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Chapter 20-The Relationship 

Slade Kolosov's POV

Something was moving on my bed. I swear if Erik played another one of his stupid pranks, he is dead. I opened my eyes and instead of meeting a few rabbits and birds on my bed like the last time, I was met with Mel's face snuggling into the crook of my neck.

My scowl faded and my eyes took in her appearance. Her vanilla and honey scent filled my nose and I couldn't hep but pull her a little closer to me so I could inhale it even more.

Her long eyelashes dusted across high cheekbones and her hair was fanned across my pillows like shiny ribbons. Shit, when the hell had I been getting so cheesy? I guess it was something about Mel that pulled me in. I didn't know what it was, but I didn't seem to mind.

Truth was, I cared about Mel way more than I ever did for anyone else. My eyes raked over her body and a sense of satisfaction bloomed as I took in her slender frame wearing one of my shirts. She really did look good in them. I guess it was my ego that was inflated seeing that my girl was wearing one of my shirts.

Mel shifted on the bed before pressing herself against me and I stiffened. I was so hard it hurt and I knew Mel wasn't ready for that. I got off the bed and took a cold shower. I wanted Mel, there was no denying that, but I respected her and if she wasn't ready, I wouldn't push her.

Sometimes, I hated that Mel could read me so easily and how much she affected me. I guessed it was a blessing and a curse. A double edged sword perhaps. One that could help me or ruin me.

I scowled at my reflection and my gaze drifted to the cross necklace I had around my neck. It belonged to my mother who was very religious. Not that I was but it was something that reminded me of her. Dark thoughts began to enter and I pushed them away. I didn't need them in my life now, I had other things to think about.

Like how would Barone react if he knew that his sister was in my home and we were together? Mel and I. Together. The thought made me smile. I was surprised that Mel figured out what I had been doing. She was smart that was for sure.

I wanted her with me because somehow, the nightmares never came when she was around. The nightmares of my childhood. When it was clear that simple persuasion would not make her move into the same room as me, I had to use sly methods to do it. And surprisingly, Mel figured it out sooner than I thought.

My mouth twitched, I really had been hanging out too much with those women I constantly bedded who probably didn't know the difference between their right and their left. I ran my fingers through my hair, shifting my jaw when I caught sight of one of the scars on my chest.

I shut my eyes before glaring at my reflection and turned away. I donned on a shirt before making my way down to make coffee that Mel probably needed. I didn't know why Mel was so obsessed with the dark bitter beverage when hard liquor was actually better but who was I to judge?

"Hey boss." Mark called out to me as he entered my home and I rolled my eyes in response. "Since when do you make coffee? You hate it." I grunted out, "It's for Mel." Mark opened his mouth to comment before shutting it and gave me a knowing grin. "Okay then."

Just then, Mel entered the kitchen sleepily still wearing my shirt. "Hey princess." Mark called out before his eyes widened when he caught sight of what she was wearing and a sly smirk crossed his lips, "Wait, did you take my advice on the black-"

Mel turned red and she clamped one of her hands over his mouth. "Shut it!"

I raised my eyebrows, "What?"

Mel gave Mark one of her death glares before giving me an innocent smile. "Nothing. Mark told me that the colour black would look great with my dress. Is that coffee?"

I handed her the mug of coffee, not buying her excuse for even a second but decided to let it slide. For now. Mel hummed in appreciation as she savoured the scent of the beverage before taking a sip. The minute it entered her mouth, she sighed happily, eyes shut and a blissful expression on her face.

Immediately, I stole the cup away from her and she frowned before shooting me a pointed look, "What are you doing? I would like my coffee back please."

Mark snorted at her politeness and I smirked and shrugged my shoulders nonchalantly, "I would but I didn't particularly believe that lousy excuse of yours."

Mel coloured up and she scowled at me, "Fine. I'll make my own coffee." She huffed before going back to her room to change. Fucking hell, she was stubborn. I shifted my jaw annoyed and turned to Mark who was trying not to laugh.

"Mark." I said warningly and Mark gave me a grin before giving in when he saw my scowl. "What? I just simply asked her if she was having sex with you because you were in such a good mood recently. And I added that you liked black lace to help spice things up if you like."

