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anyway, I loved writing this chapter and I have updated my Bio to include links to Roses outfits and other things that I see fit to add during the course of this story. I try to describe things the best I can but sometimes visual aid is needed I understand.
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When my phone started buzzing loudly I opened one eye and glared at it like it was some kind of poisonous snake. With a groan I reached out and grabbed it pressing the snooze option. I'm sure another 5 minutes wouldn't hurt. I rolled back over pulling the blankets up to my face. I had fallen asleep almost instantly last night. The combination of drunkenness and the softest sheets I had even felt had made me sleep like the dead, but I was a little hung over and so not a morning person. All too soon the buzzing was back. I growled and pressed the pillow over my head. Maybe Dimitri had forgotten about his little plan to have me train him and would just wake me up to go to work.
My plan was ruined when I heard a knocking at the door.
"Rose. Are you up? If you don't answer I'm coming in to wake you up." his voice was muffled through the closed door. I sat up slowly touching my hand to my head gingerly.
"Yes, I'm up hold your horses." I yawned stretching.
"Are you ready to go?" Dimitri asked impatiently. I span around and touched my feet to the ground; the floor boards were cold against my warm feet.
"Yep, I'm ready just...brushing my teeth." I lied getting up and walking into the closet. I stood there in the middle for a minute realising I had no clue where anything was. I walked over to the set of draws between the fancy clothes and the business wear. The first draw I opened was filled with underwear. All kinds of styles, some practical and some a bit racier. I lifted a pair up that I would have described more like dental floss than underwear. I frowned at them before tossing them back into the neatly folded pile. I grabbed a pair of normal black boyleg and opened the next draw. This one had bras of all different styles. Dimitri or more so his personal shopper had thought of everything. There were everyday t-shirt bras, strapless bra's some push ups and even sports bras. I grabbed a pair I thought I could get away with wearing by itself and continued my hunt for some leggings or sports pants.
After a few minutes, I stepped out of my room in the Sports bra I had found. It was actually super cute. It was a light pink with a pattern of printed flowers with criss-crossed straps at the back for support. I had found a matching pair of sports leggings and a pair of baby pink Nike's I had tamed my hair down the middle in two boxer braid style plats. Before I had left the closet, I had grabbed a hoodie that cut off just before my belly button. Dimitri was no were to be seen so I pressed the elevator and it took a second to come so I guessed he had already used it today.
I pressed the button for the main floor and it quickly took me down. As soon as the doors opened I spotted Dimitri. He was sitting at one of the clear kitchen stools. I walked over and gave him a tight smile. He looked bright eyed and bushy tailed. I guess the fact he didn't drink his weight in wine helped with that.
"Morning. How's the head today?" he asked, he was drinking one of his green smoothies and I cringed.
"It's fine." I lied. Dimitri stood up and walked past me into the kitchen, he was wearing a pair of low riding navy blue tracksuit pants and a grey loose singlet top, his shoulder length hair tied up at the nape of his neck. He opened a cupboard above the fridge and pulled out a box with a red cross on it. He pulled out a bottle of Panadol and handed it to me.
"Take two of these and this." he poured out a glass of whatever it was he was drinking from the blender on the bench. I took them both glaring at the drink.
"What's in this?" I asked. It was very thick and smelled like grass. Dimitri shook his head putting away the medicine box and sitting back down at his stool.
"Spinach, coconut oil, apple, almond milk, oats, cinnamon and banana. It won't kill you I promise. I've been drinking one every morning for years, helps boost my energy before working out." Dimitri said draining his. I looked down at it and took a deep breath before placing two of the Panadol capsules in my mouth and washing them down with the smoothie. It wasn't horrible but it left an odd taste in my mouth and the thickness of it made me gag a little. Dimitri frowned at me.
"You're like a child." Dimitri laughed shaking his head. He stood up and placed his glass in the dishwasher. I steeled myself and downed the glass, my stomach churning a little.
"Ahh," I said making it seem like I enjoyed it. "delicious." I grinned attempting to arch my brow like Dimitri.
"Are you okay?" Dimitri asked. "You just got this weird look on your face."
"Fine. It was nothing." I laughed rinsing my cup before putting it in the dishwasher and closing the door. "So where are we going to train?" I asked, playing with one of my braids.
"To the gym downstairs. It's much bigger than the one here." he said grabbing his keys off the bench. "let's go we running late." he said ushering me towards the elevator.
