Max

I awoke slowly, feeling comfortable and...happy.

Maybe happy...I wasn't quite sure. It was an odd feeling and it could've been something else entirely.

I shouldn't be happy in a place like this.

I sighed, turning over in bed to see that Aleksander was sitting at the table, looking to be absorbed in whatever he was reading on his phone.

I just watched him for a few moments, wondering where I had gone wrong.

I had let this man fuck me twice now and it was among the best sexual experiences I'd had in my entire life.

I knew it was wrong—the way I was beginning to feel about him.

As he began typing out a reply, I vowed to myself that no matter what happened—no matter how I ended up feeling about him—I would get away when I had the chance.

After he finished typing on his phone, he finally looked up at me.

"Good morning, Kitten," he said. There was no smile on his face but he wasn't frowning either. "Merry Christmas," he added.

I gasped suddenly, immediately getting excited at the reminder that it was Christmas.

I jumped out of bed, completely forgetting that I was naked.

But in that moment I didn't care.

I may have let out a little squeal.

I wanted to rush over and give Aleksander a hug, but I quickly remembered that he didn't like to be touched often—only when it was on his terms.

I wondered what had happened to make him like that. What kind of childhood had he had? Was it like mine?...Worse than mine?

I kneeled at his feet, trying to contain my excitement.

"Merry Christmas, Master," I said, not being able to hold back a smile.

He watched me for a long moment.

Before, I would have averted my gaze, but now I just looked back into his grey eyes. I knew the smile on my face still hadn't left and I wasn't sure that it would for the whole day.

I wasn't quite sure what had me so excited about celebrating Christmas here. There should have been a voice in my head telling me how crazy I was for being excited. But there wasn't. And all I was left with was a feeling of hope.

I somehow knew today was going to be good.

Even if it wasn't a traditional Christmas, it was perfectly fine. I had never really had a traditional Christmas anyway.

"Are you hungry?" He finally asked.

"Yes, Master," I said softly. "May I have some food?"

He nodded and that's when I noticed that I was not having my normal toast and eggs for breakfast.

Aleksander picked up something that looked like a donut and handed it over to me. "It's going to be messy, so I'd rather you just ate it yourself."

I took the donut from him and smiled giddily. "Thank you."

He nodded, looking serious.

I took a bite of it and my mouth filled with delicious dough and a sweet cream filling.

"Oh my god," I mumbled with a full mouth.

"Chew your food," Aleksander said stuffily.

I blushed and nodded, chewing and swallowing before I said anything else.

"This so amazing," I told him. "One of the best things I've ever had."

He nodded once. "Alexei picked them up this morning. You should thank him."

"I will!" I promised and continued eating.

It was a good thing Aleksander had let me eat it by myself. It probably would've been impossible for him to feed me without getting himself covered in cream. And I didn't think Aleksander was the type of man that liked to be messy.

I ate the rest of it in silence. I looked up at Aleksander every once in awhile to see him watching me.

When I was all finished, I licked the last bit of cream off the corner of my mouth, letting my tongue linger on my lips as Aleksander looked at me with hungry eyes.

The next thing I knew, he was standing and pulling me to my feet.

I gasped quietly as he tugged me close to him, our bodies pressed close together.

He held one of my wrists to keep me close to him as his other hand grabbed my chin.

My heart was beating fast as I watched his face come closer to mine.

His steely grey eyes were hypnotizing and so intense, but as his lips came closer to mine and I felt his breath, my eyes fluttered closed.

His tongue slowly ran over my lips, chasing the last of the sugar that was left on them.

His fingers held my chin tightly as he tasted me.

Just when I thought he was being way more gentle than usual, his teeth were on me. He bit my bottom lip hard and I moaned, not being able to help myself.

I felt myself getting hard and I was sure he could feel it too as my groin was pressed against his leg.

He moved his teeth to my thicker top lip, tugging it with his teeth. I let out another moan and I heard a low growl emanate from him.

Much too soon, he pulled away.

I was panting quietly and my eyes slowly opened, looking up at the dominant man in front of me.

He had so much power over me. So much that I didn't want to admit to myself just how much power he had.

But I let him. I let him have that power over me.

As much as I fought it, there was another part of me that let him sneak in a little more each time.

I stared up at him as somewhat of a smirk came over his lips.

