CHAPTER 11
Please Read: Well guys I am sorry for not updating in a while and I have a genuine reason for that. Well, my cousin is getting married in twenty days so I am busy in all the preparation and shopping. So I didn't get a chance to write. And after this update, I will not be able to update until her marriage but I will try to write but I can't promise anything. So you guys have to wait for next update but until then enjoy the chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything except the plot.
RPOV
"Rose, wake up."- Someone said shaking me, I opened my eyes and saw Mr. Asshole.
"Rose, we are leaving for Gala in three hours so you should get ready."- Belikov said.
I went for a quick shower and then I grabbed my clothes and shoes and left for the Vika's room to get ready.
"Rose, where are you going?"- Dimitri asked me when I was leaving the room.
"Don't worry; I am not going out of the house."- I said and left. I knocked on Vika's room; she opened the door after few minutes.
"Can I get ready in your room?"- I asked her.
"You don't need to ask me, you can come here whenever you like."- She said and side-stepped giving me space to enter her room. Her room was painted in the light pink shade.
"Rose I am sorry, I don't want that to happen to you."- She said and hugged me and I chuckled.
"You are feeling sorry for me even he is making you marry his best friend, whom you don't like and without your permission"- I said and untangle myself from her hug. I looked at her and found that she is looking down.
"Am I missing something Vika?"- I asked her.
"Well you are kind of wrong about me not liking Ivan, I do like him."- She said blushing. "But still I was angry that he didn't even ask me about it even if I like him or not but the thing is that he should ask me before finalizing the engagement."
"How can I be so dumb, I didn't even notice the signs? You getting excited when all of Dimitri's friends were coming and the way you look at him."- I said. "So I won the 'pity game'."
"I guess you did. I am sorry that I didn't tell you about Ivan."- She said.
"It's okay; it is your life, you can decide with whom you want to share your secrets."- I replied.
"I think we should get ready, I don't know what Dimka will do if we got late maybe he put an alarm in our body to make us get ready on time."- She said chuckling.
"Rose, are you sure you can wear those heels all night."- She asked me when we got ready, gesturing towards my 8-inch heels.
"Yes, I can."- I replied putting my heels.
"Let's go."- She said and we left downstairs.
"Olena, I am going with Victoria in her car."- I said to Olena not directly talking to Dimitri, I do not want to talk to him after what he had done.
"Rose, I am afraid but you have to go with Dimitri."- Olena said.
"We have to arrive together; you have to represent as Mrs. Belikov in every official business to show that you are with me in my every decision."- He said and I snorted.
"When I am clearly not."- I said.
"I am sorry Rose but you can be with me when we reach there, right Mama?"- Vika said looking towards Belikov as if she is challenging him to argue on that.
"Right, she can be with you when we reach inside the hall."- Olena said.
"Rose, why are you not talking to me, you are not even looking at me."- He asked me when we were in the car.
"Well, that is stupid of you to ask me that question."- I replied still looking out the window.
"Okay, then tell me when you will start talking to me."- He said.
"Never and one more thing do not even try to touch me, I let you hold my hand in reception because of Olena so don't blame me if I do something if you try to touch me."- I said still looking out the window and he sighed heavily.
When we reach inside the hall Vika instantly took me away from him and towards our group.
"Hi, guys. So what happen when you reach home, did he punish you?"- Lissa asked.
"No, at least not at the night but he did in the morning though."- I said.
"What did he do?"- Avery asked.
"He banned me from going outside alone or more specifically without him and he put a tracker in my phone. What about you guys?"- I said.
"No, we didn't get punished."- Lissa said.
"He didn't put a tracker in your phone only, Adrian told me all of his sister and mother has tracker in their phone."- Sydney said.
"What? I didn't know he is that controlling. He is a total controlling Bastard. No offense."- I said last part looking towards Vika.
"None taken. I know he is controlling sometime but he did that to protect us."- Vika said.
"Protect you?"- I asked confused.
"Yeah, you know as a head of community and owning so much business can put you in danger that why he did that."- She said.
