Chapter 244

Ever have your life changed before your very own eyes? You can't begin to fathom how you ended somewhere because you never saw it coming?

Well, I was living it.

A few days ago, I was scared for Nikolai, afraid that he couldn't stand for himself and would probably get hurt, but now I was scared of him, maybe just maybe a tad bit scared for Alessandro.

He stood before the man whose gun was pointed at him and even cracked a joke that I shouldn't have driven without my *driver?* he knew I was running from him, right?

"Not only did you run," he looked like he was having fun, real full-blown fun from the chase, and that he had caught me was just the icing and I noticed that not once had he acknowledged the man pointing a gun at him.

We heard the crack of a gun behind and over his shoulders; Nikolai growled, "Not in front of my kids."

And the atmosphere fell silent again.

He returned his attention to me, "Where were we?"

I nudged at the man, whose g