The gym was just off the lobby but still in the apartment building. You could access it from the street but only through a security door that needed a code or there was a door inside that he headed to. There was a young girl standing in the doorway holding a fluffy gold towel. She was smiling ear to ear as soon as Dimitri began approaching.
"Goodmorning Mr Belikov." she smiled reaching out her hand with the towel in it. Dimitri just took it and kept walking barely sparing a glance to the girl.
"This is Rosemarie. She's staying with me." is all he said as he stopped just before the second glass door, the girl was awkwardly standing there looking at me as she was unsure if she should give me a towel.
"Oh of course. I'll add her to the list. How long will she be staying?" the girl said worrying her lip. She was pretty. I would say about 25 years old with platinum blonde hair and large blue eyes, she looked like the kind of girl Dimitri would have working at Vladimir towers.
"Indefinitely," he said before opening the door and looking at me expectantly. I took the towel from the girl as her face dropped and hurried through the door. Dimitri followed and let the door shut behind him. I walked a couple of steps before I whirled around and stopped frowning at him. He came to a halt and looked at me with narrowed eyes. "What?" he growled.
"Why are you so rude?" I asked putting my hands on my hips trying to look powerful.
"Excuse me?" Dimitri said his brows raising.
"That girl obviously likes you and you didn't even look at her," I said quietly as people were milling around the gym equipment behind us.
"The girl at the door?" Dimitri asked with a frown. "she doesn't like me."
"Oh, I'm sure she does. A woman can always tell these kinds of things." I said. "if you're going to be around me more often you're going to have to learn to not be such an ass." I said with a smile. Dimitri just scoffed and pushed past me knocking my arm as he did. I followed after him muttering to myself. Dimitri walked over to where they had a section away from everyone else. This area had floor mats on the ground that Had a painted circle in the middle. He dropped his towel and just looked at me, the walls around the matted area were mirrored.
"Have you had quiet enough of yelling at me for today?" Dimitri said crossing his arms. He was a good foot taller than me without my heels as I came to stand beside him at the bench.
"I guess," I said with a grin at Dimitri's sullen face. "Shall we get started?" I asked. Dimitri nodded and leant over to where there was a cd player on the floor under the bench, he pressed play and music played quietly through the speakers. I threw my towel over where Dimitri's was and began stretching out each of my limbs. I instructed Dimitri to do the same.
I finished off with straight legs bending over from my stomach and touching my palms flat on the ground. I lifted my head and saw Dimitri attempting the same stretch, he was grimacing as his fingers barely grazed his shins. He looked up over at me, so to rub it in I bent down further wrapping my arms around my knees so my body was basically bent in half. I heard Dimitri huff and straighten up. I silently thanked Lissa for forcing me to do gymnastics from primary school with her. She did mostly ribbons but I had actually loved floor, the balance bar and the rings.
I straightened and walked over to the circle on the floor, standing on one side Dimitri walked over and stood at the other.
"Okay, so we are basically just going to do some simple sparring. We will start with a best two out of three." I said cracking each of my knuckles loudly. Dimitri made a groaning noise.
"That's disgusting Rose." he said shaking his head. "what are the rules?" he asked.
"You get one point if you can knock your opponent out of the circle, or if you can pin down soundly without a point of escape, try not to kick or punch to the face or head. Or groin." I added on for his sake. It would be too easy and dirty for me to just lift my knee and hit him square in his family jewels. Dimitri just nodded a serious look on his face and positioned himself with the toe of his shoes on the line. I did the same.
"Okay at the count of three," I said. "One, two, three..." I said my elbows coming up to my sides. Dimitri stood tense his eyes glued on me. I watched him waiting for him to make his move. As he took a quick step forward so did I, he reached out trying to make contact with my stomach but I dodged to the side and he clipped my shoulder. As I moved over I swept out my foot and used his momentum to knock his feet out from under him. I caught him off guard and as he fell I brought my elbow up and hit him right in the middle of his stomach just under his rib cage he landed on his knees with a thump his hands catching his fall.
"Point one to me." I grinned looking down at his hand over the red line. Dimitri cursed in Russian and stood up brushing himself off. We both got back into position. Dimitri wiped away a bead of sweat from his forehead. I could feel the sweat collecting between my shoulder blades. I pulled the hoodie up by the hem and tossed it with our towels. Dimitri looked over at me and seemed to do a double take before wiping his face of emotion.