"Let's go get a drink."- I said.
"Aren't your quota of alcohol reached its point after yesterday?"- Sydney asked.
"Well, I came out of the house today and I didn't know when I will get a chance to get out of the house and after this morning I do need one so let's go and it's not ban to drink at parties right?"- I said
"Right."- They said together.
"Ouch."- I flinched in the middle of my way to grab a drink.
"What happened?"- Vika said and girls looking at me concerned.
"Nothing just these damn heels."- I replied.
"Well, whose idea is to buy those heels, let me think. Oh I remember it's yours."- Avery said.
"Thanks for reminding me."- I said, sarcasm dripping from my voice.
"No problem sweetie. You made your bed now you have to lie on it so get over it."- Avery replied and I glared at her
"Oh look who is coming this way."- Sydney said.
"Who?"- I asked her while adjusting my heels.
"Your hubby dear."- Lissa said.
"Oh shit. Now what does he want?"- I said and growled under my breath.
"Rose-"- he said standing in front of me but before he said another word I cut him off.
"It's not ban to drink in parties and it is just a Champaign."- I said.
"I know, I didn't come here to scold you for drinks. C'mon it's time for announcement and I want you to be with me."- He said.
"What announcement?"- Avery said.
"Have some patience ladies you will know in few minutes. C'mon Rose."- Dimitri said politely and walked away. Well he is always polite.
"Ask Vika."- I mouthed them and walked away.
"May I have your attention please, ladies and gentleman?"- He said in a mike and everyone looked at us.
"Well, first of all I would like to congratulate everyone for the huge success of this gala. All the money collected will be reach to the schools and to the poor people and with that money we make this world a better place to live, so congratulate to us making so many people's life easy."- He said and everyone clapped.
"And one more good news I like to share with you. As you know Ivan Zeklos and me are best friends from the time we meet each other and I think that it's time to convert that friendship into something more. So I like to announce that my sister Victoria is engaged to my best friend Ivan Zeklos."- He said and everyone cheered then I notice both Vika and Ivan were standing behind us. When they came here, I wondered and I didn't even notice. Everyone congratulate them and Vika came back to us.
"So last single member of our group is engaged to the last single member of their group."- Avery said and Vika blushed.
"Ohh someone is blushing."- I said in a teasing voice.
"Don't tease her Rose."- Sydney said.
"Isn't it good, now we all can go on public picnics and have so much fun with our fiancés." – Lissa said excitedly.
"Is she always this bubbly?"- I asked them.
"Always."- Avery, Vika and Sydney said together and Lissa pouted.
"Well I rather stay at home rather than going out with Hitler."- I said.
"Rose c'mon cheer up, its Vika's engagement day."- Lissa said.
"I am happy for her but I will feel dull until I get my revenge on Hitler."- I said.
"Rose, leave it na."- Sydney said.
"But don't you think it is unfair to her, we all know the rules, we are living in this community from the time we are born and our fiancés forgive us and she is new here, she is hardly with us for fifteen days, she doesn't know anything and she is from states does not help either, her lifestyle is different so at least he should give her some time to adjust and he should have forgive her at least this time but no he has to punish her."- Avery said.
"Yeah, I think Avery is right."- Lissa said.
"I agree this time."- Sydney said.
"What about we help you get revenge."- Avery said.
"Avery"- Sydney said.
"C'mon guys, we are not going to do anything major just something very small."- She said.
"Please."- I pouted and showed my puppy dog eyes.
"Okay, only this time."- Sydney said.
"What is the plan then?"- Lissa asked.
"He punished you that you can't go out without him. Right?"- Avery asked.
"What about he leaves you outside alone by himself?"- She said.
"That's so not going to happen."- Vika said.
"Vika is right that is not going to happen."- I said.
"It will happen and it is going to happen tonight."- Avery said.
"Care to explain."- Sydney said.
"What about if he thinks that you are going home with Vika."- She said.
"What does it matter, if I am going home with Vika even then someone is going to be with me?"- I said.
