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Katerina:
“What are you doing?” Yarin, one of the girls asked, shaking her head in question. “The man literally took the kids away from you and rather than reacting, you are here, having coffee?”
“I am doing the best thing for the kids right now. If I fight him, he is going to turn against me, and he is going to end up using that as a weakness. I don’t want him to think that he has one on me right now, and trust me when I say, it is hurting me more than I am letting out.” I said, looking at her. “It might not seem like it, but…”
“He is showing his mistress off very casually, and rather than filing a proper lawsuit against him…”
“I did. He is refusing to sign the divorce papers, and I am trying to get him to do so. Nikolay has played me more than once, and right now, I really can’t afford the mistakes that could happen if I am hasty, and you know how these men can be when it comes to what they want. Right now, the last thing that I need or want is to end up with more
problems than necessary.” I said, and Ella put a hand on my shoulder, gently squeezing
- it.
“How are you going to explain that to the kids? They don’t understand why their mother is not around them, and if Nikolay…”
“They will understand when they grow older. Right now even explaining to them that I am getting this divorce is getting harder, and Nikolay is literally refusing all types of negotiations. He has been refusing to allow me to see them for the past two weeks, and it breaking me inside with each passing day. I tried to even go to her place, but nada, neither one of them is allowing me to enter the house.” I said, pinching the bridge of my nose. “The kids seem happy, and…‘
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“You know that no kid would be happy away from their mother.” Aria said, stopping me.
“What other options do I have? I tried going to their daycare, and that stupid paper that Nikolay had me signing was given to the school. They refused to even give me a minute to speak to or even see them without telling me that they would have to call the cops. I can’t afford a restraining order, and I know what it is to keep the kids safe. All I can do is watch them from a distance, and the man doesn’t even bother picking them The maids can’t allow me to see them without getting me in trouble, and I…”
“Katerina,” Viktor’s voice stopped me from saying another word. I frowned in confusion and raised my face to look at the man who walked toward us. His eyes met mine and he
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nodded at me to come. I looked at the girls for a moment, hewing mon
before getting up. Nikolay was already aware of who my lawyer was, but wat
of the girls knowing who he is. The weren’t going to drop the subject now, and being as strong in reputation as he was, I wasn’t going to be able to blame them
“How did you know where I was?” I asked, and he pulled his phone ow of his pan
He showed me a picture of me and the girls, sitting, talking, My eyes were fed on the coffee in front of me, but it was the headline that caught my attention.
With rumors of scandals going on, would the queen of money be banned from everything that she has? Would she be able to afford the cup of coffee that she is now drinking?
“You are being followed almost everywhere, and there are tens of men and women outside with cameras and microphones. Trust me when I say that they are not go let you have this in private or peace. And if the kids see this, and I’m not talking tom this is going to affect them.” He said, and I cursed under my breath.
“Nikolay is no going to stop, is he?” I asked, and he shook his head.
“And that is why you are going to have to react, Katerina. The man is going to press on you with everything that he has and can do. You are just giving him the chances to do so.” He said, and I took a deep breath.
“What do you suggest that I do? They are going to keep following me and something tells me that it is them who are sending these people. We are yet to go to the judges and them writing something like this seems absurd if they don’t have information to back them up.” I said, and he nodded, knowing that it was right. The fact that they were taunting me wasn’t something that I was going to ignore, and I could tell that Victor understood that.
“Go out and answer their questions then. Play Nikolay’s dirty game,” he said, making me frown in confusion. “Let the world know that he forced you to sign the paper give up your children when you were in your weakest state,
“What if he denies it? The two of us don’t even have a divorce appointment
“You do.” He said, making my eyes widen in surprise. He smiled and nodded, showing me a message that he had on his phone. “Considering that he is refusing to sign the divorce papers, we are going to play it the harder way.”
“You’re being serious?” I asked, and he smiled, nodding as he gave me the bit of hope that I was holding onto.
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“It is going to be a little longer as a process, but your appointment is in two days. And I am going to suggest that you start playing your cards wisely, because trust me, he is going to be doing the same thing. Only his way is going to be ten times dirtier…”