This time I moved out first feeling a bit more confident. Dimitri was big and muscled but he wasn't as swift or nimble as me. Both of Dimitri's hands came out attempting to trap me. He managed to grip one of my shoulders, I span in so my back was to his chest and grabbed his arm trying to dislodge it, he stepped in about to put his other arm around me but I brought my elbow up and hit the same place as I did before. I was certain it was already sore and I heard his rushed exhale. He didn't let go only loosened his grip. I moved backwards using my behind to push him away as I pulled at his hand where it was held across the top of my chest. Dimitri managed to put his other arm around me under my arm and now I was caught in the circle of his arms my back pressed to his front, he locked his arms together around me and I squirmed as he tried to move me, I lifted my feet off the ground and Dimitri held my body up, I used his grip on my top half to propel my legs and brought them up planting my heels into his thighs, I kicked off as hard as I could.
Dimitri stumbled back but with the strength of my kick off I ended up flying out and landing face down on the mat skidding forward the rubber rubbing hard on my skin. With my arms outstretched on either side of me and my legs spread out. I was sure I looked like a dead star fish. I heard Dimitri's chuckle and lifted my head. My chest smarted where I had broken Dimitri's grip and grazed it on the flooring. The whole top half of my body was well out of the circle. I huffed and rolled over sitting up. My skin was a bit pink but there were no obvious injuries. I saw Dimitri rub at his thigh when he thought I wasn't looking, he was going to have two nasty bruises there. He made his way over to me and offered me his hand. I took it and he pulled me to my feet.
"Are you okay? You shot out like a rabid squirrel." he chuckled. I shoved hard at his chest and he laughed harder.
"Get on your mark." I barked, shaking my head to stop myself from laughing. "okay this is match point. Whoever wins this gets epic bragging rights all day." I grinned. I had this in the bag.
Dimitri stormed towards me and I evaded it moving behind him. He turned, his hands ready but I ducked under and he grabbed at nothing. I moved forward as he did stepping up beside him I put my arm around his waist and grabbed his wrist, matching his foot stance I grabbed at him and pulled rolling him over my hip and flipping his body his back hitting the mat, but his hand grabbed at mine and I fell on top of him with a grunt from Dimitri as I landed hard over his prone body.
Dimitri laughed and I felt his whole-body rumble with it, I pulled myself up by my arms and looked down at him, our whole bodies were touching up and down. A piece of my hair had escaped the braid and was hanging in front of my face. Dimitri looked up at it before tucking it behind my ear. My mouth went dry as I looked down at him laying beneath me. We both seemed to sober up at the same time and I bounced to my feet offering Dimitri my hand we stood up together. Dimitri's brow was creased as he looked at me. I went over and I picked up my towel and patted it over my damp skin. Dimitri did the same. He threw my drink bottle at me and I took it taking long sips calming my breathing and heart. What the hell was I doing?
"Good win," Dimitri said after a few long minutes of silence as we both slowly sipped our water. "I honestly wasn't expecting you to be so fast or strong," Dimitri said with a wry grin.
"People often underestimate me," I said finishing off my water and throwing it into the trash can as we made our way out of the gym.
"Oh, I Bet they do," Dimitri said giving me a funny look before opening the glass door for me.
We went back up to the Apartment Dimitri giving the girl at the gym a small smile and thanks as he walked past. She looked like she was ready to pass out. Dimitri had left me to shower and get ready for work. It was almost 8 am so I had to be quick.
I showered quickly using the products Dimitri had supplied. the shampoo and conditioner looked expensive and smelled amazing like coconut and vanilla. I dried my hair as quickly as I could before braiding half the crown of my head and putting the rest up in a high pony tail. I wrapped the braid around the elastic, holding it in place with a hair pin. I hurried into the closet and grabbed out a matching bra and panty set. A pretty lacey light blue, I sat down on the stool and applied a quick face of make-up. Very soft brown shadow, a lick of liquid liner. And a good amount of mascara. I finished it off with a little blush and bronzer and the lipstick and a mist of the Tom Ford fragrance. I made my way over to the wall of business wear and bit my lip. There was just too much to choose from. But they were all similar. Like they were all from the same collection or designer. The majority were dresses but there was a handful of two pieces.
The one I ended up picking was mostly black. But had a panel of caramel material at the front and two stripes going horizontally up the bust. It was tight fitting with cap sleeves and a boat neck. It came to below my knees so I didn't bother with pantyhose. I picked a pair of black kitten heels and a black blazer. I checked myself out in the mirror before stepping out. I looked powerful, respectable and a little sexy.
When I walked out of my room Dimitri was leaning against the opposite wall tapping away at his phone. He looked up at me. His hair was freshly washed and he was wearing a beautiful black tailored suit with a white shirt and a black and grey gingham tie. I could smell him from here. He smelt fresh and clean but somehow dark and Smokey too.