"Just listen to the whole plan."- Avery said.
"Go on."- I said.
"I said what if he thinks that you are going home with Vika but you are not going with neither of them. We have to let him know some way that you are going with Vika and while he punished you to stay with him, he is going to feel devastated that he leaves you alone while he said to stay with you all the time when you are going out."- She said.
"And don't forget the fact that mom is going to eat him alive for leaving you alone at night."- Vika said with smirk on her face.
"That will be the extra topping on the ice cream."- Sydney said.
"Good plan but it has loopholes. Firstly how I am going to reach home and second how he is going to get the news because if Vika directly going to tell him then Vika is the one that is going to get in the trouble."- I said.
"I have a perfect person in my mind who is going to do that."- Vika said.
"And I will book a cab for you."- Lissa said.
"If you book a cab then I will reach at the same time as they are going to reach home, we will not achieve anything."- I said.
"Rose we will book a cab for late. I thought you are smarter than this."- Sydney said.
"I am smarter than all of you, it's just the alcohol from yesterday is not completely vanished from my system."- I replied.
"Let's start the plan."- Avery said.
Our group went to stand near the person who is going to deliver the news.
"So Rose you are going home with Vika and you are not going to let Dimitri know that to make him suffer."- Avery said little loudly so that the person we want to tell hear us and anyone wants to know who that person is, the person is the bitch Natasha Ozera.
"Yeah, he deserves that and its going to be fun to make him suffer."- I replied with same pitch of the sound. From the corner of my eyes I saw Natasha walking towards Dimitri and we all burst into laughing.
"She is going to Dimitri like a puppy finds some treasure and showing his master the location. And the master and the puppy both going to suffer."- Vika said and we all laughed again.
"Well she deserves that and I think they both do."- Lissa said and we looked at her because Natasha is her sister-in-law.
"What? She is so mean to me all the time; I just bear with her because she is Christian's sister."- She said shrugging her shoulders.
"I know you all have a devil inside of you, you just don't show it."- I said to them.
"Oh you hurt our feelings."- Sydney said holding her hand on her heart.
"Rose, if Dimitri knows about it he is going to take us to the church for cleansing."- Avery said and we all laughed. All night passed in the same way, chatting and laughing and time arrived and Dimitri left angry with my plan that I didn't bother to tell him and thinking I am going home with Vika. Lissa booked a cab for me and girls hugged me and left. I waited half an hour and when cab arrived I left for home.
DPOV
I can't believe she will do something like that to make me suffer, if Tasha hadn't told me about that then I am going to wait for her here forever. So I left without asking her that she is coming with me or not. When I reached home I saw Vika lying on the sofa and playing with Paul but Rose is nowhere in sight, I went to my room.
When I reached my room I saw she is not even there and I went downstairs to ask Vika about her.
"Vika, where is she?"- I asked her.
"Where is who?"- She replied confused.
"Rose."- I said. "Both of you are together in the Gala, Right?"
"Yeah, we were together in the Gala, so what?"- She said shrugging her shoulders.
"So she is supposed to come home with you."- I said frustrated.
"Tell me one thing Dimka, didn't you punish her that she is not allowed to go outside without you so how she is supposed to be with me or come home with me. Huh."- She said.
"So you are trying to say that she didn't come home with you?"- I asked her.
"Of course not."- She said like it is not a big deal.
"What is going on here?"- Mama asked entering the room.
"Mama, I think we left Rose at the Gala."- I said.
"Not we just you."- Vika said.
"Will you explain the things?"- Mama said.
"Mama I thought that Rose is coming home with Vika but she didn't come home with her."- I said.
"And why did you think that she is coming home with Vika, aren't you the one who punished her, told her she is not allowed to go out without you and punishment or not she is your wife, she is your responsibility."- Mama said.
"Mama Tasha told me that to make me suffer Rose is planning to come home with Vika without me knowing."- I said.
"I am going to sleep"- Sonya said "new drama every day."- She left muttering that under her breath.
"If she is planning that then did you confirmed her that she is coming home with Vika or not."- Mama asked.
