Reign of a Billionaire : A Dark Mafia Enemies-to-Lovers Romance

Chapter 63Louisa

Sofia securely imprisoned and no longer a threat, we left Siberia. Kingston and I agreed that we’d never go back to that hellhole in Russia. Sun, sea, and warm climate would be in store for us from now on.

Two days later, we were finally back in Lisbon where we were met with Lara’s bloodshot eyes and Aurora’s compassionate dark gaze. She squeezed my shoulder and then her brother’s hand before leaving to go meet her husband, who stayed behind with the Nikolaevs.

Karma finally caught up to Sofia Volkov. We’d watched as the Nikolaevs dragged my mother into the basement. She’d live out her days chained like a dog in a cold, windowless room. It was only a matter of time before she met a bitter end.

“Are you okay?” Lara’s soft voice pulled my attention, her hand slipping into mine.

I squeezed it. “I am.”

A visible relief washed over her, and she released a long breath. “I was so worried about you.” Her eyes darted to Kingston. “Both of you.”

Tears filled my eyes as she fell into me, and Kingston wrapped us both into his strong arms.

“It’s our job to worry about you, not the other way around,” Kingston said, his voice rough with emotions.

“How about we all worry about each other?” Lara suggested softly, not pulling away from us.

I smiled tiredly. “I’d like that,” I murmured, clutching her hand. “I’d like that very much.”

“Is something wrong?” Lara asked tentatively, her perception and empathy often in-tune with the emotions surrounding her.

“You were right,” I said, my stomach churning with the recent findings. “My twin is alive. Somewhere in South America.”

She clutched my hand. “You’ll find her.”

I met Kingston’s gaze over Lara’s head. We’d talked about my twin a lot since he’d rescued me. He told me about the finger he’d received, the DNA matching my sister’s. There was no guarantee what shape we’d find her in, but we wouldn’t give up.

Not until we found her.

“We will,” I said, my voice shaking.

“Do… Do you still want me to stay?” Lara blurted.

“Look at me, Lara,” Kingston ordered. She lifted her head, her pretty eyes locking with ours. “We want you to stay with us forever. You leave when you’re ready to leave.”

I smiled softly. “And when that happens, we’ll ensure you’re independent but also safe. You’re part of our circle now.”

“The Ashford circle.”

I chuckled. “I was thinking more of Kingston and Lou’s circle, but the Ashford circle sounds even better. It’s bigger.”

“Now let’s go inside. I don’t know about you two, but I could sleep the winter away.”

Lara giggled as we made our way inside our home.

The threads of mystery surrounding my sister weighed heavily on our minds, but we’d solve it.

Together.

The steady rush of water should have calmed me.

Yet a storm brewed inside my chest as I stood in the luxurious bathroom fit for a queen, staring at the tub slowly filling with water.

The events of the past few days finally caught up and my biceps started to tremble. My twin was alive, somewhere on this earth.

How could our mother be so evil to bring us to this point? She had destroyed so many lives, including our own, and she felt zero remorse about it.

Wearing nothing but a T-shirt that reached my knees, I watched the steam gather over the tub. I caught my blurry reflection in the mirror, and my breaths turned shallow and harsh. A ball lodged itself in my throat, suffocating me.

Mother hated us so much that she condemned us to death. Kingston saved me. Who was saving Liana? I had to find her. For the past eight years, I’d come to terms with living without my twin, even though it left a gaping hole in my chest. But now that I knew she could be alive, that hole started to fill with hopes and dreams, and that scared me more.

A set of strong, inked arms wrapped around me, and it was only then that I realized how badly I was shaking.

“Hold on to me.” His strong, warm voice cocooned me as he scooped me into his arms and stepped us into the hot bathtub, my shirt clinging to my body. “We’ll find her.”

I buried my face in his neck as I desperately gulped for air, inhaling his scent into my lungs.

“If she…” My mouth trembled. “I can’t lose her again.”

His strong hand gripped my nape and he squeezed, turning my head to look at him.

Our eyes locked, my heart thundering in my chest. “We’ll find her,” he told me, his voice leaving no room for doubt. “Together. We’ll scout every inch of this earth if we have to, but I promise you, we’ll find her. You know why?”

His eyes burned with so much love it made my heart flutter, like new wings on a butterfly. Or a bird about to take its first flight. Except, we’d been here before, and I knew for a fact he was the reason I was born.

To be his.

“Because you’re mine. My woman. Because your heart beats in my chest, and mine in yours. We’re one and the same, Lou. And now that you’re back in my life, there isn’t anything I wouldn’t do to make you happy.”

I hugged him tightly, like I’d die without him. Because I would.

“You… You, Kingston, make me happy.”