just trust me, angel.”

She turns her back to me and lets me tie it over her eyes.

I guide her over the sand, close to the water’s edge.

She walks confidently, with full trust in me, until I pull her to a stop in front of a hundred fairy lights, draped over a massive white arch, covered in roses. Candles are scattered over the sand around our feet, and there are big glowing letters, in bold pink, saying Will you marry me, Rose?

I step away from her, get down onto my knee in the sand in front of her, and hold out the ring.

“You can take off the blindfold now,” I grin.

She pulls the knot open, and it falls away.

Her mouth drops open. Rose stares at the scene around her, and her breathing gets faster.

She looks down at me and before I’ve had a chance to actually ask her, she dives into me, screaming, “Yes.” She knocks me backwards and smothers me with a tight hug, her arms wrapped around my neck.

I’m laughing so hard I can barely get out from beneath her.

She keeps saying yes, yes, yes.

“Wait, I didn’t ask you,” I laugh, pulling her to her feet and kneeling again.

“Rose, will you do the honor, and make me the happiest man in the world—will you marry me?”

“Yes,” she squeals, and dives onto my lap again. This time I’m ready, though, and I catch her as I stand, swinging her, holding her close.

When she’s calmed down, I slip the ring onto her finger and kiss her.

It’s a kiss that sends a thousand bolts of lightning through me. It’s beautiful. It’s our future. It’s everything I’ve ever wanted.

“Now, we’re going to a fancy dinner on a rooftop and then a fancy hotel,” I laugh.

“I knew it all along,” she sasses, cradled in my arms as I carry her back to the car. All the way there, she keeps kissing me.

“Can we skip the dinner and order room service…after…” she grins.

“My beautiful fiancée can have anything she wants.”

I drive her straight to the hotel and carry her to the bed.

She shrugs the coat off, and I run my hands over her body, enjoying the silk between us and how it lets my hands glide over her like water.

I sit on the edge of the bed and pull Rose onto my lap with her back facing me.

She sits on my lap, dancing slowly, slipping the straps from her shoulders, and letting the dress slide slowly off her body.

She lets it slip to the floor, and I stare at her beauty in disbelief.

“I can’t stop loving you,” I whisper, reaching out to touch her.

“Stop talking and fuck me,” she says, making my heart race with desire.

I grab her and throw her onto the bed, and she lies on her back, grinning at me, teasing me as she spreads her legs wider.

I tug my belt off, tossing it aside as I pull my cock free.

I kick my pants off, letting them lie on the floor next to my shirt and her dress.

Rose scoots away from me, suddenly playing hard to get, but I grab her ankle and pull her roughly back towards me. She giggles and scratches her nails down my back when I press my body over hers, pinning her to the bed.

She bites her lip, seductive and slow.

I push her legs open, and she gasps as I rub my cock over her pussy.

“You belong to me now, princess. I’m never letting you go.”

“I want to be yours forever,” she whispers. I thrust my cock into her, and she cries out with pleasure.

We fuck like we’ve just fallen in love. Like the world belongs to us. I wrap my hand around her throat, and she tilts her head back as my cock plunges into her, stretching her perfect little pussy open for me.

Rose moans, those sweet, beautiful sounds falling from her lips each time I move inside her. She’s perfect. She’s everything to me.

I cup my hand over her breast and tease her nipple, and she locks her legs around my waist.

I push forward again, moving faster, deeper, feeling her legs begin to shake around me.

Rose digs her fingers into my skin, and I fuck her even harder.

Her pussy tightens over my cock, pulsing and throbbing and locking me inside her. I push deeper, and she explodes around me. I can feel every twitch of her body, her sharp intake of breath as the orgasm rolls through her again and again.

I explode inside her, holding her tight against me.

My fiancée.

Soon to be my wife.

I will spend the rest of my life falling in love with her in every single way possible.

She is mine.

And I am hers.

*****

THE END