"I was angry so I didn't ask her about it."- I said.
"What? You were angry so you didn't bother to confirm from her. I didn't raise you like that Dimitri Belikov, you disappointed me."- Mama said angrily and I bowed my head in shame.
"Mama, why is grandma angry at uncle Dimka?"- Paul asked Karolina.
"Uncle Dimka did a mistake that why she is angry at him."- Karo said to Paul.
"They are talking about aunt Roza. Did something happen to aunt Roza?"- He asked.
"Nothing happened to her Paul and you should not interfere in the matters of older people. C'mon lets go it's time for your bed."- She said and takes Paul to his room.
"Dimitri I didn't teach you that. I thought I told you never let anger affect your decision and did you even thought that maybe Tasha heard wrong."- Mama said.
"Or she lied because we all know that she always want to marry Dimka."- Vika said.
"She will never lie."- I said.
"Sorry, Dimitri but this time I am favoring Vika, maybe Tasha did lie and in anger you have done a big mistake leaving Rose alone at this hour. Now, what are you waiting for, go get her."- Mama said.
I was about to open the door when the door opened and Rose walked in.
"Rose are you okay? How did you reach home? Please tell me you did not walk all the way."- Mama said to her.
"No I didn't walk at least not all the way, I found a cab after walking for half an hour."- She replied and tiredness is showing on her face.
"Rose I am so sorry for my son's mistake."- Mama said.
"Mama you should not apologise to her, it's me who should apologize to her. Rose, I am so sorry, it's my mistake, and I shouldn't have done that."- I said asking for her forgiveness.
"Mama this is not fair when Rose has done something wrong she get punished, this time he had done a mistake so he should get punished."- Vika said.
"Yes you are right Vika; I am ready for my punishment."- I said.
"Well I am not going to punish you; it's not my place to punish you. It's Rose who should punish you."- Mama said gesturing towards her.
"I don't want to punish anyone; I am not cold-hearted like others."- Rose said looking at mama and left the room.
When I reached our room she was already lying on the bed in her night clothes with closed eyes but I know that she is not sleeping because of her uneven breathing.
Next day at the breakfast table I tried to talk to her, but she is not talking to me and not even looking at me, after doing breakfast I left for my office.
RPOV
Our plan was a success even Olena ask me to punish him but I can't punish him for the thing he didn't even do so like a good girl I let the chance go away. Next day he tries to talk to me but I am not going to talk to him, after breakfast he left for his office and I took a sigh of relief.
"No, I don't want to go."- Paul said to her mother and hide behind the couch. Currently, I and Yeva were sitting in the living room when Paul came running into the room and hide behind the couch.
"Paul, I know you are hiding behind the couch, come out and you are coming with me and that is final."- Karolina said.
"What is the matter?"- I asked her.
"I am going to the hospital for Zoya's vaccination and after that, I am going to meet my friends and Paul doesn't want to come with me."- She said.
"So why don't you leave him here."- I said.
"Mama is not coming home until late evening, Vika is at college and going out with Ivan after that and well Sonya don't do babysitting and Yeva is too old to do that."- She said whispering the last part.
"Rose will do that."- Yeva said.
"No, I can't force her."- Karolina said.
"It's no problem. I will stay with Paul today and I have nothing else to do and I will love to spend some time with Paul but he should be okay with that."- I said.
"I am good with that."- Paul said coming out from the back of the couch.
"Are you sure about this Rose? I don't want to burden you."- Karolina said.
"No, it's not at all problem. We are going to have so much fun, right Paul?"- I said looking towards Paul.
"Yes, we are going to do lots of fun."- Paul jumping up and down.
"Okay. Paul be a good boy and take care of the house because you are the only man in the house for today."- Karolina said.
"Yes, I am going to be a good boy and I will protect the house and Aunt Rose and Yeva."- He said putting his hand on the side where the heart lies, promising his mother.
"Thank you."- Karolina said to me and left.
"I am retiring to my room. You, young people, have fun."- Yeva said and left the room.
