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"I don't think it's a good idea for you to be stalking Katerina" Mikhail looked at me disappointingly. We were currently sitting in a small coffee shop near one of the malls here.

"I just want to see what his type is" I smiled at him then stared back at the screen.

To say she was gorgeous would be an understatement, she was flawless, gorgeous even, and I'd probably look like a sack of potatoes compared to her. I mean, look at one of her Instagram pictures.

I am Noelle the potato.

I should make that my Instagram bio.

I groaned then dropped my phone on the table, "How can he not like her? Even I think she's gorgeous, and I'm supposed to hate her." Mikhail rubbed my arm in a comforting manner and said, "She's not all that. What does she have and you don't?"

I stared at him with a look that said 'are u serious rn?' and showed him the Wikipedia page I saw about her, "She's a singer and a model."

He pushed the phone down and hugged me with one arm while the other one held his coffee cup,

"Maybe she has horrible back acne"

"ughhhhhh"

(Time skip to later that afternoon)

I'm sitting down in the living room with Nadia and watching home makeovers when we heard the front door open and in walks the man who invaded my thoughts for the past few days now.

"Родной (my dear), you're home early," Nadia said while standing up to kiss his cheek. He kissed her cheek then ruffled my hair, "We finished checking the cargo early."

"How was your day out, Noelle?" he asked while sitting down on the spot beside me.

"It was fine." I answered shortly, hoping he would understand that I don't want to engage in a conversation with him.

Sadly, he did not get that.

"What did you and Mikhail do?" The curiosity in his voice made me feel warm inside, it made me feel like he cared.

"We went to a coffee shop and bought a few clothes." he nodded his head then didn't ask any further, instead he turned to his mom and said, "I'm bringing Katerina over for dinner."

"Oh, okay. I'll be sure to tell the maids." Nadia smiled at him then turned to look at me with what seems like pity in her eyes.

I decided that I had enough of his presence and stood up then sprinted to my room but before I could get there, Kodiak had me pinned against the wall beside my bedroom door. He leaned close to me then whispered in my ear, "You don't like it when I talk about other girls, princess?"

"wha- no, wh-h-hy-y would i-i ca-r-re?" I avoided his eyes like they were medusa's

"Why did you run off after I mentioned Katerina? And why are you stuttering?" he smirked then bit my ear then slowly kissed down to my neck

"I ha-a-ve som-e-ethi-n-ng to do in my r-ro-oo-m" I tried to move away but somehow he has a spell on my body that prevents me from moving away.

By now, he was kissing my jaw and moved up to the corner of my lips then he looked me in the eyes and whispered, "fuck it" then slammed his lips against mine.

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"Hi, Mrs. Volkov. It's so good to see you again!" Katerina's annoyingly chirpy voice said while I was trying to help out with setting the table.

"Her voice is giving me a headache." Mikhail whispered to me and Igor. I was sat in between them seeing as Kodiak wanted to sit beside Katerina. I haven't told Mikhail what happened in the hallway, mostly because I somewhat enjoyed it even though I know it was wrong considering his girlfriend is right in front of us.

"Oh my gosh! Mikhail, I missed you soooooooo much!!" she rushed over to Mikhail and hugged him, he was uncomfortable with the sudden action but patted her back awkwardly.

"Igor? Is that you? You've grown a beard!" she hugged him as well but unlike Mikhail, he smiled at her.

"Oh, and who's this? Did you adopt a new child?" she said looking at me

"Katerina, watch your words." Kodiak said warningly.

"I'm just curious, babe. I'm Katerina Jade, I'm sure you've heard of me." she held out her hand for me to shake and out of the corner of my eye I saw Mikhail roll his eyes

Nadia walked closer to us, as I shook Katerina's hand, and said, "This is Noelle Juliette Agnor. She's staying with us for the time being."

"Oh. The heiress to the Agnor corp?" I nodded my head to answer her question then she proceeded to say, "If I were you, I wouldn't want to inherit blood money."

I could feel Nadia and the two boys beside me stiffen at her words, "It's not blood money. My parents worked hard for that." she scoffed then continues, "But they kill people right?"

"Yea, but-"

"Then it's blood money."

I wanted to rip her throat out at this point but she continues to talk shit about my family,

"Your brother is Aksel right?" before I could answer, she continues, "I heard he beats women and kills people"

"Shut up, dum tispe (dumb bitch)" she stared at me and asked, "What did you say?"

"I said, shut up, dumb bitch." she looked at me with anger in her eyes

"Kodiak! are you gonna allow her to talk to me like that?" he looked at me then sighed, "That was uncalled for, Noelle."

I scoffed then stood up, Nadia and the two boys tried to talk me out of my anger but I wasn't listening.

Instead, I walked past Katerina then walked up to Kodiak then turned to Katerina and said,

"Yes, I've heard of you. My brother told me so much about you earlier, he told me you are nothing but a puta (bitch/whore) who sold her body to rich men to get where you are now." I smirked at her shocked expression

"Don't say shit that isn't true, Noelle." Kodiak said slightly pissed then I turned to him and said, "And she's allowed to say shit about me?"

I looked at all of them and started to walk away, "Yeah bitch, walk away!"

I turned back around then walked up to her and looked her dead in the eyes, "You don't want me as an enemy. You think my family is so horrible? One word from me and I can have your modeling agency and your entertainment drop you like a hot potato. I can make your life a living hell so I'd watch it if I were you."

I walked back over to my seat and sat down to eat.

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"Mommy, there's mash potatoes in my hair."

"Mikhail, stop playing with your food and there won't be mashed potatoes in your hair."

Dinner has been peaceful so far, Dmitri talked about work and Mikhail and Natalia were acting like children and I got to know Igor more. Katerina acted as nothing happened and continued to be a pain in my ass by being sweet with Kodiak.

"Thank you for having me over, Nadia." Katerina smiled while walking out the door with Kodiak since the bitch can't even take herself home.

"No problem, honey. Drive safe okay? Bye." Nadia closed the door and walked over to me and hugged me, "I need you to answer my question honestly, okay?"

I nodded my head and she continued, "I saw the way you reacted when he told me he was bringing Katerina over, and the way you acted at dinner wasn't only because she insulted your family, right?" I sighed then nodded

She held me at arm's length then studied me, "You like Kodiak, don't you?"

"I do. But Mikhail told me what I needed to kn-" My explanation was cut short when Katerina squealed and hugged me

"I have people to play matchmaker with now!" Dmitri, who was walking down the stairs, walked over to us and asked,

"Who?"

"Noelle likes Kodiak! I told you!" he sighed then fished out his wallet and gave Nadia 50 dollars.

"I honestly thought you'd like Igor," Dmitri said

"She likes Kodiak! I can finally plan your wedding!" Nadia squealed again and pulled Dmitri to sit down beside her and look at her Pinterest board with her.

A few boards later, everyone was in the living room, including Natalia, planning my supposed wedding with Kodiak.

"I think baby blue is a great color for the wedding." Mikhail argued

"Pastel pink is." Natalia argued back

"I like the grey." Igor said

"I prefer mint green for the wedding."

"I am not having their wedding look like a forest." Nadia said while looking at Dmitri who had his arms raised.

"Who's wedding?"