Sofia’s POV I breathed out a sigh and tugged both parts of the bag of chips open, and then I leaned forward and spit the content which I had been unable to swallow down, directly into the bag of chips. And then I proceeded to fold up the bag of chips and tie up the edge, knowing that I was going to be taking it into the trash can next.I returned the now tied up bag of chips and placed it on the side of the table which I had picked it up from, and then I made sure that my phone wasn’t hanging on the edge of the table. Once I was done, I pushed myself towards my feet and started to make my way towards the television set located here in the sitting room, and then I leaned towards where all the whole wires sat in, reaching towards the particular switch which controlled the television. I switched it on and took a few steps away from the spot which I had been standing in, moments ago, and then I watched as the television started to start up after a few moments, the really large screen
Luca’s POV I blinked my eyes open and stared straight into the roof almost immediately, blinking my eyes a few korea times to get the remaining sleep which was clinging to it, completely off the lashes, and then I slowly rolled onto my side, before carefully sitting up and groaning lowly in my throat. The curtains were pulled shut as expected so I couldn’t glance through the window, but notwithstanding, I didn't need to check the sky before knowing about the fact that it was currently some minutes past five thirty a.m in the morning.I turned my head around and stared at a sleeping Sofia, and her head was the only thing picking out of the blankets which she had drawn around her whole shoulders and the upper parts of her face, it was only revealing a little part of her face and her hair was also not helping matters by coming to sprawl out around her face and shoulders like another dark and think colored blankets, and it got to a point that I started to wonder and then worry abou
Luca’s POV I placed my foot on the floor and reached for my phone before getting up from the bed, and I thumbed the device open instantly. It was a Monday morning and the date, day and time showed brightly and boldly on the front of the Home Screen. It was some minutes before it was going to get to six thirty a.m and I knew that I had spent too much time here in bed immediately after had jolted awake, doing nothing else except to watch Sofia and touch her smooth skin, before tugging the blanket off the lower part of her face. It was obvious that I had cut in on my time which I was supposed to spend in the gym, which only meant one thing, I was going to be completely gyming for only about twenty to thirty minutes, thanks to the thirty minutes which I had wasted here in bed.Well, when I start to think about it, I wouldn’t really call it wasting, because to me, I didn’t see it like I had wasted my time or anything, because what I had done, the time which I had spent just staring at
Luca’s POV I stepped out of the walk-in closet and pulled the door close behind me without making any unnecessary sounds as I made my way towards the side table at the side of my phone where my phone was currently sitting. I picked it up, along with the guns and knives on the table, and I shoved them all into their respective places and spots, before turning around and starting to make my way towards the door which would lead outside our bedroom. I paused beside it and turned around to stare at Sofia, and as expected, she still haven’t moved from that particular spot which she had been in, ever since when I had woken up, and even through out those times when I had pulled down the blankets which had been covering her nose, and it had looked so much to me like she wasn’t able to breathe well.I could clearly remember when I had seen her laying at the far end of the bed, at the very tip, and how I had been worried about her talking off the bed for a moment as I had stated to her. Of co
Luca’s POV“Can you hear me, Sarah.” I said to her and watched as she gave a sharp nod or her head almost immediately, which was more than enough proof that she had indeed heard what I was saying. I lifted my hand away from my body and started to stretch it out, stretching the fingers out little by little, with my eyes still locked on the face of Sarah.“I want you to get a room cleaned up thoroughly, can you do that?” I continued and watched as she started to nod her head immediately. “Of course I can.” Sarah started to speak immediately after she had given a few nods of her head.“It’s the room exactly beside my office here at home, you do know where those rows or rooms are located, right?” I continued, dragging in a deep breath on tasting a little bit of the coffee on my tongue, thanks to the heavy scent of the coffee which was literally clinging in the air.“Yes, I know those rooms, I still remember cleaning out your office here at home yesterday.” She continued to speak and I nod
Luca’s POV I stepped out of the car as soon as the door got pulled open for me, by my driver. We just arrived at the company and James was supposed to have been here already. I turned around a little and stopped James car packed in a spot which was two cars away from where my car was currently parked. I turned around until I was facing my driver once again, and I placed my hand on his shoulder and pulled him closer, not missing the way his eyes widened a little in shock.“You all can go to wherever you want to for now, just don’t go do something that’s going to take too much time and would be hard for you to leave whenever you see my call, and also keep your phone around you.” I paused and watched as his eyes widened even more in what I’d classify as nothing but shock, and I continued after a few moments.“Even if I am going to be leaving the office later in the day to go to any kind of meeting, it wouldn’t be anytime soon, so you all can go do you thing. If you don’t receive any k
