I called Alex and told him to meet me in the hospital wing and ended the call before he could ask questions, if I told him Sofia was back he'd just tell me to go to stop drinking and go to sleep.
I've been drinking since the Russians sent us multiple videos of Sofia bloody laying on the floor in her underwear. I received a message with a red rose right after we watched the video clip and my heart stopped...
*DAY AFTER SOFIA GOT TAKEN*
"Levi, do you have a location?" I asked impatiently while pacing in front of his desk. I haven't slept trying to find the she devil.
After Sofia saw Steven laying on the ground everything happened so fast, I took my eyes off of her for five seconds and she was gone.
"No boss still nothing but an Unknown device is trying to send me something," Levi said turning the screen toward me. Alex and James stood next to me while we carefully watched the black screen change and a bloody Sofia appeared, her wrists were bleeding but not as much as her back. Watching her in so much pain made my heart clench every time a sound left her mouth.
I couldn't watch the whole video but Alex did.
When it was done a knock at the door interrupted the silence that fell over the room that was only filled with Sofia's screams mere seconds ago. Max walked in carrying a single rose with a red note attached to it.
'Unfortunately, her time ran out but don't worry she'll be the devil's favorite'
*Current time*
When Sofia showed up in my office I thought it was one of my hallucinations which happened frequently but they always stopped when I tried touching her.
I waited outside for her to finish so I could make sure I wasn't just dreaming this, I won't leave her side for the next few days if she's actually back. I got pulled out of my thoughts when I heard the guys scream like little girls while running toward Sofia who was walking out.
I stopped them before they could jump on her not being sure where she had wounds or felt pain.
"Noah I swear if you don't let me go right now I'll strangle you in your sleep brother" Alex wiggled out of my hold trying to get to Sofia who stood behind me. "Slow down then I'll move, you're going to hurt her" I whisper and yelled at them all knowing Sofia would chew my ear off if she thought I was calling her weak.
The guys stopped struggling and I moved out of the way staying but I still stayed close.
They all hugged her but started drowning her in questions so I stopped them "Enough! Go get cleaned and ready for dinner" I lightly pulled Sofia closer to me and picked her up again. When we got to her room I placed her on her bed and walked into her bathroom. I placed her clothes on the bed and hang her towel on the heating rack while waiting for the tub to fill up.
"Noah, are you okay?" Sofia asked placing her hand on my forehead.
Removing her hand I lead her to the bathroom and told her I'd be back in an hour before I left to go clean up myself.
Grabbing a bag I threw all the empty bottles and boxes in and opened my window hoping it would get rid of the alcohol smell lingering in the air. I changed my sheets and made my bed before taking a shower and walking back to Sofia's room only to find her asleep in the bathtub.
"Sofia, wake up" I ran to her side pulling her above the water just in time before she submerged fully.
Her eyes shot open and she took deep breaths asking what happened.
I kept my eyes on her face trying to give her as much privacy as she needs and helped her out of the tub. When I wrapped the towel around her I traced my hand over the deep long cuts on her back without focusing on what I was doing. "Noah please don't" Sofia whispered stepping out of my reach and walking to her bed. "We should really put your door back shouldn't we" I joked trying to lighten the mood and judging by the glare Sofia gave me I made it worse for myself.
"Dinners in two minutes but I can tell the boys you couldn't make it if you wanted to sleep instead" I offered while looking at the wall and waiting for her to be dressed. "Uhm...Noah do you think you could help me" She whispered and I turned around and cursed under my breath seeing more cuts on her tights with circler spots in between them.
I held the sweatpants open for Sofia and she placed her hands on my shoulders to keep her balance, I slowly slid them up and kept my hands on her hips while pulling her closer. With our height difference, I had to look down at Sofia and my eyes moved between hers and her mouth. Her plump lips looked so inviting and her nibbling on her lower lip wasn't helping the probable that was growing in my pants.
"Thank you" Sofia broke the silence and moved away, using a claw clip to keep her hair up.
"Shall we go to dinner my sleep can wait" she mumbled walking out of the room before I could stop her. After losing her once I wasn't going to make that mistake again.
This past week I craved Sofia in every way possible.
I couldn't sleep without a certain blond sleeping next to me and to make matters worse I kept missing her sarcastic comments or the little nicknames she gave me that only she could get away with. I kept seeing her everywhere I went and when Isabel came to the house to cheer Alex up she gave me a key which had a keychain with a big letter S filled with little flowers and silver glitter. At first, I was confused but Isabel showed me where the room was when she showed Alex the new place Lust seeing that he was going to be in charge of both clubs.
I spend most of the week in that room watching the sharks swimming around and I opened every draw there was learning more about Sofia in a day than I ever thought was possible. I also found my door hidden in a corner so I ordered one of the guards to put it back.
I sat down at the head of the table while Alex sat on my right and Sofia on my left with James next to her and Steven next to Alex.
"I'm giving you one question each and then we're never talking about this again got it" Sofia spoke pointing her knife at each one of us.
"Bu..."
"No buts so who's first?" She cut Steven off and Alex asked the first question.
"Who are you here right now?"
"they moved me to a chair which was easier to escape from so I waited till Scar was done asking me questions for the night and dislocated my thumbs getting out of the chains, I used one of the nails that were in my leg and unlocked the door but Scar caught me before I could get far and surprisingly led me to a car which I used to get back here" she explained as fast as she could not looking up from her plate once. "You took a nail out of your leg?" Alex shivered at the thought but Sofia ignored him sticking with her one-question-per-person rule.
"Do you know anything about the people who took you?" James asked next using his one question to gather more information about the Russians.
"I was kept underground most of the time but Scar was quite the talker, they've been wondering how Noah was growing his business so fast and who the fighter was that keeps bringing in more clients for him. I never met the 'Big man' as Scar put it but seeing that they weren't keeping me in Russia I suppose he's not here".
"Can I see your scars?" Steven asked and Sofia stopped moving her food around with her fork.
"Mabey one day, but not right now okay... Steven before I got taken I saw you laying on the floor clutching your side care to explain what happened?" She changed the subject before he could ask again.
"I was shot but the bullet proved west was protecting me" He answered proudly but lost his smirk when he saw Sofia giving him a pointed look. "Who gave you a gun?
'Fuck!'