I was afraid that sometime soon...he would have all of me.

He'd fucked up my mind.

He already had my body.

All that was left was my soul.

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Aleksander waited in the room while I took a shower. I stayed in there awhile to let myself calm down from what had just happened between us. When I was done, I got dressed in my usual attire—panties and one of his oversized dress shirts—before he led me out of the room.

We went downstairs and I wasn't quite sure what we were going to do, considering he hadn't put the leash on me which meant we weren't going for a walk.

When we reached the bottom of the stairs, Alexei poked his head out of the kitchen and smiled.

It smelled wonderful in the house, so I knew that he must have been cooking something special for Christmas. Alexei really was a great cook, so I was excited to see what it was.

Aleksander said, "Come along," to Alexei which made him smile wider.

I was confused as Aleksander began leading me into the living room, Alexei following close behind.

He led me closer to the tree that Alexei and I had decorated just yesterday. I loved looking at it and hoped that Aleksander didn't take it down for at least a few more days.

I looked down and that was when I noticed two presents wrapped in white paper. My lips parted, feeling even more confused.

Alexei spoke up but I didn't look away from the gifts under the tree.

"Can we sit on the floor?" He asked. "They always sit on the floor in the movies," he explained. I could tell from his voice that he was very excited and he would be more than a little disappointed if Aleksander didn't grant him this wish.

"Go ahead," Aleksander replied, his voice not harsh but not soft either. He ran his hand gently down my back for just a second before saying, "Sit, Kitten."

I looked over my shoulder at him and he gave a single nod of his head.

Alexei took a seat close to the tree and when Aleksander backed away, going to sit on one of the white couches not that far away, I took a seat as well.

"This one is yours," Alexei said with a smile as he handed me the present that was smaller of the two. It wasn't actually that small, but Alexei's gift—which he picked up as soon as he handed me mine—was about twice the size of mine.

I was still in awe as I stared at the gift in my hands. There was a little paper tag hanging off it that read: Max.

Had Alexei wrapped these? Surely he had. I couldn't imagine Aleksander spending the time to do something like that.

Alexei began unwrapping his present, but I couldn't wrap my mind around the fact that Aleksander had bought me something—had bought me a Christmas present.

When Alexei's present was unwrapped, he lifted the lid off the box and pulled out a cookbook and some sort of MP3 player.

I could tell that Alexei really wanted to freak out right now. I had never seen him so excited, but he was holding himself together in front Aleksander.

"An American cookbook," Alexei said with a huge grin as he flipped through the pages.

One thing I had come to learn about Alexei in the time I'd been here was that he was obsessed with America. He tried not to bother me with too many questions, but whenever there was an opportunity to learn something else about the US, he would quickly want to know more.

I knew that Alexei had most likely never received presents on Christmas. He had been in an orphanage before living with Aleksander and from what I'd gathered, it wasn't a nice place.

"Thank you," Alexei said as he turned to look at Aleksander on the couch behind us. "I really appreciate this, Mr Lenkov. I'm just—" He cut himself off, probably not being able to find the proper words to express his excitement without jumping up and shouting.

Aleksander said nothing, but he must have given some sort of expression or nod because Alexei smiled shyly and turned back around to face me.

I was still staring at the present in my hands when Alexei whispered, "Open it."

My fingers moved slowly as I began to carefully peel back the white paper from the box. I was acting like it would break it if I pulled to hard, but I couldn't help myself. I was still so taken aback from this.

When the paper was off the box, Alexei grabbed it and tossed it out of the way.

He was probably on the edge of his seat as he waited to see what my present was.

My heart started beating just a little quicker as I finally opened the lid of the box.

My mouth fell open as I looked down at the beautiful Russian nesting doll that was carefully protected by cotton in the box.

I pulled it out of the box, marveling at the detail.

It had blue eyes and blonde hair and it's body was decorated with blues, golds, reds, and greens.

It may have been the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in my life, let alone held.

I was speechless as my fingers gently touched each detail.

There was complete silence in the room, but I really was at a loss for words.

Finally, after I knew I could no longer just sit there in awe, I turned around.

Aleksander was watching me with a serious expression. I knew then that he had been wondering where my mind was at and what I thought of the gift.

"Thank you, Master," I said very quietly. He gave a nod of his head. "This is..." I trailed off. "I love it," I said earnestly.

