28 - Come with me

Ivan drove at high speed directly to Helena's family's business, he didn't give a shit if it was the Luna Group area, what's more, if he came across any of the Blacks he would beat them to death. While he was driving he looked everywhere with a predatory gaze, hoping to satisfy the anger he had inside him, but he found no one, unfortunately for him.

He parked at the door of the business and entered, ringing the bell on the door.

-Good morning, what...?

"Where is Helena?" He interrupted the man, looking everywhere with his dark gaze.

A thin, emaciated man approached him with a look that tried in vain to be threatening.

-And who is she?-

-Am….

Ivan thought about it for a second, he couldn't tell that man who he was, he was sure that Helena hadn't told the truth to her acquaintances.

"I'm his boyfriend," he exclaimed confidently, puffing out his chest with pride.

The man looked him up and down with wide eyes. A man as elegant as that was his niece's boyfriend? He couldn't believe it. But, although the sign of weight was drawn in his eyes, he remembered how he had seen Helena when he arrived at the store.

"So you're the one who made her cry?" He exclaimed furiously.

Ivan felt his anger rising more and more. They had made her beloved cry, she was going to shed blood for it.

"Let me come in, I need to be with her," he exclaimed, trying to move behind the counter where he remembered the stairs to the young woman's small room.

The man put his hand on the chest of his niece's boyfriend to block his way.

If it weren't for the fact that this man was surely important to Helena, she would have broken all of his fingers for daring to stop him and touch him.

"I'm not going to allow you to hurt him anymore," the man warned.

"Listen, sir," Ivan said, trying to remain calm, "I know you don't know me, but I assure you that it wasn't my fault, I would never hurt Helena."

The man stared into the eyes of that strange and handsome young man who claimed to be his niece's boyfriend and for some reason he believed his words when he saw his desperate look, as if he could see through his black pearls the love he felt for him. Girl.

The man stepped aside and sighed.

-She's up there, but if you hurt her...

"Don't worry, I would kill myself if she ever hurt you," he said, going up the stairs.

He carefully peeked through the opening that was the entrance to the small room, he observed the place, finding a small bundle wrapped in sheets and pillows that went up and down with a calm and slow breathing.

Ivan slowly climbed on all fours towards the small mattress on a square that took up almost the entire mezzanine. He could hear a faint snoring. Careful not to wake her, he removed the sheet, meeting the face of her beloved, he could notice the traces of tears that had been falling down her cheeks, her nose reddened at the tip and her eyes swollen. He still had anguish marked on her face.

Ivan moved the sheets further, revealing her thin, balled-up body that now looked smaller than usual. He felt his heart beating hard and a protective beast born inside him that wanted to protect that woman from all evil.

He slowly took off his jacket, tie and shoes, being very careful not to wake her, he slid next to her, then took the sheet and covered them both as if it were a den of love.

Ivan remained silently contemplating Helena's face while he gently caressed her hair, until he heard a moan that made him move his hand away from her, fearing to wake her. The young woman squirmed, she could see how she frowned tightly and pressed her lips together, as if she wanted to escape a nightmare.

"Now... now... my love, I'm here with you," she whispered in her ear.

The young woman's sorrowful face seemed to calm down suddenly, so Ivan did not stop with her affectionate words.

"Your boyfriend is here, I'm not going to leave you alone..." she whispered, kissing her forehead. Suddenly, Helena moved a few centimeters more against her lover's chest, hiding her face in her chest and crossing one of her legs over the young man's hip.

Ivan froze, he didn't move an inch and he barely breathed, he was so close, he could feel her hot breath against his skin, he could feel the heat emanating from her body against his, the soft weight of her embrace and the scent. mild of your shampoo. He closed his eyes and buried his nose in her curls, drinking in the scent of his beloved. Her arm moved little by little around her waist and bringing it closer to her chest.

They had become two coiled bodies that did not know where the other began and ended; he felt how her heartbeat synchronized with his. Helena moved again with a moan, turning her back to the young man who carefully observed the curve of her waist, her hair falling on the pillow and her neck now exposed. She couldn't help but approach and place her lips on her soft skin, placing a loving kiss, making her beloved shudder in her dreams. The moans continued to come out of Helena's mouth, as if she were begging him to come closer to her.

The young man was weak and obeyed, getting closer and following the curve of her body, adapting to her figure, then he put his arm around her narrow waist and carefully slid his other arm under the young woman's neck, imprisoning her in his arms possessively. .

Little by little the aroma of her hair, the silence of the room and the heat emanating from their bodies so close together began to take their toll on him, all his anger dissipated little by little as if the young woman transmitted him the peace that his entire family had needed so much. life, as a natural pain reliever.

