The Varkas Brothers And Their Princess novel Chapter 175

aines caressed my cheek with a small smile on his face, but I was too terrified even to do anything.

“The difference between your husband and me,” he continued, his voice soft and low, “is that I know it all, Belladonna. I know how slutty and shameless you are.”

“I’m not shameless,” I snarled when I finally regained my ability to speak, my eyes hard on him.

He just tilted his head. “You aren’t? Someone who sleeps with a different man every night isn’t shameful? Someone who isn’t satisfied with one round? Let’s be for real, Belladonna. You’re a slut who needs to be drilled every night to be able to hold on to her sanity. Correct me if I’m lying.”

“That’s in the past,” I corrected, but my voice was low, weak.

Raines seems to find my weakness a delight, because his smile widened even more. “Oh, Belladonna. We both know that’s not true. The past and the present are the same. You’re just enduring; you haven’t changed.”

“I have,” I said again, but those were just empty words. They weren’t true. Because deep, deep down, I know I haven’t changed even for a bit. I know if I got a chance with Kade, I would jump on him, consequences be damned. I would suck him dry if he let me. I would be on his dick till it fell off.

I haven’t changed. Not even one bit. I was just holding on… Hanging on.

Fuck…

Raines, seeing as he got to me, his expression turned soft, and his touch became tender. “See? I know you more than he does. I know what you like and how you are. He doesn’t know anything. Who do you think is better? A man who knows everything about you or a man who only knows what he sees?”

My head dropped and his hand slipped away from me, and breathing came easier to me.

“You’re right,” I muttered.

“Of course I am,” he gushed.

I raised my head so I could look at his face. “But I’m selfish, Raines. More selfish than a human should be. So what if he doesn’t know all my dark secrets? What if he doesn’t know all the parts of me? That’s my fault, not his. I hid all the parts of me. I stayed in the closet with my skeleton. So it isn’t his fault at all. It’s all mine. I would tell him. I will, and if he sees that I’m not worth his time, I still wouldn’t let him go. I will hold on to him. And I know he would let me still hold on, because he’s Kade. My husband. You don’t stand a chance, Raines.”

Raines‘ expression grew so dark, that I feared he might pull out a gun and shoot me in the face, but he didn’t do any of that. Instead, he pulled away from me, putting some space between us.

“I see you’ve already made your mind,” he said, his voice unnervingly soft.

I nodded. “Nothing’s taking me away from Kade. He’s mine, and I’m his.”

Raines went back to his seat, picking up his hat, and he turned to me, looking polite and professional. “Have a

nice day, Mrs. Varkas. We’ll definitely be seeing each other again.”

I watched him as he left, an unsettling feeling in my guts. That man was weird, sure, but he looked like someone who wouldn’t give up until he had what he wanted.

I had to tell Kade. I couldn’t let anything come between us. We’ve been through a lot already, we couldn’t have any more problems. He said he would wait… He did, but that didn’t mean I would just sit still, and do nothing.

Raines was a threat to our relationship, so I had to make sure he didn’t get what he wanted.

I stood up, leaving the room, and Gianna was waiting outside just as I thought she would.

“You heard everything?” I asked as I headed to the elevator without looking at her.

Gianna has seen all parts of me that I wasn’t proud of showing anyone. She has seen me in my lowest low, and when I’ve hit rock bottom every time, but she still stayed even after seeing everything. She still chose to stay even when she could get any job that she wanted.

She was a woman of many talents, and a lot of people wanted her to work with them. If she left, it would be my loss, not hers.

“I did,” she answered as we entered the elevator. “But like I’ve always done, I would mind my business.”

“I don’t want you to,” I said, looking ahead, my hands clasped together. “I want you to interfere in this, Gianna, because I’m lost.”

She was silent for a while, the air heavy between us. Then, “Tell him. Everything. Don’t hide anything from him, Belladonna. That man has been through enough.”

Somehow, it felt like she was pleading with me. I rested my back on the wall, my chest tight. “I was planning

to.”

“Good.”

“But what do you think his reaction will be? Do you think he’ll hate me? Think I’m just a slut and get tired of me?”

“Belladonna,”

Gianna’s voice was so soft that I couldn’t help but look at her, a lump in my throat.

“Kade loves you. If you haven’t noticed it, then I would say you’re the biggest fool that ever existed.”

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