Luca’s POV I spotted James after some minutes of me waiting downstairs and he jogged up towards me, as soon as his eyes landed on me.“Hey, you hungry?” He asked as soon as he stopped beside me and I rolled my eyes a little.“Of course I am, why else would I have invited you to come eat with me if I wasn’t hungry.” I said to him as we fell into step beside each other as we started to make our way out of the company’s premises, and down the road.“You sure it’s safe to go there without any body guards?” James suddenly spoke up and I glanced at him from the corner of my eyes before nodding my head at him.“Of course, it’s just down the road, is it not? Also, if anything comes up, I don’t think it would be too big for the two of us to handle ourselves.” I said to him with a small shrug of my shoulders.“You’re right, if anything’s going to happen now, it really can’t be that bad, I guess I was just being worried.” James replied and I started to tease him about how he was being such a b
Luca’s POV I think it was pretty stupid for people to sit down and make a plan, and still consent to it, only for it go end up being a really bad idea from the very start. It wasn’t about it being a a flop, it was actuality about the idea being pretty stupid and dumb from the very start… and everyone who had agreed to it in the first place, knew in a part of their mind, that their so call brainstorming had ended up in them coming together to plan a very bad idea, but they had still agreed to go ahead with it either ways.That was pretty stupid to me.I pulled the door open and stepped into the house before pushing the door close behind me and turning the key inside of it. I had arrived home a few minutes ago, without any kind of scratch on any part of my body.Although, I don’t think my car can be able to say the same thing for itself. It was a good thing that my car was bulletproof, along with the glasses, which made it hard for those set of dumb people to be able to get to me who
Sofia’s pov The kids had been bursting with excitement, which only meant one thing. It meant more headaches for Luca and I.“Baby, we talked about this, didn’t we? You can’t check the presents until it’s Christmas.” I murmured to Aria while holding her against my chest. She was clearly unhappy about this tiny rule because her frown deepened at once.“But it’s so far awayyyyy! No one is gonna know if I take a peek.”I chuckled as I let her slid down. “Daddy is gonna know.” I reminded her and that seemed to make her have a change of heart.“Oh.” She hesitated a little. “I guess I can wait a bit more.”“More like one more day, honey cause it’s tomorrow!” I gushed out and a grin split out on her face.“Really?!” She demanded and after getting another confirmation, she went off to find her brother, leaving me to myself. I sighed as I watched her leave with a fond smile on my face while massaging my forehead. I called out to her to be careful before I got back to what I was doing before.
FOUR YEARS LATER Sofia’s pov “Be careful, honey!” I called out at once, but I doubt she heard me as she hurriedly raced forward till she was standing before James, a glass of milk carefully clutched in her hand.“Here it is, Uncle James!” She called out enthusiastically and a familiar feeling of fondness swelled in my heart as I watched as an exaggerated look of awe got plastered on James’ face as he accepted the glass of milk.“Thank you, Aria! You’re so hardworking.” He complimented as he took a few gulps of the milk because a tiny sip wasn’t gonna be accepted by Aria who’s clearly still waiting for more compliments.“It tastes so nice and fresh, wow.” James gushed and I listened as Aria’s pleased giggles filled up the room. She began to bounce on her toes when she began to speak. “If you noticed, uncle James, the glass wasn’t totally filled up this time because mommy said that’s how it’s supposed to be to avoid it spilling from the top, and I listened to mommy because she’s alwa
Luca’s POV The bouquet of flowers I had gotten on the way home was a mixture of lilies and tulips, and I paired it with a bunch of balloons and a wrapped gift on the side. It’s a little past six and I couldn’t wait to be home already. I couldn’t wait to get home to my wife and our babies.Work has been quite stressful for the past month, the mafia aspect, to be specific. After news of my wife giving birth circulated around, I already knew that the amount of enemies I have was automatically gonna triple, and in order to keep my family safe, I was gonna have to be more at alert. The mafia clan had thrown a party in celebration after the birth of our babies, and I had purposely attended it alone, keeping my wife and kids far away from a gathering like that because it was filled with dangerous people from top to bottom.“Your enemies are gonna start attacking you even more now that you have a successor. People who have hoped to replace you if you ended up dying without an h
