Mafia Men: Nikolai's Inferno - Chapter 111: Chapter 111

•Evangeline.
I pressed the phone to my ear and sighed, shaking my head, "No..."
"Evangeline..." his tone was almost scolding.
"I can't, Nikolai..."
He sighed, "It's just a charity event. I'm a happily married man, I can't show up alone."
I lifted a shoulder, "Why would I accompany you?"
"Because you are my wife, whether you like it or not. Do you want other women to accompany me?" he asked.
I pinched the bridge of my nose, exhaling tiredly, "Who accompanied you to these kinds of events when I wasn't here?"
"No one..."
I scoffed, "Yeah, right..."
"I have pictures to prove my innocence," I could easily pick up the playful hint in his words.
"Then go alone again."
"I can't..."
"Why not?!"
"BECAUSE I'M TRYING..." he yelled out making me pull away from the phone, "It's fucking difficult but I am fucking trying, Evangeline. I'm trying to earn you. How the fuck am I supposed to earn you if you refuse to see me. I hadn't broken in this time," his volume dropped too low at the end of his sentence.
A hint of a smile crept over my lips, "So, it has nothing to do with Lorenzo being in my captivity?"
He laughed, "Sweetheart if I wanted to bust him out, I would have by now. I don't have to make a fool out of my woman to get my man back. I trust you, you said he was unharmed and you will let him go when you think it's the right time. I'm letting you have all the power here, Evangeline. You have all the fucking power over me, I have no fucking idea what more I can do, I'm trying..." his voice was soft, tender, a tone I have only heard once before when I was kidnapped and he was the one who apologized for it.
"How do I know you won't fall into your old patterns once you have everything your way again?" I asked, twirling a strand of my hair around my finger.
"I don't think it will be anything like before between us, you've changed Evangeline and so have I. The Evangeline I knew would never do the vicious things you did to me last night. I can still feel you all over me, baby girl. I can fucking taste you on my tongue, I could-"
I cringed, "Just shut up! That doesn't-"
He cut me off, "I'm trying, Evangeline, for you. I don't want to lose you, baby girl. You make the rules, you tell me what you want and I'll fucking make it happen. I really want to take you with me, not for appearances, not because I'm a married man, none of that shit, I want to talk to you; I want to spend some fucking time with you. There is something I really want to fucking tell you before I fucking chicken out." That intrigued me, "What?"
"Come with me to the event first..."
I sighed, "I'll think about it."
"It's tomorrow night..."
"I said, I'll think about it"
"But-"
I hung up and then I remembered what I was about to do before Nikolai called me and distracted me from the task at hand.
I dialed Uncle Luca's number and waited for him to pick up, once he did, he asked questions about everything and everyone, especially Nikolai. He wanted to ask when I will be coming back. I told him about Nikolai not agreeing to the divorce.
"Uncle, Enzo is being difficult," I trailed off hesitantly. I know how close Enzo and Uncle Luca were. He considered him his son. He had basically adopted Enzo and his little brother Dante when they were way too young.
"Why? What did he do?"
"He wants to go to war. Uncle, for Nikolai this war will be like taking candy from a baby. He's holding back, he's going easy on us because of me but Enzo doesn't see that. He looking for a reason to stir up this war. I'm very tempted to kill him but he is your second in command, he is important to you."
Uncle Luca sighed on the other end, I could imagine him thinking with his fingers pinching the bridge of his nose, "I don't want him to die, Evangeline, he is crazy like that. He always has been since he was a child."
"He had already made himself a prime target when he beat up Nikolai's enforcer, Lorenzo Vitelli."
"He did what?!"
"Nikolai hadn't touched a single one of our men but if he knew about this... I really don't know what to do." I whispered, "I don't want people to die."
"Send him back," he ordered.
I furrowed my eyebrows, "What?"
"Send him back to Sicily before that idiot gets himself killed."
"Okay, I will, but I'm locking him up in a cell till he leaves, so he doesn't do anything stupid."
"Yeah, keep Dante close to you, Evangeline."
"Okay, I will..." I hung up and tossed my phone on the bed.
Mumbling lowly in resentment, I walked out of my suite to get to the elevator. I pushed the button to get down, I continuously tapped my foot on the ground as I watched the numbers going down.
I have had enough of his behavior, his subversion, and his disregard for anything I say. The second the elevator doors slid open I strode out of the building and saw Enzo surrounded by a couple of our men. "Enzo!"
His head snapped in my direction and he made his way to me with a scowl of his own.
"What the fuck you were doing with the enemy?" he asked the second he approached me.
My eyes narrowed and my teeth clenched together. "You're going back to Sicily!" "What?"
"You're going back to Sicily. It's Luca's order."
He laughing scoffed, his eyes darkening with resentment. "What the fuck was Costello doing in your bedroom, Evangeline? Are you sleeping with the enemy?"