"You're welcome, драгоценный," he told me. His voice was a little gruff, but I knew he was in a good mood. There was a lightness in his eyes that made me able to tell that he was somewhat close to happiness or at least as close as he could get to it.

We were all totally quiet again, but thankfully Alexei broke the silence.

"I should get back to cooking," he said. "And I want to look through this cookbook," he added with a smile. He stood up, grabbing his gifts and heading out the room.

It was just Aleksander and I left in the room after that.

"Come sit," he said roughly, patting the couch next to him a few times.

I swallowed, holding the nesting doll firmly as I stood.

I went over to him, sitting on the couch. It felt weird to sit beside him and not kneel at his feet.

I had grown used to that position and I may have even begun to like it.

I wasn't sitting close enough to press up against him but I wasn't on the total opposite end of the couch either. We were still in each other's space and we both seemed to feel comfortable like that.

I looked at the nesting doll before setting it gently beside me.

"You like it?" He asked and I was caught off guard.

Had he been worried that I wouldn't?

I looked over at him and I knew I looked shy and hesitant. I wasn't sure how to handle him right now. He had just given me the most amazing gift I had ever received. It looked expensive and it was definitely the nicest thing I had ever owned.

I nodded, biting my lip.

He grabbed my chin, his fingers gentler than they had been earlier.

His grey eyes looked into my own dark blue ones like he was trying to read my mind.

I reached a hand up, moving it closer to his face. It shook as I moved it closer and closer to him.

Finally I put it to his cheek and he surprisingly didn't move away from me.

We then came closer together, meeting in a hungry kiss.

He owned me with his kisses. All I could do was hang on and let him do what he wanted because there was no way I would be able to control the kiss.

I had never been kissed the way he kissed me.

There was something about it that made me feel warm all over.

We clutched at each other and I ended up on top of him, straddling his legs.

Our lips never parted from each other as he ran his hands under the oversized shirt I was wearing, his short nails raking over my smooth back. My fingers wove into his hair, pulling hard as I tried to pull him as close as he could possibly be.

This kiss was better than the majority of the sex I'd had and it was only a kiss.

I never wanted it to end.

But when Aleksander's phone rang, we separated—staring at each other as we both panted.

He took his hands off me and I did the same.

I felt disappointed, but I moved off of him, just sitting beside him as he smoothed his hair down before picking up his phone where it had been resting on the couch.

I ran my fingers over my lips. I felt like I could still feel his lips on mine.

"Hello?" He answered, his voice sounding even rougher than usual. "Yes...Yes, a visit would be good...Next month?...Good...I will see you then."

He then hung up, placing his phone in his pocket.

I knew that I couldn't ask what that was about, but my curiosity was piqued. I had only heard him talk on the phone in Russian, so this was more interesting to me.

He put himself together more, straightening out his clothes and making sure his hair was in place.

I probably looked like a complete mess, but I made no move to fix my clothes or hair.

"Alexei?" Aleksander called, not loudly, but Alexei was there in only a few seconds.

"Yes, Mr Lenkov?" He said with a pleasant smile. He was clearly still giddy after receiving his presents.

"Why don't you have Max help you cook?" He suggested and I balked at the fact that he referred to me by my name. I had never heard him say it before. "Then you two can watch a movie together in the other room. I have some work I need to get done."

Alexei nodded with a smile.

Aleksander stood from the couch without another glance at me and I realized that I was already missing his touch. Couldn't we go back to kissing like we were a few minutes ago?

He left the room, presumably going to his office upstairs.

"Ready?" Alexei asked with a smile.

I took a deep breath and nodded.

I may have been disappointed that I couldn't be with Aleksander, but at least I would get to spend some time with Alexei.

I stood up and we walked into the kitchen together.

And I made sure not to leave the nesting doll behind.

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I spent a lot of time with Alexei in the spacious kitchen, preparing side dishes that we would apparently be eating for dinner.

He then made us a snack for lunch and we went to a room on the first floor that I hadn't been in.

There was a couch, some chairs, and a large tv.

He set the cheese, meat, and crackers he'd brought in on the coffee table and asked, "Do you want to watch a Christmas movie?"

He was clearly still in the Christmas spirit, so I couldn't say no. I wouldn't do that to him.