"So Paul what we are going to do first?"- I asked him.
"Hmm, let me think."- Paul said tapping his finger on his chin. "We will play 'hide and seek'."
We played hide and seek for three hours because it took me an hour to find him in the house and two hours for him to find me.
When the afternoon comes I made Pizza for us to eat and after that, we went to the garden to play.
"Rose, Paul what are you doing out here? And where is everyone?"- A voice said from behind when I and Paul were playing tag and that voice belongs to none other than Dimitri Belikov.
"We were playing uncle Dimka. And everyone is out doing their things. C'mon play with us. You didn't play with me in a long time."- Paul said pouting.
"Okay, let's play."- Dimitri said smiling at Paul.
"Paul, I think we had played enough we should go back inside."- I said.
"No Aunt Rose, I want to play."- Paul said adamantly.
"Okay then you play with your uncle, I am going inside."- I said. Dimitri was looking at my face all the time, judging me.
"Please aunt Roza play with us, it will be fun."- Paul said pouting and showing me his puppy dog eyes and let me tell you that no one can resist that.
"Okay let's play but we are not going to play tag anymore."- I said.
"Okay then we are going to play 'ice and water'."- He said.
"Ice and water?"- I asked.
"Yes, 'ice and water'. In this game, one player is the one who tries to catch you and turns you into ice and other players try to turn you back into the normal state by touching you and saying 'water' at the same time and the game continues until all the player turns into ice."- He said.
We started playing and first Paul turn came to turn us into ice but he was having no such luck so we slow down and makes him touch us and turn us into ice. Currently, Dimitri is trying to catch us.
"Uncle Dimka, how can you turn my Roza into ice?"- Paul said to Dimitri when he turned me into ice.
"Your Roza?"- Dimitri said to Paul raising his one eyebrow.
"Yes, my Roza. She is mine."- Paul said hugging me from my legs.
"Last time I remember she was my wife so technically she is my Roza."- Dimitri said and my heart fluttered for a second when he said 'my Roza'.
"No, she is mine. And I am going to protect her."- Paul said angrily towards Dimitri.
"How?"- Dimitri said to Paul.
"Like this. Water aunt Roza, run."- Paul said to me and started running. Smart kid, I must say. I started running and I saw Dimitri caught Paul and started tickling him and I just stand there laughing seeing Paul giggling and laughing. Suddenly both of them turned towards me and started walking towards me with the evil glint in their eyes.
"What are you guys doing?"- I said backing away.
"Uncle Dimka, its Roza time to get tickled."- Paul said to Dimitri.
"I think you are right Paul."- Dimitri said speeding his pace.
"Don't you dare?"- I said backing away further.
"You wish."- He said and I turned around and started running and suddenly I was lifted off the ground and his aftershave smell engulfed me. He picked me up and twirled me around and I was giggling, Paul was laughing jumping up and down and Dimitri was also laughing.
"Put me down Dimitri, put me down."- I said still giggling.
When he put me down I almost lost my balance from all the twirling but Dimitri caught me.
"Are you okay?"- Dimitri asked me.
"Yeah, I am fine just side effects of all the twirling."- I replied.
"Okay. Let's go inside."- Dimitri said.
"But uncle Dimka I still want to play."- Paul said.
"Paul, the sun is going down and I bet that everyone will be home by now and it's almost time for dinner and we will play some other day."- Dimitri said.
"Promise?"- Paul said.
"Promise."- Dimitri replied.
"I had a good time today."- Dimitri said to me when we entered the house.
"Don't think that I am going to talk to you again."- I said.
"But you were happy before and you have no problem talking to me before."- Dimitri said.
"I talk to you before just because of Paul, and the happiness I show in the garden was acting just to make Paul happy."- I replied and Dimitri's face fell. Well, I was kind of happy before but I lied because I am still angry with Dimitri.
When we reached inside Olena was putting the dishes on the table.
"Go freshen up and come for dinner."- Olena said to us.
After dinner, I went to the room to sleep and still ignoring the Dimitri.
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