Novels by Mariama Abdul Bari

Vincenzo and I were now at his penthouse, after our date, which ended in him asking me to officially be his girlfriend. We weren't tired when we got her, so we changed out of our clothes and into something comfortable. Vincenzo gave me one of his hoodies and boxers to wear until I got my clothes in the morning.Since we were bored, Vincenzo and I decided to bake, so I was now preparing to make chocolate cake and sugar cookies. When Vincenzo came out off his bedroom, we started to make to cake batter from scratch.An hour later the cake and cookies were in the oven and we were now going to make the frosting for them."Where did you learn to bake?" Vincenzo randomly asks."Mia's mother taught us." I reply."She also inspired you to do Fashion designing, right?" He questions."Yes, Mariana has inspired me and taught me many things." I answer.Even though it was almost 1am, neither of us were tired yet. Another hour passed and we were finished baking and icing. I was sleepy by the time w

SOFIA RAMOS' POVThe next morning, we all had breakfast together at around 9:30 am. Gabrielle promised Amelia, Diego and I that she would show us around the city. I am currently getting dress so we could leave soon. Vincenzo left right after breakfast, along with my brother, father and Lorenzo because they had work to do at the warehouse.~It's now an hour later and we were all sitting at a table, enjoying our gelato. Amelia and Gabrielle got up and went to the bathroom, so I took the opportunity to ask Diego about him and Valentino."Did you speak with Valentino on the jet?" I ask him."Yeah, we decided to give each other space for a while." He replies."Are you okay with that?" I question."I was the one who suggested it," He answers," I don't think Val was okay with it but I think it's best we distance ourselves from each other till we figure out how we want to move forward."Diego never had a boyfriend before so I knew that distancing himself from Valentino was going to take a to

After two long hours of waiting for everyone to arrive, we were finally taking off. Vincenzo,, Valentino, Antonio, my brothers and my father were at the the dining/conference room at the front of the jet, Isabelle and my mother were both in one of the three bedrooms and Gabrielle, Amelia, Diego and I are in one of the other bedrooms."Sofia, can I talk to you for a minute." Diego asks.He has been looking sad the whole time, I didn't push him to say anything because I know he would talk to me when he's ready."Yeah." I reply.We left the room and went into the third bedroom for some privacy."What's wrong?" I ask him once we were seated on the bed."Valentino has been acting weird since the night of the ball," Diego tells me, "I feel like he's trying to push me away.""Did you try to talk to him about it." I ask."Yes but he doesn't want to talk to me, Sofia." He says.Diego looks so sad, I could tell he really likes Valentino, from the was he talked about him. Valentino's brother alm

Amelia, Gabrielle and I are currently at the mall, they went into six stores so far."Let's go into Victoria Secret." Gabrielle says pointing at the store.They went into Victoria Secret, while I stayed outside the store."Sofia!" I heard a familar voice call out.It was Andrew and he had a girl with him, I flash the an awkward smile not wanting to have any conversation with them. I was staring to think I should've gone into Victoria Secret with Gabrielle and Amelia."This is my girlfriend, Brianna." Andrew says wrapping his arm around her shoulder.What does he expect me to do with that information.I look at Brianna to see that she was smirking at me like I was supposed to be jealous or something."Are you here with anyone?" Andrew asks when I don't say anything."Yup." I reply, nodding my head.As he was about to say something, Amelia and Gabrielle walked out of Victoria Secret."Sofia, we brought you something to wear for Vincenzo." Amelia says."Who's Vincenzo?" Andrew asks, cle

SOFIA RAMOS' POVVincenzo came out of surgery but he was in a coma, the doctors said he shoud wake up soon and that his body needs rest. Gabrielle, Valentino and Isabelle are in Vincenzo's room talking to him because the doctor said that some coma patients could hear what people around them are saying.They move Vincenzo into his room upon Isabelle's request, I haven't been alone with him since he came out of surgery, I'll just have to come back in the morning.It was already 3 am, I plan to leave now and come back around 11 am. After saying my goodbye's to everyone, Isabelle had Giovanni drop me back home.When I got home, Mateo (her brother) was stitting on one of the kitchen stools, eating. I sat on the stool next to him, resting my head on the counter, I was so tired."Are you okay?" Mateo asks rubbing my head."Yeah." I lie.I was not okay, I was scared that yesturday's event could happen again. Not just to Vincenzo but to anyone I cared about."We'll be fine, Sofie." Mateo assu

Our lips moved in sync, I could feel Vincenzo gripping my waist, causing me to let out a soft moan. Vincenzo bites down on my lower lip softly, making my mouth open slightly. He takes that opportunity to connect our tongues. At this point, we were having a full make-out session, I pulled away to catch my breath, causing my breath, causing Vincenzo to groan. He buried his face in my neck, leaving wet kissed down my neck and collor bone, and I was releasing soft moans, I could feel myself getting wet. He raises up from my neck and was about to kiss me on my lips again but was inturupted by Giovanni speaking."Capo." Giovanni says. [Boss]."What!" Vincenzo replies harshly.I pinch his thigh, indicating that for him to use a nicer tone, he just smiles at me and kisses my cheek."We have arrived, shall I wait." Giovanni asks."No, we'll be coming out now." I reply before Vincenzo could.I turn towards Vincenzo and almost burst out laughing at his annoyed expression. His face relaxs once I