I nodded and he motioned for me to have a seat.

I had carried my nesting doll in here too so I found a safe place for it on the coffee table.

I sat down on the couch, finding it comfier than I expected it to be.

Alexei sat down after me, turning on the tv.

We got settled in and picked a movie which ended up being a super cheesy Netflix Christmas movie.

But we made it much more fun by making jokes about it the entire time as we ate our snack.

The movie took place in a big city and when there were times I wanted to roll my eyes at certain things going on, I looked over at Alexei and saw wistfulness in his eyes.

I knew he wanted to go to America very badly and I hope that he got to one day.

If he wasn't so loyal to Aleksander, I would've told him that we could go together.

Just leave right now and find a way there.

But was that really what I wanted?

I looked at the Russian nesting doll and seriously questioned what I wanted.

Things just became more clouded as time went on.

And I didn't see them becoming clearer anytime soon.

Or ever.

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When Aleksander was done with work, he found Alexei and me in the kitchen where he was putting the finishing touches on dinner.

I figured that Aleksander would take a plate for me and we would go upstairs so that I could eat, but surprisingly he suggested that we eat in the dining room.

I was shocked, but Alexei became very excited when he suggested it and I knew that this had to be the best day of his life so far. I was happy for him.

Aleksander put a hand on my back and guided me into the dining room that was connected to the kitchen through an archway.

The walls were a dark grey and there was anything else in the room besides a large wooden table with ten chairs at it.

I wondered if there was ever a time when the table had been full. I seriously doubted it and wondered why Aleksander needed such big dining table in the first place.

He led me over to the table and pulled out a chair.

I waited for him to sit down but he didn't. When I looked up at him, I saw that his eyebrows were raised and I quickly realized that he was waiting for me to sit.

He was going to let me sit at the table instead of kneeling for him?

He then whispered in my ear, "Don't get used to it, Kitten." It made shivers run down my spine. "You will still kneel for me, but only me. When we are alone."

I swallowed, looking out of the corner of my eye at him.

His rough fingers ran over my lips and I peeked my tongue out just the tiniest bit. He smirked before pushing me a little towards the chair.

I finally sat down, feeling so grateful that he hadn't made me kneel in front of him while Alexei was present. I was glad that it was just going to be a thing between the two of us.

Aleksander had a seat at the head of the table, directly to my right, as Alexei began bringing all the food in.

It took him a few trips and then he put plates and silverware in front of us as well.

Finally, he took a seat himself. The smile that had been on his face all day was still there. I wasn't sure it would ever leave.

Alexei and Aleksander began passing dishes around as they filled up their plates. Instead of making me kneel at his feet, Aleksander had taken control in another way—he took my plate and dished it up for me.

But to me...it seemed like a sweet gesture.

Like I was being taken care of.

Maybe I had a warped view of what was going on—a fucked up view of what Aleksander and I were really like.

But for now, just tonight, I decided to let myself feel that way.

I let myself believe Aleksander cared and this was his way of showing it.

Because it was Christmas, I let myself feel like I was sitting here with my new family—just enjoying a holiday together.

I didn't care if tomorrow I woke up and realized it wasn't true.

Just for tonight, I gave into the warm, happy feelings of being surrounded by Aleksander and Alexei on the best Christmas of my life.

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Well guys, what do you think? Are you happy that I decided to continue SK on here?

Like I said in the little informational chapter, I know it's annoying to have to read it on two different sites, but I like this idea and think it's for the best.

I want to know all of your thoughts about Aleksander and Max so I can't wait to read your comments. Did you miss them? I know I did. And I was so happy to write about them again!

This chapter was super fluffy so I hope most of you liked it.

I don't know when I will post another chapter. I want to work on other Tainted Love stories as well (obviously).

And I have seriously been missing Danny and Elijah. Like I don't know if it was because I wrote about them in the last PB chapter, but I have been missing my babies so much. I literally think about them all the time. So I think I may have to finally write their honeymoon one shot to help me feel better. lol.

And just a reminder on some of the terms Alek uses, when he said: You're welcome, драгоценный. He was saying: You're welcome, precious.

Well, I really really hope you liked the chapter and I hope you're just as excited as me to have SK back up even if it's not the full story. I'll take what I can get lol.

Love you guys! I'll see you with a new chapter soon!

Bye!