Mafia Men: Nikolai's Inferno - Chapter 36: Chapter 36

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He blew the candle and cut a piece of cake. He fed it to me and I did the same to him. The friendship I formed with Scott within a month here, was the one I was grateful for. There was no awkwardness given our history. It's like since the day I have been on my own Scott had started to respect me, he completely changed, it's something I still don't understand why.
We moved to the living room couch next to watch a movie. I put on an action movie, it was his birthday so, I had to listen to him today. We have watched movies together a few times and it was always a cute chick flick that is painfully predictable but Scott and I watched it anyway.
I propped my legs over his lap as we watched the cars racing down the road. I have no idea why he liked that stuff. His hands touched my feet, resting on his lap. He softly started to massage them.
I closed my eyes and heaved a blissful sigh at the relaxing feeling. He knew what he was doing. His hands worked their way up my calves. A breathless moan slipped from my lips, I opened my eyes to see Scott staring at me with half-lidded, lust-filled eyes. I had seen that look before.
His hand traveled up my legs and I didn't stop him. He gently pushed the dress up my legs and caressed the skin of my thighs.
I didn't even think about another man in this way after Nikolai. He was soon to be married and there was no hope for us anyway, I needed to move on with my life and right now Scott seemed like a good enough option to move on. 1
Although his touch wasn't as arousing as Nikolai's, I still felt a spark between my legs. I didn't need love in my life. You don't have to be in love with another person to be intimate with them.
Scott gripped my ankles and suddenly pulled me down on the couch as he hovered over me. The movement was so sudden that my breath got caught in my throat.
"Scott... I..." I was breathless, my mind was in a haze.
"If you don't like it then just tell me to stop" he whispered on my lips, I swallowed and nodded.
He nuzzled his face into my neck where he kissed me, I closed my eyes and tried to enjoy the feel of his body over me. He darted out his tongue and swiped it across my neck before pulling the skin into his mouth and aggressively sucking on it. I suddenly remembered how Nikolai's single kiss would drive me mad.
For some reason, this didn't feel as good as that. Scott trailed kisses down to my chest and stopped to look into my eyes. My erected nipples peeked through the flimsy material of my dress and Scott nipped at it from over my clothes. He pulled my nipple between his teeth, and all of a sudden he hardly bit on it making me wince.
"Scott..." I gently pushed on his shoulder.
He kissed his way up to my chin and then stopped. He eyed my lips before leaning in for a kiss. Just as he was about to kiss me, I turned my head. His lips landed on my cheeks, I pushed on his shoulder one more time.
"Scott, I can't... I just can't..."
He got off of me and sat back on his knees on the couch, he ran his hand through his hair frustratedly with a confused expression on his face. 2
"What's wrong?" he asked
I also got out from underneath him and adjusted my dress and my hair. I shook my head. "I can't... do this... with you"
I didn't even know the reason behind my hesitation but I knew that I can't get intimate with any other man even if I tried. I still hadn't moved on from him.
Scott laughed but it wasn't amused laughter, it was dark and twisted. "It's him, isn't it?"
I furrowed my eyebrows. "What?"
"It's Niko, you can't kiss me because of him"
"No, that's not what this is..."
He stood up and glanced up at the ceiling in a way to hide his annoyance. "If I ask you something, would you tell me the fucking truth?"
I nodded. "Yes, of course"
"Did you think about him while I was over you?" 1
My lips parted, and my muscles went stiff. "W-what?"
"Were you thinking about Niko? Don't fucking lie to me, Evangeline"
Evangeline...
It was the first time, Scott had called me Evangeline...
I looked down at my lap and then back at him. He looked pained, pissed, and disappointed. "Yes..." I didn't lie.
A sardonic laugh escaped him "Fuck! Fuck!"
"Scott, what I feel for him doesn't change what I feel for you. It's different..." I tried to reason.
"How the fuck is that different?" he almost shouted.
"I care for you..."
"I don't need your goddamn care, Evangeline!" I breathed out a laugh and shook his head. "I can't believe I wasted a fucking month of my life for this shit..." 2
His words were like someone had poured a bucket of cold water over my head. My whole body went stiff as I stared at him with nothing but shock and hurt. "What did you say?"
His eyes warped into a miserable black, the darkness of the Cosa Nostra dripping from them. "You heard me"
A muscle in my jaw ticked. "What the hell do you mean, Scott?"
"The only reason I was here is that I wanted to fuck you" he laughed, running a hand through his hair. "I waited for a month and acted like a perfect gentleman. Only to listen to this shit? I care for you? Really, Evangeline? What do you think I am, a high school boy crazy in your love?"
I was lost for words. I couldn't believe that it was the same Scott that had been spending time with me for the past few weeks.
"What is wrong with you, Scott?" I asked.
"Fuck off!" he snarled at me, spinning on his heel and heading for the door. But just as he was about to leave, he stopped, turning back with a dangerous glint in his eyes.
He let out a laugh with a twisted satisfaction. "Oh, and one more thing-it's not my fucking birthday, and my father didn't just drop dead. I'm the one who put a bullet in the bastard's head. That whole sob story?
Just a ploy to get into your pants. Didn't work, did it? But hey, thanks for the fucking cake." 1
He gave a final, mocking look and slammed the door behind him with such force that the walls rattled.
I sat there on the same couch, too stunned to respond to all that.