"You look beautiful." Dimitri said straightening up and putting his phone in his pocket. "that lipstick looks perfect on you." he said with a sad smile.
"You will have to tell me one day why in the world I am only allowed to wear this lipstick," I said, I didn't really want to wait. I wanted to know right now to be honest but Dimitri looked kind of sad every time he saw me wearing it, I would give him time.
"I'm not sure what you mean Rose. I already told you, it's your uniform, and it's a brand I own." He said matter of factly. Walking forward to press the elevator. It opened and we stepped in. In the enclosed space his sent was overpowering. I looked over at him and bit my lower lip. What was it about this man that made me want to know more.
"What is that cologne you're wearing?" I blurted. Dimitri turned and looked at me.
"It's Bulgari 'man in black'," Dimitri said. "Do you not like it?" he asked. I shook my head.
"No, I do like it. It's just different. I've never smelled anything quite like it." I said.
"It's not a particularly exotic smell, you can pick it up at most pharmacy's and department stores. I have just always enjoyed the scent," he said allowing me to step out of the elevator and into the private car park. I stopped not knowing which car Dimitri was taking today. he pulled a key out of his pocket and pressed it. The black Aston martin winked at us and made a little beep as Dimitri opened the door for me. I slid into the car it was very low and sleek. The inside very dark and luxurious.
We made it into the Towers car park with 10 minutes to spare. the parking attendant opened my door for me taking my hand and helping me out before Dimitri got out and chucked his keys to the attendant he nodded and smiled folding himself into the car and moving it away to park it.
I walked beside Dimitri as we made our way up to his floor. Every single person who walked passed smiled and said hello to Dimitri. For the first couple he had no reaction but when he had looked at me and I glared at him he began to say hello back. Only a few spared a glance or a hello at me. I was still too new to care about. Dimitri had an errand to run before we went to the office and was using the opportunity to show me around too. As he was telling me about how he grew the office spaces on a particular sector a familiar figure began walking towards us.
It was Lissa, her pale hair up in beehive, a bright red lipstick popping against her flawless skin. When she spotted me, her face broke out in a grin, she trotted towards us and I stopped, Dimitri went to keep walking but realised I had stopped and stood there beside me looking at the girl in front of him.
"Rosie." Lissa laughed. "You look so grown up I almost didn't recognise you." she leant in and gave me a great big hug, I hugged her back. when she pulled back she smiled her infectious smile at Dimitri.
"Dimitri this is my best friend Vasilisa, she works for you down in PR," I said introducing them even though Lissa had worked here for almost a year.
"Nice to meet you Vasilisa," Dimitri said seriously devoid of the usual glee Lissa caused. "I've heard all about you from Rose."
"Oh, we have met before." Lissa said with a smile. "Well not officially but, I've had some meetings with you and once I stood with you in the elevator, I guess I'm not very memorable." she laughed. I shook my head. Lissa was one of the most memorable people I knew. she had guys approach her on the street that she had spoken to once or had just seen in passing on public transport. You didn't forget the beauty and grace of my best friend.
"Well, it was nice anyway, but unfortunately we don't have time to stand and chat Rose and I have some things to attend to," Dimitri said. I frowned at him but he wasn't looking. Lissa gave me a what can you do smile and leant in giving me a kiss on the cheek.
"You two have a great day. meet for lunch?" Lissa asked as she begin to walk away. I nodded and she gave me a thumbs up. Dimitri looked over at me and smiled. I tilted my head up and frowned.
"What are you smiling about?" I asked. Dimitri reached his hand up and touched my cheek with his thumb.
"You have red lipstick on your cheek." he laughed. "add that to the list of why I get to pick your lipstick colours," he said as he walked away. I rubbed my cheek and saw the colour come off on my hand, I was going to have to fix my make-up somehow, damn Lissa.
"Oh, and are you worried about me getting lipstick on you when I kiss you." I said sarcastically. But Dimitri stopped dead and I bumped into him. He turned and looked at me with his weird unreadable facial expression.
"Don't be absurd Rose." he said and walked off faster down the hallway.
okay, so I think that was my favourite chapter to write I don't know why.
I have a question for you all...why do you think that Dimitri is so controlling?
thank you everyone for being just amazing! six chapters in and already at 1,000 views! I am honestly just so grateful. I always loved reading and wrting when I was in highschool but there really isn't any use for it in my current job so it has been amazing doing something i love and just the best feeling that you guys are enjoying it!
thank you. untill next time
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