He should have just listened to Dimitri and just let it go, but no, not him. He's as stubborn as he looks.

There was no way he'd have a peaceful mind knowing Cora was not coming back, or he'd most likely never see her again.

So he went in search of her, he left Russia to Italy to find Cora and now he'd been taken by Enzo.

Dimitri didn't even know he'd left the house or the country entirely. If they were going to kill him, he'd die alone but at least he got to hear her voice one last time.

He managed to crack a smile thinking of her voice, how she had pleaded for them to let him go.

He'd missed her badly, more than he thought he would. Coming face to face with Cara earlier on, he'd seen now how much they looked alike

But even in his sleep, he can tell them apart from each other. Cara had the eyes of a killer, she looked the part of a fearless woman

But Cora was pure, innocent and kind. Too kind if you ask him.

Cara recognized him the Moment she made eye contact with him, although she didn't say anything but he knew she remembered him.

And that was one thing he never saw In Cora's eyes, when he first met her, Recognition.

Now he was tied up in their basement, it was dark, cold and reeked of rusted iron. What is the mafia's men's deal with basement, he laughed at his own pathetic way of taking his mind off the whole thing.

He didn't know how long he'd been here for, but it was long enough to know that he was very thirsty and his face was throbbing with pain.

They'd really beaten him up to a pulp, he didn't blame them though, he was an enemy in their territory.

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All her attempts to sneak out of her room had been futile, Enzo had put two of his men in front of her door to stop her from going out.

She badly wanted to see him, It had been hours since they'd brought him in. He was probably hungry or even thirsty, someone needed to tend to his wounds.

What was he even doing here? She thought she'd never see him but she was wrong. He was here but she didn't like the state in which she saw him.

Did Dimitri send him? She shook her head She doubt Dimitri would send Ivan on such a task, or Ivan would even agree to do something as dangerously risky as this for Dimitri.

She was restless and on edge, she's asked to speak with Cara, she needed to see him and ask him why he was here?

Does he have a death wish being here? She was sitting on her bed having all these thoughts when her door opened and her sister walked in with a bored expression

"You wanted to see me"? She asked standing in front of Cora

She'd never understand why her sister was acting like that earlier on, This guy was the enemy, he looked oddly familiar, asides the fact that he's related to Dimitri, she felt like she'd seen him somewhere before.

"Cara I need to see him please" Cora pleaded with her sister getting up from the bed, she knew being abrasive won't get her what she wants

"You know that's impossible, I can't let you see him" she said looking uninterested in the conversation "why do you even care anyway, they kidnapped you" she asked looking at her sister with a bit of amusement.

"No no" Cora shook her head at her sister "you don't understand, it wasn't him, he wasn't a part of it" she tried to explain to her sister

"Are you even listening to yourself Cora"? Cara was dumfounded at how her sister was quick to come to his rescue "What did they do to you"? She asked, she was beginning to fear for her sister, what if she'd caught the Stockholm syndrome for these people

"You have to listen to me Cara, he's not a part of it, he's innocent" she told her sister, why can't she just listen?

"Anyone related to the Volkovs is far from being innocent, don't let his innocent face fool you, he's as bad as Dimitri and all of them" she spat out

Cora ran a hand through her hair, obviously losing her mind just standing here, all this didn't matter to her, she just wanted to see him at least.

"Okay, okay, please just let me see him, let me talk to him" she pleaded desperately.

Cara would never understand her sister, she gave her a long look, thinking about it for a while before breathing out, she'd never been able to say no to her sister.

"Fine, I'm giving you five minutes with him" she mutters out before Cora grabs her hand

"Thank you, thank you so much, I owe you one" she says with excitement before following her out.

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The metal door creaked open and the first thing he saw, were shoe, Nike shoes and they looked too small to belong to a guy.

He slowly raised his head and came face to face with Cora, how he's able to know it's her is still a mystery to him

She gasped out lowly her tiny hands flying to cover her mouth, he could see the tears gathering in her eyes as she crouches down to his level.

He cracks up half a smile with his face still throbbing with pain "Hey" he rasps out

"Oh my God" she whispers before cupping his face in her palms, the tears are already falling now "Who did this to you"? She asks her voice cracking, he hated seeing her cry, even now he only wanted to see her smile and not her tears.

"I'm so sorry, I'm sorry" she whispers out looking at his face, her heart was breaking into a million pieces, how can they do this to him?

"Hey, it's not your fault" he voices out, he didn't want her blaming herself for it, she had nothing to do with it

She shook her head vigorously, it was all her fault, he's here because of her. Enzo is keeping him here because of her.

"What are you even doing here? why did you come here"? She asked trying to wipe off her tears

"I came back for you" he whispered looking into her eyes, she froze, she could see the sincerity in his eyes, there was no lie in his words, he did come back for her, but Why??

She shook her head "Why? Why would you do that, they'll kill you" she whispered with trembling voice and tears stricken face "You shouldn't have come back" she whispered stroking his face, he winced because his face was still in pains

"You left without saying goodbye" he said following her every move with his eyes. She almost rolled her eyes at him

This guy is unbelievable, why would he come back because of that, didn't he know how risky it would be?

"You're crazy" she whispered out looked at at the man before her, he really was crazy. "You knew, you knew they'd catch but you still came back" she said and he cracked half a smile with his swollen face

"I just wanted to see you again" he told her with no care in the world, as if it was a normal thing to do.

"Does Dimitri know you're here"? She asked the big question and his eyes said it all, Dimitri didn't know "Are you crazy? What if you die"? She asked almost yelling, if something were to happen to him here then Dimitri is sure to start a war with them.

She let out an exasperated breathe before the door opened up and Cara walked in, seeing her sister kneeling in front of him made her wonder just what exactly did he do to deserve Cora's sympathy.

But of course he didn't really have to do anything, Cora was always softhearted between the both of them.

She bent down and slowly tugged at her sister's arm "Your five minutes are up Cora" she muttered before dragging her sister up.

Cora didn't want to leave him just yet but she didn't really have a choice as she watched him while her sister dragged her out

She would look for a way to get him out If she left him here, Enzo would definitely kill him, no doubt about that.

Yesss guys, all of you that said it was Ivan were right.

Enzo has Ivan What do you think Dimitri would do? What about Cora's pregnancy? Nobody's talking about that 😁😁