Sofia’s pov TWO YEARS LATER “I look ugly and bloated.” I blurted out while eying my reflection in the floor length mirror in the walk-in closet. Luca, who had been running a comb through his hair, paused for a moment before throwing me a glance, and then a smile bloomed on his face.“Of course you don’t! How can you even think that when you look like a goddess right now.” He murmured, discarding his comb and heading in my direction. I pouted at my reflection, not at all impressed by what I was looking at.“Now you’re just lying cause I’m sure goddesses don’t look this bad. My face is swollen and I literally feel like I’m gonna die.” Luca who had now eased up behind me let out a chuckle into my hair as his hand slid around my waist to carefully cradle my large stomach from the sides.“You still look very gorgeous to me. I don’t think your face is ugly, neither do I think you’re no longer sexy, because you still are. Did last night not explain that enough?” He chuckled at the end of
Luca’s pov It was clear as day that this particular topic has been troubling Sofia for a while now. I could tell from how she was wringing her fingers. I lifted her fingers and brushed my lips across it, and then I let out a long sigh.“If I’m gonna be honest, I haven’t actually thought about it. I just assumed you don’t want them and I was cool with that.” Her eyes widened comically as she whispered. “But… I want children.”I hummed. “I see that now.” “You don’t want children?” Sofia asked after a few moments and I slowly shook my head.“I don’t think I do, cause I don’t actually like the thought of bringing a child into a lifestyle as dangerous as my current one, and leaving the mafia is completely out of the question cause the past would end up catching up with me no matter what.”“Oh.” She whispered while chewing at the inside of her mouth.“Yes, love. But, that aside, I love babies. They’re always so cute and clueless of all the evils in the world.” Sofia laughed at th
Sofia’s pov TWO YEARS LATER*** The sounds of soft laughter filtered through the screen of the television I was currently staring at and a small smile tugged at the side of my lips as I averted my gaze and took a glance at the wall clock situated at the top of the wall here in the room. It was past eight in the evening, which indicated that Luca was almost home, and an excited feeling coursed down my spine. It doesn’t matter that Luca has almost returned home to me every damn day, that giddy feeling still engulfs me every day.Which is the best thing ever, said my therapist when we stumbled on that topic. It’s been over two years and till date, I’m still yet to stop seeing my therapist. She, a Middle aged woman, has made me feel so much love and comfort than my mother has done for me throughout the past two decades that I’ve been alive. The sounds of cute giggles emitting from the television screen grabbed my attention and once again, I focused on it. This time, my bre
Sofia’s pov The weeks flew by faster than i could keep up with.Healing was slower than I anticipated, and I hated almost every second of it, if I was being honest, but that doesn’t mean I wouldn’t willingly take another bullet for Luca if I could, because I will. Luca had gotten extremely displeased when I offhandedly said those same words to him, and he made me promise to never, ever do that again.I stayed in the hospital for months, because Luca wanted me to be completely healed before getting discharged. The flowers that got sent to me by every well wishers had gotten thrown out more than three times because at a point, they all began to rot.A little gathering was thrown in celebration of my release from the hospital. Everybody was there waiting in the house as entered the house, from Kayla and her husband, Travis, to Armani and his girlfriend, Nala, to James and his fiancée, Blair, to Angelo. It was relieving to finally be home and be surrounded by so much love right now ma
Sofia’s pov ‘Was this how it feels to float?’I asked myself over and over again, the more time I spent in that same unending loophole. It felt like I was stuck in a fluffy space, but instead of sinking, I remained afloat.Muffled voice could be heard coming from multiple sides at once but I couldn’t make any word out, neither could I tell each voice apart from the other.I limbs literally felt nonexistent because I couldn’t wait use of them no matter how much I tried. It’s almost weird how it’s pitch dark in this fluffy space, preventing me from making anything out.Or perhaps, I was the one who had my eyes closed throughout, I realized when I discovered that I could feel my eyelids twitch a little. I tried to get my eyes open after that, but ended up giving up after trying over and over again to no avail. I drifted straight into an unconscious state after that.When I came to once again, I felt warm fingers around mine. The fingers felt familiar in a way, and with everyth
Sofia’s pov The scream that left my mouth this time was completely silent as I watched as the kneeling man who was apparently working with Ryan, fell to the ground face first after being shot by Ryan. That sent a more terrified feeling down my spine, because not only was Ryan crazy, he was clearly also heartless as hell. Seeing how he could effortless kill off his own partner made it more obvious that it wouldn’t be hard for him to kill me if he wants to, and that he wasn’t just bluffing by threatening to shoot me.“Fuck, man, you really are a freak. Your own partner?” Angelo mused with an unimpressed look on his face. Luca snorted and leveled Ryan with a look. “That’s not something a Ricci would do, you know?”“Well it’s a good thing I’m not a fucking one, okay? And now that I’ve killed my partner myself, you clearly don’t have anything to threaten me with, I have nothing to lose in this situation unlike the rest of you.” Ryan responded haughtily, sneering as he tugged on my hair.