I raised my eyebrows and shrugged and narrowed my eyes towards Mark. "What Mel and I do is strictly none of your business. You got that? And besides, how the fuck do you know that?"

Mark made a face before replying sheepishly. "I turned twenty-one a few weeks ago and well Sasha kinda came onto me. She blurted out that you hadn't seen her and the others in a while and wondered where were you. And she said that you liked black lace on her and stuff..." He trailed off and stopped abruptly.

I turned around to see Mel standing there with a blank expression on her face as she came down the stairs. Fuck. I glared at Mark who bowed his head down submissively. "Sorry for interrupting your male bonding time. Excuse me." She said nonchalently and picked up the mug of coffee before turning back to where she came from.

I shot a glare and a gesture for Mark to leave and followed after Mel to find her sitting on my-our-bed we now shared thumbing through a novel. Reading. I never found the appreciation for it until I found out that Mel had a thing for romance novels with dirty bits in it.

"Yes?" Mel asked, not once looking up from that damn book. "About what Mark said-"

Mel looked up at me before pursing her lips before glancing away. "It's fine. Really. It doesn't matter." I raised an eyebrow, from what I learned from Mira and Erik, when a woman ever said 'It's fine, it doesn't matter' or 'everything is okay' It was certainly not fine.

"I'm not an idiot Mel."

Mel chewed on her lower lip and my gaze drifted to it. I wanted to suck that plump lower lip into mine and kiss and ravish her thoroughly until she really knew that she belonged to me and no one else.

"Look, I know that you've probably been with like a million different women. And its okay, because that was before we are together now so everything is okay. Really it is." Mel said as she glanced at me and fiddled with her fingers.

I narrowed my eyes as a thought crossed my mind. "You're not a virgin are you?" It was fucking stupid but somehow I hated the idea of anyone being with Mel that way. I was a hypocrite, I had slept around a lot and thus, who was I to judge? But I hated the thought of some other guy putting his hands all over her. These thoughts made me want to snarl and savagely tear the guy apart limb from limb.

Mel glanced away and her cheeks turned pink, "No. I did it once but I didn't really like it. So ever since then, I never did it with anyone."

A slow smirk stretched across my face and I stalked towards her. Mel's eyes widened as the distance between us shortened with each step I took. Soon, I was just in front of her. She on the bed and I leaning towards her intimidatingly. "Did you come from that first time?"

Mel turned scarlet, "I'm not telling you anything!" She said firmly and I shrugged as I gave her a smouldering glance and a seductive purr, "When I'm inside you and I really mean when, you'll be coming so hard that you won't even know your name except mine."

Mel's eyes widened and her lips parted as she gaped at me, speechless from my dirty words. Her pretty hazel eyes showed a glimpse of disbelief and shock and was that longing? Mel wanted me but I held back a sigh. Even though she wanted me, she probably wasn't ready and I was never going to push her into something that she didn't want to do.

"What? Have I stunned you into speechlessness from my words and your burning desire for me?" I questioned with a smirk and Mel rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms and shot me a deadpanned expression.

"You're not funny you know." Her nose wrinkled in annoyance and I laughed, "I know. I'm an ass."

"That you are." She mumbled and I barked out a laugh. "But you happen to like this ass don't you?" A wry smile crossed her face and she sighed deeply before giving me a brilliant smile, "Well unfortunately, yes."

I gave her a charming grin before remembering that we hadn't really talked things through properly. "Mel. We're not done talking." She shot me a confused glance, "We're not?"

"No. We aren't. I can still see how my past dalliances affects you so I wouldn't bring it up again. And in turn, you do not bring up any of your past boyfriends."

Mel had a strange expression on her face that consisted of smiling and something I couldn't name. "Alright but really it's fine. Everyone has a past. I won't judge you for it. I just have to get over it." She said softly and gave me a warm smile as she caressed my cheek tenderly.

Her touching me felt intimate. I didn't know why I considered that intimate but maybe because no one had ever touched me this way before and most probably because it was simply Mel.

I shrugged before giving her a suggestive smirk, "Alright but I really do like the idea of you in black lace."

Mel rolled her eyes before pushing me away, "Okaay! Go make breakfast." I chuckled before blowing one last kiss to her as I left.

