Dimitri
I love taunting her, especially knowing I affect her in a way.
But what she doesn't know is that she affects me too, very much.
True I want to talk about the kiss but she's avoiding it, calling it an ordinary kiss, we both know there's nothing ordinary about that kiss.
The way she responded to me, to my touch, it's not something I can ignore
There's this connection I felt and I liked it, as much as it will be a bad idea to entertain any kind of feelings towards her, I can't help but think of the possibility.
"I'm beginning to think you like my house more than Enzo's" I mutter looking at her as she rolls her eyes and walk past me into the house.
"You wish Volkov" she mutters before plopping down on the couch, I see her rake her eyes through my body, stopping at my eyes, at least today I'm not shirtless.
"You know why I'm here, I need to know where Ivan is being kept" she sighs out
"Okayyy" I drawl out "but shouldn't you be doing that back at Enzo's mansion and not here"? I ask and she rolls her eyes at me
"I can't just go wandering around the house, what if I get lost"? She asks and I just shake my head at her
"принцесса you live there, it's impossible to get lost" I mutter
"It is very possible actually, I don't know everywhere in the mansion, just a few places and trust me, that place is huge" she says looking ahead of her
"How come you don't even know everywhere in the house, you've lived there for years I suppose" I say looking at her and she just gives me a hard look.
"That's not the topic of discussion here, focus on the matter at hand" she snaps making me chuckle
"So what's your bright plan принцесса" I taunt with a smirk, I know she hates it when I call her that, and that's because she doesn't know what it means
"Not all of the guards can tell the difference between Cara and I, I plan to use that to my advantage" she says making me quirp my brows in anticipation
"How are you so sure they can't tell and how do you know the ones who can't tell"? I ask and she just shrugs
"I see the way they look at me sometimes confused, I know only a few can tell, and they can only tell if we're both together" she says making me nod
"Okay so what do you plan to do, remember you only have her face, you guys are very different in every other aspect, trust me" I tell her, remembering the woman I saw with Enzo at the party and the one standing in front of me.
They really are different in every way, they only have the same face.
If you spend an ample time with both of them apart, you can easily tell them apart from each other.
"Now that's why I'm here, you're gonna help me" she says pointing to me
"How's that"? I ask folding my arms in front of me
"You're gonna teach me to sound just like Cara, mean and tough" she says making me look at her in amusement before I burst out laughing.
She scrunches her nose at me in disapproval, her ears turning red in embarrassment
"принцесса no offense but you don't fit the criteria" I say making her gasp "and plus I don't know what Cara is like, I've only met her once" I add
"So you don't think I can be mean if I want to"? She asks getting up and I just shake my head
"You don't think I can make you shit your pants" she almost growls out trying to glare at me but instead it makes her look cute
I just chuckle shaking my head at her
"Is that supposed to be your attempt at a bad joke"? I ask and she glares at me even harder
"Stop doing that" I say trying to hold my laughter "it makes you look hideous принцесса" I say making her smack my arm lightly
"Fine, maybe I can't be mean but at least you can teach me, you're the meanest person I know and you don't have to know what Cara sounds like, just teach me how to be a boss and I'll take it from there" she rushes out taking a step back
I raise my brows at her as I take a step towards her "I'm the meanest person you know? Is that so"? I ask and she just nods her head
"You're pretty mean" she whispers taking a step back as I advance towards her slowly
I'm not longer smiling and I can see her gulp a bit, she's scared, I can't help but most burst out laughing but I need to keep my act
"If I'm mean then what are you doing in my house, don't you know I could hurt you" I say cornering her between myself and the couch, she can't move back again, I'm really close to her that I can see her chest heaving up and down.
"I....I... I'm here because of Ivan, I'm trying to save him" she stutters trying not to meet my gaze
"I could kill you right now and no one would know" I tell her and I see her eyes widened, I bite back the smile threatening to spill, keeping my face steel hard and emotionless
She gulps again
"God you should see your face right now" I mutter before I start laughing and that's when she realizes I was messing with her
She glares at me before she starts hitting me
"You almost gave me a heart attack, don't ever do that again" she says hitting me making me laugh even more.
She stops hitting me and I try to catch my breath from all the laughing, her face is red in embarrassment and anger, I think more from anger.
"Did you seriously think I could hurt you"? I ask and she just shrugs, honestly it kind of hurt that she thinks I could ever hurt her again
As much as I'm a bad person, I'd never do anything to hurt Cora ever again.
I don't blame her though for not trusting me.
I kind of deserve it.
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"I can't do this, I can't, I'm going to ruin everything" she says shaking her head
"Let's keep trying, you're going to get it" I try to persuade but she's not having it
"Keep trying? For how long? We've been at this all day and I can't even scare you, so how am I supposed to be able to get them to believe I'm even Cara" she says with despair
"We're going to keep trying until you get it" I say walking close to her but she takes a step back.
"That means we'll keep trying forever because I'm never gonna get it, We won't be able to save him, I'm Useless" she whispers her eyes already glistening with unshed tears
"No, no, you're not Useless, stop saying that about yourself" I mutter out and she just scoffs
"If I'm not Useless, why can't I just do one thing right, I can't fight, I don't know how to use a gun, I can't even pretend to be Cara for just a few minutes" her voice trembling
"This Is useless" she says pointing at her outfit "I look like her but I can never be like her" a tear drops from her eyes and I quickly cup her face and use my thumb to wipe it off.
"принцесса, look at me, you're not useless, and maybe you're not Cara, but you don't have to be her, just be yourself and everything else will follow" I try to encourage her but she's still letting the tears fall and shaking her head
"How are we going to save Ivan if I can't even talk to the guards without stuttering, I'm weak and pathetic" she mutters her lips trembling
Without thinking I bend and capture her lips in a kiss, her eyes widen for a moment before she relaxes and starts moving her lips against mine
I don't know what I'm doing but I know she needs a distraction, something to make her forget about being nervous, something to boost her up and this is the only thing I could come up with.
Her lips are soft, I could stay like this all day and never get tired, I feel her hand tighten around my jacket and I kiss her deeply.
I finally let go off her and I see her gasping for air and her chest heaving up and down, her hazel eyes trained on me, with her lips slightly swollen and parted.
"You're not weak and you're not pathetic, you're Cora and you don't have to be anyone else to get what you want, now we're gonna go to Enzo's mansion and you're gonna find out where Ivan is being kept, because you're strong and fearless" I tell her before taking her hand in mine and intertwining our fingers.
Sorry for the late update guys
But guess what, we're having a double double update today, yayyyyy