Chapter 56

• Ivan’s POV
• As my associates leave, I take Andrey back upstairs to lay him down in his bassinet. I don’t speak a word to Bella. I want to see what she will do. I’m hoping that she will be a good wife and follow suit without being told to. I’m proud when I glance back and she is right behind me. I can’t help the proudness that envelopes me. I know that she is ill at me, and for her to follow my orders in spite of that shows me that she is actually taking her role serious. As we enter our bedroom I lean over and place Andrey into his bassinet. I stay bent over just staring at him. The thoughts about me almost losing him start playing through my head. I go from calm to angry in less than a second. I get brought out of my own mind when my wife begins running that mouth of hers.
• “Ivan I was hoping that maybe you and I could have a conversation about something that has and still is bothering me. I’m unsure how to go about this so I am just going to come out and say it. I am lonely Ivan. I sit here all day without hardly any human interaction, while you are God knows where doing whatever it is that you want to be doing. I know that it’s my own fault that I am grounded to the mansion. All I can do is apologize for my actions and hope that we can move forward. I was hoping that you might give me another chance. I’ve tried to earn your trust back by obeying your every command, and being the obedient wife that you deserve. I am not even asking to go anywhere right now, but what I am asking is if maybe Kat and your mother couldn’t come visit us maybe a couple times a week. That is if it is ok with your dad and Enzo. We wouldn’t leave the property. Plus, I think that would really enjoy being a part of Andrey’s life more. They are his family. Also, I would love it if you actually spent a couple of nights here instead of at your girlfriends house. I would be lying if I said I wasn’t jealous because I am. There is no part of me that isn’t pea green with envy when you aren’t here with me. I can’t sleep at night because different scenarios go through my head about what you are doing, or who you are doing. I know that it isn’t none of my business. You have made that very clear to me. But hopefully you might find a couple nights a week to just stay here with us. At least make me feel like you love me.”