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I picked up the envelope before I frowned, the golden envelope was the sort of mail I would hardly receive. I opened it and shifted my jaw. The christening was just next week? Hell, I was a shitty godfather. I groaned inwardly before running my fingers through my hair.

"What's that?"

"My godchild's christening invitation letter."

"Really when?" Mel asked as she perched on top of the table and I pulled her towards me and onto my lap. She let out a squeak as she landed on my lap and I frowned, "What is with your hair? You look like some milkmaid from Europe."

Mel touched her braided hair and shrugged, "I like it. It has character."

I rolled my eyes, "I like it down." Especially when it'll be spread out all over on my bed as I thrusted into her furiously. I ran my hands down my face at the direction that my thoughts were heading into. I was so going to hell. And it certainly wasn't helping when Mel was wearing red lipstick.

The bold shade simply drew my attention to them. I eyed her kissable lips and tried not to give into the temptation of kissing her soundly until her lips would be swollen and all dazed from it.

Mel scoffed at my response before sneaking a sip from my drink before replying, "Well, too bad, it's my head and my hair. So when is the event?"

I narrowed my eyes at Mel, "Next week in New York. I have to be there for some time." Mel let out a sigh before giving me a small smile, "I'm going to miss you but I'll enjoy having the whole house to myself more."

I snorted as I unconsciously drew small circles on her thighs where her skirt rode up. "Too bad sweetheart, you're coming with me." Mel raised her eyebrows, "What? But I don't even know them." She protested and I pointed out a section of the invitation.

"Here the invitation insisted they want you there." Mel read the section and pursed her lips. "So I'm like meeting your friends and their wives officially?"

I shrugged, "You can say that. But don't worry. They'll like you." Mel chewed her plump lower lip. "Okay. I'll go." Mel gave in and attempted to get off of me but my hands prevented her from doing so. "Where are you going?"

Mel tried to pry my hands off her legs before giving up, "I was going to take a shower before going to bed."

"Can I join you?" I smirked and Mel rolled her eyes. "No. You're not going to." She tried getting off my lap and her hand brushed my groin. "Fucking hell Mel!" I hissed.

Mel gasped and turned red. "I'm sorry! Why do you even have that now?! We're not even doing anything that will cause that to appear!"

I shot her a deadpanned expression. "You were sitting on me Mel. I was thinking of all the possible ways I could be fucking you. So obviously what would you expect?"

Mel slapped my chest and grimaced, "You're incorrigible."

"I don't hear you complaining." I said mockingly in a high pitched voice.

A laugh escaped Mel as she turned to leave, "You're ridiculous." I snorted, "That's what you like about me."

Mel shot me an amused glance as she left. I laughed to myself and studied the documents on my desk. A knock on the door interrupted my thoughts. "Come in." I called out and Mark came in with a grim expression on his face.

Immediately, I was on guard. It was very seldom that Mark was this serious. "What the fuck happened?"

"We have Christopher Callavo downstairs. He was making a scene and threatened to bomb the whole building down if you didn't release Mel."

I raised my eyebrows. "I hope you have him under control. He's not Barone's right hand man for no reason." Mark nodded. "He's bound and gagged and all weapons found on him are removed. What would you want us to do with him?"

"Send him up." I said coolly, trying not to let the annoyance and irritation show. Callavo was almost betrothed to Mel and I didn't like it. Not one bit. I was pretty glad that Mel wasn't around and was in the bathroom instead.

Mark nodded and left. Soon the doors burst open with two of my men bringing a bound and gagged figure into the room. I gestured for the gag to be removed and immediately Christopher bared his teeth at me. My men forced him down to the ground and I greeted him with a smirk on my face.

"Christopher Callavo. Welcome." I mocked and fingered the sharp knife that was laying on my desk. "I'm going to kill you Slade Kolosov." He spat and I let out a dark laugh.

"We'll see." I murmured as I slammed the knife into my desk viciously.

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A/N: Hey guys, I hoped that you liked the little peek into Slade's mind and let me know what you think. Vote if you liked this chapter and comment! AHAHA 

Chapter dedicated to 8084eternity for the comment in Chapter 19!