"Why do you think that you can question me, Enzo? You are the one who answers to me! I have had enough of you acting like you're the fucking boss here. You're the second in command, you'll always be the second," I stepped closer to him, glaring into his eyes, "You are going back to Italy and that's final. Go and pack your fucking bags!"
He laughed, shaking his head, "Why the fuck do you want me gone?" he raised his voice as if he wanted everyone around t hear us. 1
I gave him an impassive look, "Because you disobeyed a direct order from me and it's not the first time that had happened. I'm done with you not showing me the respect I deserve as a Moretti. I know, Enzo, I know that for the longest time you thought that Uncle Luca will hand over everything to you and then one day I suddenly popped out of nowhere and ruined your plans. But it's done now, it's over, Enzo. Man up and accept it. The sooner you accept it the better it will be for you or your time will end the second Luca Moretti's reign is over."
He laughed like I have told him the funniest joke in the world. His hostile behavior pissed me off, I crossed my arms over my chest and waited for him to tell me what was so fucking funny.
"I'm sorry, I didn't get the joke..."
"Just say it..."
I lifted an eyebrow, "Say what?"
"Say that THE ONLY REASON YOU WANT ME GONE IS THAT YOU WANT TO FUCK THAT ASSHOLE WITHOUT FEELING GUILTY ABOUT IT," he raised his voice even higher.
Now that made me laugh, "Why would I feel guilty about it? I can fuck him or anyone I want, why would I feel guilty about it?!"
"Because you are fucking WEAK, you talk a big game, Evangeline, but that's all there is to you. I don't fucking care what you want me to do, I'm not leaving until NIKOLAI COSTELLO IS DEAD."
I was suddenly taken aback by the words that left his mouth. Hearing him say Nikolai and dead in the same sentence rubbed me off the wrong way. It made my blood boil.
In a second, I fisted his shirt, "When did it become about killing him?! It was never about killing him!"
A self-satisfied smirk formed over his face, "I'm beginning to doubt your loyalty to this family..."
I squinted my eyes at him, looking at him with as much disgust as I could. "Go back to Italy, and fucking stay there. It's a fucking warning, Enzo..." I pushed him back with my fist.
"Or what? You'll kill me?" he chuckled, "I'd like to see you try. You are nothing but Costello's Bitch, Evangeline." 1
My pulse raced so hard that it felt like it will burst out of my chest. I pulled out my gun from my holster and shot him in the foot. It was a mercy, t was for Luca, or else I would have shot him between the eyes.
He yelled out a string of profanities before he tried to launch himself on me, a couple of soldiers ran in our direction, immediately holding Enzo back from me. 1
He pointed a finger at me, "You're going to fucking regret this!"
"Throw him in one of the cells and let him fucking bleed to his death!" I ordered.
"What happened here?" I heard Dante's voice from behind me, "Enzo?" he looked extremely concerned, staring at his brother's foot bleeding out profusely.
"DON'T YOU GUYS SEE WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?" Enzo yelled out to the men around him, "She brought us to our death, she will fucking hand us to her husband to do as he pleases! Nikolai Costello killed Mary Moretti, and instead of taking her revenge, she had been fucking him while all of us are trying to protect her from the same fucking man. She doesn't need our protection when the only enemy can get in and out of our home without any repercussions! She is trying to get us killed!"
"GET YOU KILLED?!" I couldn't help but shout at him, I was frustrated and pissed off, "Since the day we got here, Nikolai Costello hadn't touched a single one of our men, why? Because of me. With a snap of his finger, he can wipe out every single one of us. I have seen his power, I've lived in his power. If you think you can face him on your own, then you're welcome to do as you please but once he fucks you up, don't come running back to me with your tail between your fucking legs. You want to take all these men to their death, be my fucking guest!"
Enzo smirked, I could see the sweat coating his skin as he lost more blood, "Aren't you the one who told me that as long as we have Lorenzo, we can control Costello?" he tilted his head to the side, putting on a mocking frown.
I pointed my finger in his face, "Don't bring him into this, you have already caused enough damage!"
"Enzo, you are losing too much blood," Dante added, stepping between both of us.
He glanced at his brother with a frown, "Whose side are you on, Mio Fratello?"
"There are no sides here, Enzo. We all are on the same side." Dante snapped.
"I will never bow down to Costello or his whore," Enzo sneered, spitting on the ground as he called me Nikolai's whore.
I turned to the other soldiers, "Didn't you hear what I said?! Throw him in a fucking cell!"
They dragged him away and Dante followed his brother. I took a deep breath and looked around, my men were staring at me with deep frowns. I have never seen this look on their faces before.
Either Enzo's words got to their heads or they were just pissed at me for shooting one of our own.
I hope it's the latter.