Ivan didn't mind letting his guard down and falling completely asleep next to the one he had now become his girlfriend.

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Helena had felt prey to her nightmares; her cruel mind had played over and over again scenes in which her parents begged for their lives, kneeling in front of faceless men who murdered them without mercy. She had not been able to escape the harsh scene, until little by little those cruel images dissipated until they became a beautiful dream in which her parents were alive smiling at them. She ran into her arms and cried with them.

In her dream there was also Ivan who whispered beautiful words to her and made her feel safe. Suddenly all her pain was gone, and she could feel as if she had a guardian angel guarding her within her wings.

What she didn't expect was that that angel would actually be there, materialized and turned into Ivan.

Helena blinked several times as if trying to make the illusion disintegrate in front of her eyes, but it didn't, Ivan was sleeping peacefully next to her, with his face relaxed, his black eyelashes like fans caressing his cheeks, his lips parted asking being kissed and his arms wrapped around her possessively against his body.

The young woman wanted to get angry with him, to hit her chest with her closed fists until she let go. But for some reason she didn't, instead she caressed his chest over her shirt until she heard a hoarse growl that made her raise her honey-colored eyes that met the sleepy gaze of the woman. loved of her.

-Did you know?- was the first thing the brunette said, with a voice full of pain.

Ivan blinked several times trying to return to the world of the living.

"I didn't know," he answered honestly. "But I warned you that they weren't trustworthy," he said with concern on his face, raising a hand to his beloved's unruly hair, which he combed behind her ear.

Helena sighed heavily, as if she had been holding her breath all this time. She believed him, she couldn't not do it, those eyes full of love didn't say anything else. She nodded and let Ivan pull him closer to her body.

"Thank you for worrying about me," she whispered against her lover's chest.

Ivan hummed in response and ran his hand up and down the young woman's back, calming her thoughts and her pain.

-Can I kiss you?

Ivan heard this as almost an imperceptible whisper against the fabric of her shirt, but he had heard well. She moved back a little to contemplate the pleading look that trembled with love and sadness at the same time and she promised herself that she would never see that sad face again.

"Yes," she answered with a hoarse voice.

Helena did not wait another second to join her lips with those of her lover. The timid touch had quickly turned into a more desperate kiss, asking him to fill her with love, to complete her broken heart.

Ivan got the message and quickly deepened the kiss, grabbing her lover's face in her hands so she wouldn't escape from her. The kiss was desperate, her mouth had opened so that her tongues could dance a waltz full of lust and passion. Until suddenly the young man's phone rang, breaking the veil of passion that had flooded the room.

Ivan growled in annoyance still with his mouth glued to Helena's, until she moved away from her just a few centimeters that to him felt like miles away.

"Okay, listen," he said, biting his lip.

Ivan sobbed in annoyance, but answered the call.

"Yes... it's okay," he said, sighing resignedly, "I'm going there, goodbye."

Ivan cut the call and took both of the young woman's hands and kissed them lovingly.

"Come with me," he pleaded.

Helena looked away from her to the side.

"I don't know if I can..." she said with pain.

Ivan wanted to scream, cry and ask him on his knees not to leave him, but instead he sighed and remained calm for both of them.

"I can't say I know what you're going through, but believe me when I tell you that I'm dying inside seeing you so sad," he exclaimed, swallowing heavily. "Helena..." he whispered, caressing his beloved's hands with his thumbs. "Please come." with me, let me take care of you and love you.

"I'm afraid..." he whispered with pain.

Ivan didn't have to ask him what he was afraid of, he knew that he and his family were the same scum as the Luna Group, they couldn't say that they were the good guys and the others were the hands, they were both on the same side.

-Princess... look at me please.

Helena obeyed.

-I promise you that nothing is going to happen to you, I would protect you with my own life if necessary. But if you stay here I'd go crazy thinking anything could happen to you while I'm gone. Please come with me.

-What does this all mean? I…. I know maybe I'm being hasty but I really don't want to be just a toy for you...

-You are not a toy! I never saw you like that! Clear…. I….

Ivan felt like her heart was going to burst, he had never exposed her feelings, but with her it was different.

-Is it too early to ask you to be more than just a boss and bodyguard?

Helena opened her honey-colored eyes wide and seemed to burst into fireworks.

-Are you saying that...?

-Yes, I want this to be something serious.

-But your dad….

-Don't worry about him, just take care of loving me.

Helena felt her cheeks burn. Should I really believe him? She wanted to trust, she wanted to believe that love would truly overcome all obstacles. The young girl kissed her lips and smiled.

-Ok, let's go.