Mafia Men: Nikolai's Inferno - Chapter 102: Chapter 102

.Nikolai.
"I don't want to be with you, I can't live like this..."
I nodded, looking down at the floor, "Evangeline..."
"Nikolai..."
Whatever she was going to say got interrupted by the knock on the door. Sighing, she stood up and walked to it.
The fucker from the morning entered her apartment, the one she called her boyfriend, the previous warmth left my body as the resentment took over in mere seconds. What the fuck was he doing in my wife's bedroom at this time of the night?!
"What are you doing here?" she asked, sounding a little shaken up.
"I couldn't sleep, I wanted to apologize..." he trailed off before he frowned and touched her neck, "Wait, is that blood? Are you alright?!"
"Enzo, now is not the good time-"
"Why?"
I couldn't fucking take it anymore as I decided to intervene, "Because she is with her fucking husband right now!"
His eyes went wide and he pulled out his gun in a second, "What is he doing here?"
"I could ask you the same fucking thing!"
She came between us, placing both of her hands over our chests to keep us away from one another. "Nikolai, Enzo, stop it. You are not children, for God's sake!"
I turned to her, "What is he doing here? At this time of the night?!"
"Nothing!" she snapped at me and then looked at the fucker, "Enzo was just leaving!"
"I'm not leaving you alone with him," he gestured towards me with his chin.
I made Evangeline look at me by grabbing her chin and forcing her to look at me, "Are you fucking him?"
Her eyes widened, "What?"
"Fucking answer me," I said, I kept my voice low, afraid that I might lose my temper with her.
One second, I wanted t love her with everything in me, the next second, I wanted to snap her in half like a fucking twig. How can a girl mess me the fuck up like this?!
She pointed a finger at my face, "Don't you dare demand anything from me!" she placed both of her palms over my chest and pushed me back, "How many girls have you fucked while I was gone?! And don't even think about lying to me, Nikolai, because I don't care if you slept with half of the New York, what I want is a fucking divorce."
"Yeah, best of luck getting a divorce from me, Evangeline. You are fucking tied to me for life and I will make sure it stays that way till my last fucking breath!"
"Or I could shoot you right now and free her from you!" the fucker named Enzo voiced.
I glanced at him and laughed, "Try it..."
The cocking of his gun resounded in the room and Evangeline's eyes widened. She again got between us and this time, she faced him, "Enzo, get out!"
"I'm not leaving "
"OH, FOR THE LAST TIME, ENZO JUST DO WHAT YOU'RE FUCKING TOLD! GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY ROOM!"
Enzo looked between the both of us before he nodded and lowered his gun. I made sure to give him the nastiest smirk before he stomped out of the room and Evangeline slammed the door shut.
She strode to the home bar and poured herself a drink, neither of us said a word.
I sighed, it was difficult, so fucking difficult to say those words, "I never cheated, Evangeline, not even once. My father wasn't a good man but he was a good husband, his wife was his whole world and so is mine. I never took our marriage as a joke."
She was the only one who could make me fucking batshit crazy and then fucking reduced me to a vulnerable ordinary man.
She clutched the glass to her chest, watching me with a deep frown, "Then why would you assume that I had cheated?!"
"You told me yourself this morning!" I snapped at her.
She groaned and drank the whole glass, cringing at the aftertaste, "I was trying to mess with you! Enzo is nothing but someone who works for me. He is Uncle Luca's right hand man!"
I raised an eyebrow and moved closer to her making her take a step back, "Someone who works for you? Luca's right hand man? So, all the talk about a ruthless angel back in Sicily was true?"
She lifted a shoulder, "I'm not ruthless. I can never be ruthless that's not me..."
I smiled at her, she seemed taken aback by the gesture but managed to force a smile in return. "I missed you," I whispered, "I have never said this to someone but I missed you so much that I wished you were fucking dead."
That made her laugh, "Wow, that makes sense. Only you'd wish death upon someone you dearly missed but my question is... Why?"
"What do you mean?"
"Why did you miss me? Don't you remember what you put me through when I was with you? What's the point of missing me after I'm gone when you didn't even care if I was dead or alive when I lived right in your fucking home?!" her tone was sharp.
"I made a mistake, alright?!"
She pursed her lips, looking at me emotionlessly, "I made a mistake too. I made a mistake of falling in love with you. I don't want you here, Nikolai. No matter what you say, no matter what you do, I'm not coming back to you," she pointed between us. "All this... all this is bullshit. The second you get me back into that house of yours, you will turn back into your old self. You are standing here and telling me all this because you think this is what I want to hear but you are a year too late for that."
I gave my head a subtle shake, "Evangeline..."
And for the first time since I have been here in her apartment, her voice broke, "I waited for you, day and night, I yearned for you. I cried myself to sleep, hoping that I'd wake up and find you sleeping right next to me but I can't do it anymore. All those feelings faded away that night in your apartment. I can't put myself through that again, I know better than to just..." she took a deep breath. "Just go, Nikolai... We are no good for one another."
"You are not getting a divorce" I declared.
She glared at me, "I will or-"
I stepped closer to her, cutting her off, "Or what? You will ruin me?" I scoffed and shook my head. "You already have!"
I pushed past her and opened the door to her suite. Her so-called boyfriend was standing right outside. The rage that had built up inside of me needed a release and that fucker looked like a perfect target. Without thinking, I slammed my fist onto his jaw. He banged onto the wall behind him and then got up ready to fight me.
"Enzo!" came her voice, and that made him stop immediately, "Get out, Nikolai. Don't you dare touch any of my men ever again! Or next time, I will make sure that the bullet pierces right into your heart!"
I laughed, looking at her from over my shoulder, "Is that a threat, wife?"
She stuck her nose in the air, "It's a warning..."
I glared at the fucker holding his nose, "You what a divorce, Evangeline? Let's see how hard you're willing go work for it. Let's see who can shed more blood"
She looked at me with nothing but hate. Fuck, it fucking hurt to look in her eyes, "It doesn't have to be this way, Nikolai!"
I opened my arms, stepping back down the hallway, "It's the only way I know. I'm a monster," I tilted my head to the side, "Remember?"
Giving her one last wink, I turned and walked away from her.